Post-retirement private correspondence and ephemera, 1938-1960
folder
Held at the Weston Library
With one unfoliated item. Comprises:
- (fol. 1) menu for the formal opening of the Iridium Room, 6 Oct 1938
- (fols. 2-6) letter from Muriel MacKereth, wife of the British Consul-General, Addis Ababa, to Lady Rey, describing her return to Addis Ababa from Damascus, and changes in Ethiopia since the 1920s, 11 Apr 1940
- (fol. 7) letter from Compton Mackenzie, Island of Barra, to Rey about Mackenzie's book The Red Tapeworm, 18 Aug 1942
- (fol. 8) letter from B.K. Long to Rey concerning the former's election defeat, 23 May 1943
- (fols. 9-22) letters to the Reys about the 'English Village' at the Liberty Cavalcade, for which Rey was a Chairman of the British section. Also includes a cyclostyled sheet listing activities in the village. The letters are from: Sir Seymour Hicks, Actor-Manager and author; Mrs M.E. Van Zyl, wife of the Administrator, Cape Province; Sir Herbert Stanley, Director, De Beers Consolidated Mines; Molly Stephen; Victoria League; Sir E.J. Harding, Representative in Cape Town for the UK High Commissioner; Charles S. Playfair, Organising Secretary of the Cavalcade; and Julie Shiell; 8 Feb-10 Apr 1944
- (fol. 23,) letter from W.G. Spillane to Rey about the latter's resignation from 'St John's', 26 Jun 1946
- (fols. 24-30) seating plans for three dinner parties, one at Westbrooke, Rondebosch, the others at Government House; with a note of an invitation from Smuts to the Reys for lunch at Groote Schuur, 21 Jan 1948-3 Apr 1951
- (fols. 31-32) letters from Secretaries to General Smuts thanking Rey for personal messages to Smuts, 26 May and 25 Oct 1948
- (fols. 33-34) letters from an unidentified writer to Rey on personal matters and concerning the writer's book on China, 11 and 12 Nov 1950
- (fol. 35) letter from Sir Richard Maconachie, former Controller, BBC, to Rey about the political situation in South Africa, and the Seretse Khama affair, 9 Oct 1951
- (fol. 36) letter from Viscount Bledisloe to Rey on personal matters, 11 Dec 1951
- (fol. 37) letter from N.C. Havenga, Minister of Finance, South Africa, on personal matters, 7 Apr 1954
- (fol. 38) letter from Stuart Cloete, to Rey about personal matters, 12 May 1954
- (fols. 39-44) letter (undated) from Rey to Dr A.L. Geyer about the English-language press in South Africa, with Geyer's reply, 10 Jul 1956
- (fols. 45-47) letters from Jules Ellenberger and W.H. Chase (Chief Veterinary Officer, Bechuanaland (Botswana), 1905-1935), to Rey thanking him for his work in obtaining increases for pre-1947 pensioners from the High Commissioner Territories; also, an extract in Rey's hand from a letter from Amery to him upon his retirement from Bechuanaland (Botswana), 1-28 Oct 1957
- (fols. 48-53) letters of sympathy received after Lady Rey's death, from the following: Colonel Laurence Holbech, Military Knight of Windsor; Sir Percivale Liesching, High Commissioner for the UK in South Africa; Lady Ellaine Hicks, widow of Sir Seymour Hicks. Also, a letter from Lady Hicks about personal matters, 10 Nov 1958-19 Feb 1960
- (fol. 54; item 1) letter from the Secretary to the Governor-General, South Africa, to Rey about the opening of Parliament on 23 Jan, covering a programme of proceedings, 19 Jan 1959
- (fols. 55-56) letter from H.A. Fagan, Chief Justice, South Africa, to Rey about a book by Fagan, with a quotation in Rey's hand from Gibbon, 14 Feb 1960.
Dates
- Creation: 1938-1960
Extent
56 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 384/6, folder 1
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk