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(Untitled), 15 Aug [1913]

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152B/216-219

Scope and Contents

Letter from Mother [Lady Randolph Churchill] (?Villa des Fleurs) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] marked "private" and "tear up" in which he says she left Clara [Frewen, earlier Clara Jerome] in Rome [Italy] and that Clara was "forlorn" after Hugh's [Hugh Frewen's] wedding; apologises that he is troubled by her affairs; discusses George [Cornwallis West's] mismanagement of finances and his responsibility for the payment of bills; expresses her keenness that the decree nisi [relating to her divorce from George] should be made absolute; discusses her return to London ["Who cares if I return or not...What am I? Only an old 5th wheel"]. Signed manuscript.

Dates

  • Creation: 15 Aug [1913]

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Peregrine Churchill

Extent

4 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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