MS 982
Reference code
MS 982
Title
Martin Charteris World War II papers
Level
Sub-fonds
Administrative / Biographical history
Charteris, Martin Michael Charles
Martin Charteris (1913-1999) was the son of Hugo Francis Charteris (d.1916) and Lady Violet (Letty) Catherine Manners (1888-1971). Educated at Lockers Park, Eton and Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was commissioned into the King’s Royal Rifles and saw action in the Middle East and North Africa. He taught at British Army Staff College in Haifa and worked with British Intelligence in Palestine, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. After retiring from the Army in 1951, he was appointed Private Secretary to Princess Elizabeth and continued as Assistant Private Secretary when she became Queen from 1952 to 1972. He was the Queen’s Private Secretary from 1972 to 1977. Following his retirement, he was appointed Provost of ton College from 1978 to 1991.
Martin Charteris (1913-1999) was the son of Hugo Francis Charteris (d.1916) and Lady Violet (Letty) Catherine Manners (1888-1971). Educated at Lockers Park, Eton and Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was commissioned into the King’s Royal Rifles and saw action in the Middle East and North Africa. He taught at British Army Staff College in Haifa and worked with British Intelligence in Palestine, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. After retiring from the Army in 1951, he was appointed Private Secretary to Princess Elizabeth and continued as Assistant Private Secretary when she became Queen from 1952 to 1972. He was the Queen’s Private Secretary from 1972 to 1977. Following his retirement, he was appointed Provost of ton College from 1978 to 1991.
Date
1937 - 1997
Extent & medium
1 box
Content description
Papers of Martin Charteris, including diary of jungle hunting in Burma in 1937; papers relating to his survival of the torpedoing of S.S Yorkshire in 1939 wartime letters to his mother from North Africa and the Middle East; papers concerning the publication of his account of surviving the torpedoing of S.S. Yorkshire
Provenance
Wartime letters and papers were in the custody of his mother Violet Benson, presumably they passed back to Martin Charteris after her death.
Arrangement
The papers were disordered. An artificial, chronological arrangementr has been imposed by the archivist.
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- Martin Charteris papers: Typescript diary of jungle hunting in Burma, MS 982 01, (6 May 1937 – 7 Jun 1937)
- Martin Charteris World War II papers: Account by Martin Charteris of his survival of the torpedoing of S.S. Yorkshire, MS 982 02, (c.Nov 1939)
- Martin Charteris World War II papers: Letters to Violet and Guy Benson following the publication of Martin Charteris’s account of his survival of the torpedoing of S.S. Yorkshire, MS 982 03, (Oct 1939 – Sep 1940)
- Martin Charteris World War II papers: Newspaper reports of Martin Charteris’ survival of torpedoing of S.S. Yorkshire, MS 982 04, (Jan 1940 – Feb 1940)
- Martin Charteris World War II papers: Typescript transcripts of World War II letters of Martin Charteris, MS 982 05, (2 Nov 1941 – Jan 1944)
- Martin Charteris World War II papers: Correspondence of Martin Charteris about the publication of his account of his survival of the torpedoing of S.S. Yorkshire, MS 982 06, (17 Jul 1997 – 23 Jul 1997)