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
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
OPEN
Conditions governing reproduction:
APPLY TO ARCHIVIST
Finding aids:
Printed handlist available
Archival Information
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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
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