| Author: |
Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina Burdett Coutts
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Baroness,
1814-1906 friend, philanthropist, m.1881 William Lehman Ashmead-Bartlett, who took the name Burdett-Coutts |
| Address: |
S-- St [Stratton Street] |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
1880, June, 26 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (3 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
She goes to the Speaker's and Mrs Brand's that evening about 11 o'c and takes her cousins the Burdetts and hopes to meet Irving. She will tell Mrs Brand Irving hoped to come, but would be very late. Could he possibly look in on her about 2 o'c the next day (Sunday) or before 3. She dines early for the Burdett children and would like him to see the rising generation... |
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| Notes: |
The Speaker of the House of Commons, Henry Bouverie Brand, later Viscount Hampden. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/7/8) |
| Ref.No: |
856 |
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| Author: |
Kellogg, Gertrude
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1842-1903 actress |
| Address: |
24 Bentinck St, Manchester Square, W. |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
1880, June, 27 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (2 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
When they met he said if she would let him know when she wished to come she would be welcome. Can she see 'The Merchant of Venice' any evening that week or next. Sorry not to see him at either of her public readings and hopes one day he will come. |
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- |
| Notes: |
Box sent BS 28/6/80. |
| Document Holder: |
LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker) |
| Ref.No: |
5173 |
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| Author: |
Warner, Charles Dudley
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1829-1900 American essayist and novelist |
| Address: |
Limmers' Hotel, George Street, Hanover Square, W |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
>>
(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
[London] |
| Date: |
[1880?], June, 28 2.i.m. |
| Document Type: |
Letter (2 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
He has received Irving's card. Could possibly manage late supper on Tuesday but is at Gipsy Hill and the Crystal Palace. Could Irving let him know what time the orgies begin at the Lyceum so that he can judge whether he can come. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
Warner made 5 visits to Europe beginning in 1868. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/7/42) |
| Ref.No: |
4691 |
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| Author: |
Pollock, Juliet
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née Creed, Lady,
d.1899 wife of Sir William Frederick, m.1844 |
| Address: |
59, Montagu Square, W |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
[1880], June, 29 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (3 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
Irving's note and cross and chain arrived just as the bride and her youngest son were leaving. Helen's rapture at a gift from her ideal stopped her tears. Lady Pollock acknowledges Irving's kindness and discusses the wedding of her 'Benjamin'. She hopes to see Irving soon on and off the stage and sends regards from her niece Grace. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
Maurice Emilius Pollock married Lydia Helen Roberts in St Marylebone in June 1880. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/7/34) |
| Ref.No: |
9288 |
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| Author: |
Byron, Henry James
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1834-1884 actor, playwright |
| Address: |
1 Eccleston Square, S.W. |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
1880, June, 30 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (2 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
He sends thanks. He and his wife are looking forward as always to seeing Irving play. As is his "big boy" who always goes the first night (which "Ourselves" did not) and makes a nuisance of himself in Irving's pit. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
This is for a performance of 'The Merchant of Venice'. 'Ourselves' was Byron's most successful play which ran for several years. See also Letter 732. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/7/19) |
| Ref.No: |
729 |
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