• Held At: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies
• Title: Autograph letters scrapbook compiled by Countess Cowper
• Description: The letters are grouped in the scrapbook according to shared reasons for fame eg: musicians are grouped together, surgeons are grouped together, etc. There is partial index to the letters inside the volume. For ease of use, however, they are listed here in alphabetical order, with the number of the page or pages on which the letters will be found given after the description of each letter.
  
  All letters are addressed to Countess Cowper unless otherwise indicated:
  
  Emma Albani-Gye, prima donna). Tickets to a concert at which she is singing at Westminster Abbey; health of her son. Page 35. 1 item, 10 Jul 1885, South Kensington
  
  Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII. Social. Page 3. 2 items. 29 Nov 1874; 10 Jun 1888, Sandringham, Marlborough House
  
  Alexandra, HRH Princess of Wales/HM Queen Mother. Congratulations on birth of Countess Cowper's niece, Maria; thanks for wreaths in memory of late King Edward VII. Pages 2 and 7. 2 items, undated, 20 May 1910, Marlborough House, Buckingham Palace
  
  Mary Anderson, actress. Social - page 47. 1 item, Friday undated, Shelbourne Hotel
  
  Sir Walter Armstrong, Director of the National Gallery of Ireland. Social - page 30. 1 item, 2 Jul 1900, Dublin
  
  Matthew Arnold, poet. Thanking for advice about treatment of his inflamed eye - page 21. 1 item, 4 Jul undated, Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall
  
  Arthur, HRH The Duke of Connaught. Social page 5. 1 item, 11 Jun 1875, Aldershot
  
  Herbert Henry Asquith, politician. Social; politics; the Irish problem. Page 18. 1 item, 9 Jun 1892, Elie
  
  Arthur James Balfour, politician. Social - page 16. 2 items, Monday undated, House of Commons, New Club, North Berwick
  
  Marie E Bancroft, actress. Social - page 47. 1 item, 9 Jul undated, Berkeley Square
  
  Squire Bancroft, husband of Marie Bancroft, actress. Concerning difficulties of his wife acting with amateurs - page 47. 1 item, 19 Mar 1887, Berkeley Square
  
  Evelyn Baring, Earl of Cromer, peer. Impending marriage to Katie Thynne - page 117. 1 item, 26 Sep 1901, Turf Club, Piccadilly
  
  John Baring, Baron Revelstoke, peer. Social - page 55. 1 item, 24 Nov 1901, Berkeley Square
  
  Thomas George Baring, Earl of Northbrook, peer. Concerning Mrs Edwards' pension and child allowance from the Patriotic Fund - page 51. 1 item, 22 Mar 1900, Hamilton Place
  
  Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury. Arrangement of services for unidentified occasion. Incorrectly annotated by Countess Cowper as from "Rev E Tait" (the previous Archbishop) - page 10. 1 item, 4 Mar 1885, Lambeth Palace
  
  Charlie [Charles] William de la Poer Beresford, peer. Social, including forthcoming pageant page 16. 1 item, Tuesday 1887, Eaton Square
  
  Sarah Bernhardt, actress. In French - page 49. 1 item, undated
  
  Count H Bismarck, Ambassador for Germany. Social - page 52. 1 item, 29 Apr undated, German Embassy, Carlton House Terrace
  
  Frederick Temple Blackwood, Earl of Dufferin and Ava, peer. Social; visit of Prince of Naples; his mother's journal which Countess Cowper wishes to see - pages 51 and 55. 2 items, 3 Aug 1891; 8 Aug 1891, Cadogan Square; County Down
  
  A[rthur] Cecil Blunt, actor. Ill health prevents visit - page 47. 1 item, 13 Apr 1885, Court Theatre, Sloane Square
  
  Joseph Edgar Boehm, sculptor. Concerning Countess Cowper's request for recommendation of someone to copy certain marble statues - page 28. 1 item, 27 Apr 1888, Fulham Road
  
  Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, Earl of Lathom, peer. Social - page 16. 1 item, 11 Feb 1887 St James' Palace
  
  Algernon Borthwick, editor of "The Morning Post" newspaper. Will insert paragraph in newspaper about sale of work at St James' Square - page 19. 1 item, 26 Jun 1893, Piccadilly
  
  Emily Charlotte Boyle, Countess of Cork, peeress. Enclosing contribution to charity sale - page 56. 1 item, 1 Jul undated, Mayfair
  
  Sir Henry Brackenbury, War Office. Social; South African Wars - page 63. 2 items, 3 Jun 1900, 11 Jun undated, Wimbledon; War Office
  
  Sir William Henry Broadbent, physician. Acknowledges receipt of cheque - page 40. 1 item, 2 ?Feb 1894, Grosvenor Square
  
  St John Brodrick, Foreign Office. Earl Cowper's speech at the House of Lords; promotion of Douglas Compton to brevet Major in the army - pages 73 and 84. 2 items, Jul 1900, undated ?1910, House of Commons
  
  Robert Browning, poet. Social - page 22. 1 item, 9 Oct 1885, Venice
  
  G E Buckle, editor of "The Times" newspaper. Social - page 19. 1 item, 27 May 1894, Russell Square
  
  Frank Thomas Bullen, writer. Social - page 26. 1 item, 21 Nov undated, Newcastle on Tyne
  
  Lady Audrey Buller, peeress. Involvement of her husband, Sir Redvers Buller, in the South African Wars - page 62. 1 item, 20 Oct 1899, Farnborough
  
  Sir Redvers Buller, peer. Social; South African Wars - pages 60 and 62. 2 items, 25 Oct 1890; 9 Oct 1899, Bruton Street; Pall Mall
  
  Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, Earl of Lytton, writer. Sympathy over death of Countess Cowper's brother and enquiring after health of her brother-in-law, Henry Cowper - page 23. 1 item, 24 Sep 1887, Knebworth
  
  Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, Baroness, peeress. Social - page 56. 1 item, 14 Jun 1894, Stratton Street
  
  Edward Burne-Jones, artist. Concerning Countess Cowper's desire for one of his paintings and works done for "my dear friend Graham". Page 28. 1 item, undated, Fulham
  
  Sir Frederic William Burton, head of the National Gallery. Concerning attribution of National Gallery painting "Christ Blessing Little Children" (school of Rembrandt) - page 29. 1 item, 12 Mar 1894, Kensington
  
  John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, peer, later Duke of Argyll. Social; politics - page 6. 1 item, 12 Dec 1885[?], Carton, Maynooth
  
  Louise Fredericke Auguste Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, peeress. Has received Countess Cowper's cheque for Lord Randolph's present - page 67. 1 item, 17 Jul undated, Devonshire House, Piccadilly
  
  Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, peer. Subject obscure - page 67. 1 item, 18 Jan 1886, Devonshire House, Piccadilly
  
  William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of Portland, peer. Social; is seeking horse, as requested - page 68. 1 item, 19 Dec 1901, Witley Court, Stourport
  
  Winifred Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland, peeress. Alterations to house and wish to send architect to see colour of wood in Panshanger dining room. - Page 68. 1 item, 14 Dec 1901, Welbeck Abbey, Worksop
  
  Joseph Chamberlain, politician. Sending article on improvements of conditions for people over last fifty years - page 13. 1 item, 21 Mar 1892, Prince's Gardens
  
  Henry Chaplin, politican. Social; the Irish problem - page 18. 2 items, 1 Dec 1890; 9 Jun 1900 [?] House
  
  Edward Cheney. Social; admiration of pictures at Panshanger; proposed redecoration of galleries at Panshanger - page 53. 1 item, 6 Jan undated, Audley Square
  
  Richard William Church, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral. Regrets cannot authorise service and collection in aid of Countess Cowper's work at Shoreditch - page 11. 1 item, 21 May 1886, [Ivy?]bridge
  
  Jennie Churchill, wife of Lord Randolph Churchill. Social - pages 62 and 83. 2 items, Monday undated; 21 Jul 1900. Hospital ship "Maine"; Great Cumberland Place
  
  Randolph Spencer Churchill, peer. Social - page 17. 1 item, 27 Oct 1893, Upper Brook Street
  
  Sir Andrew Clarke. Regrets has no vote for elections to the London Orphan Asylum - page 41. 1 item, 3 Nov 1890, Cavendish Square
  
  Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, Chief Justice of England. Social - page 43. 1 item, 2 Jun undated
  
  John Churton Collins, scholar and critic. Thanks for the cheque and appointment with Earl Cowper; influence of Tennyson on Clough - page 53. 1 item, 22 Jul undated, Torrington Square
  
