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PAPERS OF Elizabeth, 5th

Marchioness of Salisbury - file list

*Please note that the numbering of these papers is not final*

Ref: 5MCH The collection comprises 12 boxes. Boxes 1-8 contain letters in bundles and each bundle has been treated as a file. Except bundle 1 (where the letters were numbered by Betty), letters in Box 1 and Box 2 bundle 1 have been numbered consecutively according to their original bundle e.g. letters in bundle 2 are numbered 2/1 – 57. These bundles were also divided into packets so that they could be foldered. This level of processing and repackaging could not be maintained in the time available for the project so from Box 2 bundle 2 onwards the original bundles have been retained with the total number of letters in each bundle being recorded. Letters are usually annotated with correspondent’s name and date of receipt by Betty, these names/nicknames have been used in the file lists to facilitate locating letters within the bundles. Full names and titles of significant correspondents are given in Appendix A. Unidentified correspondents are listed first for each bundle with additional information that may help to identify them later. Correspondents are listed once for each bundle containing their letter/letters. Box 1a, Box 1b Bundle 6, Box 3 Bundle 12-Box 8 Bundle 14 are listed alphabetically by surname but names have not been reversed Box 1b Bundle 7 & 8, Box 2 Bundle 1-Box 3 Bundle 11 are listed alphabetically by first name or title where no first name is given Box1b Bundles 9-11 and Box 2 Bundle2/1-20 only contain letters from “Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Boxes 9 & 10 contain personal papers and ephemera which have been listed individually. Box 11 contains letters of condolence on the death of the 5th Marquess of Salisbury, 1972, which have been listed individually Box 12 contains letters and papers relating a to a ball at Hatfield House in 1970 for the 21

st birthday of Charles Gascoyne-Cecil,

each folder has been described

Box/ Bundle

Quantity Correspondents Date Notes

Box 1a

Bundle 1 (1 packet)

1-18 Louisa, Lady Antrim (Godmother) Katharine Asquith Mary Cavendish (sister) Lady Moyra Cavendish née Beauclerk (mother) Lord Richard Cavendish (father) Ian Henderson Bruce Logan Aileen Meade Sydney Peel

1912-1913

Bundle 2 (in 3 packets)

1-57 Katharine Asquith Mary Pole Carew Alix Cavendish Diana Cavendish (Babs) Uncle John (Major John Spencer Cavendish) Mary Cavendish Lady Moyra Cavendish Lord Richard Cavendish Aileen Meade Nannie

January – December 1914

Bundle 3 (4 packets)

1-114 Lord Althorpe Louisa, Lady Antrim Cys Asquith (Cynthia, daughter-in-law of Herbert Asquith) Elizabeth Asquith Katharine Asquith Margot Asquith Raymond Asquith Obby Beauclerk

January - December 1915

Box/ Bundle


Harold Bell Lord Freddy Blackwood Violet Bonham-Carter RH (Bob) Brand Mrs E Brown Ilona Cambridge Mary Cambridge Alix Cavendish Diana Cavendish (“Babs”) Emma Cavendish (née Lascelles) Mary Cavendish Maude Cavendish Lady Moyra Cavendish Lord Richard Cavendish Victor Cavendish (9th Duke of) Devonshire Alice Cecil Bobbety (Robert Cecil, 5

th Marquess of

Salisbury) Mr Eustace H Cubitt Lord Curzon Walter Dalkeith Lord Derby Francis Egerton Desmond Fitzgerald Raymond Greene Uncle Albert Grey Claud Hamilton Mary Hamilton Netty Henderson Anna Kehn

Box/ Bundle


Mollie Lascelles John Loden Aileen Meade Nannie Olga Panagulli Sydney Peel Arthur Penn John Ponsonby (General) Bishop Ryle Grace St Albans Gertrude Schultz G Shute Godfrey S Smith Bobby Somerset Somers Somerset Cecil Spencer Lavinia Spencer Edward Stanley William Temple


1-138 Nancy Astor Cys Asquith Elizabeth Asquith Alix Beauclerk “Obby” Osborne Beauclerk Lord Basil Blackwood Alix Cavendish Diana Cavendish Mary Cavendish Lady Moyra Cavendish Lord Richard Cavendish Lady Alice Salisbury

January – June 1916

Box/ Bundle


Mima [Lady Beatrice Gascoyne-Cecil, later Lady Harlich] Mr AS Cope Walter Dalkeith Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury Sir Everard H Doyle Mrs K Drummond Kathleen Granby Raymond Greene Lady Henderson Nurse Grace Hinton John Loden Louise Loden “Bear” Mills (Arthur Robert Mills) Nannie Arthur Penn Grace St Albans (maternal grandmother) Mary Scharlieb Bobby Shaw Bobby Somerset Kitty Somerset Edward Stanley J Wallace


1-125 Mrs Allan Elizabeth Asquith “Obby” Osborne Beauclerk Mr Bevan Lord Basil Blackwood

July – December 1916

Box/ Bundle


Alix Cavendish Diana Cavendish Mary Cavendish Maude Cavendish Lady Moyra Cavendish Lord Richard Cavendish Alice (Cecil), Alice Salisbury Kathleen Granby Raymond Greene Mrs Halsey Margaret Levett John [Loden] Louise Loden Rose McDonnell Marion Margaret Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland “Bear” Mills (Hon. Arthur Robert Mills) Nannie Lady Pembroke Constance Penn Lord Eustace Percy Mrs Wilton Phipps Grace St Albans (maternal grandmother) Lady Shaftsbury [“cuckoo”] Bobby Somerset

Box 1b


1-53 Cys Asquith Alix Cavendish Diana Cavendish Mary Cavendish

January – August 1917

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Lady Moyra Cavendish Kathleen Granby Raymond Greene Maude Mackintosh Mr Ambrose McEvoy Nurse (Florence Miller) Bear Mills (Arthur Robert Mills) Nannie Arthur Penn Bobby Somerset Edward Stanley Portia Stanley (née Sybil Cadogan)


1-91 Alix Cavendish Arthur Penn Diana Cavendish Mrs E Marsh Edith Mills Ellen Miller Granny Emma Granny Grace St Albans Florence Miller Mrs Isabella Allan Kathleen Granby Mary Cavendish Lady Moyra Cavendish Lord Richard Cavendish Nannie Prince Paul of Serbia Portia Stanley Willy de [_enny?]

September – December 1917

Bundle 8 1-78 [?Jims] January –

Box/ Bundle


(2 packets)

Alix Cavendish Arthur Penn Bobby Somerset Diana Cavendish General Godley Guy Lawrence Harold Macmillan (to Bobbety) Sir Henry Streatfield Lancelot M Gibbs Lord Salisbury Louise Godley Mary Cavendish Mr Malcolm Bullock Mr Marsh Mildred Maney [Lady …] Lady Moyra Cavendish Nannie Nellie Cecil Netty “Obby” Osborne Beauclerk Portia Stanley Lord Richard Cavendish Somers Somerset W Temple

November 1918

Bundle 9 1-29 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (“Bobbety”) no date (1st letter), November, 1915 - October, 1917

See Appendix B for detailed list

Bundle 10 1-88 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (“Bobbety”) January-July, See Appendix B

Box/ Bundle


1918 for detailed list

Bundle 11 1-62 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (“Bobbety”) August-November, 1918

See Appendix B for detailed list

Box 2


1-105 [British Delegation in Paris] Alix Cavendish Arthur Penn Alice Salisbury Diana Cavendish Eddie Marsh General Ponsonby Ivor Churchill Jean Ramsay Lady Moyra Cavendish Lags Gibbs Lily Woodman Lord Robert Cecil Lord Somers Mary Cavendish Nanny Oliver Bing Paul Marsh Paul Walters Lord Richard Cavendish Robert Cecil-Gascoyne (Peter, son) Raymond Greene Sidney Herbert Vera Wemyss Walter Dalkeith

May – December 1919

Box/ Bundle


Bundle 2

Packet 1 2/1-5 “Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil

June 1919

Packet 2 2/6-20 “Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil

March 1919

Packet 3 2/21-29 Lady Moyra Cavendish January – May 1915

Bundle 3 1-77 Alix Cavendish Arthur Penn “Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil DC [Diana Cavendish?] Diana Cavendish Dorothy Grosvenor Evan Charteris Godfrey Thomas Isabella Allan (Nanny) Ivor Churchill Lady Moyra Cavendish Lily Woodman Mary Cavendish Michael Nanny Paul Marsh Peter Lord Richard Cavendish Sidney Herbert (later Baronet Boyne) Sidney Herbert’s mother (V B) Sybil Cavendish Winnie Portland

1920

Bundle 4 1-129 [Touquet Malray?] of Villa Scoglietto St Jean-Cap Ferrat and 9 Avenue Charles

1921

Box/ Bundle


Floquet 7th [arrondissement, Paris?] [Goshen Bunt] of Avon Tyrrell, Christchurch Alix Cavendish Arthur Penn “Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Lord Richard Cavendish Diana Cavendish Godfrey Thomas Grace St Albans Gwyneth Lawrence Lily Woodman Mary Cavendish Mary Herbert Michael Gascoyne-Cecil Mina Lady Moyra Cavendish Nanny Paul Walters “Peter”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Raymond Greene Richard [Cavendish, brother?] Sidney Herbert Sybil Cavendish

Bundle 5 1-80 S (from 21 Arlington Street) Unsigned (from 4 Brick Court Temple) Alix Cavendish Cavendish “Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Bobby Somerset Bridget (from Plas Newydd)

1922

Box/ Bundle


Diana Cavendish Joan [Po?ader] Kakoo Rutland Mary Cavendish Lady Moyra Cavendish Nanny Lord Richard Cavendish Sidney Herbert (later Baronet Boyton) Willy D (from Bath Club in Dover Street) Worcester (from Badminton)

Bundle 6 1-96 Alix Cavendish “Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Diana Cavendish Elizabeth of York (later Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother) Gerard Gore Jean Ramsay Lily Woodman Mary Cavendish Mary Gore Lady Moyra Cavendish Michael Herbert Nanny Lord Richard Cavendish Simon Ramsay S Heitz Sybil Cavendish

1923

Bundle 7 1-98 [Mielle Jeanne Magnin] (of Suvretta House St Moritz) Alix Cavendish “Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil

1924

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Diana Cavendish Evan Charteris Gerard Gore (to Peter) Isabel Manners Lily Woodman Lord Salisbury Lady Moyra Cavendish Nancy Astor Nanny Patricia Herbert (from Wilton House Salisbury) “Peter”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Lord Richard Cavendish Sybil Cavendish

Bundle 8 1-107 [Mielle Jeanne Magnin] (of Suvretta House St Moritz) Indecypherable (from Holker Hall) Alix Beauclerk Alix Cavendish Arthur Penn “Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Charles Granby David Lindsay (Lord Balniel) D (from Plas Newydd) Gerard Gore Isabel Manners Ivor Churchill Dr Kenneth Clarke Lily Woodman Lord Balfour Lord Wemyss

1925

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Mary Cavendish Lady Moyra Cavendish Nanny Patricia Herbert (from Wilton House, Salisbury) “Peter”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Raymond Greene Richard Cavendish Ursula Manners Winston Churchill (from 11 Downing Street)

Box 3

Bundle 1 1-56 Unsigned from Palace Hotel St Moritz Beaverbrook “Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Diana Cavendish Duff Cooper [MP] Jeanne Magnin John H Ward Lily Woodman Lady Moyra Cavendish Nanny Patricia Herbert “Peter”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Lord Richard Cavendish

1926, January - May

Bundle 2 1-57 “Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Bruce (from King’s African Rifles) D[uff or Diana Cooper] (from Palazzo Conterini) Diana Cavendish

1926, July - December

JM Barrie writes of starting rehearsals of a “children’s play of colossal

Box/ Bundle


Dorothy Grosvenor Grace St Albans J M Barrie Kakoo Rutland Kitty [Somerset] (to Moyra Cavendish) Lily Woodman Lord Wemyss Marjorie Anglesea (from Plas Newydd) Mary Lindsay (Lady Balniel) Maurice Baring Mina Lady Moyra Cavendish Nancy Astor Nanny Penelope Mills (god daughter) “Peter”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Raymond Greene Richard Richard (Dickie) [son] Robert [son] Sybil Cavendish

magnitude”

Bundle 3 1-53 Alix Beauclerk “Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Diana Cavendish Jeanne Magnin Lily Woodman Maurice Baring, Lord D’Abernon Lady Moyra Cavendish Robert [son] Sybil Cavendish

1927, January – June

Bundle 4 1-46 “Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Diana Cavendish

1927, June - December

Box/ Bundle


Ellinor Pellatt [tutor/teacher] Jeanne Magnin Ellie Desborough (Lady) Lady Derby Lily Woodman Mary Lindsay (Lady Balniel) Maurice Baring Lady Moyra Cavendish Nancy Tree Ralph Grimthorpe Lord Richard Cavendish Robert (Peter?) [son] Ronnie Hoare

Bundle 5 1-79 “Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil D[uff Cooper] (on War Office paper, MP) Diana Cavendish Jeanne Magnin [tutor/teacher] Lily Woodman Maurice Baring Michael Cecil Lady Moyra Cavendish Nancy Astor Patricia Herbert Richard T? Richard (brother) Robert (Peter) Sid/Sidney Herbert

1928, January - June

Bundle 6 1-30 Ellinor Pellatt [tutor/teacher] Lady Moyra Cavendish Osbert Sitwell Richard (brother)


Box/ Bundle


Robert (Peter) Somey (Beefsteak Club)

Bundle 7 1-61 Anne Islington “Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Claud Russell Colon Bon Diana Cavendish Elizabeth York (later Queen Mother – “I look forward with hunger and sadness to lunching off fish, which I hate”) Hillaire Belloc Hotels, Suvretta House, St Moritz) Hugo Wemyss M J Hutchinson Michael Cecil Lady Moyra Cavendish Richard (brother) Robert (Peter) Rosemary Ednam Somey Somerset Sidney Herbert Sybil Cavendish William Temple, Bishop of York (“your affectionate cousin”) Winnie Portland

1929, January - December

Bundle 8 1-66 Adrian Daintry (portrait painter) “Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil C W James Claud Russell Diana Cavendish Diana Cooper

1930 Not in chronological order

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Dr Alington Duff Cooper G Snow (Robert’s classical tutor) Harold Macmillan Hestor Alington Heywood Sumner Julie Lancaster Lily Woodman Mary Hutchinson Maurice Baring Michael Cecil Lady Moyra Cavendish N Nancy Astor Pellatt, Mr [tutor/teacher] Robert (Peter) Robin Wilson Ronnie Tree St John Hutchinson Sybil Cavendish

