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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)OJL/1/161
TitleEdward, Viscount Grey of Fallodon & Pamela, Lady Grey
Extent14 items
Datec1926-1932
DescriptionCorrespondence with Edward Grey [1862-1933, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, Liberal statesman] and Pamela Grey [Pamela Adelaide Genevieve Wyndham Glenconner Grey, 1871-1928, Viscountess Grey of Fallodon, writer].

/1 Letter from Pamela Glenconner to Lady Lodge, written from Wilsford, dated 18 June [-]. About the loss of her baby.

/2 Copy of letter from Oliver Lodge to Lady Grey, dated 5 July 1926. Lodge hopes Lady Grey will support his view regarding repairs to the oak bridge at Normanton hatches.

/3 Letter from Lord Grey to Oliver Lodge, written from Mulberry House, Smith Square, Westminster, dated 25 November 1928, with envelope. Lord Grey tells Lodge that his friendship meant a lot to his late wife Pamela and writes that Christopher has had the report of the sitting copied.

/4 Letter from Lord Grey to Oliver Lodge, written from Wilsford Manor, Salisbury, dated 25 May 1929. Lord Grey invites Lodge to tea.

/5 Letter from Lord Grey to Oliver Lodge, written from Fallodon, Christon Bank, Northumberland, dated 5 October 1929. Lord Grey plans to give Christmas prizes to the school children in place of his late wife. He hopes Stephen can be persuaded to help the school as his father would have done. He wishes he could be alone with his memories at Wilsford.

/6 Letter from Lord Grey to Oliver Lodge, written from Fallodon, Christon Bank, Northumberland, dated 3 December 1931. Lord Grey thanks Lodge for a book. He has sent Christopher the extract from Lodge's sitting with Mrs Leonard.

/7 Letter from Lord Grey to Oliver Lodge, written from Fallodon, Christon Bank, Northumberland, dated [28] April 1930. Lord Grey asks for information about Mrs Leonard on behalf of an acquaintance.

/8 Letter from Lord Grey to Oliver Lodge, written from Fallodon, Christon Bank, Northumberland, dated 28 April 1930. Lord Grey hopes to see Lodge when he goes to Wilsford.

/9 Letter from Lord Grey to Oliver Lodge, written from Brooks's, St James's Street, SW1, dated 20 December 1930. Lord Grey asks for Lodge's opinion on an unspecified application. He is receiving treatment but is not cured; Stephen has shown signs of improvement. Stephen is providing for the school children this year. He asks if Lodge will be able to meet in London.

/10 Copy of letter from Oliver Lodge to Lord Grey, dated 22 December 1930. Lodge invites Lord Grey to visit him. He understands that Stephen is not seeing anyone except Captain Sassoon. Lodge's secretary has 'done what was necessary' regarding Mrs West's request.

/11 Letter from Lord Grey to Oliver Lodge, written from Caynham Court, Ludlow, Shropshire, dated 25 December 1930. Lord Grey regrets that he is unable to visit due to medical treatment.

/12 Letter from Lord Grey to Oliver Lodge, written from Fallodon, Christon Bank, Northumberland, dated 12 November 1931. Lord Grey thanks Lodge for the extract from his sitting with Mrs Leonard: 'I see Christopher from time to time and all that is said in the extract is amply confirmed by all that I see'. He is afraid Stephen's illness has made him a recluse. He is relieved that the country has put a stop to the 'financial rot'.

/13 Letter from Lord Grey to Oliver Lodge, written from Fallodon, Christon Bank, Northumberland, dated 18 June 1932. Lord Grey regrets that he cannot enjoy many books due to problems with his eyesight.

/14 Letter from Lord Grey to Oliver Lodge, written from Fallodon, Christon Bank, Northumberland, dated 16 October 1932. Lord Grey writes about his weekend at Wilsford with Christopher and his wife; he saw Stephen for a few minutes. He writes about his failing eyesight, commenting: 'I cannot read at all now & that is a sort of death in life'.
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