  W M Collins, doctor. Congratulations on Countess Cowper's first aid pamphlet "Help at Hand" - page 40. 1 item, 17 Jun undated, Belgrave Square
  
  Sidney Colvin. Concerning the artist, J Storck, and Cowper paintings - page 29. 1 item, 7 Apr 1894, British Museum
  
  Alwyne Compton, Bishop of Ely Concerning the ?Cholmondeley Charity for poor clergy, their widows and orphans. Page 9. 1 item, 4 Jun 1886, The Palace, Ely
  
  Maharajah of Cooch Behar. Social - page 8. 1 item, undated, The Bristol
  
  Count L Corti, Ambassador for Italy. Social - page 52. 1 item, 8 Apr 1887, Grosvenor Street
  
  Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie. Social - page 75. 1 item, 22 Feb 1904, Carlton Hotel, Pall Mall
  
  George Nathaniel Curzon, Lord Curzon of Kedleston. Social; illness of wife. Pages 25 and 56. 2 items, 28 Mar 1894; 23 Nov 1898, Westminster
  
  Mary Curzon, wife of Lord Curzon of Kedleston. Social - page 68. 1 item, 20 Jul undated, ?France
  
  Adelbert Wellington Brownlow Cust, Earl Brownlow, peer. Social; own ill health - page 117. 1 item, 25 Nov undated, Carlton House Terrace
  
  Lionel Cust, Director of the National Portrait Gallery. Arrangements to visit Panshanger to see pictures. Page 30. 1 item, 17 May 190?0, National Portrait Gallery
  
  George Webbe Dasent, scholar. Social; own ill health - page 54. 1 item, 13 May 1883, Queen's Gate
  
  [?] ?Degin, Ambassador for Austria. Social - page 71. 1 item, Saturday 1899
  
  D'Estournelles, "French Deputy". Social. In French - page 71. 1 item, 22 Oct 1898, Hatfield House
  
  Carel Dirunbura, Violinist. Thanks for kind letters and congratulations ?on marriage - page 38. 1 item, 13 Jan undated, Victoria Street
  
  Richard Doyle, painter. Social; own ill health; working on drawing of ? Panshanger - page 28. 1 item, undated, South Kensington
  
  Reverend Henry Drummond, writer. Social - page 22. 1 item, Saturday undated, Grosvenor Square
  
  Alexander William George Duff, Earl of Fife, peer. Social - page 6. 1 item, 22 Jul 1889, Cavendish Square
  
  Emma Eames, prima donna. Social - page 38. 1 item, undated
  
  HRH Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward, son of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales Accepting invitation to Willie Grenfell's ? wedding - page 2. 1 item, Wednesday undated, South Cavalry Barracks
  
  R E[?]yton. Personal - page 12. 1 item, 26 Feb undated, Italy
  
  John Wogan Festing, Bishop of St Albans. Requesting Countess Cowper to lay foundation stone of new church at Upton Park, West Ham, which has been funded by the Bishop of St Alban's fund - page 11. 1 item, 22 Apr 1892, Tavistock Square
  
  Jane Forster, widow of William Edward Forster. Concerning forthcoming elections and Earl Cowper's letter to "The Times" - page 15. 1 item, 1 Jul 1886, Ambleside
  
  William Edward Forster, Secretary for Ireland. Subject obscure - page 15. 1 item, 1881, Dublin Castle
  
  James Anthony Froude, historian. Social - page 22. 1 item, 27 Dec undated, Onslow Gardens
  
  Georgina Gascoyne-Cecil, Marchioness of Salisbury, peeress. Social - page 56. 1 item, 26 Nov undated, Hatfield House
  
  Gwendolen Gascoyne-Cecil. Health of mother; South African Wars - page 67. 1 item, 9 Nov 1899, Hatfield House
  
  Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury, peer. Has received preliminary list of demands for rent abatements, 1886; concerning an (unidentified) stud farm for sale and an (unidentified) proposed lunatic aslylum, 1892. The letter dated 1892 is addressed to Earl Cowper - page 14. 2 items, 20 Jan 1886; 1 Aug 1892, Foreign Office; Hatfield House
  
  Sir Gathorne-Hardy, Viscount Cranbrook, peer. Social - page 16. 1 item, 23 Feb 1887, Grosvenor Crescent
  
