MS 968 02
Reference code
MS 968 02
Title
‘Letters to C.F. from E.D’ : Letters from Edith Grenfell, Lady Desborough to Blanche and Cecilia Warre Cornish
Level
Series
Administrative / Biographical history
Ethel (Ettie) Anne Priscilla Grenfell (née Fane), Lady Desborough (1867-1952) was a popular British society hostess. She married William Grenfell MP in 1877 – later Lord Desborough. From 1911 she was occasionally Lady of the Bedchamber to Mary of Teck, consort of King George V. Three of her sons predeceased her, one of whom was the war poet Julian Grenfell. Her circle included Edward VII (while Prince of Wales) and six Prime Ministers - Rosebery, Balfour, Asquith, Baldwin, Chamberlain and Churchill. She and her husband were leading members of the social and intellectual circle ‘The Souls’ – an influential group of aristocrats and others with political and literary interests, including Henry Irving, Vita Sackville-West, Patrick Shaw-Stewart, Edith Wharton and Oscar Wilde.
Date
1901-1957
Extent & medium
1 file
Content description
The series comprises letters from Ethel (Ettie) Grenfell, Lady Desborough to her close friends Blanche Warre Cornish and Cecilia Fisher
Associated material
DE/Rv/C1-C2852 Letters received by Lord and Lady Desborough, and their children, Hertfordshire archives
Location of this record in the archive hierarchy
Click the hyperlinked text below for further details.
(Click here to scroll to the current record within the hierarchy)