JH/PUB/1/10 - [Brian Rees and Sir Robert Birley]

Reference code

JH/PUB/1/10

Level of description

Sub file

Title

[Brian Rees and Sir Robert Birley]

Date/s

1988-1991

Quantity & Format

16 items Mixed

Personal name

Rees, Brian, 1929-
Birley, Robert,

Subject

Königswinter Conferences

Scope and content

Contains press cuttings on the "fall of Brian Ress", the former headmaster of Charterhouse [1973-1981] and Rugby [1981-1984], and letters from Rees to JH after he had left Rugby. Rees thanks JH for his assistance with the Königswinter Conference, and a commemorative booklet is included on the conferences. Also included is the script of a lecture on Sir Robert Birley's work in South Africa. Sir Robert was Brian Rees' father-in-law and Headmaster of Charterhouse [1935-1947].

Correspondence is also included from the Headmaster of Charterhouse, Peter Attenborough, in 1990 concerning allegations of child abuse within Charterhouse.

JH - Hill Papers
- JH/PUB - [Public life, non-political]
  - JH/PUB/1 - [Charterhouse]
    - JH/PUB/1/10 - [Brian Rees and Sir Robert Birley]

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