Bundle 9 1-78 Alfonso R (King of Spain, from Brook House in Park Lane, sympathy on fall) Anne Islington “Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Camille Cecil Beaton Charlie [Beistigue] Claud Russell Diana Cavendish Diana Cooper Duff Cooper


Box/ Bundle


Ellinor Pellatt Hugh Cecil Ivor [Churchil] J Balsan Julie Lancaster Kakoo (Rutland) Lily Woodman Lord Salisbury Louise Peuffier Mary Lindsay (Lady Balniel) Maurice Baring Lady Moyra Cavendish Paul Walters Raymond Greene Lord Richard Cavendish Robert (Peter) Robin Wilson Sidney Herbert St John Hutchinson Sybil Cavendish

Bundle 10 1-57 “Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Charlie [Beistigue] Claud Russell David Cecil Diana Cavendish Elizabeth York (Queen Mother) Hugh Cecil Kakoo (Rutland) Lily Woodman Mary Lindsay (Lady Balniel) Lady Moyra Cavendish


Box/ Bundle


Nancy Astor Lord Richard Cavendish Robert (Peter) Sidney Herbert Sybil Cavendish Tommy Gore-Brown Walter

Bundle 11 1-88 Prince Albert, Duke of York (later George VI) Alix Beauclerk Andrew Cavendish Barbara Mon[xy?] Bloggs Baldwin “Bobbety” Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Claud Russell Diana Cavendish Duff Cooper Elizabeth York (later Queen Mother) Ellie Desborough, Lady Edward Irwin [later Earl of Halifax] Hillaire Belloc Hugh Cecil Isobel Manners Jack Eldon John Manners “Kakoo” Rutland Lily Woodman Mary Lindsay (Lady Balniel) (née Cavendish, sister) Mark Tennyson Maurice Baring

1932

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Lady Moyra Cavendish, Lady Raymond Greene Lord Richard Cavendish Robert Cecil (Peter) Sidney Herbert St John Hutchinson Sybil Cavendish Ursula Manners W S Morrison (“Shakespeare Morrison”)

Bundle 12 1-67 Julian Asquith Katherine Asquith Alix Beauclerk Antoinette [Bernstein] Roger Bushell Diana Cavendish Lady Moyra Cavendish Lord Richard Cavendish Richard Cavendish (brother) Robert Cecil (Peter) Clarissa Churchill Goonie Churchill Ivor Churchill Randolph Churchill “Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Patricia Hambleden Antony Knebworth Julie Lancaster Caroline Paget Arthur Penn “Kakoo” Rutland Nancy Tree


Box/ Bundle


Nick Villiers Rex Whistler (with sketch of Amazon Queen)

Bundle 13 1-70 Ian (child from Rodmell Farm, Lewes, Sussex) Jakie Astor Wardorf Astor, Lord Katherine Asquith Michael Astor Mary Lindsay (Lady Balniel) (née Cavendish, sister) “Obby” Osborne Beauclerk Diana Cavendish Lady Moyra Cavendish Lord Richard Cavendish Richard Cavendish (brother) Sybil Cavendish Cicely Cecil, Lady Salisbury Robert Cecil (Peter) Father M C D’Arcy Tim Gibbs Patricia Hambleden Geordie Herbert Sidney Herbert Frances Homer, Lady M J Hutchinson St John Hutchinson Julie Lancaster Christopher Mackintosh Dick Norman Claud Russell


Box/ Bundle


Conrad Russell Kakoo Rutland Bobby Somerset Nancy Tree Nick Villiers Dick Westmacott James Willoughby Wissie Willoughby Robin Wilson Lily Woodman

Bundle 14 1-31 “Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Diana Cavendish Mary Lindsay (Lady Balniel) (née Cavendish, sister) Lady Moyra Cavendish Robert Cecil (Peter) Jack Eldon Magdalen Eldon Sir Seymour Fortescue James Gascoyne-Cecil, Lord Salisbury Leslie Hartley Sammy Hood Bobby Somerset Mildred Vickers Ronald Vickers Lily Woodman


Bundle 15 Dr Alington Michael Astor Waldorf Astor Mary Beniel Alix Beauclerk

Box/ Bundle


Osborne (“Obby”) Beauclerk Robert W Bingham Diana Cavendish Lady Moyra Cavendish Lord Richard Cavendish Richard Cavendish (brother) Sybil Cavendish Robert Cecil (“Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil) Robert Cecil (son) Ivor Churchill Anthony Eden James Gascoyne-Cecil, Lord Salisbury Raymond Greene Eddie Gwent Suzie Hartley Sidney Herbert Julie Lancaster Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury Pamela Lytton, Lady Eddie Marsh Florence Nagle Lord Nelson Arthur Penn Mrs Leopold Rothschild Kakoo Rutland Helena Sefton Bobby Somerset Nancy Tree Lord Tyrrell Mildred Vickers

Box/ Bundle


Nick Villiers Lily Woodman Elizabeth York

Bundle 16 1-65 Jakie Astor Alix Beauclerk Mary Beniel Antoinette Bernstein Diana Cavendish Lady Moyra Cavendish Richard Cecil (son) Robert Cecil (“Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, on Foreign Office business from Berlin, Italy, Geneva and back in Foreign Office) James Gascoyne-Cecil, Lord Salisbury (with photographs of Michael) Robert Cecil (son) Madame Darcy Lord Darnley Sidney Herbert Marion Hyde Mrs Leopold Rothschild General Smutts (from Capetown) Lord Tyrrell Frank Walters (traveling with Bobbety) Stuart Webster (from Capetown) Constance Williams (from Capetown) Lily Woodman


Bundle 17 1-62 Louisa Antrim (Aunt, Beauclerk?) Maurice Baring Osborne Beauclerk (Obby)

1935, June – December

Box/ Bundle


Andrew Cavendish Diana Cavendish Lady Moyra Cavendish Sybil Cavendish Alice Cecil (dated April, re Michael, mis-filed, should be in bundle 17) Jemima Cecil (“Mima”) [H… not Hugh] Cecil Hugh Cecil (“Linky”) James Gascoyne-Cecil, Lord Salisbury (father-in-law) Robert Cecil (“Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, on League of Nations business in Geneva – Abbysinia and Italian situation) Robert Cecil (son) Lady Clarendon (from Praetoria) John Julius Cooper (later John Julius Norwich) Mrs Elliott (from Eton) Mrs Frances Gibbons (Nanny at Cliveden, friend of Mrs Woodman) Suzie Hartley (from Eton) Sidney Herbert David Lindsay (Lord Balniel) (brother-in-law) Mary Lindsay (Lady Balniel) Lord Nelson Claud Russell Conrad Russell Nancy Tree

Box/ Bundle


Box 4, Bundle 1

1-104 ?Asquith (from Clovelly Court, Devon) Osborne Beauclerk (Obby) Charlie Beistegui Virginia Brand Patricia Cadogan Diana Cavendish Lady Moyra Cavendish Richard Cavendish (brother) Sybil Cavendish Gwendoline Cecil, Lady Robert Cecil (“Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil) Robert Cecil (son) John Julius Cooper Aline de Ribes Edouard de Ribes Madame de Ribes Magdalen Eldon Anne Feversham Christopher Ford Hugh Fraser Frances Grenville Dorothy Head Sidney Herbert (dated May 26th and July 25th, announcing marriage and thanking for gift of table) Sidney Herbert (Baronet of Boyton) Sammy [?Hood] Elsie Lansdowne Mary Lindsay (Lady Balniel) Patrick Lindsay

1936

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David Lloyd Thomas Pam Lloyd Thomas Sissie Lloyd Thomas Sidney Herbert Ishbel MacDonald Henry Maclean A E W Mason Sarah Gertrude Millin Francis Moray Lord Nelson George Pike Florence Nagle (dog breeder) Claud Russell Vivienne Kenyon [S…] (from Stanstead Park, Rowlands Castle) Major Fred Stern Richard M Tobin (from San Francisco) Sidney Herbert Michael Tree Nancy Tree Ian Westmacott Sissy Westmacott Elizabeth York

Bundle 2 1-40 Osborne Beauclerk (Obby) Pat Bradshaw Diana Cavendish Lady Moyra Cavendish Robert Cecil (“Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil) Duff Cooper Charlie Fitzmaurice

1937

Box/ Bundle


Ned Fitzmaurice Irene Gibson Isabel Guiness Edward Halifax Jeanne Hasson Sidney Herbert (Baronet of Boyton) Mary Lindsay (Lady Balniel) Fitzroy Maclean Frances Phipps Claud Russell Osbert Sitwell (from Trent, New Barnet) Lord Tyrrell Lily Woodman

Bundle 3 1- Beatrice [?Eden] (from Kirkdale Manor) Henry Abel Smith Jakie Astor Nancy Astor Maurice Baring Mr Bemays Osborne Beauclerk (Obby) M Budden (to Master R Cecil) Bruce Carlisle Diana Cavendish Lady Moyra Cavendish Richard Cavendish (Lord Richard Cavendish, Duke of St Albans) Sybil Cavendish Gemima Cecil (Mima) Hugh Cecil Robert Cecil (“Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil)


Box/ Bundle


Robert Cecil (son) Robert Cecil (Lord Salisbury, father-in-law) Cynthia Coleville, Lady Anne Cooper Kenneth Crawley Lord Darnley Jean-Louis de Ganoy Patricia Douglas Magdalen Eldon Katherine Fordham Hugh Fraser Veronica Fraser George VI (mentions first Christmas broadcast) Raymond Greene Jeanne Hasson Sidney Herbert (Baronet of Boyton) Sammy Hood Lady Londonderry Fitzroy Maclean Lord Nelson Arthur Penn Helen Northumberland Claud Russell Conrad Russell Kakoo Rutland Nellie S (of Abbeystead and Croxteth) Osbert Sitwell Pauline Spender Clay Michael Tree

Box/ Bundle


Nancy Tree Reggie Winn Lily Woodman Jane Young

Bundle 4 1-76 Charlie Beistegui Mary Lindsay (Lady Balniel) David Bonser Diana Cavendish Lady Moyra Cavendish Lord Richard Cavendish Sybil Cavendish Clementine Churchill (Mentions situation with Berlin and Prague) Robert Cecil (“Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil) Robert Cecil (son) Duff Cooper Lord Darnley Blanche Egerton Ned Fitzmaurice George VI David Gore Jeanne Hasson Sidney Herbert (Baronet of Boyton) Sammy Hood Evelyn Hutchinson Kitty Lambton (to Moyra Cavendish) Charlie Lansdowne Patrick Lindsay Robin Lindsay Sissy Lloyd Thomas


Box/ Bundle


Charly Lord Londonderry Edie Lady Londonderry Peter Loxley David Lyon W S Morrison (“Shakespeare Morrison”) Claud Russell Conrad Russell Kakoo Rutland Osbert Sitwell Alexis St L Leges Nancy Tree Sir Harry Verney Lily Woodman

Bundle 5 1-85 Unknown French correspondent writing from Savoy thanking for a visit Leslie (from Regents Park, thanking for weekend) Mary of Egerton House, Newmarket (built for Lord Ellesmere?) William ? from Parcevall Hall, Appletrewick near Skipton Jakie Astor Michael Astor Maurice Baring Mary Lindsay (Lady Balniel) Osborne Beauclerk (Obby) Charlie Beistegui (Don Carlos de Beistegui y de Yturbe 1895 – 1970 or the uncle of the same name, 1863 – 1953) Bruce Carlisle


Box/ Bundle


Diana Cavendish Lady Moyra Cavendish Lord Richard Cavendish Sybil Cavendish Richard Cecil (son) Robert Cecil (“Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil) Robert Cecil (son) Jacquelin de [C..] Chimay (from Reims, France, requesting that Cecils cancel visit due to mobilisaton of men) Winston Churchill Duff Cooper Jean de Ribes Anthony Eden (mentions Mosley “lucky for us that Mosley is the fascist leader for ... well-prepared for some extra-parliamentary movement of that kind”) Dorothy Egerton Magdalen Eldon Margaret Elphinstone (from Balmoral) Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) Eton College (Letter re air raid precautions and evacuation of boys) Ned Fitzmaurice George VI Billy Gore Boofy Gore Eddie Grant Jeanne Hasson

Box/ Bundle


Sidney Herbert Sammy Hood Fitzroy Maclean Arthur Penn Colonel Robson Claud Russell Alice Stanley, Lady Derby Edward Stanley, Lord Derby John S[tanley] (on bereavement) Oliver Stanley (brother of Edward, Lord Stanley) Portia Stanley Osbert Sitwell F Paul Walters Mary Woodman (Lily’s mother)

Bundle 6 1-82 Jakie Astor Nancy Astor Osborne Beauclerk (Obby) Madame Brincard Diana Cavendish Sybil Cavendish George V (re lamp from Sandringham) Lady Moyra Cavendish Alice Cecil, Lady Salisbury Nellie Cecil Robert Cecil (son) Robert Cecil (“Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil) JC Chute Lady Cynthia Coleville (writing to Moyra


Sidney Herbert has died, many letters of condolence Memorial service at St Margaret’s Church (Westminster)

Box/ Bundle


on behalf of Queen Mother who has been in a car crash, car driven by Andrew Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire) Jean de Ribes Montalembert D’Eudeville Ned Fitzmaurice Jeanne Hasson Geordie Herbert Sidney Herbert (Baronet of Boyton) Sammy Hood Charlie Hopetown Julie Lancaster David Lindsay (Lord Balniel) Mary Lindsay (Lady Balniel) Robin and Patrick Lindsay Patrick Lindsay Lavender Loxley AEW Mason Constance Murray Jean Ogilvie Arthur Penn Constantia Rumbold Claud Russell Kakoo Rutland Bobby Somerset Pauline Spender Clay (re Sidney Herbert’s death) Major SternSybil Stern Nancy Tree F Paul Walters

Box/ Bundle


Hoytie Wibourg Alice Winn

Bundle 7 1- Ry{…] correspondent from Foreign Office re advisedness of holidaying in Brittany Jakie Astor Betty Asquith (re death of husband) Charlie Beistigui Osborne Beauclerk (Obby) Diana Cavendish Lady Moyra Cavendish Richard Cavendish (Lord Richard Cavendish) Sybil Cavendish Alice Cecil, Lady Salisbury Hugh Cecil (“Linky”) James Gascoyne-Cecil, Lord Salisbury Robert Cecil (son) Duff Cooper Jean de Ribes Blanche Egerton Veronica Fraser Sammy Hood Charlie Lansdowne Mary Lindsay (Lady Balniel) Roger Makins Paul Morand Claud Russell Tobin (from San Fransisco) Ronnie Tree

