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DILKE PAPERS. Vol. XXIX (ff. 341). Correspondence of Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 2nd Bart., with members of his family, viz:-

(1) Letter from his son, Charles Wentworth Dilke (3rd Bart. 1911); 11 May 1896: followed (ff. 3-9b) by letters of condolence to the 3rd Bart. on his father's death; 1911. ff. 1-9b.

(2) Letters, etc., from his mother, Mary Dilke; 1852, 1853. ff. 10-20.

(3) Correspondence (partly written in French) with his brother, Ashton Wentworth Dilke, M.P.; 1862-1883: followed (ff. 141-145) by some correspondence of the latter; 1869-1878. ff. 22-145.

(4) Letters from Margaret Mary Dilke, widow of the preceding; 1883, 1886. ff. 146-152.

(5) Letter from his first wife, Katherine Mary Eliza, née Sheil; 3 Sept. 1874: followed by her correspondence, etc., and by Dilke's papers relating to her death and her pedigree; circ. 1868-1874. ff. 154-214.

(6) Correspondence with his maternal grandmother, Mrs Caroline Augusta Duncombe Chatfield; 1864-1875. ff. 215-285.

(7) Correspondence with his great-uncle, William Dilke, of Chichester; [?1864]-1882. ff. 286-299.

(8) Letters from other members of his family; 1870-1906. ff. 300-341b.

includes:

