Letters relating to Celia Furse's engagement and wedding, with some related papers

Title

Letters relating to Celia Furse's engagement and wedding, with some related papers

Shelfmark

MS. 23701/31

Summary

Comprises:

Folder 1: Letters relating to Celia's suitors (Erasmus Darwin and Percy Lubbock):

Letter from Erasmus Darwin to Margaret Newbolt, Nov 1910, after Celia had turned down his offer of marriage, with a copy of Margaret's reply on the back of the letter

Letter from Celia to her mother Margaret Newbolt, Dec 1910, about turning down Erasmus Darwin's marriage proposal, and how disappointed her friend Nora (Erasmus's sister) was

Letter from Celia to her mother Margaret, Aug 1925, forwarding Percy Lubbock's to Margaret which Celia has opened and commented on (it contained an extract from A.C. Benson's diary about Celia in 1911)

Celia's dance card for the Balliol College Commemoration Ball, Jun 1911

Folder 1 (continued): Letters of congratulation on engagement in Oct 1913:

Cicely Binyon, wife of Laurence Binyon, to Margaret Newbolt, n.d. [Oct 1913]

M.M. (Monica) Bridges, mother of Margaret Bridges to Margaret Newbolt, Oct 1913

Kittie Calderon, wife of George Calderon, to Margaret Newbolt, Oct 1913

Eleanor Cecil to Ralph Furse, Oct 1913

Admiral Reginald Custance to Margaret Newbolt, Feb 1914

Erasmus Darwin to Margaret Newbolt, Oct 1913

Ida Darwin to Margaret Newbolt about Erasmus Darwin's reactions to the engagement, Oct 1913

W. Arthur Duckworth to Henry and Margaret Newbolt, Oct 1913

Evie Duckworth (T'Evie) to Margaret Newbolt, Oct 1913

Viola Duckworth (Campbell's wife) to Margaret Newbolt, Oct 1913

Mrs Evans, Freddie Evans's mother (possibly Mabel or Isabel) to Margaret Newbolt, Oct 1913

Maurice Hewlett to Ralph Furse, Oct 1913

Maurice Hewlett to Celia about a gift of Egyptian beads, n.d. [1914]

Folder 2: Papers relating to the wedding on 2 Jun 1914:

Invitation enclosing note from Celia to Helen Holland (her aunt)

List of invitations annotated in pencil with acceptances, two pages, noting bishops in the family who were attending, perhaps because they would take some part in the service

Henry Newbolt's seating plan in Netherhampton Church

Order of service

Designs for the bridesmaids' rings

Little black book of wedding presents

Letter of congratulations to Celia signed by the organist and members of the choir at Netherhampton church and the teachers and children of Netherhampton school (where Celia and Margaret Newbolt had both helped out)

Newspaper cutting about the wedding from a local paper

Photographic postcard with image of Netherhampton church

Folder 2 (continued): Letters relating to the honeymoon and Halsdon celebrations:

Photocopy (location of original letter unknown) of a letter from Ralph Furse to his grandmother Emily Dolignon, written from Halsdon, 4 Jun 1914

Letter from Celia to Margaret Bridges, 5 Jun 1914

Letter from Celia to her mother Margaret describing the days on Exmoor, 23 Jun 1914

John Henry Monsell Furse's instructions (perhaps left for Ralph to carry out before he and Celia left for Exmoor) about the local people to invite to the various elements of the Halsdon celebrations - which took place over two days (23-24 Jun 1914) and included a dance in his sculpture studio, and dinner, followed next day by a tenants' party with games and races on the lawn

Letter from Aunt Margaret Robins to [Henry Newbolt?] describing the party at Halsdon, 26 Jun 1914

Modern notes about the papers, n.d. [2000?-2020?]

Date

1910-1914

1910-1914, n.d. [2000?-2020?]

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (2 folders)