1939, July - October

End of August correspondence from Moyra and son Robert covers run-up to outbreak of war. Household moved to Cranbourne. Telephone communications difficult and travel restricted

Box/ Bundle


Anne Winn Sir Harry Verney

Bundle 8 1-67 Osborne Beauclerk (Obby) Lady Moyra Cavendish Richard Cavendish (Lord Richard Cavendish) Hugh Cecil James Gascoyne-Cecil, Lord Salisbury Jeanne Hasson Robin Lindsay Lord Nelson Charles Peake (from GHQ in France) Constantia Rumbold Claud Russell Bishop of Salisbury Bobby Somerset Nancy Wavell Regie Winn

1939, November - December

Bundle 9 1-75 Osborne Beauclerk (Obby) Lady Moyra Cavendish Richard Cavendish (Lord Richard Cavendish) Sybil Cavendish Hugh Cecil Robert Cecil (“Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil) James Gascoyne-Cecil, Lord Salisbury Diana Cooper Sir Raymond Greene Jeanne Hasson Alexander Hood

1940, January - March

Moyra’s bad health David Balniel’s father has died, he has inherited

Box/ Bundle


Mary Lindsay (Lady Balniel) Robin Lindsay Claud Russell Lily Woodman

Bundle 10 1-90 Charlie Beistigui Diana Cavendish Lady Moyra Cavendish Sybil Cavendish Robert Cecil (son) Jimmy Coats Duff Cooper John Julius Cooper Kitty Lambton David Lindsay, Earl Crawford Helen Percy, Dowager Duchess of Northumberland Claud Russell Kakoo Rutland Nancy Tree Lily Woodman James Willoughby

1940, April - June

Bundle 11 1-90 Master Sheila M (New South Wales) Spoof letter from Stanton Woodhouse Jakie Astor Mary Beaufort David Bruce Walter Butterworth (from US Embassy) Edward Castleman Lady Moyra Cavendish

1940, July - September

Box/ Bundle


Sybil Cavendish Hugh Cecil Robert Cecil (son) Richard Cecil (son) Robert Cecil (“Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil) Anne Chamberlain Jean de Ribes Yvonne de Rose Davina Erne Nellie Hood Sammy Hood Mary Lindsay Patrick Lindsay Lillian Mowrey Claud Russell Kakoo Rutland WA Stanford Bobby Somerset Nancy Tree Lily Woodman

Bundle 12 1-101 David Bruce Major Castleman Diana Cavendish Lady Moyra Cavendish Richard Cavendish (Lord Richard Cavendish) Hugh Cecil Nelly Cecil James Gascoyne-Cecil, Lord Salisbury Robert Cecil (son)

1940, October - December

Box/ Bundle


Robert Cecil (“Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil) Raymond Greene RW Johnson Charlie Lansdown Major Lind Mary Lindsay Nora Lindsay Fitzroy Maclean Lord Nelson Claud Russell Kakoo Rutland Bobby Shaw Nancy Tree Ronnie Tree

Box 5 Bundle 1

1-111 Osborne Beauclerk (Obby) Brendan Bracken Lady Moyra Cavendish Sybil Cavendish Nelly Cecil Yvonne de Rose Lawrence Dykes Betty Gibbs Robin Lindsay Jeanne Hasson Sammy Hood Dick Law Claud Russell Charles Rutland Mr Tobin Edith Tobin

1941, January - April

Box/ Bundle


Michael Tree Charles Villiers John Winant (US Embassy) Hoytie Wybourg

Bundle 2 1-77 Osborne Beauclerk (Obby) David Bruce Diana Cavendish Lady Moyra Cavendish Sybil Cavendish Hugh Cecil Robert Cecil (“Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil) Jean de Ribes Betty Gibbs Avril Harriman Julie Lancaster Mary Lindsay Sir Walter Monkton (from Ministry of Information) WS Morrison Nancy Tree Tobin Claud Russell Constance Russell Winant Lily Woodman Archie Wavel Hoytie Wybourg

1941, May - July

Bundle 3 1-84 Charlie Beistigui David Bruce Lady Moyra Cavendish Diana Cavendish

1941, August - September

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Hugh Cecil Peggy Crewe Duff Cooper Felix and Charlotte of Luxembourg Raymond Greene Sammy Hood Julie Lancaster Mary Lindsay Fitzroy Maclean Walter Monkton Claud Russell Nancy Tree Sir Archibald Wavel Nancy Wavel Lily Woodman

Bundle 4 1-129 Bridget Nancy Adare MJ Andrews (Hon Sec South Doreset Womens Council) Jakie Astor Diana Cavendish Lady Moyra Cavendish Lord Richard Cavendish Hugh Cecil James Gascoyne-Cecil, Lord Salisbury Duff Cooper Anna de Barry Jean de Ribes Sybil Dykes (neé Cavendish) Dorothy Head Raymond Green

1941, October – December

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André Labarthe Mary Lindsay Johnny Faucigny Lucinge Alfred Mason Lord Nelson Claud Russell Conrad Russell Michael Tree Nancy Tree Lily Woodman

Bundle 5 1-169 Someone from Dyrham Park (Nancy?) Blanche (from Cobham) Charles Christopher (of Chester Square Mews) Monty Alderson Margaret Anderson Louisa Antrim Anthony Ashley Michael Astor Nancy Astor Osborne Beauclerk (Obby) Margaret Biddle Arthur Bromley WE Brownsell Captain Buckmaster Ian Campbell Gray Edward Castleman Diana Cavendish Lady Moyra Cavendish Lord Richard Cavendish Alice Cecil

1942, January to April

Moyra dies Robert has been accidentally shot in the lungs whilst watching an air demonstration

Box/ Bundle


Angela Cecil Lionel Cecil Moucher Cecil Nelly Cecil Rachel Cecil Robert Cecil (“Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil) Clementine Curchill Pam Churchill Lady Colefax Mrs SBJ Clark Duff Cooper Antonia Crichton Rosanagh Crichton Helen D’Abernon Mrs Daw Nellie Dimonde Sybil Dykes (née Cavendish) Lawrence Dykes Marjorie France Raymond Greene Molly Grigg Avril Harriman Dorothy Head Nellie Hood Sammy Hood Anne Islington Vivien Jamieson Jim Joel Julie Lancaster David Lindsay Lord Crawford

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Mary Lindsay Patrick Lindsay Ruby Lindsay Jean Lloyd Princess Mary Barbara McNeill Alice and Vincent Massey Fitzroy Maclean Julia Maguire Molly Manners Lady Mottistone Ellison Pellatt Arthur Penn (Private Secretary to Queen Mother) Marjorie Penn Sir john Ponsonby Lady Flora Poore Iola Rochfort Rae Claud Russell Angy Ruthven Charles Rutland Kakoo Rutland Louise Sassoon Freddy Shaughnesy Hugh Sherwood Osbert Sitwell Bobby Somerset Kitty Somerset (writing from France, Cap D’Aille) Elsie Crichton Stuart Jim Thomas

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CH Thornley Jeremy Tree Nancy Tree Ronnie Tree Pam Villiers Louise Lady Wakehurst Archibald Wavel Molly Wavel Nancy Wavel Guy Westmacott Dick Westmacott Robin Wilson Mary Wimborne Alice Winn Lily Woodman

Bundle 6 1-86 Alix? Joan (Tormarton Court, Badminton) Flora P Nancy Astor Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans, “Obby”) David Bruce Walter Buccleugh EM Cartier (Belgian Ambassador) Diana Cavendish Mary Cavendish Lord Richard Cavendish Ann Chamberlain Mima Cecil Nelly Cecil

1942, May - July

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Richard Cecil Robert Cecil (“Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil) Robert Cecil (son) Duff Cooper John Julius Cooper Lawrence Dykes Elizabeth R (later Queen Mother) Beatrice Granard Ian Campbell Gray Raymond Greene Dorothy Head Alec Gregory Hood Mark Howard Mrs Laird Kitty Lambton Julie Lancaster Lady Blanche Gordon Lennox Elizabeth Leveson Gower Pamela Lytton Christopher Mackintosh Lasy Nellie Ormonde Sir John Ponsenby Winnie Portland Claud Russell Kakoo Rutland Bobby Somerset Michael Tree Nancy Tree Archie Wavell Nancy Wavell

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Ursula Wyndham Quin

Bundle 7 1-103 Gladys Jakie Astor Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans, Obby) Margaret D Beveridge David Bruce Diana Cavendish Mary Cavendish Lord Richard Cavendish Richard Cavendish (brother) Sybil Cavendish Alice Cecil, Lady Salisbury Hugh Cecil (“Linky”) Nelly Cecil Robert Cecil (Lord Salisbury) Duff Cooper John Julius Cooper Anna de Barry Herbert de Ganet Ellie Lady Desborough Lawrence Dykes Sybil Dykes (neé Cavendish) Blanche Egerton Dorothy Halifax Sammy Hood Colonel Glyn Hughes Raymond Greene Anne Islington Julie Lancaster Patrick Lindsay

1942, August to December

Some family letters closed, see closure list for details

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Robin Lindsay Pamela Lytton, Lady Christopher Mackintosh Lord Nelson Claud Russell General Smutts Bobby Somerset Pauline Spender-Clay Alexander Stephen Elsie C Stuart Colin H Thornley Betty Thornley Michale Tree Nancy Tree Nancy Wavell Lily Woodman C Wren Regie Winn

Bundle 8 1-139 Jia? (Thorpe Lubenham Hall Market Harborough Mary (Harewood House) DW from (Dytchley) Aunt Louisa Antrim Mary Lindsay Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans, Obby) Diana Cavendish Lord Richard Cavendish Robert Cecil (Lord Salisbury)

1943, January to June

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Bernard Darwin Pepe de Mamblas Lt de Roquebrune Willy, Lord Desborough Sybil Dykes (neé Cavendish) Richard Cavendish (brother) Lady Alice Cecil Hugh Cecil (“Linky”) LAC Cecil (cable) Robert Cecil (“Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil) Sybil Dykes (neé Cavendish) Blanche Egerton Raymond Greene Ralph Grimthorpe Dorothy Head Sammy Hood Krinks Johnstone Helen Kirkpatrick Kitty Lambton Cosmo Lang Janet Murrow Mrs Nicholson (Vita Sackville-West) Richard Oliphant Duchess of Portland Ursula Wyndham Quin Claud Russell Osbert Sitwell Honor Beckwith Smith Lord Templemore Adele Tobin

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Richard Tobin Nancy Tree Lord Trenchard Sonnie? Titchfield Vere Wemmys John Winant Alice Winn Elizabeth Winn Lily Woodman Lord Fred Woolton

Bundle 9 1-145 Helen (from Morpeth Mansions Westminster SW) Herbert Agar Dr Allington Jakie Astor Mary Lindsay Robin Lindsay Philip Noel Baker Margaret D Beveridge Violet Bonham Carter Brendan Bracken David Bruce Evie Burns Diana Cavendish Lord Richard Cavendish Robert Cecil (son) Robert Cecil (“Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil) Jean Louis de Gannay Mrs R Clarke Lt, de Roquebrune

Check letter from Elizabeth R (Elizabeth II) 8th September for closure – refers to stalking and shooting a stag

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Bridget des Graz Rhona des Graz Lawrence Dykes Sybil Dykes (neé Cavendish) Davina Erne Anthony Eden Beatrice Eden Elizabeth R (Elizabeth II) Elizabeth R (Queen Mother) Dorothy Egerton Bobby Grant, junior Bobby Grant, senior Raymond Greene Hendriks (writes from House of Lords) Sammy Hood Anne Islington Kitty Lambton Elizabeth Leveson Gower Patrick Lindsay Margaret Lorne/Love Venetia Lorne/Love (cousin) Vincent Massey Madeleine Lady Midleton Janet Murrow Edward Murrow Florence Nagle Lord Nelson Richard (Dick) Oliphant Lady Nellie Ormonde Luly? Palmer Arthur Penn

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Marjorie Penn Claud Russell Bishop of Salisbury General Smutts Admiral Harold R Stark (“Bitty”) Mr Tobin Jeremy Tree Nancy Tree Ronnie Tree Charles Villiers Barbie Wallace Billy Wallace Constance Winant Alice Winn David [Winn] Elizabeth Winn Lily Woodman Gladys Wyndham Cyril, Archbishop of York

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1-133 Denys DW from (Dytchley) Fitzroy Maclean? Herbert Agar Monty Alderson Constance Ashley-Cooper, Lady Shaftesbury (“Cuckoo”) Barbara Astor Nancy Astor Aunt Louisa Antrim Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans,


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Obby) Diana Cavendish Lord Richard Cavendish Richard Cavendish (brother) Nelly Cecil Richard Cecil (son) Robert Cecil (son) Clementine Churchill Rhoda Clarke WAW Clarke General Cochet Duff Cooper Pilot Officer Jack Coyne Helen D’Abernon Bridget des Graz Sybil Dykes (neé Cavendish) Raymond Greene Sammy Hood Kitty Lambton (aunt, sister of Obby and Moyra) Elizabeth Leveson Gower Jean Lloyd Richard (Dick) Oliphant Arthur Penn Marjorie Penn Sir John Ponsonby Lady Joan Portal John Rock Kate F Robertson Claud Russell Kakoo Rutland

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Bishop of Salisbury Osbert Sitwell General Smutts Bobby Somerset Portia Stanley Jim Thomas Richard Tobin Jeremy Tree Nancy Tree Archie, Lord Wavell Molly Wavell Constance Winant Anne Winn Molly Wyndham Quin Olive Wyndham Quin Ursula Wyndham Quin Lily Woodman

Envelope labeled “ham episode” with letters re contravention of rationing regulations (Obby tried to get a ham delivered – returned because breaking regulations, Betty also trying to get his sugar ration) and letter from Kitty accusing Betty of making mischief between her and Obby

1944, May - July

Bundle 2 1-158 Marjorie Soldier at the front – no salutation or signature (diary? Several bulletins) Fitzroy Herbert Agar

1944, July to December

Richard Cecil (son) has died

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Rupert Allan Susan Askew Jakie Astor Mary Lindsay Robin Lindsay Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans, Obby) S Margaret Beveridge Baron Cartier Diana Cavendish Lord Richard Cavendish Richard Cavendish (brother) Lady Alice Cecil Mima Cecil Robert Cecil (“Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil) Robert Cecil (son) Stella Cecil Professor H Cohen Duff Cooper Jack Coyne Mrs Curruthers Comte de Rose Lawrence Dykes Sybil Dykes (neé Cavendish) Magdalen Eldon Elizabeth R (Queen Mother) Janet Fraser Mrs CD Gibson Raymond Greene Maudie Harvey

