Miscellaneous Stevenson Family Letters
- X4
- Cyfres
- 1915-1972
This series comprises stray letters, 1915-1972, either written by, or sent to, members of the Stevenson family.
Miscellaneous Stevenson Family Letters
This series comprises stray letters, 1915-1972, either written by, or sent to, members of the Stevenson family.
Stray letters, messages, cards and postcards, 1916-91, acquired or collected by Jennifer Longford. All are connected with the Lloyd George family in some way, but there is very little or no relationship between the individual items within the group.
Letter, [5 June 1920], from Lord Cholmondeley, Piccadilly, to Frances Stevenson enclosing the letter from Colonel J. R. Macdonald - 'He is a worker & quite intelligent'. Gives her Macdonald's contact details and thinks that they should meet up. Macdonald is well travelled and is well acquainted with Mesopotamia, 'I do think this man may be of help to our country'..
A short note from Frances Stevenson during the 1930s congratulating Lloyd George warmly on a recent speech in the House of Commons.
Lloyd George on the Andalucia,
Postcard, January 1933, from Lloyd George to Jennifer Stevenson while he was on board the Andalucia en route to Lisbon.
Note, Christmas 1939, from Lloyd George to Muriel Stevenson. He had forgotten to ask her mother whether she was allowed to use a latch key.
Letter from Jennifer Stevenson,
Letter, 3 November 1940, from Jennifer Longford at Penrhos College, Bakewell, to Lloyd George at Brynawelon, Criccieth. Describes her activities and movements. Wishes that Lloyd George would consent to join the war cabinet. Many British people, including the writer above all, would applaud such a move.
Manuscript account entitled, 'Statement of events connected with my departure from Free State, May 1900', and covering the period 22 May - 25 June 1900. It is signed, 'REB, 8 June 1900'. It is accompanied by an envelope addressed to Mrs Abercrombie Smith, St Cyrus, Wynberg Hill.
Frances Stevenson's School Report,
School report for Frances Stevenson, summer term 1907, issued by the Clapham High School for Girls.
An invitation in French, c. 1910, possibly in the hand of David Lloyd George, to attend at 11 Downing Street.
Cartoon from Punch, 10 October 1923, 'In darkest America'. Depicts Lloyd George and Lord Birkenhead.
Cartoon from Punch, 21 April 1926, 'Under the Weather', referring to a recent speech by Lloyd George to the 1920 Club on the fortunes of the Liberal Party.
Cartoon from Punch, 25 January 1928, 'The Return of Ulysses', depicting Lloyd George.
Jennifer Stevenson's Horoscope,
A note, 1 November 1938, in the hand of David Lloyd George at Bron-y-de, Churt concerning the ownership of one of the dogs on the estate.
Frances Stevenson and Avalon, Churt,
A journal article, c. 1940, by Frances Stevenson entitled, 'I Build a Cottage', namely Avalon, Churt, containing numerous photographs of the interior and the outside of the property.
Lloyd George at Bron-y-de in 1940,
Issue of Picture Post, 20 April 1940, containing an article 'At home with Lloyd George' by Robert Boothby MP, and containg many family photographs and some of Bron-y-de, Churt. The piece was written to mark Lloyd George's fifty years' service as a MP for the Carnarvon Boroughs.
Boothby, Robert, 1900-1986.
Reminiscenses of Frances Stevenson,
Typescript reminiscences, c. 1965, drafted by Frances Stevenson mainly about her daughter Jennifer Longford. The notes may have been drafted for possible inclusion in her autobiography The Years that are Past (1967).
Reminiscences of Jennifer Longford,
Typescript reminiscences, c. 2008, prepared by Jennifer Longford and entitled 'Out of Surrey'.