  HRH George, Duke of Cambridge Social - page 4. 1 item, 8 Apr 1886, Gloucester House
  
  HRH George, Duke of York, later King George V. Social - page 4. 1 item, 22 Nov 1896, Sandringham
  
  Alfred Gilbert, painter. Social - page 29. 1 item, 7 Dec 1890, Gomshall, Surrey
  
  Catherine Gladstone, wife of William Ewart Gladstone. Concerning charity concert for orphans, etc, at Notting Hill and for a home for "poor ladies" at ? Hawenden - page 13. 1 item, Tuesday undated, Downing Street
  
  William Ewart Gladstone, politician. Invitation to breakfast with the King of the Belgians - page 13. 1 item, 1 May 1872, Carlton House Terrace
  
  Arthur Saunders William Charles Fox Gore, Earl of Arran. Circumstances of death in South African Wars of (David William Stanley Ogilvy), Earl of Airlie - page 84. 1 item, 22 Jun 1900, Hertford Street
  
  George J Goschen, Admiralty Office. Social. Page 17. 2 items, 27 Sep 1899; 5 Nov 1899, Hawkhurst
  
  Edmund Gosse,writer. Social; own impending visit to Jutland; pleasures of readers' favourable response to a writer's work - page 26. 1 item, 20 Jul 1900, Westbourne Square
  
  Dr Robert Gregory, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral. Providing cards of admission for Countess Cowper to obtain seats at services at St Paul's Cathedral - page 12. 2 items, 13 Apr 1883; 2 Mar 1900 St Pauls
  
  Gresham University Commission. Autographs of the Commission: Cowper, Reay, Playfair, Alfred Barry, Wm S Savory, G M Humphry, G Ramsay, G F Browne and H Sidgwick - page 57. 1 item, undated, St James' Square
  
  Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster, peer. Social - page 65. 1 item, 14 Mar undated, Grosvenor House
  
  Archibald Grove, editor of "The New Review" journal. Acknowledging receipt of Countess Cowper's article - Page 20. 1 item, 8 Nov [?]1905, Paternoster Row
  
  Richard Burdon Haldane, politician and lawyer. Social; description of Weimar. Page 74. 1 item, 4 Apr 1899, Weimar
  
  Charles Hall, conductor. Recommending pianists: Madam Frickenhaus and Miss Fanny Davies - page 33. 1 item, 15 Apr 1886, Mansfield Street
  
  Sir W V Harcourt. Social - page 17. 1 item, 9 Jan 1874, Temple
  
  Augustus Hare, writer. Social - page 21. 1 item, 2 Jul 1879, Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall
  
  Francis Brett Harte, writer. Willing to autograph book for Countess Cowper and would like signed photograph of her - page 23. 1 item, 29 Jun 1889, Upper Hamilton Terrace
  
  A[nthony] Hope Hawkins, writer. Social; rehearsals of play at Glasgow - page 26. 1 item, 28 Sep 1899, Strand
  
  James Healy - page 11. 1 item, 7 Dec 1886, Dublin
  
  HRH Helena, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein. Social. Page 2. 1 item, 28 Jun 1884, Cumberland Lodge
  
  Mr Henschel, singer. Details of performance terms for self and wife - page 35. 1 item, 8 Mar 1886, Gloucester Road
  
  Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Secretary of State for Ireland. Politics. Letter is addressed to Earl Cowper - page 15. 1 item, 30 ?Nov 1886 Dublin
  
  Hatty Hosmer, sculptress. Social - page 29. 1 item, Wed 30 undated, Kent House
  
  John Hollingshead, manager of the Gaiety Theatre. Concerning (unidentified) "work" of Countess Cowper and his consultation with a Director of "Olympia" about the same - page 46. 1 item, 20 Mar 1887, Garrick Club
  
  J Hollman, violin-cellist. Acknowledging receipt of a cheque. In French - page 37. 1 item, 12 Jul 1888, Portland Square
  
  Oliver Wendall Holmes, junior judge. Social - page 44. 1 item, 15 Jul 1889, Dover Street
  
  William Walsham Howe, Bishop of Bedford. Thanks for copy of Countess Cowper's first aid leaflet "Help at Hand" - page 10. 1 item, 23 Mar 1888, Upper Clapton
  
