Kennet Papers
Deposited in the University Library in 1972 and 1975, the Kennet collection includes papers of Edward Hilton Young (1879-1960), 1st Baron Kennet of the Dene, and also of his wife Kathleen Bruce, the sculptor, widow of Captain Robert Falcon Scott. The papers cover both personal and political affairs, including Hilton Young's service in the Royal Navy, and his career as MP for Norwich 1915-1923, 1924-1929, as a Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Secretary for Overseas Trade, and Minister of Health. There are letters from many prominent inter-war politicians, including Baldwin and Lloyd George. Lady Kennet's papers include letters from Max Beerbohm, Fridtjof Nansen, and George Bernard Shaw.
The papers in the University Library may only be consulted with the written permission of Lord Kennet. Further material remains with the family. An unpublished handlist to the Kennet papers is available in the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Contact: Peter Meadows (01223 333141; pmm1000@cam.ac.uk).