Biographical material relating to John Hungerford Pollen

Title

Biographical material relating to John Hungerford Pollen

Shelfmark

MS. 17906/18

Summary

Comprises:

Collection of 'Personal Reminiscences of John Hungerford Pollen 1820-1902' containing accounts of John Hungerford Pollen written by his friends in 1910-1911 for Anne Pollen's biography of her father (published 1912). Some entries written in autograph hand, with some typescript transcripts. Includes entries by: Revd S. Andrews (St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater); Maria Hungerford Pollen (his widow); Margaret Hungerford Pollen (his younger daughter), detailing transcription on John Hungerford Pollen's grave; Clement Hungerford Pollen (his seventh son); Madeleine La Primaudaye (his sister-in-law), a nun of the Sacred Heart, Roehampton; Henry Sebastian Bowden (John Hungerford Pollen's best man, and later an Oratorian priest); Mrs William Holman Hunt; William Holman Hunt [dictated, as he was by then blind]; Lady Ritchie (Anne, daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray); Sir George Birdwood; Revd A. Millar; Wilfrid Scawen Blunt; Sister Mary Judith of Our Lady of Sion, Bayswater; General Lord Ralph Kerr [printed]; and Charlotte Leslie.

Notebook of press cuttings of reviews of Anne Pollen's biography of her father John Hungerford Pollen, 1912. Also contained [loose, now in separate folder]: typescript copy of verses by Charles John La Primaudaye upon the death of his wife, 1858; various letters, many in original envelopes, regarding the biography, 1912-1914.

Handmade booklet of accomplished designs for panel and stained glass windows by John Hungerford Pollen [post 1902]. Contains photographs, some painted over.

Printout of notes by Louis Jebb on John Hungerford Pollen, 'Timeline of life of JH Pollen', 2017.

Printout of notes by Louis Jebb on 'John Hungerford Pollen Wife and Children' [?2017].

Date

c.1902-2017

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (6 folders)