Official and general correspondence

Title

Official and general correspondence

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 600 / 10

Summary

Correspondence for the period September 1922 to October 1925.

The letters dated 1925 are mainly letters of congratulation on Clementi being offered the post of Governor of Hong Kong (some are addressed to Clementi's private secretary, E.R. Sudbury).

Includes letters from:

Acheson, Andrew Basil (acknowledging receipt of Clementi's letter to Sir James Masterton-Smith, a draft of which is attached), 1924

Alexander, Mabel Eleanor, 1925

Anthonis, Vincent Henry Ludovici, two letters, 1925

Ardron, George Henry, three letters, 1923, 1925

Armitage, Francis Paul, 1923

Arunachalam, Ponnambalam, 1923

Aspinall, Sir Algernon Edward, 1922

Auld, James Paton, 1922

Baden-Powell, 1st Baron (Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell) (inviting Clementi to become Patron and Chief Scout for Hong Kong, with a copy of Clementi's letter of acceptance), 1925

Balasingham, K., 1925

Bartlett, Frank, 1925

Batterbee, Sir Harry Fagg, 1925

Bayley, Sydney Howard, two letters, 1923, 1925

Beckmeyer, Bede, 1925

Bell, Sir Hesketh, 1923

Bell, John, 1925

Berkeley, Sir Maurice Julian, 1922

Bertram, Sir Anton, 1925

Biden, A. Gerald, two letters, 1922, 1925

Bird, H.W., 1925

Blake, Lady Edith Bernal, two letters, 1923

Boyle, David, 1923

Branch, Sir Charles Ernest St John, 1925

Bridger, J.F.E., 1925

Brooke, Bertram Willes Dayrell, two letters (including a telegram), 1925

Bullock, Edward, 1923

Buck, Edward Clarke, with enclosure (photograph of his house in Port of Spain, Trinidad), 1925

Canagaratnam, Arumugam, 1925

Carpenter-Garnier, Mark Rodolph, 1925

Carr, R.H., three letters, with enclosures (newspaper cutting from The Daily Argosy about Mr. Strickland's ideas for 'Hinterland Development', 17 Jan 1923; booklet about the opening of the Demerara Bauxite Company's Mackenzie Hospital, 23 May 1925), 1922-1923, 1925

Carrington, [Joseph Nathaniel?], two letters, 1922, 1925

Cary-Elwes, Cuthbert, 1925

Chancellor, Sir John Robert, 1925

Clifford, Sir Hugh, two letters, 1924, 1925

Clive, Horace D. (on behalf of Erlangers, introducing Alexandre Imbert), 1924

Colledge, Herbert B. (on behalf of the Salvation Army of Ceylon), 1925

Collet, Sir Wilfred, 1925

Conyers, James Hill, two letters, 1922, 1925

Cookson, Christopher, 1925

Dowbiggin, Sir Herbert Layard, nine letters (including two Christmas cards), 1923-1925

Dupuy, Frank (note written on a calling card), 1925

Dyson, [Edward Trevor] (postcard showing a photograph of 'the glorious downs by Ootacamund', India), 1924

Egerton, Sir Walter, two letters, 1922, 1925

England, Hugh Turnour, 1925

Fernando, C.H.Z., 1925

Fernando, [Sir Hilarion Marcus?] (telegram), 1925

Field, Sir Frederick Laurence, with enclosure (copy of Field's letter of thanks sent to the Governor of Ceylon following the Special Service Squadron's stay at Trincomali), 1924

Fonseka, Edmond Clarke De, 1925

Gibson, William Sumner, 1925

Gollan, Sir Henry Cowper, two letters, 1924, 1925

Gray, W.B., 1922

Greene, George Ball (inviting Clementi to become an Honorary Member of the Board of Agriculture of British Guiana, with a copy of Clementi's letter of acceptance), 1923

Grindle, Sir Gilbert Edmund Augustine, three letters (including a telegram), 1922

Gunawardana, Irving, with enclosure (a 'Welcome Ode', printed on silk, which was presented to Clementi 'on the occasion of his assumption of duties as Colonial Secretary'. In Pali, Sanskrit, Elu (Sinhalese) and English), 1923

Gunawardana, Irene, with enclosure (printed copy of the 'Welcome Ode' her husband, Irving Gunawardana, had presented to Clementi in 1923. In Pali, Sanskrit, Elu (Sinhalese) and English), 1925

Hallifax, Edwin Richard, 1924

Harris, Alfred Herschel, 1925

Haynes, Edwin Allison, 1923

Higginson, Harold Whitla (on behalf of 'all ranks of the Regular Garrison of Ceylon'), 1925

Hotson, Sir John Ernest Buttery, 1922

Johnston, Sir Reginald Fleming, two letters, with enclosures (copy letter to Sir Herbert Warren, 21 May 1923; newspaper cutting from The North China Standard, 'No More Eunuchs for Emperor. Old Custom is Discarded for Ever', 17 Jul 1923; newspaper cutting from The Peking Leader, 'The Monarchist Plots', Johnston's Letter to the Editor, 12 Aug 1925; photograph of Johnston, found with letter dated 16 Aug 1925), 1923, 1925

