Record

LevelSub-series
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)NC7/5
TitleCorrespondence with Alfred Greenwood
Extent101 items
Date[1890s]-1945
DescriptionLetters from Neville Chamberlain, Austen Chamberlain, Anne Chamberlain and Ivy Chamberlain to Alfred Greenwood. A letter from Greenwood to Neville Chamberlain; Anne Chamberlain to June Abbati; Austen Chamberlain to Mrs Greenwood; and some invitation cards are also included.

According to a note by Anne Chamberlain, Greenwood was the Aide-de-Camp and Private Secretary to Sir Ambrose Shea [Governor of the Bahamas]; and later the Colonial Secretary and Captain of the Port in Gibraltar from about 1893 to about 1923. Greenwood had also helped Neville Chamberlain at his sisal plantation for a period during Knowles' [plantation manager] holiday after Mrs Knowles death.
Access StatusOpen
Custodial HistoryNC7/5/34-36, 39-69, 80-82 were deposited by Midland Bank Executor and Trustee Company Ltd on behalf of the A. C. Greenwood trustees. NC7/5/37-38, 70-79, 83-101 were deposited by Mrs J. Abbati (in 1972?)

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