Saturday, June 20, 1914

Sunny

Correspondence (0)

Gap in Correspondence

No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.

Archive Silence
H.H. Asquith
The Wharf, Sutton Courtenayⓘ
HIS DAYWeekend leisure (based on pattern of spending 5 of the last 7 pre-war weekends here)
Venetia Stanley
Londonⓘ
HER DAYMost likely spending the day in London on her usual round of social/political calls and leisure (tennis/bridge, dinners), with some private time reserved for seeing Asquith in the evening if she was in town.

Official Register

1914-06-20

Top News

Daily Edition

A deputation of working women from East London meets the Prime Minister regarding women's suffrage. The Chancellor of the Exchequer speaks at Denmark Hill, defending the Budget.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

AJ
A. J. Balfour

"I thank you for your letter of 19th June which I have received to-day. ... I should be very pleased to come and see you, but I am afraid that I shall not be able to do so for some time."

HH
H. H. Asquith

"You have been in my thoughts all day... I am glad to know that you have been able to escape from the cares of the world and enjoy the peace and quiet of the country. ... I have been very busy lately, but I hope to have some leisure time soon, and then I shall come and join you."