Item HAMILTON, ISM 20/1/4 - Copy of typescript personal diaries of Jean Hamilton, 1920-1926, including related social correspondence

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HAMILTON, ISM 20/1/4

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Copy of typescript personal diaries of Jean Hamilton, 1920-1926, including related social correspondence

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  • 1920 Jan 1 - 1926 Dec 31 (Creation)

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639 image files, scanned from microfilm copy

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Copy of typescript private diaries of Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, mainly comprising daily entries describing social engagements, her health, the raising of her adopted children, philosophical and literary reflections, personal opinions of friends, relations and acquaintances, photographs and references to Hamilton's retirement from the Army, 1920; his publication of Gallipoli diary (Edward Arnold, London, 1920), and his speeches. Includes related social correspondence with Laurence Binyon; (Joseph) Hilaire (Pierre) Belloc; Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill MP; Rt Hon Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane of Cloan; (John Randolph) Shane Leslie; Lt Col Charles à Court Repington and his wife Mellony Katherine 'Molly' à Court Repington; Walter Richard Sickert.

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