D'ARCY OSBORNE DIARIES. Diaries, with related letters and ephemera of the diplomatist Sir Francis D'Arcy Godolphin Osborne, 12th and last Duke of Leeds (b.1884, d.1964), covering much of his career in Rome (1909-1913, 1929-1931), Washington (1913-1918, 1931-1936), the Hague (1918-1919), London (1920-1928), Lisbon (1928-1929) and the Holy See (1936-1947); 1898-1964. Mostly autograph. The pre-1940 diaries (Eg. 3822-3845) are contained in twenty-six bound volumes of holograph diaries and date b...
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Diaries and Memoranda: Sir Francis D'Arcy Godolphin Osborne, 12th Duke of Leeds; Minister to the Holy See: Diaries with related papers: 1898-1964: Mostly autogr.