Catalogue description Sir Leslie Scott Papers

This record is held by Warwick University: Modern Records Centre

Details of MSS.119
Reference: MSS.119
Title: Sir Leslie Scott Papers
Description:

Several hundred letters to; engagement diaries. Subjects include: rural land use, Liverpool Exchange Constituency, India. Correspondents include prominent legal and political figures.
Date: 1893-1951
Arrangement:

Section 1 Subject files

 

Section 2 Personal correspondence

 

i) general (chronological order)

 

ii) individual correspondents

 

Section 3 Personalia
Held by: Warwick University: Modern Records Centre, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Scott, Sir, Leslie Frederic, 1869-1950, Knight, judge, politician
Physical description: 3 series, 8 sub-series
Physical condition: Photocopies of correspondence between Scott and Oliver Wendell Holmes form part of this collection - the originals are held at Harvard University's Law School Library. In exchange for this material, copies of those originals held by the Centre were sent to Harvard.
Restrictions on use:

Preferred citation : Sir Leslie Scott Papers (MSS.119), Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
Access conditions:

Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

The collection was deposited with the Centre in 1976 by Lady Alan Pim, Sir Leslie Scott's sister.
Custodial history:

Catalogued by Richard Storey, February 1978
Accruals:

July 1985, Scott/Holmes correspondence photocopies.

 

Any quotations taken from the Scott-Holmes correspondence are to be referred to Harvard Law School Library.
Publication note:

The following works, making use of or relating to the Scott Papers, may be noted:

 

P.J. Waller, Democracy and sectarianism. A political and social history of Liverpool 1868-1939 (Liverpool, 1981)

 

E. Green & M. Moss, A business of national importance : the Royal Mail Shipping Group, 1902-1937 (London, 1982)

 

J. Campbell, F.E. Smith, First Earl of Birkenhead (London, 1983).
Subjects:
  • Rural planning
  • Urban planning
  • Law
  • Central government
  • Politicians
Administrative / biographical background:

Sir Leslie Frederic Scott (1869-1950) was educated at Rugby and New College, Oxford. As a barrister, he specialised in commercial cases and had a particular concern for international maritime law. He was Conservative MP for Liverpool Exchange, 1910-1929, and Solicitor General for a short period in 1922. From 1935 to 1948 he was a Lord Justice of Appeal. Amongst his many interests was a keen concern for the well-being of rural England, and he was a founder member of the Council for the Preservation of Rural England. As Chairman of the Committee on Land Utilisation in Rural Areas, his eventual report laid the foundations of the 1947 Town and Country Planning Act.

 

Reference: Finding aid for MSS.119
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