Papers of Mrs Violet Laura Justinia Rothschild Montefiore-Court

Scope and Content

Papers of Mrs Violet Laura Justinia Rothschild Montefiore-Court, 1905-66, including correspondence with Emmanuel and Simmonds, solicitors, 1905-7; with Charles Montefiore, 1923-38; with Constance, Lady Battersea, 1926; with Sir Thomas Colyer- Fergusson, 1948-9; and with E.M.Bennett, 1965; genealogy of the Montefiore family; obituaries of Lady Battersea; correspondence and papers of Morris S.Ochert including his account of his investigation into the disappearance of Mrs Montefiore-Court's parents, copy of the birth certificate of Mrs Montefiore-Court's mother and a copy of her own birth certificate; copy of the memorial service for Edward Sebag Montefiore, Dec 1929; photographs; crest of Leslie Jacob Montefiore; and a copy of the inscription of the graves of Justinia and Jacob Montefiore

Administrative / Biographical History

Mrs Violet Laura Justinia Rothschild Montefiore-Court, 1905-66.

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