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Undergraduate study, Queen Mary, University of London
Ref No (click to see in context)NL/37/20
TitleMiscellaneous letters
LevelFile
Datec.1885-1930
Extent1 file
DescriptionLetters, extracts, drafts and written copies of letters to and from various people, including a letter to Katherine Lyttelton from [W.] Lowther Wilson about shipbuilding. Greetings cards from Robert Baden Powell with images of a cowboy in Uruguay and Mount Sir Donald in Canada. Childrens' letters (with no signatures). A letter to Miss. W[...] from [W. or M.] A. Childers. A letter to Hilda Lyttelton from South Africa. A page sent to Katherine Stuart-Wortley about Municipal Corporations: corrupt practices and election petitions. Letter to Katherine Lyttelton about a visit. A letter to Mrs Wortley from Princess Helena Victoria [Princess Christian]. Letter to Miss Wortley from Lady Ribblesdale. Letter to Sybella Lyttelton possibly about the health of Laura Lyttelton. Letter to Louie from Molly about social engagments and death of a friend's husband. Letter written in French addressed to Madame Herbert Jekyll [Agnes Jekyll]. Letter to M[r] Wortley following death of Jane Stuart-Wortley from S. Joyce. Letter from Mary C[...] about troops opinions of Neville Lyttelton. Extract from Albert Grey's letter to his sister about a church visit. A thank you letter from Ellen Sampson. Letter to Christine from Charles G[...] about meeting Neville Lyttelton and his wife in South Africa. Copy of a letter to Lady Clinton following the death of her brother from Victoria Princess Louis of Battenberg. Letter to Miss Starling from Isabella L[...] about the W.I.D and a presentation made to Lady Lyttelton. Letter to Mrs Hutchinson from Kilbraken about the British India Steamship Company. Letter to Mr Seebohm from W. Leew[...] with a record of costs for men and horses in India. Letter from Balfour. A character reference for Edward Lyttelton. Copies of letters from First World War including an extract from a letter to Mrs Talbot from Neville Talbot, a letter from L.G.A. Cust to his father, a letter from Oliver [Lyttelton] to his mother, and a letter from Archer Geoffrey Lyttelton to Margaret. Copies of accounts of Cecil Talbot's death in South Africa including one written by Edward Keble Talbot. Copy of a letter from Reginald Talbot to his wife about the Nile Expedition. Also includes many fragmented, undated and unsigned letters, c.1885-1930.
Access StatusOpen
Persons
CodePerson or Corporate Body Name
DS/UK/39Lyttelton; Sir; Neville Gerald (1845-1931); Knight, General
DS/UK/41Lyttelton; Lady; Katherine Sarah (1860-1943); neé Stuart-Wortley, wife of Neville Lyttelton
DS/UK/2329Baden-Powell; Robert Stephenson Smyth (1857-1941); 1st Baron Baden-Powell; Lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder of the Scout Movement
DS/UK/1768Grenfell; Hilda Margaret (1886-1972); née Lyttelton, daughter of Neville Lyttelton
DS/UK/2467Ribblesdale; Lady (fl. 1885-1930)
DS/UK/1804Lyttelton; Sybella Harriet (1836-1900); née Clive, stepmother of Neville Lyttelton
DS/UK/2192Jekyll; Dame; Agnes (1861-1937); née Graham, Scottish-born British artist, writer, philanthropist.
DS/UK/2468Joyce; S. (fl. 1885-1930)
DS/UK/2469Grey; Albert Henry George (1851-1917); 4th Earl Grey; Governor General of Canada
DS/UK/2470Sampson; Ellen (fl. 1885-1930)
DS/UK/2471Clinton; Lady (fl. 1885-1930)
DS/UK/2472Starling (fl. 1885-1930)
DS/UK/2473Seebohm (fl. 1885-1930)
DS/UK/1806Lyttelton; Hon; Edward (1855-1942); Reverend; Doctor of Divinity, brother of Neville Lyttelton
DS/UK/1787Talbot; Neville Stuart (1879-1943); Reverend, Bishop of Pretoria, vicar of St. Mary's Church Nottingham, assistant Bishop of Southwell
DS/UK/2474Cust; L.G.A. (fl. 1885-1930)
DS/UK/1860Lyttelton; Archer Geoffrey (1884-1959); Lieutenant colonel; known as Geoffrey
DS/UK/1878Talbot; Cecil Mary (1887-1921); née Eastwood
DS/UK/2477Talbot; Edward Keble (1877-1949); English Anglican priest
DS/UK/1761Talbot; Sir; Reginald Arthur James (1841-1929); Major-General; British military officer, Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons, Governor of Victoria in Australia, also known as Reggie, brother-in-law of Neville Lyttelton
Places
CodePlace Entry
NA344Uruguay/South America
NA71Canada/North and Central America
NA20South Africa/Africa
NA293Republic of India/South Asia