The Henson Journals

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Friday, May 22nd, 1931.

A very wet day, cold but becoming warmer. I worked at a "Charge" for the Ordinands. Sir Ralph Wedgwood and his wife came to lunch, and were shown over the Castle. She was Mrs Gow's niece, & they were married in S. Margaret's, Westminster, when I was Rector. I walked in the Park in spite of the rain, & there fell in with Dr McCullagh who also insisted on a constitutional. Mrs Morley–Headlam brought to tea a young fellow, named Headlam, some relation of the Bishop of Gloucester. Also, Waldy and his wife, whom I married in the Temple, came to tea. I showed the two young men over the Castle, & then resumed labour on the 'Charge'.

Arthur sends me Lord Rothermere's pamphlet on India, together with a letter strongly expressed. I doubt not that he represents the general opinion of the older Anglo–Indians, whose investments are hit hard by recent developments in India, & whose estimate of Ghandi is not unaffected by the fact. Certainly, it seems highly precarious to build a policy on the verbal assurances of one man, & he an ageing eccentrick, albeit, a man of high character and the most generous enthusiasm.

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