Letters and postcards to Meriel Forbes from Nancy Lovett, Charles Richardson's nanny, providing details of his health and development. Ms Lovett seems to have been based at Summer Fields, Charles' boarding school in Oxford, and provided additional care for the pupils. The majority of these lette...
Correspondence regarding Charles Richardson's education
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Correspondence regarding the first part of Charles Richardson's education. Half of these letters relate to securing an advance place for Charles at Eton College, including initial letters of response from House Masters to secure a place only six months after he was born, and later letters concern...
School reports for Charles Richardson from Summer Fields
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School reports on Charles Richardson's progress in education from St Christopher's School, Hamstead, and then Summer Fields, near Oxford. This folder contains: five reports from St Christopher's School ten terminal reports from Summer Fields, including two on airmail paper two final orders from ...
Correspondence regarding Charles Richardson's education
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Correspondence regarding Charles Richardson's education at Stowe School and Christ Church, Oxford. These letters are mostly addressed to Meriel Forbes, Lady Richardson, from Brian Stephen, housemaster of Chandos, and concern Charles' educational progress and spending habits while at Stowe. This ...
Terminal reports on the performance of Charles Richardson in his studies in Chandos House at Stowe School. This folder encloses a booklet report for each term, three for each academic year, with reviews of Charles' performance divided by subject and bound together with summaries from the housemas...
Printed cards and postcards addressed to Meriel Forbes, as "Mamma", from her son, Charles Richardson. These cards mostly convey good wishes for Meriel's birthday and to mark annual festivals, like Easter and Christmas, although the cards themselves are generally undated. Charles' messages are u...
Letters of condolence on the death of Charles Richardson
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Letters and cards to Meriel Forbes conveying condolences on the death of Charles Richardson in Sep 1998. This folder contains: a copy of The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin by Beatrix Potter with a handwritten dedication to Meriel from Charles, dated 13 Sep 1995 a letter to Meriel from Laurence Evans, d...
Three paintings probably by a young Charles Richardson. This folder contains: a small painting of a brown house on a blue background painted on the reverse of a printed line drawing of a birda small painting of a black boat on a blue sea painted on the reverse of a printed image of a painting ...
Photographs of Charles Richardson performing on stage
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Photographs, mostly black and white, depicting Charles Richardson on stage in various roles and some publicity headshots. Some of these images are annotated on the reverse and identify Charles as Ben Richardson which was his stage name. This folder contains: a photograph probably depicting Charl...
Programmes and press cuttings from productions starring Charles Richardson
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Programmes and press cuttings recording stage productions starring Charles Richardson. This folder contains: a cutting from the Daily Mirror, dated 1 Aug 1955, entitled Tommygun-Toting Boy Startled ‘em, reporting on Charles’ arrival in Australia to stay with his parentsa programme for a producti...