Papers relating to the acquisition of the Cullinan Diamond for the British crown, mainly 1907-1910

File

MS. Eng. c. 7350/1

Held at the Weston Library

Includes letters from:

(fols. 34, 38) Arthur Bigge, later 1st Baron Stamfordham, 1908, 1910
(fols. 1-2, 35) General Louis Botha, 1907, 1909
(fols. 9-10) Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, 1907
(fols. 36-7) Robert Crewe-Milnes, later Marquess of Crewe, 1909
(fols. 3, 11-12, 14, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 31-33) Francis Knollys, later 1st Viscount Knollys, 1907-8
(fols. 4-5, 7, 25) Sir Richard Solomon, 1907

as well as papers comprising:

(fols. 15-19) Report by Sir Francis Hopwood advising on cutting the diamond, 27 Nov. 1907
(fols. 40-44) Offprint: "Famous diamonds of the world xx", 1984
(fol. 45) List of sizes of notable diamonds, n.d.

Dates

45 Leaves

MS. Eng. c. 7350/1

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