KP/AK/3/1/2 - Letter, Charlotte Knollys to Annie Kenney, 8/10/1924

Reference code

KP/AK/3/1/2

Level of description

Item

Title

Letter, Charlotte Knollys to Annie Kenney, 8/10/1924

Date/s

8/10/1924

Quantity & Format

1 Letters (MS)

Creator

Knollys, Charlotte, -1930

Creator

Kenney, Annie, 1879-1953

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

Queen Alexandra's Lady in Waiting, Lady Charlotte Knollys, replies with a private letter to Annie’s request for Queen Alexandra’s official patronage for 'Memories of a Militant' (1924). The official letter declines the request, but Lady Knollys informs Annie that “Queen Alexandra will be happy to accept a copy” of her book “but [. . .] that this acceptance must not appear in the Papers or in any form of print.”

Transcript:

SANDRINGHAM
Oct 08- 1924

Dear Madame

I am happy to tell you that Queen Alexandra will be happy to accept a copy of your book but I must impress upon you that this acceptance must not appear in the Papers or in any form of print. If you will address the book to my care I will [Page 2] Not fail to deliver it into H.M’s own hands
Yours truly
Charlotte Knollys

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Please notify archives@uea.ac.uk if you have reason to believe this is not the case.

Existence and location of copies

A digital copy may be viewed at Suffragette Stories: https://suffragettestories.omeka.net/items/show/15

KP - The Kenney Papers
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    - KP/AK/3/1 - 'Memories of a Militant'
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