Letter from Constance, Lady Wenlock

Reference No:
U DDFA3/6/1/258
Dates:
21-23 Jan 1926
Description:

Dated 21 Jan 1926 and 23 Jan 1926.

About Institute meetings, Constance's deafness, planned visits from Eve and Princess Obolensky, Princess Obolensky's children's health, thoughts on Princess Obolensky's escape from Russia, Sir Alan Johnstone's financial support for the Obolensky family, Contance's thoughts on the Obolensky family circumstances, the unemployed being employed to clear snow, thoughts on Eve, reading and disliking "Some do not" by Ford Maddox Hueffer, Gladys's plan to write about the Institute evening about upholstery, visit to see Lady Dorothy at Garrowby, objection from the Bombay Government to Colin being transferred, speculation on the baby's arrival, convalescence after childbirth, snow, the children Timmy and Virginia, further criticisms of "Some do not" by Ford Maddox Hueffer and its use of language and dialect, putting together a chandelier, Howard de Walden Architects' alteration plans for No. 50, the estate, rents and tenants, tenant of Great Cumberland Place who wanted to marry Lord Rowton, letter from Dixon and about his departure to South Africa.

Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
1 item
Language:
English
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Papers of the Forbes Adam/Thompson/Lawley (Barons Wenlock) Family of Escrick