| Description | These letters concern events in Gladys Waterbury's personal life, and include information about her social activities. They are signed 'Quart'. Gladys Waterbury also wrote to Cynthia's sister Irene Curzon, signing herself either Gladys or 'Quart, (see OMN/A/1/13/4). These letters include:
/1-/2 written from Monte Carlo and containing details about Gladys's surroundings and social activities in Monaco
/4 containing details of social arrangements, and refers to Cynthia's recent 'coming of age' [in 1919]
/5 congratulates Cynthia on her marriage and informs her that she plans to return to America shortly
/6 congratulates Cynthia on her pregnancy [with Vivien Mosley] and gives a brief account of her activities since returning home, which include playing golf. She also expresses her concern for Irene Curzon who is currently living alone
/7 asks Cynthia to order a 'teddy bear' coat for her and urges her to write if she is not feeling ill
/8 is dated 1929 and announces Gladys's engagement to 'Billy Wynne Finch' [Sir William Heneage Wynne-Finch] and her plans to come to live in England. She wishes Cynthia luck with the election 'even though I don't agree with you'
/12 refers to Gladys's visit to the battlefields of France, presumably after the end of the First World War
/13 written from Santa Barbara, California, in which Gladys mentions seeing photographs of Cynthia on a skiing holiday in the 'Sketch' and the 'Tatler' and gives an account of her own holiday in the mountains of California |