IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0097 COLL MISC 0676
Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science
Title: FOOT, Sir Dingle Mackintosh, 1905-1978, Knight lawyer and politician
Date(s): 1913-1950
Level of description: collection
Extent: 3 folders
Name of creator(s): Foot, Sir Dingle Mackintosh, 1905-1978, Knight lawyer and politician
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Administrative/Biographical history:
Sir Dingle Foot (1905-1978) was educated at Bembridge School, Isle of Wight, and Balliol College, Oxford. He was President of the Union, 1928. From 1931 to 1945 he was Liberal MP for Dundee, 1931-45. In 1930 Dingle Foot was called to the bar (Gray's Inn), 1930. He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Economic Warfare, 1940, and a member of the British delegation to San Francisco Conference, 1945. Dingle Foot left the Liberal party and joined the Labour party in 1956. He was Labour MP for Ipswich, 1957-1970. He became Solicitor-General and was knighted, 1964. His publications include: "British Political Crises" (1976) and "Despotism in disguise" (1937).
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Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Dingle Foot retained by his secretary J Solomons. These include papers concerning the Ministry of Economic Warfare, notes and letters on the Liberal position on rearmament and the liberties of the subject, also speeches on foreign policy.
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Language/scripts of material: English
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OPEN
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APPLY TO ARCHIVIST
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Printed handlist available
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Archivist's note: Output from CAIRS using template 14 and checked by hand on May 8, 2002
Date(s) of descriptions: 8 May 2002