Admin History | Imperial Relations Trust: Anonymous donor places £250,000 (payable over seven years) at disposal of Lord Baldwin for purpose of endorsing any object best calculated to strengthen links between Dominions and United Kingdom (UK); gift converted into Trust with main functions of arranging visits to UK and Dominions of persons concerned with university administration and Travelling Studentships Scheme to and from Dominions; Governor Montagu Collet Norman one of seven Trustees in personal capacity, and Bank appointed bankers by Deed of Foundation; Norman resigned late 1945; main account transferred to Barclays, 1949, and account with Bank eventually closed in 1969, the Trustees' function having been taken over by the Nuffield Foundation. |