Letters of Ralph Furse, 1911-1975

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Folder 1:

35 letters from Ralph Furse to Celia Furse from Canada, 1923. Some of the letters are numbered in red roman numerals. Ralph was the Colonial Office representative at the Second Commonwealth Forestry Conference, chaired by Lord Lovat

Folder 2:

26 letters from Ralph Furse to Margaret Newbolt, 1909-1942
Seven letters from Ralph Furse to Ella Coltman, 1910, 1941-1947
Three letters (photocopies) from Ralph Furse to his grandmother, Emily Dolignon

Folders 3-5: Letters from and to Ralph Furse sent during his trip to Africa (which began with a Forestry Conference in South Africa), comprising:

File labelled 'Strictly Private, Ralph letters from Africa to M.C.F. 1935/36', containing 37 letters from Ralph Furse to Celia Furse
Green and cream letter file containing 23 letters from Celia Furse to Ralph Furse, 1935-1936. The letters are numbered by Celia 24-46 (nos. 1-23 missing)
Letters to Ralph Furse from his children Jill (four letters: three to Ralph, one to Celia Furse), Patrick (a photocopy), Nicolas (a photocopy) and Theresa, 1935-1936

Folder 6: Letters from and to Ralph Furse and Celia Furse, including (items 6-12) from friends

Letter from Bishop Mike Furse to Ralph Furse on his engagement, Nov 1913
Birthday letter from Emily A.R. Dolignon to her grandson, Ralph Furse, Sep 1914
Note from Ralph Furse to Celia Furse on embarkation for France on S.S. Palm Branch, Apr 1915. With a copy made by Celia of Ralph's letter, Apr 1918, about King Edward's Horse resisting the German advance and military medals
Letter (with burnt edge) from Ralph Furse to his son Patrick (b. 1918) at the start of his world tour, Apr 1928. Written on headed paper of the S.S. Cavina, the ship on which Ralph left England. With related page extract from Aucuparius
Letter (with burnt edge) from Ralph Furse to Celia Furse, May [1928?], including mentions of Marina Wister and her father, Owen, possibly the Wister daughter they had met in Bordeaux and Morocco
Letter from J.C.C. Davidson (Ralph Furse's colleague in the Civil Service) to Celia Furse about Ralph, 'the beloved swashbuckler', n.d. [First World War, after 1915]
Letter from Robert Gurd (Ralph's King Edwards Horse groom) to Celia Furse about being invalided home, Dec 1917
Letter (with burnt edge) from Rezia Corsini to Ralph Furse, Feb 1918
Letter from W. Rothenstein to Mr. Furse (could be Ralph Furse of John Henry Monsell Furse}, 1928
Letter from Sergeant Ewbank to Ralph Furse, Jun 1929 ('the best testimonial R ever had') and envelope of 'War Relics', including trench passes
Letter from Christopher Hassall to Ralph Furse, about his book on Eddie Marsh, n.d. [1953?]
Letter from Margaret Irwin to Ralph Furse, Apr 1960
Letter from Cynthia Wedderburn to Ralph Furse, Jun [1960?] enclosing a letter Ralph had written to her husband, David Wedderburn, Sep 1959, and David's reply, Oct 1959