Black Diamonds (71 page)

p. 152 ‘
My dear Fitzwilliam
…’: King George V to Billy, 7th Earl Fitzwilliam, 14 July 1912. Private Collection.

‘The Queen …’: Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of York Papers, Correspondence, Lambeth Palace Archives.

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

p. 155 ‘
Gallantry of
…’:
The Times
, 3 November 1914.

‘They would call it Ypres …’: Lyn Macdonald,
1914
, Michael Joseph, 1987, p. 386.

‘At lunchtime …’: ibid., p. 393.

p. 156 ‘
Whole brigades
…’: ibid., p. 425.

‘All leave was prohibited …’: G. J. C. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam v W. T. G. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam et al., Royal Courts of Justice, February 1951, Day 6, Sheffield Archives, Uncatalogued Material, Wentworth Woodhouse Muniments, Box 345.

p. 157 ‘I believe …’: Toby Fitzwilliam to George Fitzwilliam, 20 May 1914, ibid., Box 343.

‘You have insulted …’: George Fitzwilliam to Toby Fitzwilliam, 21 May 1914, ibid.

p. 158 ‘
My dear Father
…’: Toby Fitzwilliam to George Fitzwilliam, 19 May 1914, ibid.

‘My dear Mother …’: Toby Fitzwilliam to Evie Fitzwilliam, 20 May 1914, ibid.

p. 160 ‘
There are some people
…’: G. J. C. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam v W. T. G. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam et al., Royal Courts of Justice, February 1951, Day 6, Sheffield Archives, Uncatalogued Material, WWM, Box 345.

‘In his summing up …’: G. J. C. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam v W. T. G. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam et al., Royal Courts of Justice, February 1951, Day 20, ibid., Box 344.

‘I trust letters …’: Toby Fitzwilliam to Mr Battock, 10 May 1914, ibid., Box 343.

p. 161 ‘
Toby Darling
…’: Evie Fitzwilliam to Toby Fitzwilliam, 23 September 1913, ibid.

‘My dear Beryl …’: Evie Fitzwilliam to Beryl Morgan, 24 September 1913, ibid.

‘My father …’: deposition of Margot Lorne, Johannesburg, October 1950, Sheffield Archives, Uncatalogued Material, WWM, Box 343.

‘Beryl Darling …’: Evie Fitzwilliam to Beryl Morgan 29 September 1913, ibid.

p. 162 ‘
Beryl wasn’t extremely pretty
…’: author’s interview with Deirdre Newton, November 2005.

‘For a time …’: deposition of Margot Lorne, Johannesburg, October 1950, Sheffield Archives, Uncatalogued Material, WWM, Box 343.

‘A pathological occurrence …’: Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe, G. J. C. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam v W. T. G. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam et al., Royal Courts of Justice, February 1951, Day 1, ibid., Box 345.

‘What luck …’: anon. postcard, postmarked Bristol, 13 October 1913, ibid., Box 343.

p. 163 ‘
My Dear Beryl
…’: Evie Fitzwilliam to Beryl Morgan, 20 October 1913, ibid.

p. 164 ‘
In those days
…’: Frances Warwick,
Afterthoughts
, Cassell and Co., 1931, p. 198.

‘A fellow marrying like that …’: deposition of Lt-Col James Burns-Hartopp, August 1950, Royal Courts of Justice, Sheffield Archives, Uncatalogued Material, WWM, Box 343.

‘George hasn’t one ounce …’: Charles Fitzwilliam to George Douglas, 9 February 1889, ibid.

‘Just imagine …’: Warwick,
Afterthoughts
, p. 193.

‘My mother’s reactions …’: G. J. C. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam v W. T. G. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam et al., Royal Courts of Justice, February 1951, Day 7, Sheffield Archives, Uncatalogued Material, WWM, Box 345.

p. 165 ‘
Darling, I’m not one bit
…’: Evie Fitzwilliam to Beryl Morgan, 2 November 1913, ibid., p. 343.

‘Darling, Do be an Angel …’: Evie Fitzwilliam to Beryl Morgan, 4 November 1913, ibid.

‘My dearest Mum …’: Beryl Morgan to Evie Fitzwilliam,8 December 1913, ibid.

p. 166 ‘
I remember
…’: author’s interview with Deirdre Newton, November 2005.

‘I feel I could never …’: Toby Fitzwilliam to Mr Battock,21 April 1914, Sheffield Archives, Uncatalogued Material, WWM, Box 343.

p. 167 ‘
My dear Toby
…’: Evie Fitzwilliam to Toby Fitzwilliam, 26 April 1914, ibid.

‘My dear Beryl …’: Evie Fitzwilliam to Beryl Morgan, 26 April 1914, ibid.

p. 168 ‘
I would write
…’: Toby Fitzwilliam to George Fitzwilliam, 27 April 1914, ibid.

‘I do not intend to …’: George Fitzwilliam to Toby Fitzwilliam, 30 April 1914, ibid.

‘Under no circumstances …’: Evie Fitzwilliam to Toby Fitzwilliam, 3 May 1914, ibid.

p. 169 ‘
She told me
…’: Kate Rickards, G. J. C. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam v W. T. G. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam et al., Royal Courts of Justice, February 1951, Day 4, ibid., Box 345.

p. 170 ‘
Dear Toby
…’: Evie Fitzwilliam to Toby Fitzwilliam, 3 November 1914, ibid., Box 343.

