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Diary

Reference Code:: HNKY 1/3

Date:: 1917-04-30-1918-07-19 (creation)

Description:: Maurice Hankey’s diary from April 1917 to July 1918, during which time he worked as Secretary to the War Cabinet. Diary entries for the following periods were bound in a separate volume (HNKY 1/4): 31st October – 17th November 1917; 26th November – 2nd December 1917; 21st January – 4 February 1918; 22nd – 26th March 1918; 2nd – 3rd April 1918; 31st May – 4th June 1918;1st – 5th July 1918. Topics for 1917 include: [David] Lloyd George’s Admiralty Enquiry; War Cabinet Meetings; attending conference in Paris; creation of new department on shipbuilding headed up by [Eric] Geddes (Shipping Controller); articles published on submarine warfare; reflections on the efficiency of his office; suspicions that Hankey had leaked War Cabinet minutes; description of his workload; disputes between Lloyd George, [William] Robertson and [Douglas] Haig over attack on the Belgian Front; [John] Jellicoe’s pessimism over shipping; argument with Geddes over Lloyd George revealing confidential information; Maurice’s interview with the Shipping Controllers Committee; Lloyd George’s invitation to Maurice to become first Sea Lord; Mesopotamia Commission; military offensive in the Balkans; air raids in London; changes to the War Cabinet; Lloyd George calling for attack on Italian Front; writing report on War Policy and line taken at the Inter-Allies Peace Conference; meeting Winston Churchill [Minister of Munitions]; attending Paris conference; movement of troops to Egypt; [Ramsay] MacDonald travelling to Paris; overhaul of War Cabinet work; discussing separate peace with Bulgaria; Flander’s offensive; Maurice’s holiday in Eastbourne; Anglo-French conference; [Arthur] Henderson’s resignation; Lloyd George reporting to War Cabinet about secret peace negotiation between France and Austria; Maurice’s thoughts on women leaking military secrets to the enemy; Mark Sykes’s guarantee to the Seamen and Fireman’s Union; persuading Geddes and Lord Darby not to resign; Italian offensive; drafting letters for Lloyd George to send to President Wilson; [Ferdinand] Foch’s visit relating to the Italian offensive; military action in Turkey; opening peace negotiations with Germany; conference at Boulogne; helping the French to set up War Committe; visiting Haig’s headquarters; discussion with George Buchanan [Ambassador in Petrograd] over peace negotiations; Ursula [Maurice’s daughter] suffering from appendicitis and praise for Adeline’s [Maurice’s wife] response; military developments in Turkey and Syria; receiving the French Legion d'Honneur; attending inaugural weekend at Chequers; Lord Derby’s proposal to make [Herbert] Asquith Ambassador in Paris; split between war generals; criticisms of Jellicoe’s response to Norwegian convoy; evacuating Italian territory; [Luigi] Cardona’s defeat; proposal for Inter-Allied Council; plan for League of Nations International War Cabinet; British response to Bolsheviks; Geddes becoming Director of Allied Transport; 2nd report of the Dardanelles Commission; Maurice’s frustrations with the War Office. Topics for 1918 include: Meeting Sidney and Beatrice Webb; naval policy; Robertson’s resignation; War Council removing Embassy from Petrograd; Japanese intervention in Siberia; giving evidence to Lord Haldane’s committee on reconstruction of government; Haig not providing quotas demanded of Executive War Board; German attacks; conscription in Ireland; [Alfred] Milner’s criticisms of the War Cabinet; Man Power Bill; incorporation of US troops in British brigades; appointment of committee to draw up Irish Home Rule Bill; removal of [Hugh] Trenchard [as Chief of Air Staff] and replacement by Sykes; Adeline feeling run down; Lloyd George’s decision to add Austin Chamberlain to the War Cabinet; possible evacuation of Channel Ports; German peace offensive; newspaper reports on Lloyd George and Bonar Law giving false statements to House of Commons; reflections on Lloyd George’s private meetings alongside that of the War Cabinet; holiday in Whitstable; [John] Seeley’s lack of confidence in Haig; evacuation of Ypres and Dunkirk and possible withdrawal of army from France; outburst from Lord Robert Cecil against War Cabinet’s conduct relating to Japanese intervention; Robert Borden’s criticisms of military efforts in Northern France; Lloyd George meeting the Japanese Ambassador; Italian victory; drafting paper on Allied intervention in Russia; escalation in Palestine; President Wilson’s intervention proposals; [Winston] Churchill’s desire to fight in France; development of relationships with Dominion Prime Ministers and Cabinet; concluding remarks on contents of diary.

Collection:: The Papers of Maurice Hankey

Oral History: Alison Finch

Reference Code:: CCRF/141/46

Date:: 2017-03-03-2017-06-15 (creation)

Description:: First interview includes early experiences as a woman Fellow; Sexism in Churchill; Assessment of Research carried out by Women; Move to Oxford and Sexism; Return to Churchill; Discrimination and the Pension Scheme; First impression of buildings, gardens and grounds; Sir William Hawthorne; Moller Centre; 25th Anniversary of the Admission of Women 1997; Appointment as Vice-Master; Editor of the Review; College Council and doing work for the College; Tension between academic role and College duties; Admission of Women and Egalitarianism Second interview includes admission of women and sexism.

Collection:: Official Archive of Churchill College

Recording 2

Reference Code:: CCRF/141/59/2

Date:: 2021-04-06 (creation)

Description:: Interview includes: Dramatics at Churchill College; 'Pablo Naruda' (1973); Henry IV Part I (1975); 'The Resistable rise of Arturo Ui' (1974); performing 'The Trials of Brother Jero' in Nigeria (1976-7); Akin Euba's 'Chaka' (2000); Centre for Intercultural Musicology and 'Musical Mosaic' (2021); Visiting Fellowship scheme; undergraduate tutor (1994-2001); Tutor for Advanced Students [postgraduates] (2001-6); Churchill Fair (1973); draft Heritage Appraisal and Landscape (2000).

Collection:: Official Archive of Churchill College

18th Roskill Memorial Lecture

Reference Code:: CCRF/118/1/19

Date:: 2020 (creation)

Description:: Given by Professor David Reynolds, 'Yalta at 75: The Summit and its legacies 1945-2020'. Includes invitiation list and seating plan and audio-visual recording.

Collection:: Official Archive of Churchill College

Admiralty diary of Commander Michael G. Goodenough, 1939-1941

Reference Code:: MISC 117

Date:: 2023-01-24 (creation)

Description:: Commander Michael Grant Goodenough RN joined Admiralty Plans Division on 28 August 1939. Within barely a week, Britain had declared war on Germany and Winston Churchill had become First Lord of the Admiralty, returning to the position he had been forced to relinquish in 1915. In October 1939, having served for a few weeks at the Admiralty, Michael Goodenough bought a large, soft-back foolscap notebook in which he started a diary that he kept until June 1941. The original manuscript is held by the Goodenough family. This transcript was prepared in 2020 by his eldest son, Sir Anthony Goodenough (born in 1941, a month after the diary ends). Sir Anthony’s brother Simon (born in 1945) contributed to this work. The diary has been edited to remove most family material as well as a few personal remarks on colleagues. This is a full PDF copy of the diary. A published hard copy exists in the Roskill Library at Churchill College.