West, Edward Charles Sackville-, 1901-1965 (5th Baron Sackville and author)
Person
Biography
Edward Charles Sackville-West (1901-65), 5th Baron Sackville; author
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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Correspondence from Edward Charles Sackville-West, 5th Baron Sackville, 2 Mar. 1951-9 Jan. 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9225/5/213-215
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Comprises correspondence and papers of Mary Hope Allen, as well as correspondence of her grandfather Robin Allen (1820-98), Secretary of Trinity House and a poet and critic, and of her father, Sir Ernest King Allen (1864-1937), Assistant Public Trustee 1915-23. Robin Allen's correspondents include 19th century
politicians, artists, poets and critics such as W.E. Gladstone, Thomas Hardy, Lord Leighton, John Ruskin, Lord Tennyson, Arnold Toynbee and Mrs. Humphry Ward. There is a collection of...
Dates:
2 Mar. 1951-9 Jan. 1965
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from Lord Eddy Sackville West (Knole, Sevenoaks) to Siegfried Sassoon re invitation to visit, 16 Oct. 1910-16 Oct. 1960 (year inferred (most likely 1920s-30s))
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9375/714
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A collection of 1094 letters, postcards and other items known as 'Sassoon's residual correspondence' although it does also include a number of items addressed to other persons particularly to his wife, Hester, and his mother, Theresa Thornycroft.
Dates:
16 Oct. 1910-16 Oct. 1960 (year inferred (most likely 1920s-30s))
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).