MS 917 01 06 09
Reference code
MS 917 01 06 09
Title
Cazalet family papers: David Keir: correspondence and papers
Level
Item
Other Number
53
Administrative / Biographical history
David Keir (1906-1969) married Thelma Cazalet in 1939, when he was lobby correspondent for the News Chronicle. He had stood as a Liberal candidate in the 1929 Midlothian and Peebles Northern by-election, and again in the 1929 General Election; as the Liberal candidate for Roxburgh and Selkirk in 1931, and again as an Independent Liberal candidate in the East Fife by-election of 1933. He had a career as a journalist and author.
Date
1938 - 1969
Extent & medium
1 file
Content description
Chiefly typescripts of articles, especially travel journalism, but also including drafts of fictional prose and poetry. Some correspondence between David Keir and Thelma Cazalet. An election poster for David Keir as the Liberal candidate for Midlothian. David Keir's wallet, with contents.
Publication note
A monograph based in part on this dissertation published as: N.J. Crowson, Facing fascism: the Conservative party and the European dictators, 1935-1940 (London: Routledge, 1997).
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