¹⁹⁸ Headlam diary, 21 Nov. 1944,

¹⁹⁹ The diaries form the heart of the collection, with the main series consisting of 37 volumes for 1910–1915, 1919–45 and 1947–51, listed as D/He 9–46; the wartime gap is covered by the other substantial deposit of Cuthbert's regular letters to Beatrice, D/He 137–182. The remainder of the collection, including two further small deposits added in 1987 and 1989, consists of appointment diaries, press cuttings, photographs, ephemera, congratulatory letters and some general correspondence.

²⁰⁰ The other significant collections are the Nancy Astor MSS (Reading University Library), Duchess of Atholl MSS (Blair Atholl), Page Croft MSS (Churchill College, Cambridge), Emrys-Evans MSS (British Library), and Hannon MSS (House of Lords Record Office).

²⁰¹ James, R.R. (ed.), Chips: The Diaries of Sir Henry Channon (London, 1967)Google Scholar; Smart, N. (ed.), The Diaries and Letters of Robert Bernays, 1932–1939 (Lampeter, 1996).Google Scholar

²⁰² Clark, A., Diaries (London, 1993).Google Scholar

²⁰³ These comparisons derive in part from comments made by Alan Clark at the 20th Century British History Seminar, Institute of Historical Research, 7 Dec. 1994.

²⁰⁴ For the origins and early years of the diary, see Ball, , Parliament and Politics in the Age of Baldwin and MacDonald, pp. 29–30.Google Scholar

²⁰⁵ During a few periods of illness there are shorter entries, such as 19–24 Sep. 1937.

²⁰⁶ See e.g. entry for 9 Mar. 1947, which ends with the words: ‘To bed — for I am nearly asleep.’

²⁰⁷ Such cases are indicated by footnotes in the main text; for a rare example of a confusion where the printed date was not amended, but the error noted in the next entry, see 24–25 Sep. 1943.

²⁰⁸ In a few very busy periods entries may have been made a few days afterwards. An indication of this occurs during the 1950 election campaign, when at the foot of the page for 22 Feb. Headlam added a note recording that an item of family news mentioned at the end of the entry was wrongly included, as the message was actually received on 24 Feb. However the fact that he corrects himself, and that such errors are very infrequent, suggests that it was an infrequent practice. The entries for the 1950 campaign are otherwise written as if penned on the day in question, and do not appear to be influenced by hindsight.

²⁰⁹ Headlam diary, 6 Jan. 1939.

²¹⁰ The alteration made to the last few lines of 15 July 1939 is almost unique in this respect. Mention of looking at past volumes is infrequent but does occur, e.g. reading the 1938 volume again: Headlam diary, 19 Apr. 1949.

²¹¹ Nor did Headlam consider writing his memoirs: see Headlam diary, 1 Jan. 1947.

²¹² Headlam diary, 21 Nov. 1944; see also 2 Sep. 1936.

²¹³ Headlam diary, 3 Aug. 1937.

²¹⁴ Unexplained gaps of five or more days occur on 25–29 May, 12–17 Oct. 1936; 6–10 Apr., 16–21 May, 21–28 June, 24 Aug–2 Sep. 1937; 26 Aug–6 Sep. 1938; 21–26 May, 26–29 June, 9–14 July 1939; 18–22 Sep., 17–21 Dec. 1941; 21–29 Mar. 1942; 17–23 June, 19–23 Dec. 1947.

²¹⁵ The two long gaps for which there is no apparent explanation are 10–31 Aug. 1936 and 22 Oct.-7 Nov. 1937.

²¹⁶ The 70 blank days in 1947 were distributed as follows: Jan. (4), Feb. (3); Mar. (3); Apr. (7); May (7); June (9); July (8); Aug. (7); Sep. (8); Oct. (2); Nov. (0); Dec. (12).; apart from 17–23 June and 19–23 Dec., the gaps are mainly of single days or of two days.

²¹⁷ Headlam diary, 1 Jan. 1948.

²¹⁸ Headlam diary, 19 Aug. 1948.

²¹⁹ Memo, ‘Newcastle North’, Galloway [Area Agent] to Watson [Central Office], 28 June 1950, CFA CCO/1/8/71/1.

²²⁰ The comments in this section on selection and editing also apply to the first volume; see note 1 above.

²²¹ Kindersley, to Headlam, , 22 12 1926Google Scholar, Headlam MSS 126/127.

²²² For balance, see Skelton to Headlam, 18 Dec. 1926, Headlam MSS 126/198.

²²³ Stuart, to Headlam, , 9 07 1948Google Scholar, Headlam MSS 135/194.

²²⁴ Lyttelton, to Hart-Davis, , 13 05 1959Google Scholar, in Hart-Davis, R. (ed.), The Lyttelton-Hart-Davis Letters, Volume 4 (London, 1982), p. 65.Google Scholar

²²⁵ Lyttelton, to Hart-Davis, , 13 06 1957Google Scholar, in Hart-Davis, R. (ed.), The Lyttelton-Hart-Davis Letters, Volume 2 (London, 1979), p. 115.Google Scholar