UK Parliamentary Archives

• Held At: Parliamentary Archives: GB-061
• Catalogue Reference: MAS
• Accession Number: 1029
• Former Archival Reference: Historical Collection 112
• Ref No: MAS
• Date: 1911-1938
• Level: Fonds
• Extent: 30 volumes
• Creator Name: Mason ; David Marshall (1865-1945); Member of Parliament
• Administrative or Biographical History: David Marshall Mason was elected MP (Liberal) for Coventry in the second General Election of 1910, retaining the seat until 1918. He unsuccessfully contested the Chislehurst Division of Kent in 1918, the Romford Division of Essex in 1922 and 1923 and the Barnstaple Division of North Devon in 1929. He was elected MP for Edinburgh East in 1931 as a Liberal supporting the National Government, but he lost the seat in the 1935 General Election and in 1939 he joined the Liberal National Party. Mason was an associate of the Institute of Bankers and also the founder and Chairman of the executive committee of the Sound Currency Association.
• Acquisition: Presented to Parliamentary Archives by the Library of the National Liberal Club. Accessioned by Parliamentary Archives on 27 January 1972. Accession number 1029.
• Category: Personal/Political Papers
• Description: The press cuttings, taken from national and local newspapers, are almost entirely concerned with Mason's political career and his views on currency reform and other political and economic matters. There is a separate volume for the 1923 General Election which includes the election addresses of Mason and his opponents at Romford and two original letters.
• Terms:
  • Liberalism,
  • Politicians,
  • Economics,
  • International trade,
  • Banks,
• Related Material: The archive of the National Liberal Club is deposited at the University of Bristol Library. Archives of the Liberal Party are held at the archive of the London School of Economics, although the bulk of this collection dates from the 1960s and after. The collection includes the minutes of the National Executive Committee 1954-1985, the Party Council 1972-1987 and the Standing Committee 1960-1987. The collection also includes extensive correspondence, policy papers and printed material along with material relating to the Lib-Lab Pact and the Liberal/SDP Alliance. The House of Lords Record Office holds papers of Herbert Louis Samuel, first Viscount Samuel (1870-1963), reference SAM, and his cousin Stuart Montagu Samuel, 1st baronet (1856-1926), reference SML.
• Access Status: Open
• Physical Description: These binding of these volumes is loose and many of the spines are damaged. Many are also quite dirty.

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