(Untitled), 06 Jan [1900]

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/26/46

Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC (Camp before Colenso, Natal [South Africa]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] informing her that Sir Redvers Buller has given him a position as Lieutenant in the South African Light Horse and allowed him to retain his position as Press Correspondent and that he has obtained a position for "Jack" [John S Churchill] as Lieutenant. He expresses approval for her work on the [hospital ship] Maine, for the reviews of his book ["The River War"] and for the second number of ["The Anglo-Saxon Review"] and says that he is thinking about Pamela [Plowden, later Lady Lytton].

Dates

Creation: 06 Jan [1900]

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