• Reference
    HG12/19/7
  • Title
    Letter from Gertrude Longuet Higgins, Turvey, to son Henry Hugh Longuet Longuet-Higgins and his wife [Albinia] Cecil (nee Bazeley)
  • Date free text
    13 Apr 1922
  • Production date
    From: 1922 To: 1922
  • Scope and Content
    Anniversary wishes. Sending Hugh's silver ring, that originally belonged to Robert Topham Steele, father's first cousin, who drowned at Oxford aged 21. Have given a little silver spoon and fork 'for the dear little daughter' [Patricia], who will be christened on Sunday. Writer has been singing in the manor room. Have moved the piano; the tuner found some mould inside, so having a daily fire in the manor room over Easter.
  • Level of description
    item