UK Parliamentary Archives

• Held At: Parliamentary Archives: GB-061
• Catalogue Reference: WAK
• Accession Number: 1576
• Former Archival Reference: Historical Collection 224
• Ref No: WAK
• Date: 1922-1964
• Level: Fonds
• Extent: 22 files
• Creator Name: de Vere Loder; John (1895-1970); Captain; MP; 2nd Baron Wakehurst.
• Administrative or Biographical History: Lord Wakehurst was a clerk in the Foreign Office from 1919 to 1921. He later sat for East Leicester as a Conservative MP from October 1924 to to May 1929, when he was defeated. He was subsequently elected for the Lewes division of Sussex in October 1931 where he sat until April 1936 when he succeeded to the Peerage as Baron Wakehurst. He was Governor of New South Wales from 1937-1946 and Governor of Northern Ireland from 1952-1964.
• Acquisition: Deposited by Lady Wakehurst in February 1976. Accessioned by Parliamentary Archives on 6 April 1976
• Category: Personal/Political Papers
• Description: This collection contains various papers including press cuttings on the general election (1922) and in particular concerning John de Vere Loder's constituency of East Leicester; the collection also includes papers relating to his time as Governor of Northern Ireland, some general political papers, working copies of some of his publications and Journals of his travels in North Africa, Australia, South America, the Far East and Canada.
• Terms:
  • Politicians,
  • Russia,
  • North Africa,
  • Australia,
• System of Arrangement: In chronological order
• Related Material: Additional papers of John de Vere Loder are held at the British Library: correspondence with PV Emrys-Evans in Add MSS 58243 as well as letters to Albert Mansbridge in Add MSS 65253; a diary relating to Australia is held at the Royal Geographical Society in RGS Archives p154; a letter book and diary are held by Oxford University: St Antony's College, Middle East Centre and correspondence with Lord Woolton at the Bodleian Library, Special Collections and Western Manuscripts in MSS Woolton.
• Access Status: Open
• Physical Description: Manuscript and typescript records; black and white photographs

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