The Henson Journals
Tue 25 April 1922
Volume 32, Page 72
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Tuesday, April 25th, 1922.
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Carlisle went off by an early train, but Wakefield and I joined the Bishop at the Celebration in his chapel. After breakfast he walked us round his domain. I asked him whether he desired to get rid of the Palace, & he replied in the negative. We, i.e Wakefield & I motored to Harrogate, where we caught the London express, & travelled together as far as Wakefield. On arriving at King's Cross, I proceeded to 22 Marsham Street, & deposited my bags. Then I went to the Athenaem, & wrote to Ella and to William. I dined at the Café Royal, Regent Street, with the Club. Only Fisher & Kenyon came, & we three dined pleasantly together. Our conversation ranged over a great variety of subjects. Fisher & I walked together as far as Dean's Yard through a deluge of rain. He expressed great admiration of Lloyd George, whose prestige in Europe was, he said, unprecedented. There had been nothing like it since Napoleon. He thought a general election would hardy take place before the autumn: & that the effect would probably [be] to give Lloyd George a small but sufficient majority. The Coalition Liberals would lose many seats, & might not number more than fifty members in the new Parliament, but they would hold the balance of power.