FOOT, Sir Dingle Mackintosh, 1905-1978, Knight lawyer and politician

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0097 COLL MISC 0676
Held at	: British Library of Political and Economic Science   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.lse.ac.uk/library ›
Full 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

Context

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).

Content

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.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

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Conditions governing access:

OPEN

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APPLY TO ARCHIVIST

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Printed handlist available

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Output from CAIRS using template 14 and checked by hand on May 8, 2002

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Date(s) of descriptions:
8 May 2002