| Description | These letters are signed Baba, the name by which Alexandra was commonly known to both family and friends. They largely concern Baba's social activities, and contain details of her social engagements, news of mutual friends, discussions about new clothes, and her plans for future social visits. Many are written while she was staying with friends and with Curzon relations. The sequence includes some childhood letters written to Cynthia, but most date between 1918 and 1921, and include correspondence written while Cynthia was ill with measles during her time working for the War Office in 1918, and other letters written from Paris while Baba was at school there in 1921. This last group of letters include references to Cynthia's married life, particularly /15 which refers to Cynthia's wedding and to her new husband 'Tom', /16 and /17 which refer to her new house at Smith Square, and /18 which refers to the birth of Vivien Mosley in February 1921.
/26 is written from Simla, where Baba and her husband, Fruity Metcalfe, lived during their time in India in 1926. |