  Thomas Hughes, writer. Social - page 21. 1 item, 1 Jul 1879, Grosvenor Square
  
  Sir George Murray Humphry. Pleasure in Countess Cowper's "Month in Palestine" and enclosing a small work of his own - page 25. 1 item, 28 Aug 1893, Cambridge
  
  William Holman Hunt, artist. Social. The letter is addressed to Earl Cowper - page 27. 1 item, 5 Mar 1893, Fulham
  
  R H Hutton, doctor. Concerning health of an (unnamed) woman. Letter is addressed to "Dear Sir" - page 40. 1 item, undated, Brighton
  
  Henry Irving, actor. Social - page 48. 1 item, 30 May 1894, Bond Street
  
  Henry James, lawyer. Social; the Irish question, with verse about the same - page 44. 1 item, Wednesday undated Hereford
  
  Nathalie [?]Janetha, pianist. Concerning choice of music for soire. In French - page 36. 1 item, undated
  
  John Hewitt Jellett, provost of Trinity College, Dublin. Congratulations to Earl and Countess Cowper on escaping the "terrible danger" last spring - presumably in Ireland - page 10. 1 item, 23 Feb undated, Dublin
  
  Sir William Jenner, physician. Concerning lozenges for Earl Cowper - page 40. 1 item, 28 Oct 1887, Grosvenor Square
  
  Mr Kavanagh. Social - page 54. 1 item, 19 Nov undated, Dublin
  
  J[?] Kiralfy, manager of Earls Court. Thanking Countess Cowper for her opinions on the women's section of the Victorian Era Exhibition and on the forthcoming International Women's Exhibition - page 46. 1 item, 10 Mar 1899, Cromwell Road
  
  Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Lord Kitchener of Khartoum Social; proposed English college at Khartoum; the South African Wars. Pages 60 and 61. 3 items, 15 Oct 1898; 18 Nov 1898; 28 Dec undated, Cairo; Belgrave Square; RMS "Dunottar Castle", off Madeira
  
  James Knowles, editor of "Fortnightly" journal. Appreciation of Countess Cowper's article ?concerning suitable entertainment for the poor. Page 22. 1 item, 19 Oct 1885, St James' Park
  
  The Hon Hedworth Lambton, captain. Social. Page 63. 2 items, 1 Jul 1900; Saturday undated, Grosvenor Square; Epsom
  
  Monsieur Lasserre, violin-cellist. Acknowledging receipt of cheque - page 36. 1 item, 27 May 1879, New Bond Street
  
  James A Lawson, judge. Concerning unidentified "affair" resulting from his "action as a judge" - page 43. 1 item, 18 Nov 1882, Upper Fitzwilliam Street
  
  W Lecky. Enclosing a short tract - page 23. 1 item, 7 Apr 189[?]1, Onslow Gardens
  
  Sir Frederick Leighton, President of the Royal Academy. Concerning exhibition including paintings from Earl Cowper's collection, hanging of same and return of those not wanted - page 27. 1 item, 1 Jul 1881
  
  Granville George Leveson-Gower, Earl Granville, peer. Subject obscure - page 14. 1 item, 28 Apr 1880, Carlton House Terrace
  
  Millicent Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland. Social - page 67.1 item, 20 Jun 1900, Cookham
  
  Henry George Liddell, Dean of Christ Church College, Oxford. Concerning Jacob Shellaby - page 9. 1 item, 13 Jun 1888, Christ Church, Oxford
  
  Thomas Lister, Baron Ribblesdale, peer. Social. 1 item, 6 Nov 1899, Clitheroe
  
  Clifford Lloyd. Social. Letter is addressed to Earl Cowper - page 54. 1 item, 3 Dec 1885, Boodles, St James' Street
  
  HRH Louise, the Duchess of Fife. Social - page 6. 1 item, 4 Jun 1894 East Sheen, Surrey
  
  HRH Louise, the Marchioness of Lorne, later Duchess of Argyll. Social - page 2. 1 item, 5 Mar undated
  
  Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein. Thanks for gift of a clock - page 6. 1 item, 2 Jul 1891
  
  HRH Louise Margaret, the Duchess of Connaught Social - page 5. 1 item, Thursday undated, Clarence House
  