‘My feelings were …’: Toby Fitzwilliam, G. J. C. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam v W. T. G. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam et al., Royal Courts of Justice, February 1951, Day 6, ibid., Box 345.

p. 171 ‘
To Toby’s surprise
…’: ibid.

‘There was nothing …’: Toby Fitzwilliam, cross-examined by Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe, G. J. C. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam v W. T. G. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam et al., Royal Courts of Justice, February 1951, Day 6, ibid.

p. 172 ‘
Evie was a woman
…’: deposition of Margot Lorne, Johannesburg, October 1950, ibid., Box 343.

‘I went to school …’: Tom Fitzwilliam, G. J. C. Wentworth Fitzwilliam v W. T. G. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam et al., Royal Courts of Justice, February 1951, day 12, ibid., Box 344.

‘A little time …’: deposition of Margot Lorne, Johannesburg, October 1950, ibid., Box 343.

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

p. 177 ‘
Thousands of black-suited
…’:
Rotherham Advertiser
, 31 January 1920.

‘Fifty thousand …’:
Mexborough and Swinton Times
, March 1921.

p. 178 ‘
They did not know
…’: author’s interview with Charles Doyne, March 2004.

‘Thirty million working days …’:
Mexborough and Swinton Times
, 3 January 1920.

p. 179 ‘
In the month of January
…’: R. Page Arnot,
The Miners: Years of Struggle
, George Allen & Unwin, 1953, p. 189.

‘For the manufacturer …’: Duff Cooper,
Haig
, Faber and Faber, 1936, p. 404.

‘In the five years …’: Noel Annan,
Our Age
, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1990, p. 66.

‘It went back …’: ibid., p. 19.

‘I said …’: cited in Duff Cooper,
Haig
, p. 418.

p. 180 ‘
It is not their duty
…’: cited ibid.

‘Chatter about revolution …’:
Mexborough and Swinton Times
, 6 September 1919.

p. 182 ‘
There is neither shadow
…’: Fitzwilliam family scrapbook. Private collection.

‘Nothing …’:
Mexborough and Swinton Times
, 19 April 1919.

p. 183 ‘
The lecturer said
…’: ibid.

‘The association was established …’: author’s interview with Dr Quentin Outram, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Leeds University Business School, September 2005.

‘Mowbray and Stourton …’: list of MOAGB members supplied by Dr Quentin Outram.

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

p. 185 ‘
At his answer
…’:
The Times
, 9 May 1919.

‘Don’t you think …’: ibid.

p. 186 ‘
If this Commission
…’: ibid.

‘He was the owner …’:
The Times
, 8 May 1919.

‘I suppose …’: ibid.

p. 188 ‘
7,000
…’: F. M. L. Thompson,
English Landed Society
, 1963, p. 27.

‘Twenty-nine peers …’: David Cannadine,
The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy
, Yale University Press, 1990, pp. 710–11.

‘Less than 5 per cent …’: Royal Commission, Mining Royalties, 1893.

p. 189 ‘
Robert Smillie
…’:
The Times
, 8 May 1919.

‘I want to examine …’: ibid.

p. 191 ‘
There are houses
…’: cited in R. Page Arnot,
The Miners: Years of Struggle
, George Allen & Unwin, 1953, p. 200.

‘The total profits …’: cited ibid., p. 190.

‘Many of the coal owners …’: cited ibid., p. 193.

‘Even upon the evidence …’: cited ibid., p. 200.

p. 192 ‘
During the Great War
…’: estimate based on the Marquess of Bute’s and the Earl of Dunraven’s wartime coal income – the former above Billy Fitzwilliam on the list of Britain’s wealthiest mineral royalty owners, the latter below him. The source of the list is B. Fine,
The Nationalization of the UK Coal Royalties, 1938: Compensation Payments
(computer file), Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive (distributor), January 1983. SN:1825.

‘They are all decent …’:
Mexborough and Swinton Times
, 5 July 1919.

p. 193 ‘
If they throw themselves
…’: David Lloyd George, House of Commons debate, March 1919.

‘Was it a huge game …’: Vernon Hartshorn, House of Commons debate, 18 August 1919.

p. 194 ‘
Delegates
…’: decision taken by MFGB Executive Committee, 9 January 1920, cited in Page Arnot,
The Miners: Years of Struggle
, p. 217.

CHAPTER NINETEEN

p. 196 ‘
Three footmen waited
…’: author’s interview with Bert May, Jack May’s son, June 2004.

‘Some minutes later …’:
Rotherham Advertiser
, 31 January 1920.

‘Under the watchful gaze …’: ibid.

‘Walking twenty paces …’: ibid.

p. 197 ‘
A lone bugler
…’: ibid.

‘From the direction …’: ibid.

‘Some of the veterans …’:
Mexborough and Swinton Times
, January 1919.

p. 198 ‘
At a nod
…’:
Rotherham Advertiser
, 31 January 1920.

‘Haig’s speech …’: ibid.

CHAPTER TWENTY

p. 201 ‘
They had moved
…’: author’s interview with Armand Smith, June 2004.

p. 202 ‘
in the words
…’:
Chips – The Diaries of Sir Henry Channon
, ed. Robert Rhode James, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1967, p. 24.