ARCHIVE OF SIR PERCY JAMES GRIGG, PC, KCB, KCSI

PART I: 1901-1945

PJGG 1 PERSONAL DOCUMENTS AND HONOURS

PJGG 2 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1901-1939

PJGG 2/1 Lord Brabourne

PJGG 2/2 Neville Chamberlain

PJGG 2/3 Lord Chetwode

PJGG 2/4 [Sir] Winston Churchill

PJGG 2/5 B.C.A. Cook

PJGG 2/6 [Sir] Donald Fergusson

PJGG 2/7 Sir Francis Floud

PJGG 2/8 His uncle

PJGG 2/9 F.A. Grigg

PJGG 2/10 Sir Maurice Hallett

PJGG 2/11 H.Hodson

PJGG 2/12 S.Inglis

PJGG 2/13 Lord Linlithgow

PJGG 2/14 Lord Lothian

PJGG 2/15 Dr Hans Luther

PJGG 2/16 Norman Montagu

PJGG 2/17 Sri Prakasa

PJGG 2/18 [Sir] Jeremy Raisman

PJGG 2/19 Lord Snowden

PJGG 2/20 Sir Findlater Stewart

PJGG 2/21 Lord Trenchard

PJGG 2/22 Lord Willingdon

PJGG 2/23 Sir Horace J. Wilson

PJGG 2/24 Guy Wint

PJGG 2/25 Miscellaneous

PJGG 3 FINANCE: INDIA 1935-1936

PJGG 3/1 The Niemeyer Inquiry

PJGG 3/2-10 The Reserve Bank

PJGG 4 POLITICS (INDIA): FEDERATION AND DEFENCE

PJGG 4/1-3 Federation

PJGG 4/4 Defence

PJGG 5 MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS (INDIA)

PJGG 5/1 Official 1938-1939

PJGG 5/2 Speeches and Newspaper Cuttings

PJGG 6 LADY GRIGG: CORRESPONDENCE

PJGG 6/1 The Beauty of India

PJGG 6/2-9 Letters to Dorothy Hammonds 1934-1939

PJGG 7 LADY GRIGG: LETTERS TO THOMAS JONES 1934-1939

PJGG 8 WAR OFFICE: PAPERS RELATING TO INDIA 1939-1942

PJGG 8/1 Indian Affairs: 1939-Jan 1940

PJGG 8/2 Indian Dossier (BM 26/40)

PJGG 8/3 Indian Affairs: Feb-Oct 1940

PJGG 8/4 Indian Affairs: Nov 1940-Feb 1942

PJGG 9 WAR OFFICE: CORRESPONDENCE

PJGG 9/1-4 Letters of Congratulation

PJGG 9/5 Correspondence on Grigg's Pension Rights 1942-1945

PJGG 9/6 Letters to Grigg's Father 1939-1945

PJGG 9/7 General Correspondence 1942-1945 (with Sir John Anderson, Field-Marshal Alexander, Dr E.A. Benians, A.J.Brooke, Mrs Churchill, the Duke of Devonshire, F.A.Grigg, Sir James Grigg, Sir Alan Lascelles, General Paget, R.J.Pugsley, Lord Rennell, Sir Bertie Staig, Lord Trenchard, Miscellaneous)

9/8-9 Correspondence with Field-Marshal Montgomery 1943-1945

PART II: 1946-1964

PJGG 10 COMMITTEES

PJGG 11 MONTGOMERY CORRESPONDENCE 1945-1963

PJGG 12 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1946-1964

PJGG 13 LITERARY: PREJUDICE AND JUDGMENT

PJGG 14 LITERARY: ARTICLES AND OBITUARIES

PJGG 15 LITERARY: REVIEWS

PJGG 16 MISCELLANEOUS

Perhaps the most interesting papers are those concerned with India (sections 2-8), which include those acquired during Sir James's appointment as Finance Member of the Viceroy's Council (1934-1939) and questions about India that arose when he was Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War (1939-1942). An interesting background for the earlier period is provided by Lady Grigg's letters to Dr Thomas Jones (section 7).

Unhappily, little survives from Sir James's time as Secretary of State for War (1942-1945) except some general correspondence. A notable exception is his lively correspondence with Field-Marshal Bernard Montgomery (sections PJGG 9/8, PJGG 9/9), with whom he was on the best of terms.

During Grigg's term as Finance Member of the Viceroy's Council, the Viceroy was known constitutionally as Viceroy, Governor-General, and Crown Representative. The designation that appears on the document has been retained.

Permission to quote, whether in a thesis or in any other published form (other than 'fair dealing' in the case of already published material), must also be obtained from the copyright-owner.

The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Individual closures of files are indicated in the catalogue. Churchill Archives Centre is open from Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. A prior appointment and two forms of identification are required.

In 1970, after the death of Lady Grigg, the beneficiaries under Sir James Grigg's will agreed to deposit his papers at Churchill College. They reached the College in June 1971.

Before his death, in 1964, Sir James had looked through the papers, presumably destroying ephemera. After his death the papers were examined by the Ministry of Defence, but official items were not removed. In January 1971 some papers relating to Sir James's post-war interests were added.

CURRICULUM VITAE

PERCY JAMES GRIGG

(1890-1964)

16 Dec 1890 Born at Exmouth, son of F.A.Grigg, a carpenter

Jan 1903 Scholarship to Bournemouth School

Dec 1908 Scholarship to St John's College

1912 BA - Mathematical Tripos

Aug 1913 First in Civil Service examination

Oct 1913 Entered the Treasury, Fourth Division

1915-1918 Royal Garrison Artillery

30 July 1919 Married Gertrude Charlotte Hough

1921 Principal Private Secretary to Chancellor of the Exchequer (to 1930)

1930 Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise

1930 Chairman, Board of Inland Revenue

1 Jan 1932 KCB

31 Jan 1934 Finance Member, Government of India

5 Feb 1936 KCSI

Oct 1939 Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War

22 Feb 1942 Secretary of State for War (to 26 July 1945)

23 Feb 1942 PC

1942 MP for East Cardiff (to July 1945)

1943 Hon. Fellow of St John's College

1946 Hon. LL.D (Bristol)

1946 Executive Director, International Bank for Reconstruction and development (to 1947)

1947 Director, Imperial Tobacco Company

1948 Director, Prudential Assurance Company

1949 Director, National Provincial Bank

1950 Director, Distillers Company

21 Jan 1954 Hon. Bencher, Middle Temple

1961 Chairman, Bass, Mitchells and Butlers

5 May 1964 Died

Publications: P.J.Grigg, Prejudice and Judgment (1948)