  James Russell Lowell, poet. Has written a verse "To Lady Cowper on hearing The Birds at Cambridge" in praise of her singing, recited herein - page 21. 1 item, 20 Dec 1883, Lowndes Square
  
  Montagu William Lowry-Corry, Baron Rowton. Social - page 70. 1 item, Thursday undated, Berkeley Square
  
  Sir Robert Loyd-Lindsay, Baron Wantage. Thanking for donation to Red Cross - huts near Netley Hospital are being erected and will soon be receiving wounded. Letter is addressed to Earl Cowper - page 117. 1 item, 22 Jan 1900, Wantage, Berkshire
  
  Sir John Lubbock. Social - page 25. 2 items, 6 Jun 1893; 3 Apr undated, St James' Square; Farnborough
  
  Sir Aspen Comyn Lyall, writer. Social - pages 23 and 44. 2 items, 18 May 1892; 28 Sep 1899 Queen's Gate; Faversham
  
  Sir George Charles Lyttleton, Viscount Cobham. Social - page 66.2 items, 4 Nov 1899; Wednesday undated, Stourbridge; Brooks's, St James's Street
  
  Joseph Maas, singer. Acknowledging receipt of cheque - page 35. 1 item, 27 May 1879, St John's Wood
  
  Sir W MacCormack, doctor. Arrangements for Countess Cowper to visit Mrs Flint in hospital - page 39. 1 item, 17 Feb undated, Harley Street
  
  J [?C] Mahaffy of Trinity College, Dublin. Concerning the Irish question; recommendation of young Irish tenor Victor Barry - page 11. 1 item, 8 May undated, Dublin
  
  Henry Matthews, Home Secretary. Social - page 18. 1 item, 6 Aug 1892, Carlton Gardens
  
  HRH May, the Duchess of York, later Queen Mary, wife of King George V. Social; Christmas card, 1891 - pages 3 and 4. 2 items, Dec 1891; 30 Jul 1896, St James's Palace
  
  Count Albert Mensdorff, Ambassador for Austro-Hungary. Social - page 71. 1 item, Wednesday undated, Austro-Hungarian Embassy, Belgrave Square
  
  Sir Alfred Milner, Governor of Cape Town, South Africa. Social - page 25. 2 items, 22 Mar 1893; 20 Nov 1898, Duke Street
  
  John Morley. Social; biography he is writing of Gladstone - pages 13 and 24. 4 items, 15 Oct 1889; 4 Jul 1890; 24 May 1894; 13 Mar 1900; South Kensington; Elm Park Gardens
  
  Sir M Morris, Chief Justice of Ireland. Subject obscure - page 43. 1 item, Saturday undated
  
  Malcolm Morris, doctor. Can take Countess Cowper's patients into St Mary's Hospital at Paddington or into a private nursing home - page 41. 1 item, 19 Feb 1891, Cavendish Square
  
  John Lothrop Motley. Enclosing print of a picture of William the Silent engraved by Delphius - page 26. 1 item, 10 Jun 1873, Dover Street
  
  [?]A Mundella. Will consider Tyler when next appointing a messenger - page 55. 1 item, 18 Dec 1893, House of Commons
  
  Marta Birgit Nilsson, Countesse de Miranda, singer. Arrangements for concert. In French - page 35. 1 item, 24 May 1888, Kensington Court
  
  Wilma Norman-Neruda, violinist. Acknowledging receipt of cheque - page 36. 1 item, 13 Jul undated, Bayswater
  
  Thomas O'Hagan, Lord O'Hagan, Chancellor of Ireland. Response to (unidentified) paper or article of Countess Cowper's; regrets departure from Ireland of Earl and Countess Cowper - page 43. 1 item, 2 May 1882, House of Lords
  
  Sir James Paget, surgeon. Thanks for copy of "Lady Cowper's book". Letter is addressed to "Mr Odell" - page 39. 1 item, 26 Mar 1885, Hanover Square
  
  Sir Roundell Palmer, Earl Selborne, peer. Subject obscure, 1886; recommendations of Miss Odell for "the Whittington pension", 1890 - pages 14 and 44. 2 items, 15 Jun 1886; 22 Nov 1890 Petersfield; Hatfield House
  
  Arthur Wellesley Peel, politican. Social., page 18. 1 item, 13 Jan 1882 Sandy, Bedfordshire
  
