49 letters to Oliver Baldwin, containing mostly family and personal news, with occasional references to the strain of political life. There is also 1 letter from the Shropshire Archaeological Society to Stanley Baldwin, 17 June 1937, on his Earldom, and congratulating him for selecting Corvedale, a Shropshire place name, for his subsidiary title.
Stanley Baldwin: Letters to Oliver Ridsdale Baldwin
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- ReferenceGB 12 MS Add.8795
- Dates of Creation1916-1947
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish .
- Physical Description1 envelope(s) 1 envelope
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Acquisition Information
The letters were purchased in 1989 at Messrs Phillips', 19 October 1989, lot 55.
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Bibliography
The letters have been used by Mr C. J. Walker in his biography, Oliver Baldwin: a life of dissent (Arcadia Books, 2003).