Johnston, Sir Thomas Reginald St., 1925

Jones, Sir Roderick (the Ceylon Government's subscription to Reuters), 1924

Kalingawansa, J.S. (on behalf of the Sri Gnanawimala Gunanusmarana Samitiya Society), 1925

Kanagasabai, Sir Ambalavanar (telegram), 1925

Keatinge, Gerald Francis, 1922

Keatinge, Marion, 1922

Kindersley, [William Loring?], 1925

King, John Hampden, two letters, with enclosure (Motion put before the Court of Policy, British Guiana, by R.E. Brassington requiring Clementi to withdraw recent statements about British Guiana), 1922

Kotalawala, D.H., 1925

Lambert, Sir Henry Charles Miller, with a draft of Clementi's reply, 1924

Lockhart, Sir James Haldane Stewart, two letters, 1922, 1925

Loos, Hermann Albert, 1925

Low, F.O. (on behalf of himself and as President of the Chinese Association), 1925

Lugard, 1st Baron (Frederick Dealtry Lugard), two letters, 1922, 1925

Macan Markar, Sir Haji Muhammad, 1925

Macdonell, Arthur Anthony, 1922

Manning, Sir William Henry, four letters (including a telegram), 1922, 1925

Martin, T.L. (on behalf of the Old Pauline Club), 1925

Mason, G.B., 1922

Masterton-Smith, Sir James Edward, 1922

McElderry, Samuel Burnside Boyd, 1925

Mel, Sir Henry Lawson De, 1925

Menzies, J.C., two letters, 1922-1923

Minett, Edward Pigott, ten letters (including a Christmas card), 1922-1925

Moulder, Edwin Richard Denys, 1922

Orme, G.N., two letters, 1925

Paul, Herbert J., ten letters, with enclosures (journal cutting from The Engineer about French suction gas lorries, 29 Sep 1922; newspaper cutting of a job advertisement), 1922-1925

Peiris, Sir James, 1925

Pennell, Charles Stuart, 1922

Pook, R.C., 1922

Rambukwelle, P.B., 1925

Rees-Davies, Sir Colin, 1925

Rees-Davies, Sir William, 1925

Reid, George R., three letters, 1922

Rolleston, Herbert Lancelot, three letters, with enclosure (a cartoon from The Daily Argosy depicting 'His Excellency and the Combined Court', 6 Nov 1922), 1922-1924

Rooyen, Charles E. Van, 1925

Ross, Stewart Buckle Carne, with enclosure (a letter from one of Clementi's former servants), 1922

Rutherford, G.J., three letters (inviting Clementi to become Chairman of the St. John Ambulance Association, Ceylon Centre), 1923, 1925

Sanders, J. Herbert, 1925

Senanayeke, D.S., two letters, 1925

Southorn, Sir Wilfrid Thomas, 1925

Spaar, A.E., two letters, 1925

Stewart, Sir Gershom, 1925

Stockdale, Sir Frank Arthur, 1924

Stubbs, Sir Reginald Edward, three letters (including a telegram), with a copy letter from Clementi to Stubbs, 1922-1923, 1925

Thornhill, G.K. (Clementi has been elected Patron of the Government Service Tennis Association), 1923

Tutein-Nolthenius, Adriaan Constant, 1925

Tyrrell, Sir Francis Graeme, 1925

Tyrrell, Lady Marian Frances Brutton, 1925

Vezey, C.E., 1922

Villiers, Sir Thomas Lister, 1925

Vince, C.H. (Clementi has been elected Patron of the Government Service Cricket Competition), 1923

Webb, Clement Charles Julian, two letters (one has a short postscript from his wife, Eleanor Theodora Webb), 1924-1925

Wheating, Charles, 1922

White, A.D.M., 1924

White, A.F., two letters, 1923, 1925

Wickremesinghe, Cyril Leonard, 1925

Wijekoon, A.C.J., 1925

Wimalasurendra, D.J., 1925

Wiseman, Robert Arthur, 1922

Wood, A.E., 1923

Wood, Casey Albert, three letters, with enclosure (reprint of Wood's article, 'Birds of Fiji', from The Handbook of Fiji, 1924), 1924-1925

Woolf, Bella Sidney, two letters (one is a note written on a calling card and signed jointly with her husband, Sir W.T. Southorn), 1924-1925

Yen, Teng-Chien, 1923

Also includes:

The Times of Ceylon Sunday Illustrated, vol. 1, no. 3, 19 Aug 1923, which contains an article about Clementi

booklet about Trinity College, Kandy, 1924

newspaper cutting about an exhibition of the Ceylon Arts Society which was opened by Clementi, 13 Aug 1925

six newspaper cuttings about the new Governors appointed to Hongkong (Cecil Clementi), Jamaica (Sir Reginald Stubbs), Nigeria (Sir Graeme Thomson) and British Guiana (Sir Cecil Rodwell) and the links three of them have to Ceylon (having held the post of Colonial Secretary), [Aug 1925?]

menu for a dinner in honour of the Clementis by the Members of the Legislative Council, signed by the guests, 14 Oct 1925

A Short History of [Cricket] Matches Played by Dr. John Rockwood's Teams, 1918-1925 by S.P. Foenander, [1925?]

Date

1922-1925

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box