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Dorothy Head Evelyn Hendriks Sammy Hood Henrik Kauffman John Kent Julie Lancaster Mrs [Cecil] Lightfoot Patrick Lindsay Tom Lindsay Moira Lyttelton Lady Pamela Lytton Ivivach/Ivirach McDonald (the Times) Florence Nagle ? Noon Richard (Dick) Oliphant Ruth Oliphant Arthur Penn Marjorie Penn Claud Russell Bobby Somerset Freya Stark Elsie C Stuart Robert N Thayer Richard Tobin Nancy Tree Nancy Wavell Lily Woodman Molly Wyndham Quin Olive/Olean Wyndham Quin Ursula Wyndham Quin

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Bundle 3 1-27 27 letters from Robert Cecil, 6th Marquess, whilst on active service during World War Two

1944, July – 1945, May

Bundle 4 1-175 Bob, with UK Treasury Delegation Washington Rupert Allan Aunt Louisa Antrim Nancy Astor Mary Lindsay Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans, Obby) Charlie Beistigui S Margaret Beveridge Kitty Bigham David Bruce Gilbert Carmichael (New Scotland Yard) Deborah Cavendish (Duchess of Devonshire) Diana Cavendish Lord Richard Cavendish Alice Cecil, Lady Salisbury Hugh Cecil (“Linky”) Jonathan Cecil Rachel Cecil Robert Cecil (son) Clementine Churchill Winston Churchill Duff Cooper Edna Coyne David Crawford


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Violet Curruthers Jean de Ribes Leo D’Erlanger Ellie, Lady Desborough Lawrence Dykes Sybil Dykes (neé Cavendish) Princess Elizabeth Davina Erne Christine Evans Isobel Evans Dorothy and Frances Fay Lily Fenner Geraldine Fisher Raymond Greene Gladys Gordon Elizabeth Hoare Anne Islington Hendrik Kauffman John Kent Pansy Lamb Lady Catherine Lambton (Kitty) Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury Elsie Lansdowne Private Harry J Laroche Patrick Lindsay Pamela Lady Lytton Lord Nelson Rene Massigli (French Ambassador) Harold Macmillan Olive Newall Richard (Dick) Oliphant

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Arthur Penn Claud Russell Cuckoo (Lady Shaftsbury) Bobbie Shaw Harry B Smith Bobby Somerset Freya Stark Elsie C Stuart Adele Tobin Richard Tobin Nancy Tree Barbie Wallace Nancy Wavell Hoytie Wiburg Alice Winn David Winn Lily Woodman Gladys Wyndham Molly Wyndham Quin Ursula Wyndham Quin

Bundle 5 1-226 Rosemary (from Corfe Castle) Rosemary (from Portland Place) Nocale Monica of Panshanger Park Nancy Adare Lancelot Addison Barbie Agar Monty Alderson Winthrop Aldrich Joan Altringham


Robert gets engaged

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Eloise Ancaster Joan Altringham Aunt Louisa Antrim Michael Astor Nancy Astor Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans, Obby) Charlie Beistigui S Margaret Beveridge Doreen Lady Brabourne Admiral A Bromley Ian Campbell Gray Violet Bonham Carter Diana Cavendish Lord Richard Cavendish Alice Cecil, Lady Salisbury Bob Cecil Hugh Cecil (“Linky”) Jonathan Cecil Molly Cecil (previously Wyndham Quin) Moucher Cecil Nellie Cecil Robert Cecil (son) Robert Cecil (“Bobbety”, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil) James Gascoyne-Cecil, Lord Salisbury Stella Cecil Helen Percy Chesebrough Winston Churchill Jack Coyne Sally Coyne

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David Crawford Peggy Crewe Violet Curruthers Fernande de la Tour Edouard de Ribes Jean de Ribes Rhona des Raz Alice Lady Derby Ellie Lady Desborough Janet Dulles (wife of US Secretary of State) Lord Dunraven Mary Dunn Sybil Dykes (neé Cavendish) Dorothy Egerton Magdalen Eldon Elizabeth R (Queen Mother) Paul Emrys Evans Lord Fitz Alan Hugh Fraser Gladys Gordon Raymond Greene Dorothy Head Alec Gregory Hood Patricia Hambleden Sidney Herbert Sammy Hood Diana Gregory Hood Anne Islington Hendrik Kauffman Bungs Kennedy

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John Maynard Keynes Kitty Lambton Julie Lancaster Mayor Lapham od San Francisco Harry J Laroche Elizabeth Leveson Gower Mary Lindsay Patrick Lindsay Robin Lindsay Ruby Lindsay Jean Lloyd Pamela Lady Lytton Dick Molyneux Phylada Monro Venetia Montagu Josephone Muir Janet Murrow Helen Nutting Richard (Dick) Oliphant Arthur Penn Marjorie Penn Frances Phipps Sadie Pratt Helen Reid Kitty Ritson Claud Russell Helen Russell Kakoo Rutland Bishop Salisbury Cuckoo Shaftsbury Harry B Smith

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Bobby Somerset Clinton Swezey Adele Tobin Michael Tree Nancy Tree Phyllis Tucker Charles Villiers Aunt Louise Wakehurst Nancy Wavell Molly Wavell Vera Wemyss Meredith White James Willoughby Davina Woodhouse Lily Woodman Hoytie Wiburg Molly (Marjorie Olein) Wyndham Quin

Bundle 6 1-80 Barbie Agar Aunt Louisa Antrim Lord [Stanley] Baldwin Robin Balniel Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans, Obby) Brendon Bracken Bob Brand Alice, Lady Salisbury Diana Cavendish Hugh Cavendish (child) Richard Cavendish Molly Cecil Nelly Cecil


Lord Richard Cavendish dies Diana’s husband diagnosed with leukemia (Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ian Douglas Campbell-Gray)

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Robert “Bob” Cecil Robert Cecil (“Bobbetty”) Robert Cecil (son) Nellie Dimonde Sybil Dykes (neé Cavendish) Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Dorothy Egerton Clothilde Falcas Raymond Greene Professor H Cohen Mary Lindsay Norah Lindsay Janet Murrow Lord Nelson Claud Russell Maude, Lady Selborne Bobby Somerset Meredith White Lily Woodman

Bundle 7 1-107 Patrick Abercrombie (architect) Barbie Agar Aunt Louisa Antrim Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans, Obby) Diana Cavendish Alice Cecil, Lady Salisbury Hugh Cecil (“Linky”) Jonathan Cecil Molly Cecil Nelly Cecil


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Robert Cecil (Bobbety) James Gascoyne-Cecil, Lord Salisbury Clementine Churchill Mary Churchill Jack Coyn Patrick Crawford Violet Curruthers Sybil Dykes Magdalen Eldon Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Clothilde Falcas Raymond Greene Sammy Hood Anne Islington Harry Laroche Mary Lindsay Patrick Lindsay Oliver Lyttelton Neville Lytton David Niven Winnie Lady Portland Claud Russell Ernest A Smith Davina Woodhouse Lily Woodman

Bundle 8 1-131 Dick from Chicago Hugh writing from House of Commons May McCready? Cyril Archbishop of York


Lord Salisbury dies

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Patrick Abercrombie Barbie Agar Agnes Albert Harriet Aldrich Rupert Allan Joan Altringham Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans, Obby) Margaret Beveridge David Bruce Robin Crawford, Lord Balniel S Margaret Beveridge Lady Carnarvon Anne Cavendish Diana Cavendish David Cecil Hugh Cecil (“Linky”) Mima Cecil Molly Cecil Nelly Cecil Stella Cecil Clementine Churchill Helen Percy Chesebrough Edna Coyn David Crawford Mary Crawford Violet Curruthers Linette Darcy Jean Darcy Fernande de la Tour Jean de Ribes

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Edwina D’Erlanger Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Laurence Dykes Sybil Dykes Magdalen Eldon Julian Fare Raymond Greene Helen Hardinge Evelyn Hendricks Sammy Hood Anne Islington Kitty Lambton Sheila Lawrence Moira Lyttelton Vincent Massey Sally Mein Dick Molyneux Tom Lindsay Arthur Penn Cynthia Pole Hugh Quennell Helen Reid Claud Russell Helen Russell Kakoo Rutland Cuckoo Shaftesbury Bobby Somerset John Spencer (8th Lord Spencer) Alice Stanley, Lady Derby Edward Stanley, Lord Derby Clinton Swezy

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Bob Thayer Jim Thomas Adele Tobin Ronnie Tree Sir Nicholas Waterhouse Hoytie Wiburg Anne Winn Elizabeth Winn Lily Woodman

Bundle 9 1-88 Mary from Harewood House, Leeds Patrick Abercrombie Agnes Albert Harriet Aldridge Henry Anglesey Aunt Louisa Antrim Peter Ashmore Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans, Obby) Charlie Beistigui Fernande de la Tour Diana Cavendish Hugh Cecil (“Linky”, Lord Quickswood) Molly Cecil Robert Cecil (son) Robert Cecil (Bobbety) Helen Cheseborough Rhoda Clarke Jock Colville Mary Crawford Robin Crawford, Lord Balniel


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WG Davis Edouard de Ribes Jean de Ribes Sybil Dykes Magdalen Eldon Princess Elizabeth Bridget Grant Edward Greene Raymond Greene Evelyn Hendricks Sammy Hood Henrik Kauffmann Sheila Lawrence Oliver Lyttelton Sarah G Millin Nancy Monroe Susan Mary Patten Claude Russell Helen Russell Hugh Sefton Bobby Somerset Alice Stanley, Lady Derby Nell Stavordale Adele Tobin Marietta Tree Sir Nicholas Waterhouse Leo D Welch Lily Woodman

Bundle 10 1-77 Barbie Agar Rupert Allan Joe Alsop


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Susan Askew Robin Balniel Charlie Beistigui Isiah Berlin Michael Berry Pam Berry Evie Burns Diana Cavendish Jonathan Cecil Hugh Cecil (“Linky”) Rachel Cecil Clementine Churchill Duff Cooper Elsie Crichton-Stuart Fernande de la Tour Sybil Dyke Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Jean Elphinstone Patricia Hambledon Sammy Hood Anne Islington Julie Lancaster Sheila Lawrence Mary Lindsay Patrick Lindsay Tom Lindsay Jean Lloyd Johnny Manners John Maud Dick Molyneux Mrs Parish

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Lois Poklewska Richard Rennick Odette Pol Roger Claud Russell Helen Russell Cuckoo, Lady Shaftsbury Alice Stanley, Lady Derby Michael Tree Nancy Tree Phyllis Tucker JH Tunnell S Webster Alice Winn Lily Woodman

Bundle 11 1-66 Barbie Agar Paul Albert Aunt Louisa Antrim Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans, Obby) Charlie Beistigui Diana Cavendish James Cecil Nelly Cecil Bob Cecil Robert Cecil (Bobbety) Robert Cecil (son) Jock Colville Mary Crawford Robin Crawford, Lord Balniel Violet Curruthers Anna de Barry


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Louisa de Rougemont Sybil Dykes Meg Egerton Princess Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother King George VI Sammy Hood Henry Lamb Oliver Lyttelton Princess Margaret Susan Mary Patten Bee Pembroke Gaston Paleswki Winnie Portland Odette Pol Roger Claud Russell Helen Russell Cuckoo Shaftsbury Alex Able Smith Adele Tobin Dick Tobin Mrs A Wildman

Bundle 12 1-47 Robin Balniel Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans, Obby) Diana Cavendish Bob Cecil Jonathan Cecil Molly Cecil Nelly Cecil Robert Cecil (Bobbety)


Includes letter from Diana dated 18 May 1937

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Robert Cecil (son) Mary Crawford Violet Curruthers Michael Dykes Sybil Dykes Magdalen Eldon Wilfred E Hiley Oliver Lyttelton Lady Pamela Lytton JM Main Ernest Montagu Sir Ellis Robins TW Rudland Claud Russell Marshall Sissons Lily Woodman

Bundle 13 1-59 Patrick from the Manor House Hambleden Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans, Obby) Robin Balniel Diana Cavendish Hugh Cecil (“Linky”) Molly Cecil Nelly Cecil Robert Cecil (son) Mary Crawford Violet Curruthers Denys Dawnay Laurence Dykes


Diplomat in Amman writes thanking for photographs she sent of King Abdullah

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Michael Dykes Sybil Dykes Anthony Eden Nicholas Eden Magdalen Eldon Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother King George VI Dorothy Head Sidney Herbert Fitzroy Maclean Sammy Hood Susan Lawrence Princess Margaret Claud Russell Anne Tree Lord Willingden Lily Woodman

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1-52 Juliet, writing from Bulbridge House, Wilton, Salisbury Aunt Louisa Antrim Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans, Obby) Diana Cavendish Robert Cecil (Bobbety) Violet Curruthers Lady Helen D’Abernon Denys Dawnay Anna de Barry Magdalen Eldon Patricia Hambleden


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Sammy Hood Oliver Lyttelton Janet Murrow Freya Perowne Winnie Portland TW Rudland Nancy Wavell

Bundle 2 1-84 William, Bishop of Manchester Maria writing from Estoril Porchey writing from Milford Lake House Burchclere Newbury Someone writing from Hatley Park, Sandy, Beds Jakie Astor Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans, Obby) Margaret Beveridge Pierre Brisson Bob Cecil Hugh Cecil Moucher Cecil Nelly Cecil Rosie Churchill Diana Cooper John Julius Cooper Mary Crawford Violet Curruthers Anna de barryTeresa de Casa Valdes Denys Dawney Laurence Dykes


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Sybil Dykes Anthony Eden Nicholas Eden Magdalen Eldon Princess Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hugh Fraser Mabel Grey Kathleen, Lady Ismay Princess Margaret Judy Montagu Robin McEwen Sarah Millin Prince Paul of Serbia Winnie Portland Anne Somerset Claud Russell Helen Russell Osbert Sitwell Dick Tobin Barbie Wallace Nancy Wavell

Bundle 3 49 not

counted again by TASC

Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans, Obby) Robert Bessborough Brendan Bracken Diana Cavendish Bob Cecil Hugh Cecil Nelly Cecil Violet Curruthers


