DUNDEE CIVIC, FIRST WORLD WAR & SCOTTISH ARISTOCRACY ARCHIVE...

DUNDEE CIVIC, FIRST WORLD WAR & SCOTTISH ARISTOCRACY ARCHIVE - SIR WILLIAM & LADY DON. An archive of circa 80 letters and documents addressed or related to Sir William Don, KBE (Lord Provost and Lord-Lieutenant of Dundee) and Lady Don, primarily 1914-1937 (with some earlier items). Including: King George V, two typed letters signed (''George R.I.'', 1917 & 1920) appealing for the Volunteer Force and Earl Haig's ex-servicemen fund; Field Marshal Lord Kitchener, War Office TLS (1914); David Lloyd George, 10 Downing Street TLS (1917, conferring KBE); Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia, Winter Palace award citation (1916) for the Russian Flag Day movement; Don's typed Dundee Freedom addresses for Lloyd George and Admiral Beatty; Robert Baden-Powell, autograph postcard signed (1922) on Boy Scouts Association card; Mabell, Countess of Airlie, a series of letters and notes, including a 1919 letter noting ''I am sorry to see that you have returned that rascal Winston again for Dundee...'', others regarding Princess Mary's 1920 Dundee tour; 1923 Glamis Castle printed invitation card to meet the newlywed Duke & Duchess of York; and numerous other items, comprising a wide-ranging collection of related Scottish aristocratic, Great War home front, civic, military, and domestic correspondence and ephemera, many preserved with original envelopes. [sold as a collection, viewing recommended] (c.80)

Estimate:£800

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