| Description | Collection of five letters written by Neville Chamberlain and addressed to Douglas Hogg [1st Viscount Hailsham, 1872-1950, lawyer and Member of Parliament, twice Lord Chancellor] and Mildred Hogg [nee Dew, died 1964]. Concerns Hogg's health, focusing on his kidney stones and high blood pressure. Chamberlain references dining 'with Egyptians' at the Foreign Office.
Also includes one letter written by Anne Chamberlain [nee Cole, 1883-1967] to Mildred Hogg expressing sympathy following the death of her husband in 1950; along with two telegrams from King George VI and Queen Mary commiserating with Lady Hailsham on the death of her husband, addressed from Balmoral and Sandringham. |