Masaryk's association with the School seems to have begun on 25 June 1915, when my father, R. W. Seton-Watson, wrote to him in Switzerland, inviting him to become a lecturer. Masaryk was reluctant; on 8 July he replied, "I am not quite sure that I would be the lecturer you wish and expect" .¹ On 8 September Seton-Watson wrote to Ronald Burrows, Principal of King's College: "It is very difficult to get him [Masaryk] to move, and it is quite clear that the lectures must be made to fit him, not he to fit the lectures' .² Masaryk arrived in London on 24 September. Seton-Watson wrote again to Burrows on the 26th after seeing him: It was half playfully decided between us that the task of finally overcoming his scruples is to devolve on you.³.