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Denys Dawnay Sybil Dykes Magdalen Eldon Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hannah Gabbay Lady Constance Mills Gaskell Sammy Hood Lolita Strube Laviviere Mary Lindsay Patrick Lindsay Tom Lindsay Oliver Lyttelton Freya Perowne Claud Russell Osbert Sitwell Dick Tobin Lily Woodman

Bundle 4 57 not


Duke of Alba Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans, Obby) Diana Cavendish Denys Dawnay Sybil Dykes Princess Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth the Magdalen Eldon Queen Mother Geordie Haddington Sammy Hood Joan Lascelles Princess Margaret Freya Perowne

1951, July – December

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AL Rowse Claud Russell Dick Tobin Peter Townsend Vita Sackville-West Jean Zinarieff

Bundle 5 81 not counted again by TASC

Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans, Obby) Isiah Berlin Audrey Bouverie Diana Cavendish David Cecil Hugh Cecil James Cecil Moucher Cecil Robert Cecil (Bobbety) Winston and Clementine Churchill Cynthia Colville (on behalf of Queen Mary to Bobbety) Diana Cooper (Alfred) Duff Cooper Mary Crawford Denys Dawnay Sir Geoffrey de Havilland Sybil Dykes Anthony Eden Queen Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother John Hope Sammy Hood Hannah Hudson


George VI has died

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Tommy Lascelles Robin Londonderry Princess Margaret Princess Mary Queen Mary Dick Molyneux Joan Moore Susan Mary Patten Patrick Plunket Jean Rankin Natalie Ridley Claud Russell Freya Perowne Stark Osbert Sitwell Bob Thayer Adele Tobin


Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans, Obby) Benjamin Britten Diana Cavendish Hugh Cecil Mollie Cecil Moucher Cecil Robert Cecil (son) Cecil grandchildren Winston Churchill Mary Crawford Peggy Crewe Violet Curruthers Sybil Dykes Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother


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Myra Exeter (Burghley House Cecile) Sammy Hood Princess Margaret Garrett Moore D’Arcy G Osborne Comte de Paris Arthur Penn Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland William Plomer Sir Ellis Robbins Claud Russell Freya Stark Ronnie Tree Margaret Truman Ursula [Wyndham]


Pam (Isaiah Berlin’s date) Joe Alsop Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans, Obby) Isaiah Berlin Pam Berry Sybil Lady Bicester Diana Cavendish James (Robert Cecil, grandson) Mima Cecil Nelly Cecil Robert Cecil (son) Winston Churchill John Julius Cooper Mary Crawford


Queen Mary Has died

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Rock Michael Dykes Sybil Dykes Sophia Princess of Hanover Sammy Hood Bernard Howard, [Duke of] Norfolk Robert James Betty Lyon Princess Margaret Princess Mary Susan Mary Patten Claud Russell Vita Sackville West Louis St Laurent Freya Stark Osbert Sitwell Lily Woodman


Porchy Harriet Aldrich Winthrop Aldrich Vi Allendale Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans, Obby) Mildred Blandy Diana Cavendish Bob Cecil James Cecil (grandson) Richard Cecil (grandson) Robert Cecil (Bobbety) Robert Cecil (son)


Anne Cooper’s letter is in pictures

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Anne Cooper Diana Cooper Bill de L’Isle Jacqueline de L’Isle Sybil Dykes Jack Eldon Magdalen Eldon Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother David Gray Harry Hambleden Dorothy Head Sammy Hood Patrick Lindsay Robin McEwen Princess Margaret Judy Montagu Alexander Moore Alan Pryce-Jones Odette Pol Roger Claud Russell Cuckoo Shaftsbury Osbert Sitwell Freya Stark Governor Adlai Stevenson Vita Sackville West Lily Woodman


Odette Johhny Althorpe (Earl Spencer) Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans,


Betty has broken her ankle

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Obby) Charlie Beistigui Pam Berry Mary Carnegie Diana Cavendish Evie Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire Bob Cecil Hugh Cecil James Cecil (grandson) Mollie Cecil Richard Cecil Robert Cecil (Bobbety) Robert Cecil (son) Valentine Cecil Clementine Churchill Diana Cooper Mary Crawford Violet Curruthers Alice Lady Derby Laurence Dykes Sybil Dykes Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Magdalen Eldon Hugh Fraser Patricia Hambleden Anne Islington Dorothy Head Sammy Hood Kitty Lambton Kitty Laine Nancy Lancaster

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David Lyon Brigid McEwen Winnie Portland Claud Russell Arthur Penn Antony Penn Cuckoo Shaftsbury Osbert Sitwell Freya Stark Nancy Wavell Babs Waverley Vita Sackville West


Odette (from French Embassy) Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans, Obby) Pam Berry Sasha Bruce Diana Cavendish Bob Cecil James Cecil (grandson) Clementine Churchill Mary Crawford Violet Curruthers Denys Dawnay Magdalen Eldon Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Maudie Harvey Sammy Hood Marcella Rice

1954, August - December

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Odette Pol Roger Claud Russell Vera Wemyss Vita Sackville West Baron Lothar Wimmer (Austrian Ambassador) Lily Woodman


Constance Addison Cecil Beaton Duarte Nuno Duke of Braganza Hugh Cavendish (nephew) Richard Cavendish Charles Cecil (grandson) James Cecil (grandson) Mollie Cecil Nelly Cecil Richard Cecil (grandson) Clementine Churchill Pauline Spender-Clay Diana Cooper Mary Crawford Alice, Lady Derby Ethel Dorking Ralph Edwards Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Nancy Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster Alec Home Patrick Lindsay Janet Murrow

1955 Robert and Mollie lost a baby boy soon after birth

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Anne Norwich John Julius Norwich Helen Russell Jimmy Smith Alice Winn Elizabeth Winn Lily Woodman


Alex from Cranborne Grange Windsor Forest Princess Alexandra Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans, Obby) Diana Cavendish Richard Cavendish Charles Cecil (grandson) Hugh Cecil James Cecil (grandson) Mollie Cecil Robert Cecil (son) Richard Cecil (grandson) Diana Campbell-Gray Myra Cecil, Lady Exeter Lord Cherwell David Crawford Mary Crawford Violet Curruthers Violet Dalrymple, Lady Stair Lulu de Waldner Geoffrey de Waldner Sybil Dykes

1956

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Elizabeth II Dominic Elliott Maria Carmela Hambleden Moira Hamilton Simon Hornby Sheila Howson Sammy Hood George H Johnstone Miriam Laine (née Rothschild 1908 - 2005) Nicky Gordon Lennox Patrick Lindsay David McEwen Pat Menzies Dorothy Palmer Arthur Penn Mary Roxburghe Bess W Truman Elizabeth Winn Reggie Winn Lily Woodman


Mary writing from Rhodesia Harriet Aldrich Elizabeth Bassett Wilfred Blunt Diana Cavendish Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire Georgiana Cavendish Richard Cavendish Charles Cecil

1957

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(grandson) Mollie Cecil Richard (grandson) Robert Cecil (son) Clementine Churchill Sir John Cockcroft Jock Colville L Perry Curtis Mary Crawford Laurence Dykes Sybil Dykes Juliet Duff Elizabeth II Dorothy Head Quentin Hogg Lord Hailsham Sammy Hood Mary Llewellin Jean Lloyd Princess Margaret Princess Mary Walter J McNamara Maureen McNamara Olivia Mulholland D’Arcy Osborne Susan Mary Patten Simon Phipps Princess Pilar (Portugues address) Dollie Rothschild Mary Roxburghe

Bundle 14 44 not counted again by

Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans, Obby)

1958, January -

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TASC Charlie Beistigui Diana Cavendish Charles Cecil (grandson) James Cecil (grandson) Mollie Cecil Richard Cecil (grandson) Robert Cecil (son) Mary Crawford Sybil Dykes Mary Holey Arthur Penn Freya Stark Ronnie Tree

June


Johannes, Austrian Ambassador Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans, Obby) Arthur Bryant Diana Cavendish James Cecil (grandson) Mima Cecil Mollie Cecil Richard Cecil (grandson) Robert Cecil (Bobbety) Robert Cecil (son) Meg Colville Mary Crawford Violet Curruthers Garrett (Moore, Earl) Drogheda Catherine Dykes Laurence Dykes


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Michael Dykes Rose Dykes Sybil Dykes Timmy Egerton Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury Maria Carmella Hambleden Mary Holey Marina, Duchess of Kent Nancy Lancaster Princess Margaret Princess Olga (of Serbia) Arthur Penn Joseph and Christine Potocki Sparrow (from All Souls College, Oxford) Freya Stark Nancy Wavell Veronica Wedgewood


Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans, Obby) Anthony [Blunt, Fyfield Manor, Pewsey, Wilts] Diana Cavendish Richard Cavendish Charles Cecil (grandson) James Cecil (grandson) Mollie Cecil Moucher Cecil

1959

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Richard Cecil (grandson) Robert Cecil (son) Valentine Cecil Mary Crawford Diana Campbell-Gray Sybil Dykes President Dwight Eisenhower Humphrey ap Evans Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Edward [Frederick Lindley Wood, Earl] Halifax Nancy Lancaster Princess Margaret Martha Matthews Mrs Northway Arthur Penn Felicity Pickwick Freya Stark Adlai Stevenson Anne Tree Michael Tree Sir Roy Welensky (Rhodesia)

Box 8 Bundle 1

74 not


Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans, Obby) Violet Bonham-Carter Diana Cavendish Richard Cavendish Charles Cecil (grandson) James Cecil (grandson) Mollie Cecil Richard Cecil (grandson)

1960

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Robert cecil (son) Valentine Cecil (grandson) Clementine Churchill Winston Churchill Mary Crawford Sybil Dykes Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother S Gracholski Dorothy Head Carl L Hoag Nancy Lancaster Princess Margaret Charlie Maclean Fitzroy Maclean Veronica Maclean Brigid McEwen Raymond Mortimer Jean Ogilvie Arthur Penn Micky Renshaw AL Rowse Marietta Tree Ronnie Tree

Bundle 2 54 not


T of Selbourne Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans, Obby) Peter Beauclerk David Bruce Evangeline Bruce Nicky Bruce

1961

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Sasha Bruce Walter Buccleich Bob Brand Diana Cavendish Hugh Cavendish Richard Cavendish Charles Cecil (grandson) James Cecil (grandson) Mollie Cecil Robert Cecil (son) Valentine Cecil (grandson) Mary Crawford Joy Davison Sybil Dykes Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Nancy Lancaster Princess Margaret Marjorie Penn Micky Renshaw Freya Stark Nancy Wavell

Bundle 3 44 not


W, writing from Italy, A sends love Osborne Beauclerk (Duke of St Albans, Obby) Diana Cavendish Richard Cavendish Charles Cecil (grandson) James Cecil (grandson) Richard Cecil (grandson) Valentine Cecil (grandson)

1962

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Mary Crawford Edmond de la H[?] Jousselin Catherine Dykes Sybil Dykes Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Inigo Eril Elizabeth Jansen Nancy Lancaster Princess Margaret Marjorie Sisson Freya Stark Alice Windsor, Duchess of Gloucester Lily Woodman

Bundle 4 64 not


Alice Elizabeth Basset Walter Buccleuch Diana Cavendish Richard Cavendish Mary Crawford Molly Cecil Richard Cecil (grandson) Robert Cecil (son) Valentine Cecil (grandson) Simon and Meg Dalhousie Juliet Doll Sybil Dykes Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother John Elphinstone Roger Fulford

1963

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Miriam Grenfell Sammy Hood Anabelle Janson Martin Janson Nancy Lancaster Jean Lloyd Charles de Noeilles Philippine de Noeilles Micky Renshaw Freya Stark Alistair Strathnaver Sir Roy Welensky Lily Woodman Princess Alexandra

Bundle 5 48 not


Gerard André Walter Buccleuch Diana Cavendish Ned Cavendish Richard Cavendish Mollie Cecil Moucher Cecil Richard Cecil (grandson) Robert Cecil (son) Robert Cecil (“Bobbety”) Robert “James” Cecil (grandson) Valentine Cecil (grandson) Mina Ceschi Cyril Connolly Mary Crawford Catherine Dykes


Obby has died

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Sybil Dykes Queen Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Molly Howick Nancy Lancaster David Lloyd Sydney Pembroke Princess Pilar (Portuguese address) Micky Renshaw Clare Talbot

Bundle 6 45 not


Princess Alice Cecil Beaton Walter Buccleuch Diana Cavendish Ned Cavendish Susan Cavendish Charles Cecil (grandson) James Cecil (grandson) Michael Cecil (grandson) Molly Cecil Richard Cecil (grandson) Mina Ceschi Mary Crawford Clemence Dane Ethel Dorking Sybil Dykes Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, Duke of Norfolk Madame Giscard D’Estaing


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Rosie Kerr Nancy Lancaster Franz Josef Lichtenstein Gina Lichtenstein Sir Philip Magnus Princess Maria Pia

Bundle 7 85 not


Harold Acton Elizabeth Bassett Walter Buccleuch Libby Carter Charles Cecil (grandson) Diana Cavendish Harriet Cavendish Pam Cavendish Richard Cecil (grandson) Robert Cecil (Bobbety) Robert Cecil (son) Clementine Churchill Mary Crawford Meg Dal housie Ethel Dorking Juliet Duff Sybil Dykes Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother George Farr Geoffrey S Foulerton Sammy Hood Nancy Lancaster Dolly Rothschild [Ian Smith] Prime Minister in Salisbury Betty Somerset David Somerset

1965 Betty and Bobbety celebrating Golden Wedding

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SR Stanbridge Freya Stark Ronnie Tree Alice Windsor, Duchess of Gloucester

Bundle 8 110 not


Alan Joe Barclay Elizabeth Bassett Ronnie Bassett Michael Brell David Bruce David Bruce junior Sasha Bruce Walter Buccleuch Auguste de Buzzaccarini Tom Carnwath Deborah Cavendish Duchess of Devonshire Diana Cavendish Harriet Cavendish Ned Cavendish Richard Cavendish Susan Cavendish Charles Cecil (grandson) Michael Cecil (grandson) Mollie Cecil Moucher Cecil Richard Cecil (grandson) Robert Cecil (son) Rose Cecil (granddaughter) Valentine Cecil (grandson)

1966

Box/ Bundle


Mina Ceschi Prince Charles Clementine Churchill Edward Colleridge Mary Crawford Meg Dalhousie Mary Dunn Sybil Dykes Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Fortune Euston Adrian Fort Robin Lane Fox Moggs Gage Lady Evelyn Hendriks Michael Hornby Nicole Hornby Mary Keswick Tony Keswick Tony Lambton Nancy Lancaster Hector McDonnell George Morpeth Janet Murrow Princess Pia maria Patrick Plunkett Sonnie Portland Foxie Sefton Thomas Seymour GD Sinclair Murray Sinclair Freya Stark

