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LLOYD-GEORGE, David, 1st Earl (1863-1945). Prime Minister 1916-1922.
Typewritten Letter Signed to [the Editor of the Dumfries Standard] James Reid, 1 page 4to, Thames House, Millbank, 24 January 1935. With a collection of related material.

On 17 January 1935 Lloyd George had launched his last (and unsuccesful) bid for power, the Council of Action for Peace and Reconstruction, or Britain's New Deal, a campaign for economic reform with a strong emphasis on the revival of agriculture. In this letter he thanks Reid for showing support for his crusade ('... I am just overwhelmed with letters from all parts of the country indicating that men of all Parties are rallying to the appeal which I made...') and mentions a possible talk at a meeting in Dumfries ('... There is no better audience in Great Britain...').

There are also three further letters to Reid written on behalf of Lloyd George in 1934-35 (one of them mentioning Dumfries as a centre for a speech on agriculture and "the attitude of the Banks to the farming interest"), a card sent in reply to a message of sympathy following the death of Lloyd George's wife Margaret (January 1941), a typed letter signed by his new wife Frances Lloyd George thanking Reid for congratulating them on their marriage (2 November 1943), and a telegram from Lloyd George congratulating the Dumfries Standard on reaching its hundredth milestone: 'I hope that it will go from strength to strength championing the cause of freedom, liberty and justice with the same spirit of independence and courage that it has shown for so many years under the able and distinguished editorship of my old friend Mr James Reid' (29 March 1943).
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