f. 1 Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 3rd Baronet: Letter to his father: 1896.
f. 3 Karel Gros, Mayor of Prague: Letter to Sir C. Dilke, 3rd Bart.: 1911.: Typewritten. Signed.
f. 4 Georgios Chatzidakis, Greek philologist: Letter to Sir C. Dilke, 3rd Bart.: 1911.: Fr.: Signed.
f. 6 Jenkin Jones, Secretary, Amalgamated Society of Engineers: Letter to Sir C. Dilke, 3rd Bart.: 1911.: Typewritten. Signed.
f. 7 Baron Pierre de Coubertin,; French educationist: Letter to Sir C. Dilke, 3rd Bart.: 1911.
f. 8 André Louis Chevrillon, French author: Letter to Sir C. Dilke, 3rd Bart.: 1911.: Fr.
ff. 10-20 Mary Dilke, wife of Sir C W Dilke, 1st Baronet: Letters, etc., to her son, Sir C. Dilke, 2nd Bart.: 1852-1853.
ff. 11, 13 City of Cheater: Engravings of buildings in: 1853.
ff. 11b, 13b Poetry ENGLISH: Mrs M. M. Dilke, verses: 1853.
f. 15 Art. Engravings, etc: View of Hastings: 1853.: Coloured lithogr.
f. 15 Hastings, Sussex: View of: 1853.: Coloured lithogr.
f.15 C. Graf, lithographer: View of Hastings: 1853.: Coloured lithogr.
ff. 22-140, 284 Ashton Wentworth Dilke, MP: Correspondence with his brother, Sir C. Dilke: 1862-1883.: Engl. and Fr.: Some imperf.
f. 141 Sir Horace Rumbold, 8th Baronet; diplomatist: Letter to A. W. Dilke: 1869.
ff. 141-145, 217 Ashton Wentworth Dilke, MP: Correspondence: 1869-1878.
f. 142 Alexander Macmillan, of Macmillan and Co., publishers: Letter to A. W. Dilke: 1874.
f. 143 Captain Charles Clitherow Gore, 83rd Regt.; Colonel 1883: Letter to A. W. Dilke: 1874.
ff. 146, 149, 151 Margaret Mary Dilke, widow of A Dilke, MP: Letters to her brother-in-law, Sir C. Dilke: 1883-1886.
f.154 Katherine Mary Eliza Dilke, née Shiel; 1st wife of Sir C W Dilke, 2nd Baronet: Letter to her husband: 1874.
f. 156 Francois Alexandre Nicolas Chéri Delsarte, French singer: Song, 'Toi dont l'Amour': circ. 1868.
ff.156-214 Katherine Mary Eliza Dilke, née Shiel; 1st wife of Sir C W Dilke, 2nd Baronet: Correspondence and papers: circ. 1868-1874.
f.159 Hon Auberon Edward William Molyneux Herbert, MP: Letter to Lady Dilke: 1872.
f. 160 George John Shaw-Lefevre, Baron Eversley: Letter to Sir C. Dilke: 1872.
ff. 161, 191, 197 Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt, PC; MP: Letters to the lst Lady Dilke: 1872-1874.
f.164 Eliza Lynn Linton, née Lynn; novelist: Letter to Lady Dilke: 1873.
ff. 165, 166 (imperf.), 169-171 Robert Browning, poet: Letters to Lady Dilke: 1873.
f. 167 Alexander William Kinglake, historian: LettertoLadyDilke: [1873?].
f. 173 Captain Frederick Augustus Gore, 84th Regt.; Lieutenant -Colonel 1883: Letter to Lady Dilke: 1873.
f.187 Millicent Fawcett, née Garrett; DBE; suffragist; wife of H Fawcett: Letter to Lady Dilke: 1873.
ff. 188, 190 Marchesa Adelaide del Grillo, née Ristori; Italian actress: Letters to Lady Dilke: 1873.: Fr.: Imperf.
f.195 Thomas Faed, painter: Letter to Lady Dilke: 1874.
ff. 196, 201 Sir William Henry Gregory, KCMG; colonial governor: Letters to Lady Dilke: 1874.
f.199 Charles Pelham Villiers, PC; MP: Letter to Lady Dilke: 1874.
f. 206 Charles Henry Garstin, MRCS: Declaration: 1874.: Signed.
ff. 206-208 Edward Meyer, Chancellor, German Consulate in London: Declarations signed by: 1874.
ff.206-209 Louis Charles Tennyson-D'Eyncourt, Metropolitan Magistrate: Declarations signed by: 1874.
ff. 206b, 207b, 208b, 209b Jean Gérard Wich, Belgian ViceConsul in London: Declarations, etc., signed by: 1874.
f. 207 Scholes Butler Birch, MRCP: Declaration signed by: 1874.
f. 208 Edward James Reading, undertaker, of London: Declaration by: 1874.: Signed.
f. 209 Henry Sansum, registrar, of Chelsea: Death certificate by: 1874.
ff. 213, 214 Genealogies: Pedigrees by Sir C. Dilke of his first wife Katherine: circ. 1874.
ff. 215-285 b Caroline Augusta Duncombe Chatfield, widow of Captain W Chatfield: Correspondence with her grandson, Sir C. Dilke, 2nd Bart.: 1864-1875.: Partly imperf.
ff. 216, 281 Miss Catharine Duncombe Folkard: Correspondence with Sir C. Dilke, 2nd Bart.: 1866, 1874.
f. 219 Thomas Fairbairn, 2nd Baronet 1874: Letter to Mrs C. A. D. Chatfield: 1869.
f. 282b Broadstairs, Kent: Plan of proposed house for Sir C. Dilke: 1874.
f. 282b Maps and Plans: Plan of proposed house for Sir C. Dilke at Broadstairs: 1874.
ff. 286-299 William Dilke, of Chichester: Correspondence with his great-nephew, Sir C. Dilke, 2nd Bart.: [?1864]-1882.
f. 300 Charles Fetherston Dilke, of Maxstoke Castle, county Warwickshire: Letter to Sir C Dilke: 1870.: Imperf.
f.302 Charles Chatfield: Letter to Sir C. Dilke, 2nd Bart.: [?1875].: Imperf.
ff. 304-338 passim William George Fetherston Dilke, of Maxstoke Castle: Letters to Sir C. Dilke: 1881-1890.
f. 309 Timothy Dilke-Fetherston: Letter to Sir C. Dilke: 1883.
ff. 3 3 9, 3 40 Beaumont Thomas Fetherston, of Maxstoke Castle: Letters to Sir C. Dilke: bef. 1892, 1906.

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036-002057047
040-002057052

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Add MS 43874-43967 : CORRESPONDENCE, LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS AND OTHER PAPERS OF SIR CHARLES WENTWORTH DILKE, 2nd Bart. 1869, P.C., M.P. (b. 1843,…
Add MS 43899-43908 : C. FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE.

