SELWYN AND PALMER FAMILY PAPERS, 1860 - 1976
Scope and Contents
Diaries, correspondence and photographs of Anne Catherine Selwyn, Charles Palmer, Mary Geraldine Palmer and Ruth Palmer
Dates
- Creation: 1860 - 1976
Biographical / Historical
Annie Catherine Mort (1855-1930) was the second wife of John Richardson Selwyn, Bishop of Melanesia, 1877-91, and master of Selwyn College, Cambridge, 1893-8. She was born in Sydney, Australia, 13 April 1855; married, 11 August 1885; and died in Cambridge, 1930. Her daughter, Mary Geraldine Selwyn married Charles Palmer, 2 December 1916, and went to live with him in New Zealand. She had one daughter, Ruth Palmer, and died during an influenza epidemic in Opunake, New Zealand, 30 December 1918.
Extent
2 archive box(es) (2 boxes) : Paper
Former / Other Reference
SP/1-16
Originator(s)
SELWYN AND PALMER
Finding aid date
2005-06-28 10:52:58+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Selwyn College Archives Repository
The College Archivist
Selwyn College Archives
Selwyn College, Grange Road
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DQ United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 762014
archives@sel.cam.ac.uk