Box/ Bundle


Hannah Stirling John Mark Stowe Alistair Strathnaver Marion Symington Elizabeth Thursby Roy Walensky Robert Woods Max Wyndham

Bundle 9 70 not


Princess Alexandra Ada Bishop David Bruce Diana Cavendish Peregrine Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington Richard Cavendish Charles Cecil (grandson) Richard Cecil (grandson) Robert Cecil (son) Robert Cecil (James, grandson) Valentine Cecil (grandson) Prince Charles Diana Cooper Mary Crawford Harriet Crawley Geoffrey C (French Ambassador) Edmond de la Haye Jousselin Jean de Ribes Grace Dudley Sybil Dykes Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Antony Head

1967

Box/ Bundle


Cecil Kerr Nancy Lancaster Rupert Neal Serge Obolensky Walter Scott Larry Siedentop Jack Spencer Charles Stanley Smith Hannah Stirling Andrée Vignot Gerry Wellesley, Duke of Wellington Max Wyndham

Bundle 10 78 not


Maria (Portuguese) Vi Allendale Gerard André Alice [Berlin] Eileen Baker Walter Buccleuch Sir Francis Cassel Diana Cavendish Georgiana Cavendish Richard Cavendish Susan Cavendish Charles Cecil (grandson) Michael Cecil (grandson) Richard Cecil (grandson) Robert Cecil (son) Prince Charles Andrew Clowes Mary Coleraine


Box/ Bundle


Mary Crawford Alice Devlin David Douglas-Home Sybil Dykes Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother John Elphinstone Rodolphe d’Erlanger Romayne Grimson Stephen Hastings Sammy Hood Peter Irwin Teresa Kewick Celia Knight Nancy Lancaster Bettina Lindsay Lady Carol Leventon Jean Lloyd Angus Menzies Lorne Nelson Anthony Ramsay Jamie Ramsay David Reid [Scott] Micky Renshaw Maude Russell Walter Scott Monica Salmond Freya Stark Hannah Stirling Gervaise Jackson Stops John Mark Stowe Ian Thorne

Box/ Bundle


Kenneth Wagg Roy Walensky Melissa Wyndham

Bundle 11 49 not


John Princess Alexandra Charlie Badden Diana Cavendish Ned Cavendish Francis Cassell Richard Cecil (grandson) Robert Cecil (son) Robert “James” Cecil (grandson) Rose Cecil (granddaughter) Prince Charles Sybil Cholmondely Georgiana Clowes Mary Crawford Sybil Dykes Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother John Elphinstone Moggs Gage Judy Gendel Joyce Godber Virginia Grosse Sammy Hood Antony Head Cecil Kerr Tony Lambton Nancy Lancaster Princess Margaret


Box/ Bundle


Lorne Nelson Walter Scott Freddy Stockdale Anne Tree Michael Tree Claire Ward Mollie Wavell Gerry Wellesley, Duke of Wellington

Bundle 12 91 not


Celia Marietta Nancy Princess Alexandra Michael Ancram Gerry Benoist Charles Bridge Roger Brockway Walter Buccleuch Diana Cavendish Ned Cavendish Charles Cecil (grandson) Michael Cecil (grandchild) Mollie Cecil Richard Cecil (grandson) Robert “James” Cecil (grandson) Rose Cecil (granddaughter) Valentine Cecil (grandson) Mary Crawford Meg Dalhousie Simon Dalhousie David Douglas-Home

1969

Box/ Bundle


Lindy Dufferin Sheridan Dufferin Sybil Dykes Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother John Elphinstone Romayne Grimson Cathy Hart Antony Head Sammy Hood Peter Irwin Cecil Kerr Teresa Keswick Bettina Lindsay Jean Lloyd Elizabeth Longford Peter, Lord Lothian Raymond Mortimer Janet Murrow Victoria Percy Micky Renshaw Bobby Scott Hope Scott Jimmy Smith Charmain Stirling Hannah Stirling Gervaise Jackson Stops Virginia Sykes Kenneth Wagg Claire Ward

Bundle 13 66 not

counted again by

Princess Alexandra Princess Anne

1970

Box/ Bundle


TASC Michael Ancram Sir Fredrick Ashton Diana Cavendish Charles Cecil (grandson) Michael Cecil (grandson) Richard Cecil (grandson) Robert Cecil (son) Rose Cecil Valentine Cecil (grandson) Prince Charles Mary Crawford Meg Dalhusie Simon Dalhousie Edmond de la Hay Jusselin David Douglas-Home Sheridan Dufferin Sybil Dykes Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother James Buchanan Jardine Nancy Lancaster Bettina Lindsay Iona Lindsay Lorne Nelson Micky Renshaw David Scott Jeremy Soames Hannah Stirling Diana Sutherland Richard Sykes

Bundle 14 70 not Princess Alexandra 1971-1972 The letters from

Box/ Bundle



Princess Anne Neal Balfour Ric Beckett Donald Cameron Diana Cavendish Harriet Cavendish Michael Cecil (grandson) Richard Cecil (grandson) Robert Cecil (son) Rose Cecil Valentine Cecil (grandson) Prince Charles Sybil Cholmundely Mary Crawford Meg Dalhousie Peter Donald Pupils of Dragon School, Oxford Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (2 letters dated 1972) Johnny Grimson Romayne Grimson Antony Head Dorothy Head Sammy Hood Cecil Kerr Teresa Keswick Tony Lambton Bettina Lindsay Lorne Nelson Olivia Mulholland Patrick Plunkett

the Queen Mother are the only ones dated 1972

Box/ Bundle


Micky Renshaw AL Rowse Emma Soames Freya Stark Hannah Stirling Michael Tree Victoria Warrender Michael Wemyss [?] Woodruff Caroline Wyndham

Box/ Item Quantity Description Date Notes Box 9 Item 1

1 volume Linen 1917 - 1938

Item 2 1 binder Selection of poems in Betty’s hand

No date

Item 3 1 volume Household accounts 1916 – 1927



Item 6 1 volume Expenditure on 25 Charles Street and Cranborne Lodge

No date, prior to becoming marchioness

Cover embossed “Cranborne”

Item 7 1 volume Personal expenses (details of quarterly allowance etc)

1916 – 1923 Cover embossed “Betty”

Item 8 1 volume Household expenses 1949 - 1964 Insertion: “Contents of dispatch case” 1945

Item 9 1 volume Travel diary 14th December 1934 – 4th

Box/ Item Quantity Description Date Notes February 1945

Item 10 1 envelope Labelled “Kept for sentiment”, includes:

Letter from Bishop Ryle on confirmation

1912

Grandmother’s letter/notes re Betty and Bobbety’s marriage

1915

Extract of letter from Arthur balfour to Ladty Desborough

August 1915

List of things Lord Cranborne took to France

1918

“Michael’s hair” 1920

Scrap of latter from AJ Balfour

1922

Letter from Moyra to be opened after her death

1928

Decorated envelope re Lord Cranborne’s election campaign

1931

Letter from Lord Cranborne re outbreak of World War Two and relations with Italy

1938

Christmas telegram from Winston [Churchill]

1939

Letter from Dicky on Moyra’s death

1942 3rd son

Letter from Martha to Moucher about Lord Salisbury’s contribution to Three Power Conference

1953

Letters from Richard No date and one Lord Richard Cecil, killed

Box/ Item Quantity Description Date Notes from 1978 in Rhodesia

Letters from Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Princess Alice, sister Mary

1972 - 1978

List of letters from 1972 - 78 1978

Item 11 1 document Insurance policy for jewels and fur

1978

Item 12 1 envelope “Lord Quickswood” notes and correspondence re 16th century history

1950s

Item 13 1 envelope “some personal things” various letters, notes, account sheets

1938; 1960-1981

Item 14 1 envelope “found with the dowager’s papers etc” list of household articles, photos of holiday in Portugal, press cuttings, history notes (16

th century),

poems

Many undated, 1960, 1962, 1969, 1971, 1972

Box 10 Item 1

1 envelope Labelled “additional notes and correspondence including letters from Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, 1973” Miscellaneous papers and letters, including condolences on death of 5th Marquess, also letters written by Betty as a child

1910s – 1970s Accession 8/2/84

Item 2 1 envelope Victorian stamps 1800s

Item 3 1 envelope Old used envelopes 1940s

Box/ Item Quantity Description Date Notes Item 4 1 item Invitation to reception before

marriage of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer

27 July 1981

Item 5

1 envelope Labelled “Birth certificate 5th Marchioness”. Contents: Betty’s birth certificate; Michael’s birth and christening certificates; information re Croyden airport and Air Ministry notice to airmen, 1929 (envelope addressed to Betty), British Red Cross certificate of enrolment for Betty, 1940; list of wedding presents

Item 6 1 envelope Hand-written speeches given by Betty, opening fetes etc

1935 – 1957

Item 7 1 envelope Christmas cards from Queen and Duke of Edinburgh

1972-1979, 1981

Item 8 1 envelope Christmas cards from Queen Mother

1972-79

1 cutting Press cutting obituary of Diana, Viscountess Gage

1991

Item 9 1 envelope Reference from Bank prior to travel to US

1929

Item 10 1 archive folder

Information re trees and plants for the garden

1951 - 1960

Item 11 1 envelope “Historical notes on Mary Queen of Scots’ ring”

1958

Box/ Item Quantity Description Date Notes enclosure in letter from John Glyn-Jones

Item 12 1 envelope “Sheldon tapestries in the armoury at Hatfield” notes taken from book

1912-13

Item 13 1 envelope “Oxford Pedigree” extracts re claims to Earldom of Oxford

No date

Item 14 1 envelope Marriage service Bobbety and Betty

1915

Item 15 1 item Letter from Duchess of Rutland

No date

Item 16 1 item Card from Robert 1944

Item 17 a-d

4 pages 3 loose letters 1940

Item 18 1 envelope Copy of court judgement and press cuttings re incident at Robert’s wedding when he hit a photographer

1946-1947

Item 19 1 item Order of service funeral of Richard Cavendish

1972

Item 20 1 folder “household” correspondence and documents relating to household

1950s and 1960s

Item 21 1 item Scroll to accompany plants from Hatfield development Corporation’s nurseries

1958

Item 22 1 volume Holiday accounts for Italy March – April 1914

Item 23 3 volumes Grocer’s account books 1957-62

Item 24 5 items Betty’s cancelled passports 1945, 1947, 1957,

Box/ Item Quantity Description Date Notes 1967, 1977

Item 25 1 item Betty’s British Empire Aviator’s certificate

1930

Item 26 1 item Betty’s private pilot’s licence

1930

Item 27 1 item Betty’sInternational Driving Licence

1965

Item 28 1 item Betty’s National Identity Card

1947-48

Item 29 1 item Address book

No date

item 30 1 item telephone book

No date

Item 31 1 item Driving licence 1978

Item 32 1 item Travel pass for London Transport

1980

Item 33 1 item British delegation pass 1919

Item 34 1 item Press cutting re death of Diana Viscountess Gage

1992 Betty’s sister

Item 35 1 item Miss L M Woodman’s passport and birth certificate

1888 1927

Item 36 1 item Swan walk wondow drawing with measurements for making curtains

No date before 1972

Item 37 1 item Hatfield House Chapel Hymn cards

St Pauls Day, no date

Item 38 1 item Envelope addressed to “Lord President of the Council, top secret” (empty)

No date

Title on envelope

From Address Date Notes

Box 11 Bundle 1

70 letters answered

Only 6 letters in bundle Recommend destroying envelope

Box 11 Bundle 1

Annie Davis La Consula, Churriana, Malaga

14 March 1972

Box 11 Bundle 1

[Teresa?] Keswick 28 February 1972

Box 11 Bundle 1

Geoffroy [French Ambassador]

24 February 1972

Box 11 Bundle 1

Martine [French Ambassador’s wife]

Residence Plein Sud, Val d’Isère 73 SAvoie

23 March

Box 11 Bundle 1

Laura [Eastough?] The Bishop’s Palace, Peterborough

25 February

Box 11 Bundle 1

Bill La Consula, Churriana, Malaga

14 March

Box 11 Bundle 2

1. 206 letters answered

Bob 1818 H St NW, Washington DC 20006, USA

24 February

2. Virginia 3010 O Street, Washington 7, DC, USA

29 February

3. Michael Gresford Jones, previously Bishop of St Albans

24 February

4. Eric Abbott, Dean of Westminster

19 March

5. Philippine La Philippine, Californie, Cannes

29 February

6. [?] Pol Roger 7 Avenue Emile Acollas, [Paris]

