| Repository | Lambeth Palace Library |
| Level | Subfonds |
| Alt Ref No | MS 2861-2871 |
| Extent | 11 files |
| Title | DIARIES OF THE REVD. A. C. DON |
| Date | 1931-1946 |
| Description | Diaries of the Revd. Alan Campbell Don. |
| AdminHistory | Don was Chaplain and Secretary to Archbishop Lang, 1931-41; a Chaplain to the King, 1934-46; Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons, 1936-46; Canon of Westminster and Rector of St. Margaret Westminster, 1941-46. He was appointed Dean of Westminster in 1946. |
| Acquisition | Given by the author, 1960. For more information see LR/L/12 f. 222. |
| RelatedMaterial | Other Don papers at Westminster Abbey. |
| PublnNote | 'Faithful Witness: The Confidential Diaries of Alan Don, Chaplain to the King, the Archbishop and the Speaker, 1931-1946', ed. Robert Beaken (SPCK, 2020). Copy at Lambeth Palace Library.
Other works including references to the diaries of the Revd. Alan Campbell Don:
Robert Beaken, 'Cosmo Lang: Archbishop in War and Crisis', I.B. Tauris 2012 [Lambeth Palace Library H5198.L25B3]
A. Chandler, 'George Bell, Bishop of Chichester' (Grand Rapids, 2016) [Lambeth Palace Library H5199.B3C4 2016]
Philip Ziegler, 'King Edward VIII: the official biography' (1990) [Lambeth Palace Library KA580.Z5]
Robert Beaken ed. "Faithful witness : the confidential diaries of Alan Don, chaplain to the King, the Archbishop and the Speaker, 1931-1946" [Lambeth Palace Library KA566.9D6F2] |
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| Code | Name | Dates |
| DS/UK/3769 | Don; Alan Campbell (1885-1966); Dean of Westminster | 1885-1966 |
| DS/UK/4412 | Edward VIII (1894-1972); King of Great Britain and Ireland, afterwards Duke of Windsor | 1894-1972 |