Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 20/1/8
Title
Copy of typescript personal diaries of Jean Hamilton, 1938-1940, including related social correspondence
Date(s)
- 1938 Mar 6 - 1940 Oct 8 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
428 image files, scanned from microfilm copy
Scope and content
Copy of typescript private diaries of Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, mainly comprising daily entries describing social engagements, her health, her adopted children, philosophical and literary reflections, personal opinions of friends, relations and acquaintances, Anglo-German relations prior to the outbreak of World War Two, and including related social correspondence with her husband; Rosaleen James and Harold Stone Knight, her adopted children; Lt Gen. Sir (George) Tom (Molesworth) Bridges; Hon Unity Valkyrie Freeman-Mitford; Wilfrid Meynell; Rt Hon William St John Fremantle Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton.