General Correspondence

Title

General Correspondence

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 600 / 80

Summary

Mainly letters of congratulation on Penelope's engagement to Cecil Clementi.

Includes letters from:

Abraham, G.H.F., 1911

Alabaster, Lady Mabel Winifred Mary, 1911

Atkinson, Clara, 1912

Billson, Elizabeth, two letters, 1913, 1915

Blake, Lady Edith Bernal, 1917

Blomefield, Margaret, 1915

Booth, Florence, 1916

Bulkeley-Evans, William Augustus, 1916

Buxton, Dorothy Alina (née St. John), nine letters, with enclosure (wedding photograph of Dorothy St. John and Roden Henry Victor Buxton), 1911-1918

Carey, M.E., two letters, 1911, 1912

Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, enclosing warrant appointing Penelope Clementi an MBE, 1919

Chamberlin, Grace A., two letters, 1918

Collet, Sir Wilfred, 1919

Conyers, Ada, 1919

Curtis, Elizabeth Harriet de Kutzleben, two letters, 1912, 1914

Darley, Charlotte Sinclair, two letters, 1912, 1915

Dawson, Lady Aimee Evelyn (on behalf of the Queen Mary's Needlework Guild), 1917

Donaldson, Leonard Andrew Boyd, 1912

Earnshaw, Sarah Maude, 1914

Egerton, Lady Ada Maud, 1919

Elgee, Dora, 1912

Fraser, Donald, 1912

Gompertz, Sir Henry Hessey Johnston, 1911

Gore-Browne, Elsie, 1912

Hagedorn, Elisabeth W. von, two letters, 1911, 1914 (some German)

Haggard, Margery (later Charlton), two letters, 1912

Hallifax, Eveline, 1913

Johnstone, Cicely Catherine Schonswar (later Loring), 1912

Johnstone, Frances Lucy Schonswar (later Henderson), 1912

Johnstone, Mildred Elizabeth Dryad Schonswar, 1912

K'Eogh, Eva Mary, 1912

King, Ethel Slade (married name Gascoyne), 1912

Kotewall, Lady Edith, 1912

Lawley, Lady (copy letter to Lady Lawley from Penelope Clementi discussing the the knitting of socks and sweaters for soldiers, found in related notebook, see MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 600 / 83), 1918

Leechman, Alleyne, 1919

Loveday, Mildred, 1914

Lugard, Dame (Flora Louise Lugard), 1911

Lugard, 1st Baron (Frederick Dealtry Lugard), 1911

May, Lady Helena Augusta Victoria, four letters, 1912-1919

Members (unofficial) of the Executive and Legislative Councils, 1912 (*see below for names)

Minett, Ethel Mary (with annotation by Penelope Clementi), 1914

Molony, Charles Vandeleur, three letters, 1912-1916

Monroe, Hubert Seeds, 1912

Parker, Edmond Hyde, 1912

Parry, Edward Archibald, 1917

Pennefather, Agnes Elizabeth, 1912

Pennefather, Ellen Isabella, 1912

Power, Sir Laurence Eliot, 1912

Rinzy, G.C. de (with annotation by Penelope Clementi), 1914

Sausmarez, Lady Annie Elizabeth de, two letters, 1913, 1914

Simonds, John 'Jack' de Luze, two letters, 1916

Stewart, Murray, seven letters, 1911-1917

Thornhill, Adah Johnes, 1911

Thurn, Sir Everard im, 1916

Thornhill, Arthur Buckingham, 1911

Trotter, Gundred Eleanor (later Beck), 1912

Tryon, C.C., 1917

Walker, Ann (née Burchell), 1912

Walpole, Dorothea, 1912

Walpole, Mildred Helen, 1912

Wieting, Pattie, two letters, 1916, 1918

Willcocks, Sir James, 1918

Williams, John Harrop, 1916

*Sir Paul Chater, E.A. Hewett, Sir Hai Ho Kai, Wei Yuk, H.E. Pollock, E. Osborne, and C.H. Ross.

Date

1911-1919

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box