Thursday, April 20, 1916
Rain
Correspondence (0)
Gap in Correspondence
No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.
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In London
HIS DAYIn London. Attending Cabinet meeting
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Venetia Stanley
Location unknown.
Official Register
1916-04-20Top News
Daily Edition
The Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Glorious was launched in Belfast.. The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Patriot was launched in Southampton.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
Cynthia Asquith
"I went off and scoured the bargain basement... then... for my appointment with Dr Cantley. Found John there... Cantley stethoscoped and examined him naked, finding him physically perfectly all right. He said he was a 'neurotic' type..."
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Frances Stevenson
"The matter is quite settled, & D. is ‘satisfied’... In the Cabinet D. raised the question of giving secret Cabinet information to reporters... This afternoon D. was very distressed at the tone taken by The Manchester Guardian..."