Sunday, September 20, 1914

Light Rain

Correspondence (1 of 1)

Letter #164Time not recorded
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I don't think I told you yesterday that the Dss of Sutherland . . . just back from Namur & Maubeuge lunched with us . . . She is a very curious woman . . . like all her family she has the passion for réclame.

Asquith mentions Millicent Sutherland's account of Namur, talk with Grey, the party at Esher, and casualties in the Guards.

Mentioned:Duchess of Sutherland • The Bud • Angie • Grey • Pamela • Margot Asquith • Elizabeth Asquith • Muriel Wilson • Maguires • Morrison Bell • Holbeach • Miss Halton • Charlie Beresford • Buckmaster • Edgar • Helen

Metric Analysis

Romantic Adoration7/10
Political Unburdening3/10
Emotional Desolation3/10

Thematic Tags

Namur/MaubeugeGrey's moraleEsher partyGuards casualtiesLloyd George's speech
H.H. Asquith
London; Esher Placeⓘ
HIS DAYLunch. Talk with Grey. Motored to Esher. Golf.
Venetia Stanley
Penrhosⓘ
HER DAYTaking walks and rides. Attending cooking classes. Playing tennis (addiction). Writing to London (Sunday posts)

Official Register

1914-09-20

Top News

Daily Edition

The cruiser H.M.S. *Pegasus* is surprised and disabled by the German cruiser *Königsberg* at Zanzibar. The German bombardment of Rheims Cathedral shocks the civilised world,.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

Margot Asquith
Margot Asquith

"Ly Frances Balfour lunched. … Ll.G., Bongie and H. lunched here, and Ll.G. talked with Henry for an hour afterwards. … Henry told me in the evening that he [Ll.G.] had been at his most emotional… H. ‘Yes, I’ve got him tight now. He’ll do anything I like for the time being.’"