Letter from C.P. Scott to L.T. Hobhouse

Scope and Content

Letter from C.P. Scott to L.T. Hobhouse (1864-1929), social philosopher and journalist, recommending [Leonard] Courtney, journalist and politician, be applied to as the best candidate [on a legal question concerning the Transvaal, see MTC/56?]. [Harry Frederick] Pollock, jurist and legal theoretician, is also mentioned, but his Unionist credentials may colour his opinions, along with [Sir Courtenay Peregrine] Ilbert, parliamentary draftsman, administrator in India, and legal writer, whom Scott commends, but fears may be tied to the government. Also included is a description of the arrangements for Scott's mother-in-law's funeral.