Friday, May 21, 1915
Sunny
Correspondence (1 of 2)
Additional Correspondence
According to the Letters to Venetia Stanley book, there are 2 more letters that day, but their contents are not currently in the digital archive.
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HIS DAYLondon. Lunch at Downing Street with Cynthia Asquith. Correspondence with Churchill regarding his demotion
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Official Register
1915-05-21Top News
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No specific UK news reported in sources.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
Margot Asquith
"St. Loe Strachey came to talk to me about a forecast of our new coalition cabinet... H. came into the room and said he was sorry Redmond would not come in..."
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Frances Stevenson
"On Friday [21 May] we went down to Walton Heath. I went home to tea first, as it was Muriel's birthday. ... On Thursday Mr. Murray asked us to dine..."
Cynthia Asquith
"Mamma and I lunched at Downing Street, where a tremendous atmosphere of tension and distress prevails. Mr Asquith... looked tired, worried, busy, or preoccupied..."