Item HAMILTON, ISM 20/3/8 - Scrapbook of press cuttings compiled by Jean Hamilton, 1916-1917, on topics including the progress of the war, the death of Rasputin and the scandal of Patsy Cornwallis-West

Scrapbook compiled by Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, including newspaper cuttings on the resignation of Herbert Henry Asquith and appointment of David Lloyd George as British Prime Minister, Dec 1916; on German peace proposals, Dec 1916; on the death of Grigory Yefimovich Rasputin, Russian mystic, Jan 1917; on the case of Mrs William Cornwallis-West, charged by a court of inquiry of using undue influence to advance the career of 2nd Lt Patrick Barrett, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Jan 1917; 'Modern decoration', article on the Hamilton house, 1 Hyde Park Gardens, London, from The Queen, The Lady's Newspaper, 30 Dec 1916. With letter, 31 Dec 1916, to Hamilton and Lady Hamilton, from Lt Gen Sir John Steven Cowans, with thanks for their support during his appearance before the court of inquiry in the Cornwallis-West case; letter to Lady Hamilton, from 'Kymry', fortune teller, 2 Jan 1917; two photographs [1917], of Madame S Loos and children Armand and Germaine. 1 vol, 2 photographs