Letters from (Maurice) Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stocketon, to Ava Anderson, Viscountess Waverley
Comprises:
- letters, 1947-74, from (Maurice) Harold Macmillan to Ava Anderson, Viscountess Waverley
- letters from Lady Dorothy Macmillan, Sir Alexander Douglas-Home, Sir David Eccles, Sir Hubert Gladwyn Jebb and Oliver Lyttleton, Viscount Chandos.
Dates
- Creation: 1947-1974
Extent
0.45 Linear metres (3 shelfmarks)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS.Eng. c. 4778, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. c. 4778-4780; Photogr. c. 19, fols. 28-34
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 9896
Abstract
Letters from (Maurice) Harold Macmillan, to Ava Anderson, Viscountess Waverley, with other letters from Lady Dorothy Macmillan, Sir Alexander Douglas-Home, Sir David Eccles, Sir Hubert Gladwyn Jebb and Oliver Lyttelton, Viscount Chandos; and some photographs.
Biographical / Historical
Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, (1894-1986) was a Conservative politician. He was prime minister 1957-1963; foreign secretary 1955 and chancellor of the Exchequer 1955-1957.
Ava Anderson, Viscountess Waverley, née Bodley (1896-1974) was the wife of John Anderson 1st Viscount Waverley (1882-1958), civil servant.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought privately through Sotheby's, 30 Nov 1993.
Geographic
Topical
Subject
- Anderson | Ava | 1896-1974 | née Bodley | wife of Viscount Waverley (Person)
- Eccles | David Mcadam | 1904-1999 | 1st Viscount Eccles (Person)
- Home | Alexander Frederick Douglas | 1903-1995 | Baron Home of the Hirsel | statesman (Person)
- Jebb | Hubert Miles Gladwyn | 1900-1997 | 1st Baron Gladwyn | civil servant (Person)
- Lyttelton | Oliver | 1893-1972 | 1st Viscount Chandos | businessman and politician (Person)
- Macmillan | Lady | Dorothy | 1900-1966 | wife of Harold Macmillan (Person)
- Macmillan | Maurice Harold | 1894-1986 | 1st Earl of Stockton | statesman (Person)
- Title
- Catalogue of letters from Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, to Ava Anderson, Viscountess Waverley
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2017
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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