Record

LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)COW/4/I/2/2
TitleAberconway, Lady
Extent2 items
Date1970-1971
DescriptionCorrespondence from Lady Christabel Aberconway [Christabel Mary Melville Macnaghten, born 1890 and died 1974, writer and hostess].

/1 Transcript of a letter sent from the 'Dowager Lady (Christabel) Aberconway' of 12 North Audley Street, W.1, dated October 1970. Containing a profound apology to 'Sir Noël Coward' followed by a series of parody verse of Noël Coward's 1935 song 'Mrs Worthington' describing promiscuity of the daughter of Mrs Worthington.

/2 Transcript of a letter from Lady Christabel Aberconway of 12 North Audley Street, W.1., dated 11th December 1971. Discussing the previously sent parody of Mrs Worthington and sending good wishes for Noël Cowards' upcoming [72nd] birthday
NotesFormer reference: Section I Personal Correspondence of Noël Coward, Box 1
Access StatusOpen

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