Viscount ullswater (5 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Illustrated, large 8vo, pp 200, lxxx, (+ period advertisements), fore-edge a little thumbed and creased, paperback, covers slightly worn, spine chipped, wrinkled and frayed. [One of the great period of RHS Journal publication - articles include Bunyard on recent accessions to the library, Barr on miniature daffodils, and articles on Campsea Ashe, Turkestan walnut woods, Birches, Irises, bulbs in bowls, present knowledge on hybrids between species of flowering plants, Magnolia nicholsoniana etc, plus reports on Wisley trials on Irises, Aquilegias, Aubrietias, Dahlias, parsley & sweet corn.].…

See the two men's entries in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 16mo. Eighteen lines. On first leaf of bifolium. In good condition, on lightly aged paper. Folded once. Addressed to 'Dear Ilbert' and signed 'James W Lowther'. He has 'prepared a series of telegram [sic] to all the news agencies and to the Clerk of the Works at Westminster', and will dispatch them as soon as he receives 'any intimation from the P.M'. He has another telegram ready for the London Gazette. 'I think we can reasonably expect that, with 48 hrs notice, all M Ps and the staff would have sufficient notice'. He ends by wishing him a good holiday, although 'The rain has already set in again!'.…

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The identity of the recipient is unclear. Written on one side of a small (12 x 9.5 cm) plain card. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn, with one vertical crease. Reads: 'Dear Walter / Enclosed is, as you may see, addressed to Speaker Court. I opened it & think it may be for Miss Erskine. If not, will you send it on to Lady Ilbert. Nothing is known of it here. / Yours sincerely / James W Lowther'. Lady Ilbert was wife of the Clerk of the Commons, Sir Courtenay Ilbert, from whose papers the item derives.…

2pp., 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged and folded twice. He states that he has 'no intention at present of writing or publishing any reminsicences', having always 'held a very strong view against the modern system of gentlemen who have been employed in official & confidential positions rushing into print the moment they have left their situations.' For Lowther's career see his entry in the Oxford DNB. In 1921 he retired as speaker, on being created Viscount Ullswater and appointed GCB. His resolution did not hold: he published his reminiscences in two volumes in 1925 under the title 'A Speaker's Commentaries'.…

Four pages, 12mo, bifolium, fold mark, very good condition. "I will be frank with you - so please do not have my letter printed & circulated round your office. We have made our appointment to S.K. [South Kensington? Natural History Museum?] and our selection [presumably Frederic Kenyon] is from within the department. The Archbishop & I have had many deep & prolonged consultations over the matter - the Lord Chancellor who does not really take much interest in the affairs of the Museum is doubtful & does not care to commit himself, has not yet signed thge appointment. I do not know what he may do so on Monday morning after a day's golf on Sunday. | I am astonished at your friends in the department wanting a postponement & an enquiry by the Standing Committee. A postponement would involve a continuation of the rule of Sir E.M. Thompson which I understand is not much to their taste; and an enquiry by the standing committee (on what?) can have little or no influence on the principal trustees who at independently of them. | I am afraid that our selection of a Director although it will be approved by the Royal Society & scientific persons generally will not be a popular appointment. The public look for an Owen [Richard Owen, palaeontologist] or a Darwin and if we had any body of that stamp we should not hesitate to put him in a Director of the S>K. [see above] quite regardless of whether he had previously been in the department. We want the best man we can get & do not feel in any way bound to limit our choice.…