Add MS 43902

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.