Postcards and letters relating to Sydney Carlyle Cockerell
Scope & Content:
The folder is divided in to 4 sections: Section 1 - postcards sent from Cockerell to Philip Speakman Webb and Wilfrid Jasper Walter Blunt. Section 2 - assorted letters from Cockerell, including some sent to: Frederick Frost Blackman Charles Fairfax Murray Mrs Riches, wife of Thomas Henry Riche...
Photographs and documents relating to Sydney Carlyle Cockerell
Scope & Content:
This folder is divided in to 4 sections: Section 1 - black and white photographs, some of which were used in Wilfrid Blunt's biography of Cockerell, published 1964. Section 2 - stories: Cockerell’s reminiscences of his childhood at the house of his maternal grandfather, Sir John Bennett Typed ...
Personal papers of the Gordon family, mostly relating to the death of Charles George Gordon (1833-1885) in Sudan. The collection mostly consists of correspondence, largely letters to Mary Augusta Gordon (fl 1833-1890) regarding her younger brother's demise and legacy, but also includes photogra...
Letters from Charles George Gordon regarding the situation in Sudan following the defeat of William Hicks’ expedition. This file consists of: -a letter to Sir Samuel White Baker (Explorer and Major-General of the Ottoman Empire), dated 4 January 1884, discussing the need for an intervention in...
Letters sent to Mary Augusta Gordon, mostly relating to the death and legacy of her brother, General Charles George Gordon. These letters have been sorted chronologically.
Letters to Augusta Gordon regarding the death and legacy of her brother Charles George Gordon. This file consists of: - a letter from Comtesse de Noailles (Anna Maria Helena née Baring), dated 31 Mar 1884, reporting her offer of £20,000 to the Gordon Highlanders and the Irish Fusiliers regimen...
Letters to Augusta Gordon regarding the legacy of her brother Charles George Gordon. This file consists of: - a letter from Robert Haldane-Duncan, 3rd Earl of Camperdown, dated 16 Mar 1886, giving his opinion on the Government’s decision to send C G Gordon to Sudan - a letter from Kashin Elmo...
Correspondence of Augusta Gordon regarding the legacy of her brother C G Gordon. This file consists of: - a letter from Sir William F Butler, dated 17 Mar 1889, thanking Augusta for her praise of his biography of C G Gordon - a letter from Colonel Mahmoud Talaat Bey, dated 20 Apr 1889, reque...
Letters to William Gordon and his wife, Anne Isabella Gordon (née Stafford), regarding his military service. This file consists of: - a letter to W S Gordon from Evelyn Baring (Earl Cromer), dated 3 Apr 1896, making arrangements for a journey - a letter to W S Gordon from Evelyn Baring (Earl...
Undated and unaddressed letters relating to the Gordon Family. This file consists of: - a letter addressed to O’Callaghan from Wolseley of the War Office, dated 22 Apr 1887, requesting information on a military action - an incomplete letter from Sir John Cowell, controller of the Queen’s hous...