The Henson Journals

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Tuesday, July 8th, 1919.

At breakfast I found Mrs Pember & Katherine, who had come to town for the Oxford & Cambridge match. I proposed that Mrs Pember should accompany me to the Mansion House tomorrow. She readily consented, & offered the use of her car. After breakfast I walked to Adeney's, & tried on my new clothes. Then I went to Westminster for the meeting of Convocation. There was very little business, as the serious matters – position of women & relations with Nonconformists – had been postponed until the Lower House had said their say on them. I lunched at the Arundel Hotel with Bevan & the Dean of Chichester. I dined in the Athenaeum with the Bishop of Southampton.

The evening papers report that Mrs Edward Lyttelton had committed suicide. The poor lady had suffered much pain for many years. It is a sad stroke.

The Bishop of Norwich told me that he, and many others who shared his dislike of the Enabling Bill, voted for the 2nd reading, so that the number of the majority gave no trustworthy indication of the feeling of the House. The Bishop of Southwark did not turn up for the debate. Burge is an excellent good fellow, but he never "comes up to the scratch" when there's any serious fighting to be done.

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