Manuscripts
Walter Besant letter to Chester Burr Todd
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mssHM 35891-35902
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Walter Besant letters and autobiographical sketch
Manuscripts
The two letters are addressed to Mr. Clarke and to Messrs. Klene and Co.
mssHM 10785-10787
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Walter Besant
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The majority of the correspondence is addressed to Oliver Bainbridge (there are a few letters not addressed to him and there are only two letters written by Bainbridge). The authors of the correspondence are mostly British royalty, diplomats and administrators in India and Australia, as well as American, British, Australian and Canadian clergy, writers and politicians. Issues addressed within the correspondence include the life and career of Oliver Bainbridge and 20th century politics and government within Great Britain, India, Canada, and Australia. Correspondents include Sir George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood, Sir Henry Arthur Blake, Sir William Martin Conway, Sir Almeric William Fitz Roy, Sir Henry Knollys, Reginald Brabazon, the 12th Earl of Meath, Olʹga Alekseevna Novikova, Sir George Houstoun Reid, Horatio Nelson Nelson, and Ellis Rowan.
mssBainbridge
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Besant, Sir Walter. Letter to [Eustache James Anthony] Balfour
Manuscripts
The collection contains letters addressed to Eustace Balfour and his wife, Frances, among others. Many of the letter's authors were prominent British artists, politicians and scientists of the period. Issues discussed within the collection include the personal lives of Eustace and Frances Balfour as well as 19th and 20th century British art, politics and science. Correspondents include Arthur James Balfour, Georges-Ernest-Jean-Marie Boulanger, Ford Madox Brown, Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, William Benjamin Carpenter, Joseph Chamberlain, Walter Crane, Sir John Gilbert, William Holman Hunt, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, Henry Charles Keith Petty-FitzMaurice, the Marquess of Lansdowne, Princess Louise, James Russell Lowell, John Morley, Richard Owen, and Robert Cecil, marquess of Salisbury
HM 35005