Brendan Bracken, 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, to Sir Edwin Lutyens

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

RAA/SEC/6/10/1

Title

Brendan Bracken, 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, to Sir Edwin Lutyens

Date

16 Apr 1941

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1p.

Previous reference codes

604, RAC 3, CH 3

Content Description

Marked "private". Churchill is honoured by Lutyens's invitation to join the Royal Academy but declines. As an amateur he would be embarrassed to find himself suddenly and unwarrantedly among the Academicians. He hopes to compete again after the war. Bracken suggests that the office of Secretary for Foreign Correspondence be offered to Eden.