Correspondence and papers relating to research by Kenneth Rose for King George V (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1983), including transcripts from manuscript and published sources

Title

Correspondence and papers relating to research by Kenneth Rose for King George V (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1983), including transcripts from manuscript and published sources

Shelfmark

MS. 11883/186

Summary

Comprises:

'Waterhouse letters of interest', correspondence relating to papers of Sir Ronald Waterhouse, Private Secretary to Prime Ministers Bonar Law and Stanley Baldwin, bought by Rose at Sotheby's in 1979 for his research on George V and later sold, 1926-1997

letters, 1939-1941, received by John Gore, biographer of King George V, and related papers, later passed to Rose, 1939-1983 and n.d. [c.1940-1976]

papers relating to the Civil List and other financial matters, 1961 and n.d. [c.1970]

'Unpublished extracts from Chips Channon's diaries', transcripts of passages, 1923-1928, from the diairies of [Henry] Channon, [latterly M.P. for Southend West], relating to the Royal Family, n.d. [c.1965]

'Tsar', relating to the relationship between Tsar Nicholas II and the British Royal Family, 1977-2004 and n.d. [c.1980] (= Closed).

'Lord Dawson of Penn and K[ing] G[eorge] V', relating to the death of the King and to his doctor, 1986-2000 and n.d. [c.1970]

Date

1926-2004 and n.d. [c.1940-1980]

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (6 folders)