Sunday, May 3, 1914

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Correspondence (1 of 1)

Letter #63Time not recorded
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. . . We found the Assyrian in Mikky here . . . I have seen more of the young man than ever before, and to me it is quite unthinkable. He is 'nice' & not bad to look at, but has no distinction or edge of any kind . . .

Asquith mentions Montagu's visit to The Wharf and comments on Violet's suitor.

Mentioned:Edwin Montagu • Roderick Meiklejohn • Lloyd George • Violet Asquith • Pauline Stapleton-Cotton • Cyril Asquith

Metric Analysis

Romantic Adoration5/10
Political Unburdening1/10
Emotional Desolation1/10

Thematic Tags

BudgetingViolet's suitor
H.H. Asquith
Sutton Courtenayⓘ
HIS DAYDriving into Oxford.
Venetia Stanley
Sutton Courtney, Berkshireⓘ
HER DAYLikely spending the Sunday as a guest at The Wharf (the Asquiths’ weekend house), in the Sutton Courtney/Abingdon area. Social/domestic weekend-house routine with the Asquith circle (the sort of quiet country interval when Asquith and his family were there)

Official Register

1914-05-03

Top News

Daily Edition

The Leyland liner *Colombian* took fire and blew up off Sable Island, with the loss of eighteen lives.. The Japanese steamship SS *Komagata Maru* departed Yokohama for Canada with 376 passengers from British India.. Bethlehem Steel won the American Cup in association football, defeating Tacony 1–0 in the final replayed at Newark, New Jersey.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned