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Title: Kenneth Hugh De Courcy papers
Dates: 1934-1991
Collection number: 79080
Creator:
De Courcy, Kenneth Hugh, 1909-
Collection Size:
8 microfilm reels, 1 folder
(1.2 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Microfilm of correspondence, memoranda, depositions and other legal documents, minutes, and writings, relating to world politics,
British foreign policy, espionage in Great Britain, the Imperial Policy Group, political views of the Duke of Windsor, and
business affairs of and legal proceedings against British financier and publisher K. H. De Courcy.
Physical location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research with the exception of reel 8 which is closed until 2015.
Access to audiovisual materials requires at least two weeks advance notice. Audiovisual materials include sound recordings, video recordings, and motion picture film. Hoover staff will determine whether use copies of the materials requested can be made available. Some materials may not be accessible even with advance notice. Please contact the Hoover Institution Archives Audiovisual Specialist for further information.
Access to audiovisual materials requires at least two weeks advance notice. Audiovisual materials include sound recordings, video recordings, and motion picture film. Hoover staff will determine whether use copies of the materials requested can be made available. Some materials may not be accessible even with advance notice. Please contact the Hoover Institution Archives Audiovisual Specialist for further information.
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[Identification of item], Kenneth Hugh De Courcy papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1979
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog Socrates at
http://library.stanford.edu/webcat . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes
listed in this finding aid.
Originals in possession of: K. H. De Courcy.
| 1909 November 6 | Born, Oldham, Lancashire, Great Britain |
| (?) | Educated, Kings College School, London |
| 1933 | Honary Secretary, unoffical committee on Conservative Party policy, chairman Sir Reginald Banks |
| 1934-1942 (?) | Honorary Secretary, Imperial Policy Group |
| 1938-1976 | Editor, proprietor of Intelligence Digest |
| (?) | Chairman Ridgeway Courcy and Company |
| 1950 | Married Rosemary Catherine Baker |
| 1951-1976 | Editor, proprietor of Weekly Review |
| 1953-1964 | Member of the committee of the Exangelical Alliance which organized "crusades" by Billy Graham in Great Britain |
| 196? | Chairman, Overseas Land Purchasing Trust |
| 1963-1964 | Trial and convication for forgery and other offences |
| 1968 | Released from prison |
| 1969-1972 | Editor, Banker's Digest |
| 1973 | Marriage dissolved |
| 1973- | Editor, Special Office Brief |
| 1977 | Chancellor, Order of the Three Orders |
Scope and Content of Collection
Microfilm of correspondence, memoranda, depositions and other legal documents, minutes, and writings, relating to world politics,
British foreign policy, espionage in Great Britain, the Imperial Policy Group, political views of the Duke of Windsor, and
business affairs of and legal proceedings against British financier and publisher K. H. De Courcy.
Arranged into six series: Imperial Policy Group, 1934-1942, Correspondence, 1936-1983, Correspondence with F. Roy Cattell,
1953-1957, Subject File, circa 1936-1984, Trial and appeals, 1946-1984, and Speeches and Writings, 1983-1984.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Imperial Policy Group (London)
Espionage, Russian--Great Britain.
World politics.
Great Britain--Foreign relations.
Edward VIII, King of Great Britain, 1894-1972.