25 February

7. W S MacKenzie Chelsea Physic Garden

24 February

8. Derek Hill Donegal 15 March

9. Joan Robinson Chaseborough House, Cranborne

25 February

10. Julia Coleridge Vice-Provost’s House, Eton College

24 February

11. Fred Coleridge Vice-Provost’s House, Eton College

24 February

12. Elsa Venice No date

13. [?] 32 Blenheim Terrace, London NW8

24 February

14. Boofy Pimlico House Hemel Hempstead

24 March First cousin

15. Fiona Pimlico House Hemel Hempstead

3 March

16. Barbie Beechwood, 4 March

Petworth

17. Jinnie Hotel de Crillon, Paris

25 February

18. Iza Zamoyski 8 Phillimore Place, London W8

25 February

19. Stefan 9 Phillimore Place, London W8

25 February

Pole in exile

20. Geordie Tyninghame, Dunbar, Scotland

24 February

21. Sarah Tyninghame, Dunbar, Scotland

24 February

22. Dr Rachel Pinney Oakley Street, London SW3

23 February

23. [?Leo] Gillette House, Basinghall Street, London EC2

23 February

24. Jean Clouds Hill, Offley

29 February

25. David [L?] House of Lards Library

7 March

26. Jock 38 Onslow Square, London SW7

27 February

27. John Mark Stowe Selwyn College Cambridge

25 February

28. Sacha Hamilton 7 Upper Belgrave Street, London SW1

26 February

29. Lidi Quinta da Piedade, Sintra

24 February

30. Cecil Reddish House, Broadchalke, Salisbury

26 February

31. Carol Lenanton Bride Hall, Welwyn

29 February

32. George Bowood, Calne, Wiltshire

1 March

33. Lillian and Edgar Mowrer

New Hampshire, USA

26 February

34. Sammy House of Lords Library

Wednesday

35. [Rhyander/Alexander?] 120 Cheapside, London EC2

23 February

36. Cecile de Rothschild 29 Faubourg St Honoré, Paris

29 February

37. J[?] Beckhampton House, Malborough

25 February

38. Nancy 2 Hyde Park Gardens, London W2

23 February

39. David 2 Hyde Park Gardens, London W2

23 February

40. Liliane de Rothschild 11 Rue Massarin, Paris

No date

41. Jea[?] 50 Rue de la Bienfaisance, Paris

26 February

42. Mary Anne Crichel, Winborne

Friday

43. Selina Gibson Fleming Ranston, Blandford

25 February

44. Mr and Mrs Bell 19 Castle Street Cranborne

23 February

45. Mr and Mrs Amey Lodge Cottage, Castle Street Cranborne

No date

46. Ivy King 11 Castle Street Cranborne

24 February

47. A & L Wiltshire Keepers Lodge, Hatfield Park

23 February

48. David Douglas-Home 1 Carlton Gardens, London SW1

23 February

49. H[ilby?] Coach House, Little Haseley, Oxford

23 February

50. Betty Benenden School, Cranbrook, Kent

23 February

51. Anne Brewis Benham’s House, Blackmoor, Liss

29 February

52. Douglas Mackerye End, Harpenden, Hertfordshire

23 February

53. Peggy Mackerye End, Harpenden, Hertfordshire

23 February

54. G[?] Mulgrave Castle, Whitby

2 March

55. Oswald Mulgrave Castle, Whitby

Wednesday

56. [K Rodman?] Heron Bay, St James, Barbados

No date

57. Ronnie Heron Bay, St James, Barbados

24 February

58. Marietta Heron Bay, St James, Barbados

1 March

59. Susan Mary Alsop Heron Bay, St James, Barbados

28 February

60. Garet[h/t] Heron Bay, St James, Barbados

7 March

61. Polly Heron Bay, St James, Barbados

22 March

62. Peter Ward 27 Palace Street, London SW1

16 March

63. Claire Ward Cornwell Manor, Kingham, Oxfordshire

Monday

64. Elizabeth 18 Chesil Court, Chelsea Manor Street, London SW3

24 February

65. Hugh House of Lords No date

66. Charles 57 Oakley Street, Chelsea, London SW3

28 February

67. Allan Adair 55 Green Street, 29

Grosvenor Square, London

February

68. Alby Bowes Lyon 7 Chesham Street, London SW1

28 February

69. [Rose] 2 Homefield Road, Worthing

29 February

70. E[?]tine Carpenter 1730 Kearny Street

24 March

71. Sir James Bowker 3 West Eaton place, London SW1

28 February

72. Maria 39 Dove House Street, London SW3

23February

73. Tony Rosslyn Stonerwood Park, Petersfield, Hampshire

29 February

74. Charles Garrowby, York 28 February

75. Sarah Giles 42 Blomfield Road, London W9

Saturday

76. Michael Whitmore, Cuckfield, Sussex

28 February

77. Serena St Nicholas, Richmond, Yorkshire

No date

78. May 77 St Albans Avenue, Bedford Park, London W4

27 February

79. Victor The Cabinet Office

25 February

80. [?] Keir, Dunblane. Scotland

Saturday

81. Walter Boughton House, Geddington, Kettering

27 February

82. Sheridan 4 Holland Villas Road, London

26 February

83. Lindy 4 Holland Villas Road, London

Saturday

84. Maria Palmella Lisbon 2? February

Telegram

85. Roy Welensky and Joan Bridge

Salisbury? 24 February

Telegram

86. David Tangier 25 February

Telegram

87. Juan Count Barcelona 24 February

International telegraph

88. Bridget Salmond Maidford, Norton, Malmesbury

1 March She dates 1st February

89. Mr and Mrs Beresford Johnson

4 Birchwood Avenue, Hatfield

24 February

90. Beresford Johnson as Chair of Hatfield Arts Society

4 Birchwood Avenue, Hatfield

24 February

Bobbety was founding member and president

91. Kim Balblair House Beauly, Inverness shire

26 February

92. Raymond 5 Cannonbury 24

Place, London N1

February

93. Marcelle 19 South Eaton Place, London SW1

27 February

94. Kenneth Wagg 38 Warwick Avenue, London W9

Friday

95. Colin R Cooke 16 Bigwood Road, London NW11

24 February

96. K[?] 21 Wilton Street, London SW1

Thursday

97. Mary Badminton, Gloucestershire

24 February

98. Freya No address 24 February

99. Freya c/o address 11 February

Prior to Bobbety’s death

100. Guy Lockinge Manor, Wantage, Berkshire

24 Februay

101. Eve and Mick Heriots, Stanmore

24 February

102. Ann (PB) Byeway Cottage, Aldwick Bay, Bognor Regis

24 February

103. Olivia Western Mark, Upton Grey, Basingstoke

24 February

104. [Derek?] White Oak House,

No date

Highclere, Newbury

105. Sandra 15 Grovenor Square, London W1

23 February

106. Phyllis Bull 10 Holly Road, Northampton

23 February

107. Jean M Sharp SRN C/o Ascot Farm, Welwyn Garden City

23 February

108. Agnes Drove House, Cranborne

24 February

109. Anne 75 Eaton Square, London SW1

24 February

Calls him Uncle Bobbety

110. Pat 31 Eaton Square, London SW1

24 February

111. [?] Collywood Lilburn Tower, Alnwick

27 February

112. [?] North Mymms Park, Hatfield

Friday

113. [?] Goodale Branscombe, Nutcombe Lane, Dorking

24 February

114. Richard Wood House of Commons

24 February

115. Bill Penshurst Place, Tonbridge, Kent

29 February

116. Philip [?] Thornton Manor, Thornton Hough, Wirral

26 February

117. Phyl and Tommie Compton Manor, 24

Sopwith King’s Somborne, Hampshire

February

118. J T Caller Whitehaven, Jenkins Hill, Bagshot

23 February

119. Hope and Edgar [Scott]

Orchard Lodge, Villa Nova, Pennsylvania

29 February

120. Gay Scott 80 Chester Square, London SW1

No date

121. Bobby Scott 80 Chester Square, London SW1

2 March

122. Dickie [Mountbatten] HMS Britannia 25 February

123. Michael Buckingham Palace

25 February

124. David Red Lion House, Cranborne

2 March He dates it 2 February

125. Laura 10 Exeter Mansions, Shaftsbury Avenue, London W1

29 February

“Dear Aunt Betty”

126. Rachel Cranborne 23 February

127. Jonathan Red Lion House, Cranborne

27 February

Writes to “Aunt Betty”

128. Hugh 25 Wellington Square, London SW3

No date Writes to “Aunt Betty”

129. Edgar Scott 5 Penn Centre Plaza, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

25 February

130. Jack and Ivy Bennett No address C[?] Estate Office

25 February

131. Marjorie Gorhambury, St Albans

25 February

132. Hermione Knebworth House, Knebworth

28 February

133. [?] Bligh Fkat 1, 47 Earls Avenue, Folkestone

25 February

Grand daughter Hannah married into Cecil family

134. Gervais Jackson-Stops

Christchurch Oxford

28 February

135. Edward Ford 18 Hale House, 34 De Vere Gardens, London W8

10 March

136. Paul Williams 6 Elm Park Road, London SW3

24 February

137. Robin Worcester Hartlebury Castle, Kidderminster

24 February

138. Geordie Sel[?] 60 Eaton Place, London SW 1

Thursday [24 February]

139. Sir Anthony Wagner College of Arms 24 February

140. Catherine Amery 112 Eaton No date

Square, London SW1

141. Joan Tormarton Court, Badminton

23 February

142. Richard and Judith Lyttelton

Barbon Manor, Kirkby Lonsdale

Monday 28 February

143. Rhoda Charleston Manor, West Dean, Seaford, Sussex

7 March

144. Clementine 137 Beach Road, Gordon’s Bay, Cape Province, South Africa

17 March

145. [Rudolphe?] 11 Old Broad Street, London EC2

23 February

146. Edward and Katharine Coppins, Iver, Buckinghamshire

26 February

147. Georgia Palermo, Sicily 5 March

148. B[?] Salisbury, Rhodesia

29 February

149. Viscount Malvern Salisbury Rhodesia

24 February

150. Barbara Tredgold Water Falls Rhodesia

23 February

151. Laurence Maconochie Welwood

Transvaal, South Africa

1 March Lives in Kirkminster, Midlothian

152. Gabrielle Caithness Rhodesia 27 March Lives in Hampton Court Palace

153. Sir Henry Able Smith Rhodesia 3 March

154. [?] Grimsthorpe, Bourne

No date

155. James Grimsthorpe Castle, Bourne

23 February

156. Whitney Warren Wheatland, Yuba County, California, USA

2 March

157. John Cavanagh 26 and 27 Curzon Street, London W1

25 February

158. Leslie 24 Via Gregoriana, 00187 Rome

2 March

159. Leonard E Olyott The Vicarage, Crewkerne, Somerset

26 February

160. Gertie Medway Plantaion, Mount Holly, South Carolina, USA

28 February

161. Molly Malaysia 27 February

162. [?] de la Haye Jousselin

27 Saint Aubin d’Ecrosville, Eure

25 February

163. Rev David K Callard St Johns House, Bishops Rise, Hatfield

29 February

164. President du Conseil Constitutionel

No address 24 [February]

165. Simon Phipps, Bishop of Horsham

The Old Rectory, Worth, Crawley,

11 April

Sussex

166. Lancelot [Henning?] The Deanery, Windsor Castle

26 February

167. Edward Heath, Prime Minister

Downing Street 24 February

168. Duncan Stirling 41 Lothbury, London EC2

23 February

169. Barry Ismay Wormington Grange, Broadway, Worcestershire

No date

170. Rosie Orange Hill, Binfield, Berkshire

4 April

171. Charman Douglas Haye

Iran No date

172. Francis [Jennell?] 271-285 Collins Street, Melbourne

1 March

173. Edward Raczynski 8 Lennox Gardens, London SW1

24 February

Polish Ambassador for the War Years

174. David Somerset Malborough Fine Art, Bond Street

29 February

175. Michael Tin Christies 24 February

176. Hugh 80 Coleman Street, London EC2

24 February

177. Richard Pleydell-Barrie Avonturn, Alderbury, near Salisbury

Friday [25 February]

178. Isobel Avonturn, 24

Alderbury, near Salisbury

February

179. C F Wilcox 34 Roundwood Park, Harpenden, Herts

25 February

180. J S Boys Smith Brookside, Clare, Sudbury, Suffolk

24 February

181. Serge Obolensky 1010 Third Avenue, New York

24 February

182. Liz Palma de Mallorca

24 February

183. Lorne 11 Mount Row, London W1

26 February

184. Adriana S de Santa Cruz

Chile 25 February

185. Pierre de C[?] Madrid 28 March

186. A R Mutters Fuengerola, Spain

5 March Lives in Reading, served with Richard

187. Robert St Albans (Bishop)

Abbeygate House, St Albans

23 February

188. Walter Oakeshott Lincoln College Oxford

24 February

Rector of College

189. George Jellico, Leader of the House of Lords

House of Lords No date

190. James Mountford 29 Aigburth Drive, Liverpool 17

24 February

191. Athelstan Caröe, Liverpool 15 March

President of the Council of Liverpool University

192. Trevor C Thomas, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool

Liverpool 23 February

193. [?] Heinz On Board Cirrus III (Nassau)

1 March

194. Betty Patterson Chairman’s Room, County Hall, Hertford

25 February

195. Irene Sandford, Mayor of Hertford

6 Sandy Close, Hertford

25 February

196. G Roger Bates, Mayor of Salisbury

Mayor’s Parlour, Salisbury, Rhodesia

29 February

197. Kitty 32 East 64th Street, New York, USA

11 March

198. Rev Ronald H G Budge

Mote Yett, Alton Road, Moffat, Dunfries-shire

24 February

199. Mary Pyne Cutting The Bahamas 8 March

200. GH Southern 28 Lincolns Inn Fields, London WC2

6 March

201. James M Beck Plaisance, Newport, Rhode Island USA

25 February

202. Colin Chisholm Tokyo 29 February

203. JH Halman, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Salisbury Rhodesia

1 March

204. Martin Newell 7 Sydney Close, London SW3

No date

205. John Frew 79-81 Adelaide Street, Brisbane, Australia

9 March

206. Inigo Eril, el Conde de Eril

Madrid 7 April

207. [?] Cerne Abbey, Dorchester, Dorset

24 February

208. Ronald Campbell Summerfield House, Sidegate, Haddington, East Lothian

24 February

209. David Hearfield San Francisco 26 February

210. Mary Holley 3 Marine Hill, Cleveden, Somerset

23 February

211. Roberto 55 Onslow Square, London SW7

23 February

212. Margot Howard de Walden

61 Eaton Square, London SW1

25 February

213. Ruth Uphall, Hillington, Kings Lynn, Norfolk

27 February

214. Anthony Shaftesbury St Giles, Wimborne, Dorset

7 March “Aunt Betty”

215. Jacqueline Killeare 35 Montpelier Sunday

Square, London SW7

216. [Francis Caccia] Provost of Eton

Eton College 25 February

217. No signature Wold Cottage, Broad Hampton, Gloucesrshire

29 February

Page(s) missing

218. Sybil Woods Wold Cottage, Broad Hampton, Gloucesrshire

29 February

219. Dr D Evan Bedford 62 Wimpole Street, London W1

24 February

220. Lettice St Giles, Dorset 24 February

221. “Old age pensioners of old Hatfield”