  Henry Algernon George Percy, Earl Percy, peer. Social - page 70. 1 item, 22 Jun undated, Mayfair
  
  Maud Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne Peeress. Social and charity - page 67. 1 item, undated, Calne, Wiltshire
  
  Sir Henry Ponsonby. Conveying H M Queen's sympathy with and donation to "the Association for the Relief of Ladies in Ireland who are in distress by non payment of Rent" - page 53. 1 item, 5 Dec 1881, Buckingham Palace
  
  Edward John Poynter, artist. Concerning exhibition at Royal Academy including paintings from Earl Cowper's collection, and those which are not to be hung. Page 27. 1 item, 26 Dec 1880, Albert Gate
  
  Sir Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl Rosebery, Foreign Office. Social Page 17. 1 item, 18 Nov 1892, Foreign Office
  
  
  Sir R[?] Quain, physician. Thanks for commiserations on loss of his wife - page 39. 1 item, 5 Nov 1891, Harley Street
  
  William Blake Richmond, artist. Social; own ill health. Letter addressed to Earl Cowper - page 27. 1 item, Friday undated, Brighton
  
  Louis Ries, violinist. Acknowledging receipt of cheque and note - page 33. 1 item, 8 Sep 1884, Camden Square
  
  Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Lord Roberts. Social; loss of his son - page 61. 1 item, 5 Jan 1900, SS Dunottan Castle
  
  Nora Roberts, Lady Roberts, wife of Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Lord Roberts. Social - page 61. 1 item, Monday undated, [?] Place
  
  Frederick Oliver Robinson, Earl de Grey. Social; rehearsal of new opera "Tosca" - page 70. 1 item, Tuesday undated, Turf Club, Piccadilly
  
  Adeline Marie Russell, Duchess of Bedford. Lace - page 65. 1 item, 4 Nov 1901, Perthshire
  
  Hebrand Arthur Russell, Duke of Bedford. Charitable donation - page 65. 1 item, 5 Feb 1900, Woburn Abbey
  
  Odo Russell. Social - page 55. 1 item, 3 Jul 1874, Portman Street
  
  [?]Sauttey, singer. Arrangements for concert, wishes Sidney Naylor to accompany him - page 38. 1 item, 6 Jun 1888, St John's Wood
  
  Clara Schumann, pianist. Pleasure of recent occasion with Lady Cowper and Lady Herbert; thanks for gift - page 34. 1 item, 1 Jun 1886, Frankfurt
  
  Sir Edwyne Francis Scudamore-Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield. Thanks for letter "on this happy occasion" (unidentified) - page 66. 1 item, 1 Nov undated, Markinch
  
  Jacob Shellaby. Social. Letter is addressed to Earl Cowper - page 58. 1 item, 25 Nov 1890, Fitzroy Square
  
  Henry Sidgwick, professsor. Social -page 53. 1 item, 24 Feb 1893, Cambridge
  
  Monsieur de Soveral, the Portuguese Minister. Social - page 51. 1 item, 25 Jun undated, Portman Square
  
  Mary Soveral. Social - page 72. 1 item, 14 May 1900, Portman Square
  
  Monsieur de Staal. Social; own ill health. In French - page 52. 1 item, 18 Oct 1896, Chesham Place
  
  Philip Henry Stanhope, Earl Stanhope, peer. Social; recommends autograph collecting as a hobby - page 65. 1 item, 29 Nov undated, Chevening
  
  Constance Stanley, Countess of Derby, peeress. Illness of "Algy"; wishes for end of war - page 83. 1 item, 17 May 1900
  
  Edward Henry Stanley, Earl of Derby, peer. Charitable contribution to "east-end scheme" - page 15. 1 item, 14 Mar 1887, House of Lords
  
  W J Stead, editor of "The Pall Mall Gazette" - page 20. 1 item, 23 Feb 1887
  
  S Arthur Strong, librarian at the House of Lords. Seeking permission for the Berlin Photographic Company to reproduce some of the paintings at Panshanger - page 30. 1 item, 19 [?]Feb 1899
  
  Sir Edward Sullivan. Social - page 54. 1 item, undated, Travellers' Club, Pall Mall
  
  Herbert Beerbohm Tree, actor, manager. Regrets couldn't act in Lady Stafford's recent entertainment - page 48. 1 item, 12 Jul 1892, Marienbad
  
