"an informed view of the situation shows that we've really not got a practical chance of actual ultimate victory" and that "no questions of prestige should stand in the way of our using our nuisance value while we have one to get the best peace terms possible." Churchill's reply was bitingly brief and to the point. "I am ashamed of you for writing such a letter. I return it to you -- to burn and forget." The two letters combined fetched $51,264. Crawshay-Williams died in May 1962 aged 82. References Bibliography Crawshay-Williams, Eliot. Across Persia, 1907. From Internet Archive. Crawshay-Williams, Eliot; Simple Story: An Accidental Autobiography, 1935 J Graham Jones; Champion of Liberalism: Eliot Crawshay-Williams in Journal of Liberal History, Issue 59, Summer 2008 Obituary in The Times - 12 May 1962 Toye, Richard, Lloyd George and Churchill: rivals for greatness London: Macmillan, 2007. External links 1879 births 1962 deaths English people of Welsh descent Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies People educated at Eton College UK MPs 1910–1918 UK MPs 1910 Royal Field Artillery officers