No address No date Card for flowers

222. Marylee Fairbanks Palm Beach Florida

March Married to Douglas Fairbanks

223. Biddy [?] 113 Eaton Square, London SW1

2 April

224. William, Bishop of Barking

Buckhurst Hill 24 February

225. Guy Westmacote Rodmell, Lewis, Sussex

24 February

226. Joyce Smith Cowdray Club, Cavendish Square, London W1

25 February

Daughter of vicar officiating at Betty and Bobbety’s wedding

227. Alan, Viscount Boyd Ince Castle, 25

Saltash, Cornwall

February

228. D Seaborne Davies Y Garn, Pwllheli, Wales

23 February

229. Barbara Colyton Lyford Cay Club, Bahamas

No date

230. Sonia Lucas of Chilworth

41 Brampton Tower, Bassett, Southampton

24 February

231. Bob The Connaught, Carlos Place, London W1

19 March

232. Reggie and Alice 473 North County Road, Palm Beach, [USA]

Friday

233. Toby Winterbottom 52 Chester Square, London SW1

27 February

234. [?] The Manor House, Hambleden, Henley on Thames

2 March

235. Patricia Old Rectory, Ewelme, Oxfordshire

24 February

236. Freddy Ashton 8 Marlborough Street, Chelsea, London SW3

No date

237. Natasha Johnston 32 Kingston house South, Ennismore

29 February

Gardens, London SW7

238. Peter [Kerr, Lord] L[othian]

Monteviot, Jedburgh, Scotland

27 February

239. Peter [Kerr, Lord] L[othian]

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

10 March Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

240. Muriel L Crockett 20 Castle Street Cranborne

29 February

241. Susan and Johnny Stirling

Card for flowers

242. Lillian Phipps Card for flowers

243. Vi 21 Cadogan Square, London SW1

No date

244. Hugh Cheap[p] Fossoway Lodge, Kinross

27 February

245. Martin Kuala Lumpur 24 February

246. Hughie Alnwick Castle 29 February

10th Duke of Northumberland

247. Elizabeth Alnwick Castle 23 February

Duchess of Northumberland

248. Victoria Alnwick Castle No date

249. Fred Chitty The Guards Club, London W1

26 March

250. David Campbell Englefield Estate 24

House, Theale, Reading

February

251. Maud, Dowager Lady Alvingham

33 Eresby House, Rutland Gate, London SW7

1 March

252. Neville Berry Chateau Saint George, 06 Cap d’Ail, France

25 February

253. [Mary] South Wilcove House, Maryfield, Tor Point, Cornwall

24 February

254. Vernon Barnby Hillthorpe, Ashtead Woods, Surrey

5 March

255. Sarah Goldberg Odzi, Rhodesia 24 February

256. Marshall Dill Junior 501 Marina Boulevard, San Francisco, USA

4 March

257. Nigel Tapp Royal Hospital Chelsea

25 February

258. [Leila] Mill Court, Alton, Hampshire

25 March

259. Mary British Embassy, Paris

29 March

260. Peter Wilson Garden Lodge, Logan Place, London W8

1 March

261. Mrs Vincent Astor 773 Park Avenue, New York, USA

No date

262. Rosie 19 Draycott Avenue, Chelsea, London SW3

27 March

263. [?] Sarsden Glebe, Churchill, Oxford

24 February

264. Katherine Seymour Strettington House, Strettington, Chichester, Sussex

26 March

265. Anne Kilmore House, Bampton, Oxfordshire

26 February

266. Ralph Clitherow Downham Hall, Clitherow

Easter

267. Lord Janner No address 25 February

268. Quentin Hogg, Lord Hailsham of Marylebone

House of Lords 24 February

269. Grace S Rendell Johannesburg, South Africa

24 February

270. Victor [Cecil] Green Hanger, Rettendon Common, Chelmsford

23 February

271. Stella Green Hanger, Rettendon Common, Chelmsford

29 February

272. Selwyn Lloyd Speakers House, House of

24 February

Commons

273. John Carter 113 Dovehouse Street, London SW3

24 February

274. John Biggs-Davison Parliamentary notepaper

23 February

Offers condolences of Monday Club MPs for Patron of the Club

275. Patrick Wall MP House of Commons

25 February

276. Robin Turton House of Commons

26 February

Upsall Castle, Thirsk

277. Peter Carrington Ministry of Defence

24 February

Secretary of State

Box 11 Bundle 4

48 particularly nice letters answered; 6 particularly nice letters unanswered

1. Mima 14 Ladbroke Road, London W11

21 February

unanswered

2. Mary Balcarres, Colinsburgh, Fife

23 February

Sister? unanswered

3. Moucher Flat A 107 Eaton Square, London SW1

No date unanswered

4. Elizabeth The Lodge House, Hatfield Park

23 February

unanswered

5. [?] 1486 North Lake Way, Palm Beach, Florida

No date unanswered

6. Clare 5 the Gatehouse, Fore Street, Hatfield

23 February

unanswered

7. Richard Sledmere, Driffield, Yorkshire

25 February

8. Cecil [Kerr, daughter of Lord Lothian]

Monteviot, Jedburgh, Scotland

26 February

9. Isiah Berlin Headington House, Old High Street, Headington, Oxford

No date

10. Peggy Mackerye End, Harpenden, Herts

6 March

11. Frances Temple The Garth House, St Cross, Winchester

25 February

12. Diana C 10 Warwick Avenue, London W1

No date

13. Dorothy Guernsey 23 February

14. Queen Elizabeth 2nd Kuala Lumpur 24 February

15. Charles, Prince of Wales

Buckingham Palace

24 February

16. Princess Alexandra Thatched House 24

Lodge, Richmond Park, Richmond

February

17. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Clarence House 23 February

18. Princess Margaret Kensington Palace

28 February

19. John E Clarence House 29 February

20. Angus [Ogilvy] Thatched House Lodge, Richmond Park, Richmond

23 February

21. Denys Ardgowan, Inverkip, Renfrewshire

29 February

22. Sybil 12 Kensington Palace Gardens, London W8

10 March

23. John [?]-Jennet Garsington Manor, Garsington, Oxford

24 February

24. Lady Elizabeth Basset No address 21 February

Note re Queen Elizabeth’s praise of Bobbety

25. Lord Fisher of Lambeth

Trent Rectory Sherborne

28 February

26. Edmund Bacon Raveningham Hall, Norfolk

25 March

27. [?] Clarence House 17 April

28. Victor Chalet des 25

Pommiers, Gstaad

February

29. Kathleen Rome 2 March

30. Jack Cardrona House, Inner Leithen, Peebleshire

Wednesday [23 February?]

31. Kenneth Clarke Cranborne 1 March

32. Joyce Grenfell Flat 8, 34 Elm Park Gardens, Chelsea, London SW 10

24 February

33. Janet 18 Sycamore Knolls, South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA

5 March

34. [?] Nassau 28 February

35. [?] 1405 34th Street, Washington DC, USA

7 March

36. David Bruce 1405 34th Street NW, Washington DC

24 February

37. Alec [Douglas-Home] 1 Carlton Gardens, London SW1

27 February

Foreign Office notepaper

38. Auberon Pixton Park, Dulverton

23 February

39. Charlie Linlithgoe Coral Reef Club Barbados

4 March

40. Anthony The Manor House,

12 March

Alvediston, Salisbury

41. Pam 18 Cowley Street, Westminster, London SW1

24 February

42. Tony [Anthony Lambton]

Ministry of Defence

No date Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the Royal Air Force

43. Christopher MacKintosh

22 Cullen Drive, Glenrothes, Fife

23 February

44. Micky Cyprus 26 February

45. Stephen Hastings MP 45 Lennox Gardens, London SW 1

24 February

46. Molly Manners North End House, Avon, Christchurch, Hampshire

No date

47. [?] de Aramayo Neilly sur Seine, France

27 February

48. Charles Villa Noailles, Grasse, [France?]

25 February

49. [?] Throope Manor, Bishopstone, Salisbury

No date

50. Dot Throope Manor, Bishopstone,

23 February

Salisbury

51. Bettina 107 Frognall, London NW3

28 February

“Aunt Betty”

52. Right Honourable Phillip Noel Baker

No address 24 February

53. Dollie 23 St James Place, London SW1

23 February

54. Judy Mustique, the Grenadines

9 March

55. Frank Of Sidgewick and Jackson, publishers

25 February

With typescript copy

Box 12 1

1 envelope, circa 68 letters

“Particularly nice letters” of thanks to Lord and Lady Salisbury and Charles

1970

2 1 envelope, 166 letters

“letters of thanks”

1970

3 1 envelope, 111 letters

“refusals” organised in alphabetical order and annotated with initial

1970

4 1 envelope, Circa 256 letters

“acceptances” organised in alphabetical order and annotated with initial

1970

5 1 ring binder “July 17 1970”: lists of potential party invitees organized according to surname initial and type (eg

1970

boy, older couples etc)

Appendix A

Significant correpondents alphabetically by surname Alfonso R, King of Spain Ashley-Cooper, Constance, Lady Shaftsbury ("Cuckoo", née Grosvenor) Asquith, Cys (Cynthia, daughter-in-law of Herbert Asquith) Beauclerk, Alix (aunt) Beauclerk, Osborne “Obby” (uncle) Beistegui, Charles (Don Carlos de Beistegui y de Yturbe, "Charlie") Campbell-Grey, Ian (brother-in-law) Cavendish, Alix (sister) Cavendish, Diana (sister, married: Robert John Graham Boothby, 1st and last Baron Boothby, in March 1935, divorced in 1937; Lt.-Col. Hon. Ian Douglas Campbell-Grey in July 1942; Henry Rainald Gage, 6th Viscount Gage of Castle Island in January 1971) Cavendish, Mary (sister, married David Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford in December 1925) Cavendish, Richard, Lord (father) Cavendish, Richard (brother) Cavendish, Sybil (sister, married Lawrence Dykes in June 1941) Cavendish-Bentinck, Winifred, Duchess of Portland (“Winnie Portland”) Cecil, Lady Beatrice (“Moucher”, aunt, later Lady Harlech) Cecil, Lady (Mary) Alice (aunt, “Alice Salisbury”, later Duchess of Devonshire) Cecil, Gemima (“Mima”) Cooper, Diana Olivia Winifred Maud, Viscountess Norwich (née Lady Diana Manners) Cooper, (Alfred) Duff, 1st Viscount Norwich Dykes, Catherine (niece) Dykes, Lawrence, Reverend (brother-in-law) Dykes, Michael (nephew) Dykes, Rose (niece) Fitzalan-Howard, Bernard, 16th Duke of Norfolk (“Bernard Norfolk”) Gascoyne-Cecil, Charles (grandson) Gascoyne-Cecil, Cicely, 4th Marchioness of Salisbury (mother-in-law, née Lady Cicely Gore)

Gascoyne-Cecil, James Edward Hubert, 4th Marquess of Salisbury (father-in-law) Gascoyne-Cecil, Michael Charles James (1918-1934) (son) Gascoyne-Cecil, Michael (grandson) Gascoyne-Cecil, Richard Hugh (1924-1944) (son) Gascoyne-Cecil, Richard (grandson) Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur James, 5th Marquess of Salisbury (“Bobbety/Boydie”) Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Edward Peter, 6th Marquess of Salisbury (son) Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Michael James, 7th Marquess of Salisbury (grandson) Gascoyne-Cecil, Rose (granddaughter) Gascoyne-Cecil, Valentine (grandson) Lang, Cosmo, Archbishop of Canterbury Lindsay, Patrick (nephew) Lindsay, Richard (nephew) Lindsay, Robert, 29th Earl of Crawford (nephew "Robin") Lindsay,David, 28th Earl of Crawford (brother-in-law, previously Lord Balniel) Lovett, Ernest, Bishop of Salisbury McDonnell, Louisa, Countess of Antrim (née Grey, aunt) Manners, Charles, 10th Duke of Rutland (aka Charles Rutland) Manners, Kathleen, Duchess of Rutland (“Kakoo Rutland”, niece of Margot Asquith) Manners, Marion Margaret Violet, Duchess of Rutland (mother of Diana Cooper) Mills, Hon. Arthur Robert (“Bear”) Penn, Sir Arthur Horace (Private Secretary to Queen Mother) Ryle, John, Bishop of Liverpool St Albans, Grace (Grace Beauclerk, Lady St Albans, grandmother) Spencer, (Edward) John (“Johnnie”/”Jack”, Viscount Althorp) Stanley, Alice, Lady Derby Stanley, Edward, Lord Derby Stanley, Sybil (“Portia”) Stark, Harold R, Admiral (“Bitty”) Wakehurst, Louise (aunt) Wavell, Archibald Percival, Field Marshal, 1st Earl Wavell ("Archie") Windsor, Alice, Duchess of Gloucester Wyndham-Quin, Marjorie Olein (“Molly”, daughter-in-law)

Woodman, Lily (nurse and housekeeper)

Appendix B Letters from Lord Cranborne (Bobbety, Boydie) to Lady Cranborne (Betty, Bettin) Bobbety’s letters to Betty during their engagement and while serving in the army during the First World War. He writes to Miss Betty Cavendish from 20 Arlington Street, London. He writes to his young wife (April 1916 on) from various locations prior to taking up his post as Aide de Camp to the Commander in Chief. Initially he served at the Army Headquarters in Aldershot (from October 1917) and later in France. The letters were bundled separately and are mostly still in their envelopes. This was presumably done by Betty. The bundle labeled “C’s Letter 1917” also contains the letters written in 1915 and 1916. The letters are love letters to Betty, whom he missed greatly. Occasionally he writes complaining that her letters are hard and cold and begging her to write more lovingly. The letters also describe Bobbety’s life in the army, which he finds tedious, and he also comments on her news and gossips about their relatives and friends. Many of the letters refer to Peter (his eldest son) and Michael, who is yet to be born in the autumn of 1918.

Ref Quantity and Format

Dates Notes

Bundle 9

4 letters in envelopes no date: 25 – 26 November, 1915

From London to Betty in London and at Holker

2 letters in envelopes April 1916 From Headquarters Wareham

10 letters in envelopes 15 June – 18 September 1916

From Cranborne, hotel in Salisbury and London to Cadogan Square (London), Holker, Arlington Street (London), Cranborne and Carlos Place (London)

6 letters in 5 envelopes 10 – 29 May 1917 From London and army base to Cranborne


Dates Notes

1 letter in envelope 5 October 1917 From Knowsley Prescott to Hatfield House

4 letters in envelopes, 2 letters without envelopes

23 – 28 October, 1917

From Farnborough (lodgings whilst serving at Aldershot) to London One of letters dated 28 October is in envelope postmarked 10th October

Bundle 10 5 letters in envelopes, 2 letters without envelopes

25 January – 14 February 1918

From Aldershot to London

81 letters in envelopes 1 May – 31 July 1918

1 letter to the Honourable Peter Cecil on 20 July (10/75)

Bundle 11/1 11/1 – 26

26 letters in envelopes 1 – 31 August 1918

Bundle 11/2 11/27 – 37

11 letters in envelopes 1 – 12 September 1918

11/38 Telegram 14 September to Betty at Holker announcing Lord Cranborne’s arrival for few days leave

Bundle 11/3 11/39 – 46

8 letters in envelopes 30 September – 7 October

11/47 - 61 15 letters in envelopes 2 – 16 November 1918

11/62 Telegram November 1918 to Betty in London announcing Lord Cranborne’s arrival for few days leave. Betty dates it as October 8th, but post mark is


Dates Notes

“NO”

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