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Public and Political: General: Gifts K-Z., [1880] - Aug 1951

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/392

Scope and Contents

Correspondents (concerning gifts to WSC) include: Alfred Knopf; Mary Ladele (3); [Alfred] Ernest Marples; Robert Lusty, Deputy Chairman of Michael Joseph Limited; Rubeigh Minney; Peter Smithers; Samuel Porter, Lord Justice of Appeal, Supreme Court of Northern Ireland; Alfred Greenham, Assistant Trade Commissioner for Southern Australia on a gift of lamb; Gerald O'Brien, Press Officer, Conservative and Unionist Central Office; Stanley Wagner on tropical fish (3); and Jonathan Cape, Chairman of Jonathan Cape.Also includes copies of correspondence from WSC and CSC to the individuals mentioned above and to Vivien, Lady Olivier [earlier Vivien Leigh], Paul Raynaud, Herbert Staines, Brigadier John Smyth, Harold Stassen, John Foster, Secretary of the Association of Universities of the British Commonwealth, "Bennie", 2nd Duke of Westminster, and Geoffrey Whitworth; copies of notes and correspondence from Elizabeth Gilliatt [Secretary to WSC], Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel, Secretary to WSC],"Chips" Gemmel [Secretary to WSC], Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford, Secretary to WSC], "N S" ["Jo" Sturdee, later Lady Onslow, Secretary to WSC], Richard Greville [Honorary Secretary to WSC]; a pamphlet about Woodstock [Oxfordshire]; a newspaper cutting about WSC's interest in a toy; and a photograph (dating to c. 1880) of the Cabinet of William Gladstone, then Prime Minister.Other subjects covered by the file include acknowledgement of books and the payment of duty on gifts.

Dates

  • Creation: [1880] - Aug 1951

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Extent

1 item(s) (1 file (251 loose folios))

Language of Materials

English