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Title: Kenneth Hugh De Courcy papers
Date (inclusive): 1934-1991
Collection Number: 79080
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
8 microfilm reels, 1 folder
(1.2 Linear Feet)
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.
Creator:
De Courcy, Kenneth, 1909-1999
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1979
[Identification of item], Kenneth Hugh De Courcy papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Existence and Location of Originals note
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World politics
Great Britain -- Foreign relations
Espionage, Russian -- Great Britain
Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972
Imperial Policy Group (Great Britain)