Minute - Writ in Acceleration for Lord Willoughby de Eresby [1950-11-22]
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Title
Minute - Writ in Acceleration for Lord Willoughby de Eresby [1950-11-22]
Subject
Peerages
Royal Household
Description
Minute from Denis Rickett to Clement Attlee asking if he should seek informal approval from the Palace for a Writ in Acceleration for Lord Willoughby de Eresby.
Creator
Denis Rickett (Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister)
Source
PREM 5/590
Date
1950-11-22
Contributor
Jason Loch
Minute Item Type Metadata
Transcript
COPY.
PRIME MINISTER.
I understand that when you saw Lord Addison on Monday you agreed that Lord Willoughby de Eresby should be summoned to the House of Lords in one of his father’s baronies.
If this is so may I now approach the Palace for informal approval? We are preparing a formal submission for your signature.
(Initialled) D.H.F.R.
Yes.
(Initialled) C.R.A.
22.XI.50.
22nd November, 1950.
Signatures
Initials of Denis Rickett (Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister)
Initials of Clement Attlee (Prime Minister and the First Lord of the Treasury)
Initials of Clement Attlee (Prime Minister and the First Lord of the Treasury)
Special Features
Office copy.
Files
Collection
Citation
Denis Rickett (Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister), “Minute - Writ in Acceleration for Lord Willoughby de Eresby [1950-11-22],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/125.