Public and Political: General: Patronage N-O., 1943 - Apr 1952
Scope and Contents
File includes correspondence with: The Mayor of Nancy, France, on Government decision to withdraw British Council representative from the City, 1950; The National Farmers' Union, Edenbridge and Sevenoaks Branches, Kent, on membership, 1943-47, Sir Stanley Reed MP, asking him to address NFU meeting in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, 1947; Lord Ilchester, askimg him to sit for a portrait drawing by Henry Lamb for the National Portrait Gallery, London (refused), 1950; The National Society of Conservative and Unionist Agents on election as Patron, 1950; Sir Fredrick Rowland, Lord Mayor of London (3), on his National Thanksgiving Fund, 1949-50; Admiral of the Fleet Lord Chatfield (President), (6) on election as an Honorary Member of the Institution of Naval Architects, 1946, and attendance at Annual Dinner, 1947, with printed list of members, Admiral of the Fleet Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope, asking him to attend International Conference of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 1951; Lord Lloyd, invitation to Navy League Trafalgar Day lunch, 1951; Lionel Berry (2) and Lord Burnham on donation to Newspaper Press Fund, 1951; Sir Charles Petrie (10) and Lord Gretton on honorary membership of The 1900 Club, with printed Rules and List of Members, 1946-51; The Norwegian Academy of Science and Arts (Norske Videnkaps Akademi) on honorary membrship;, 1949 The Borough of Oldham, Lancashire, on centenary celebrations, 1950; Stuart Low & Co., Enfield, askimg for permission to name orchid "Winston Churchill", 1951; Count Edward Reventlow, Danish Ambassador, on the history of WSC's insignia of the Order of the Elephant, 1951; Joyce Altham, Secretary (8), Brendan Bracken and Walter Elliot on The Other Club, particularly tribute to Jan Smuts, lists of members and candidates for membership; Richard Stokes MP, Minister of Works (2) and Lady Violet Bonham Carter [earlier Violet Asquith and Violet, Lady Bonham Carter, later Lady Asquith of Yarnbury] (2) on unveiling of statue of Lord Oxford and Asquith (formerly Herbert Henry Asquith), in the Members Lobby of the House of Commons, 1950; Peter Fleming invitation to Regimental Ball of the Royal Bucks and Queen's Own Oxford Yeomanry, 1951 (declined); General Sir John Crocker, Adjutant General (2) Field Marshal Sir William Slim, (CIGS) (2) Lt-Colonel H A G Vanderfelt, Lieutenant-General Sir Ouvry Roberts, C. in C., Southern Command, and Lord Burnham (2) on amalgamtation of the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars and the Royal Bucks Yeomanry as 299 Field Regiment Royal Artillery (Bucks and Oxfordshire Yeomanry), Territorial Army, and the decision to drop the Royal Honour title, 1950-51.
Dates
- Creation: 1943 - Apr 1952
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Extent
1 file(s) (1 unbound file, 300 items)
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Repository Details
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