Correspondence with F.L. Birch

  • Reference
    • GB 133 GDN/A/B50
  • Dates of Creation
    • 29 Jul-28 Oct 1926
  • Physical Description
    • 13 pieces; 15 sheets

Scope and Content

Correspondence with Francis Lyall [Frank] Birch (1889-1956), intelligence officer, relating to discussion of potential employment at the Manchester Guardian as a leader writer and successor to C.E. Montague, journalist and novelist, with details of the role, and discussion of a potential trial. There is also correspondence relating to Birch's inability to attend the trial owing to illness, and his recommendation that V[ictor Vaughan Reynolds Geraint] C[linton] Clinton-Baddeley, writer, be considered for the role.