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Somerset, Henry Charles Somers Augustus, 1874 - 1945 (soldier and politician)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1874 - 1945

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

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Arthur Hungerford Pollen: Letters of Condolence, 1937-01-29 - 1937-02-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/PLLN 5/1/50
Scope and Contents Letters to Maud Pollen following AHP's death. Correspondents include: Douglas Woodruff; Fr Herbert Thurston SJ; Gertrude Stirling; Henry Somers Somerset; T. Gerald Rose; Revd. Sir John McConnell; Sir Henry Norman; Admiral Sir William James; Basil Henry Liddell Hart; Goerge Leveson-Gower; Lord Russell of Killowen; Wilfred Greene; Sir Guy Granet; Admiral Sir Reginald Hall; AHP's private schoolmaster from his time at Newbuildings Place, Sussex; Hilaire Belloc; the Earl of Denbigh; and Bernard...
Dates: 1937-01-29 - 1937-02-06
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: With the exception of the correspondence between Anthony Pollen and Jon Sumida, which remains closed until 2029, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Henry Somers Somerset, 1928-01-25 - 1935-10-22

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/PLLN 5/4/27
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between AHP and Henry Somers Somerset regarding work, business, travel, literature, and their mothers.

Dates: 1928-01-25 - 1935-10-22
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: With the exception of the correspondence between Anthony Pollen and Jon Sumida, which remains closed until 2029, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Land of the Muskeg Expedition, 1892-07-14 - 1897-11-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/PLLN 5/1/9
Scope and Contents Letters to AHP organised by Pollen family members under the heading 'Land of the Muskeg Expedition', relating to AHP's hunting expeditions in North America in pursuit of grizzly bears in 1893. Subjects and people include: the Hudson's Bay Company; the Sheriff of Humboldt County, California, on the possibilities for hunting and encountering Native Indians in Southern California; H. R. Round of Edmonton, Alberta; the Worcester Herald, regarding reports of AHP's hunting party's disappearance in...
Dates: 1892-07-14 - 1897-11-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: With the exception of the correspondence between Anthony Pollen and Jon Sumida, which remains closed until 2029, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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'Odd letters to AHP from friends', 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/PLLN 5/1/19
Scope and Contents First part of a bundle of unsorted letters to AHP from his friends, relations, and acquaintances, mostly letters of congratulation, or enclosing presents, around the time of the wedding of AHP and Maud Lawrence. Subjects and people include: Lord Basil Temple Blackwood; Agnes Arkwright; Percy Wyndham; Dudleu Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth (2); J. A. Spender, on works of art; Theresa, Countess of Shrewsbury (3); S. P. Cockerell [Samuel Pepys Cockerell]; Ida Lynch; Arthur Russell, 11th Duke...
Dates: 1898
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: With the exception of the correspondence between Anthony Pollen and Jon Sumida, which remains closed until 2029, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Peace River Expedition, 1893-06-15 - 1893-12-17

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/PLLN 5/1/7
Scope and Contents Letters to AHP from friends and acquaintances in Britain and North America, mostly dating from AHP's expedition to the Peace River district in British Columbia, Canada for shooting with his friend Henry Somers Somerset. Subjects and people include: a letter of introduction from the Hudson Bay Company, with Pollen and Somerset's accounts for wilderness gear and hunting and camping accessories; the Catholic Summer School of America, regarding a course of lectures AHP was hoping to launch; and...
Dates: 1893-06-15 - 1893-12-17
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: With the exception of the correspondence between Anthony Pollen and Jon Sumida, which remains closed until 2029, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Peace River Expedition, 1893-06-12 - 1893-07-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/PLLN 5/1/8
Scope and Contents

Letters from AHP to his mother, Maria Margaret Pollen, one with a detailed account of his travels across the USA and Canada and one with a diary account of the start of his hunting trip from Edmonton, Alberta to the Peace River district in British Columbia, Canada for shooting with his friend Henry Somers Somerset. The file also contains a typescript copy of the earlier letter, with a Pollen family member's annotations.

Dates: 1893-06-12 - 1893-07-04
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: With the exception of the correspondence between Anthony Pollen and Jon Sumida, which remains closed until 2029, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Personal Correspondence, 1892 - 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/PLLN 5/1/10
Scope and Contents Letters to AHP from friends and acquaintances. Subjects and people include: Richard Harding Davis, Harper & Brothers Editorial Board, on AHP's shooting expeditions and liaising with AHP and Lady Henry Somerset over photographs of British celebrities and reports for US newspapers (6); Francis Jerrard, of the Strand Theatre; Viscount Morpeth [later Charles Howard, 10th Earl of Carlisle]; Lloyd C. Griscom, from the Embassy of the United States in London, with a letter of introduction for...
Dates: 1892 - 1894
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: With the exception of the correspondence between Anthony Pollen and Jon Sumida, which remains closed until 2029, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

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