  Maud Beerbohm Tree, wife of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Social - page 48. 1 item, undated, Sloane Street
  
  R C Trench, Archbishop of Dublin. Concerning HM the Queen's sympathy with and intentions towards "The Society for the Relief of distressed ladies" - page 10. 1 item, 9 Dec 1881, Dublin
  
  Frederick Treves, doctor. Concerning medical examination of Mr Boswell - page 41. 1 item, 30 Sep 1895, Cavendish Square
  
  Sir Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marquess of Londonderry. Social - page 69. 1 item, Saturday undated, Londonderry House
  
  Kate Vaughan, actress. Enclosing ticket for her performance. Page 48. 1 item, Monday undated, Oxford Street
  
  John Robert William Vesey De Vesci, Viscount de Vesci. Wishes to borrow bookplate showing Countess Cowper's arms, for an engraving - page 70. 1 item, 27 Sep 1901, St James' Palace
  
  HM Queen Victoria. Health of Lord Ripon; the Irish problem and the anxieties Earl and Countess Cowper must be undergoing in Ireland. Letter is addressed to Earl Cowper. See also in this album letter from Sir Henry Ponsonby on behalf of HM Queen Victoria - page 1. 1 item, 11 Feb 1881, Osborne
  
  Sir Edward Hyde Villiers, Earl of Clarendon Concerning Earl and Countess Cowper's intention to attend the Coronation (of King Edward VII) - page 69. 1 item, 6 Dec 1901, Prescot
  
  Helen Vincent, wife of Sir Edgar Vincent. Social. Page 68. Friday undated, Esher Place, Surrey
  
  Mary Augusta Ward, "Mrs Humphry Ward", writer. Enclosing tickets to Vernon Lee's course of lectures Page 24. 1 item, 20 Jun 1894, Grosvenor Place
  
  George Frederick Watts, artist. Social, 1879; concerning marble bust of Clytee he carved for Lord Mount-Temple and painting he did of Earl Cowper, 1890. The letter dated 1890 is addressed to Earl Cowper - page 28. 2 items, 5 Jul 1879, 29 Jun 1890, Kensington
  
  Sir Thomas Spencer Wells, surgeon. Concerning instructions given in Countess Cowper's first aid booklet - page 39. 1 item, 30 Mar 1885, Upper Grosvenor Street
  
  Theodore Werner, violinist. Concerning concert proposed to be held by Countess Cowper. In French - page 36. 1 item, 8 Apr 18[?]87, Bond Street
  
  Basil Wilberforce. Concerning death and burial of "Deschamps", arrangements with respect to "poor Juliet" and involvement of Lady Mount-Temple (Georgina Cowper - Temple, widow of William Francis Cowper - Temple, Earl Cowper's uncle) - page 9. 1 item, 16 Sep undated, Croydon
  
  Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Winchester. Congratulations on engagement - page 9. 1 item, 24 Aug 1870, Petworth
  
  Oscar Wilde, writer. Thanks for enclosure; has written "a play on modern life" which he hopes Countess Cowper will see - page 24. 1 item, undated, Chelsea
  
  Francis Reginald Wingate. Social - page 60. 1 item, 27 Jan 1898, Halfa
  
  Johannes Wolff, violinist. Concerning concert proposed to be held by Countess Cowper. In French - page 37. 1 item, Friday 1888, Cheltenham Terrace
  
  Charlotte Mary Yonge, writer. Avoids the subject of "Scepticism". Letter is addressed to "Dear Sir" - page 24. 1 item, 4 Dec 1882, Otterborne, Hants
  
  Albert Edward Philip Henry Yorke, Earl of Hardwicke. Social - page 66. 1 item, 22 Jun 1900, Cavendish Square
  
  "Jock" Military matters; is recovering from his wounds - page 83. 1 item, 21 Dec 1899, Wynberg Hospitol I
  
  John Singer Sargent, artist. Concerning drawing he has done of Miss Graham Page 30. 1 item, 18 Dec undated, Chelsea
• Date: nd [c1868 - c1910]
• Extent: 1 vol
• Document Reference: DE/P/F587
• Ref No: CDEP/6/22/3/1
• Related Material: See DE/P/F586/1; DE/P/F/588/1-3,5,7,13-15,19,24,27-29
• Level: File
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