Add MS 43902 : DILKE PAPERS. Vol. XXIX (ff. 341). Correspondence of Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 2nd Bart., with members of his family, viz:-…

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French

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Start Date:

1852

End Date:

1911

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1852-1911

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Custodial History:

ff. 66-122b passim Sybil Mary Wentworth Roskill, née Dilke; wife of J Roskill: Owned: in 1923.

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Names:

Birch, Scholes Butler, MRCP (Subject)
Browning, Robert, poet, 1812-1889 (Subject)
Chatfield, Caroline Augusta Duncombe, widow of Captain W Chatfield (Subject)
Chatfield, Charles (Subject)
Chatzidakis, Georgios, Greek philologist (Subject)
Chevrillon, André Louis, French author (Subject)
Coubertin, Pierre, Baron, French educationist (Subject)
Delsarte, François Alexandre Nicolas Chéri, French singer, orator and teacher, 1811-1871 (Subject)
Dilke, Ashton Wentworth, politician, editor and traveller, 1850-1883 (Subject)
Dilke, Charles Wentworth, 3rd Baronet, 1874-1918 (Subject)
Dilke, Charles, correspondent of Sir Charles Dilke, fl 1870 (Subject)
Dilke, Katherine Mary Eliza, née Sheil, wife of Sir Charles Dilke 2nd Baronet, 1842-1874 (Subject)
Dilke, Margaret Mary, writer and campaigner for women's rights, 1857-1914 (Subject)
Dilke, Mary, wife of Sir Charles Dilke, 1st Baronet, d 1853 (Subject)
Dilke, William George, army officer, fl 1877-1891 (Subject)
Dilke, William, uncle of Sir Charles Dilke, fl 1868 (Subject)
Faed, Thomas, painter, 1826-1900 (Subject)
Fairbairn, Thomas, 2nd Baronet, art administrator and patron, 1823-1891 (Subject)
Fawcett, Millicent Garrett, née Garrett, politician, writer and feminist, 1847-1929 (Subject)
Fetherston, Beaumont Thomas, of Maxstoke Castle, 1839-1918 (Subject)
Fetherston, Timothy, correspondent of Sir Charles Dilke, fl 1880 (Subject)
Folkard, Catharine Duncombe, correspondent of Sir Charles Dilke, fl 1866-1874 (Subject)
Garstin, Charles Henry, surgeon and signatory of a declaration, fl 1873 (Subject)
Gore, Charles Clitherow, army officer, 1839-1926 (Subject)
Gore, Frederick Augustus, army officer, fl 1863-1883 (Subject)
Graf, C, lithographer, fl 1853 (Subject)
Gregory, William Henry, Knight, colonial governor, writer and husband of Augusta, Lady Gregory, 1816-1892 (Subject)
Grillo, Adelaide, née Ristori, actor, 1822-1906 (Subject)
Groš, Karel, lawyer, politician and Mayor of Prague, 1865-1938 (Subject)
Harcourt, William George Granville Venables Vernon, PC, MP (Subject)
Herbert, Auberon Edward William Molyneux, MP (Subject)
Jones, Jenkin, Secretary, Amalgamated Society of Engineers (Subject)
Kinglake, Alexander William, historian (Subject)
Linton, Elizabeth Lynn, writer; known as Eliza, 1822-1898 (Subject)
Macmillan, Alexander, of Macmillan and Co publishers (Subject)
Meyer, Edward, Chancellor German Consulate in London (Subject)
Reading, Edward James, undertaker, of London (Subject)
Roskill, Sybil Mary Wentworth, née Dilke; wife of J Roskill (Former owner)
Rumbold, Horace, 8th Baronet, diplomatist (Subject)
Sansum, Henry, registrar, of Chelsea (Subject)
Shaw-Lefevre, George John, Baron Eversley (Subject)
Tennyson-D'Eyncourt, Louis Charles, Metropolitan Magistrate (Subject)
Villiers, Charles Pelham, PC, MP (Subject)
Wich, Jean Gérard, Belgian ViceConsul in London (Subject)

Places:

Broadstairs, Kent
Chester, Cheshire
Hastings, Sussex