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TitleKatherine Lyttelton letters to family
LevelFile
Datec.1873-1927
Extent1 file
DescriptionLetters from Katherine Lyttelton to her family including Margaret Talbot, Caroline Grosvenor, Edith Lyttelton, Lucy Cavendish concerning life in South Africa, England and Ireland, including attendance at a dinner held by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, and her account of meeting, and impressions of, George V and Queen Mary at a garden party, 1903-1927.

Includes fragments of 15 undated letters from Katherine Lyttelton to Jane Stuart-Wortley, Margaret Talbot, Lucy Cavendish, possible letter to Edith Lyttelton and some with no known addressee, c.1873-1925.

Also Includes copies of 6 letters, several with no original, c.1901-1903.
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/1759Stuart-Wortley; Lady; Jane (1820-1900); neé Lawley, mother-in-law of Neville Lyttelton
DS/UK/1757Talbot; Lady; Margaret Jane (fl. 1867-1937); neé Stuart-Wortley, sister-in-law of Neville Lyttelton
DS/UK/1775Grosvenor; Caroline Susan Theodora (fl. 1867-1940); née Stuart-Wortley, novelist, artist
DS/UK/1781Lyttelton; Dame; Edith Sophy (1865-1948); née Balfour, writer, activist, spiritualist, wife of Alfred Lyttelton
DS/UK/1745Cavendish; Lady; Lucy Caroline (1841-1925); née Lyttelton, sister of Neville Lyttelton, pioneer of women's education
Places
CodePlace Entry
NA20South Africa/Africa
NA9England/United Kingdom/Europe
NA258Ireland/United Kingdom