The Queen Mother (178 page)

  
71
Telegrams from Colonial Office to Basil Brooke, 16 December 1924, 29 January 1925, RA ADYH/MAIN/103/4

  
72
Duchess of York to Lady Rose Leveson-Gower, n.d. [March 1925], Glamis Archives

  
73
Duke of York, diary, 21 March 1925, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY/4

  
74
Duke of York to Duchess of York 7 March 1925, QEQM/PRIV/RF

  
75
Duke of York to Prince of Wales, 6 March 1925, RA EDW/MAINA/2506

  
76
Duchess of York to May Elphinstone, 6 March 1925, RA QEQM/OUT/ELPHINSTONE

  
77
Ibid.; Duchess of York to Lady Strathmore, 30 March 1925, Glamis Archives, Box 270/II

  
78
Duke of York, diary, 14 March 1925, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY/4

  
79
Duke of York, diary, 15 March 1925, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY/4

  
80
Duchess of York to Lady Strathmore, 30 March 1925, Glamis Archives, Box 270/II

  
81
Duke of York, diary, 17 March 1925, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY/4

  
82
Duchess of York, diary, 20 March 1925, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/5

  
83
Duchess of York to Major R. H. Walsh, 24 October 1925, RA QEQM/OUT/WALSH

  
84
Account of Nuba gathering by D. A. D. L., 25 March 1925, RA ADYH/MAIN/103/4

  
85
Duke of York to Lady Strathmore, 21 March 1925, Glamis Archives

  
86
Duchess of York, diary, 31 March 1925, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/5; Duchess of York to Lady Strathmore, 30 March-1 April 1925, Glamis Archives, Box 270/II

  
87
Duchess of York, diary, 2, 4 April 1925, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/5; Duke of York, diary, 2 April 1925, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY/4

  
88
Duchess of York, diary, 6 April 1925, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/5

  
89
Ibid.

  
90
Archibald Clark Kerr to Duchess of York, 10 March 1925, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL

  
91
Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 8 April 1925, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/74

  
92
Duke of York, diary, 7 April 1925, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY/4; Duchess of York, diary, 7 April 1925, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/5

  
93
Duchess of York, diary, 10, 11 April 1925, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/5

  
94
Duchess of York to Major R. H. Walsh, 14 April 1925, RA QEQM/OUT/WALSH

  
95
Duchess of York to May Elphinstone, 15 April 1925, RA QEQM/OUT/ELPHINSTONE

  
96
Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, 4 May 1925, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE

  
97
Queen Elizabeth, conversations with Eric Anderson, 1994–5, RA QEQM/ADD/MISC

    
1
Duchess of York, diary, 28 April 1925, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/5

    
2
Extract from the Introduction to Lord Radcliffe,
Not in Feather Beds: Some Collected Papers
, Hamish Hamilton, 1968, pp. xvi-xvii

    
3
Graves and Hodge, p. 172

    
4
See Osbert Lancaster,
Progress at Pelvis Bay
, 1936, and
Pillar to Post: The Pocket Lamp of Architecture
, 1938, quoted in Graves and Hodge, pp. 173–4

    
5
Graves and Hodge, p. 185

    
6
Duchess of York, diary, 28 April 1925, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/5

    
7
Duke of York to Prince of Wales, 27 May 1925, RA EDW/MAINA/2516

    
8
Wheeler-Bennett, p. 206

    
9
Ibid., p. 208

  
10
Duke of York to Prince of Wales, 27 May 1925, RA EDW/PRIV/MAINA/2516

  
11
Duchess of York, diary, 9 May 1925, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/5

  
12
Duke of York to Prince of Wales, 27 May 1925, RA EDW/PRIV/MAINA/2516

  
13
Wheeler-Bennett, p. 208

  
14
See for instance Queen Mary to Duke of York, 30 May 1925, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11

  
15
Harry Lench to Basil Brooke, 8 June 1925, RA ADYH/MAIN/14/1925: 4 June

  
16
James Gough to Basil Brooke, 8 June 1925, RA ADYH/MAIN/14/1925: 4 June

  
17
F. S. Dutton to Basil Brooke, 16 July 1925, RA QEQMH/PS/ENGT/1925/1A

  
18
Duchess of York, diary, 15 July 1925, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/5; speeches by Duchess of York and Lady Astor in the
Woman Engineer
, Vol. II, No. 4, September 1925, RA QEQMH/PS/GEN/1934/E; Caroline Haslett to Basil Brooke, 20 July 1925, RA QEQMH/PS/ENGT/1925/1A

  
19
Daily Telegraph
, 27 April 1926

  
20
Duke of York to Prince of Wales, 9 August 1925, RA EDW/MAINA/2528

  
21
Duchess of York’s, diary, 17 July 1925, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/5

  
22
Duchess of York’s diary, 16 July 1925, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/5; Duchess of York to Major R. H. Walsh, n.d. [summer 1925] and 21 June 1926, RA QEQM/OUT/WALSH

  
23
Duchess of York to Duke of York, 10 September 1925, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/65

  
24
Duke of York to Duchess of York, 11 September 1925, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

  
25
Duke of York to Prince of Wales, 9 August 1925, RA EDW/MAINA/2528

  
26
RA QM/PRIV/QMD/1925: 16 October

  
27
Wheeler-Bennett, p. 208

  
28
Nicolson,
George V
, pp. 529–30

  
29
Duchess of York to King George V, 24 November 1925, RA GV/PRIV/AA56/105

  
30
Duke of York to Prince of Wales, 9 August 1925, RA EDW/MAINA/2528

  
31
Duchess of York to Duke of York, 10 September 1925, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/65

  
32
Duke of York to Lady Strathmore, 18 October 1925, Glamis Archives

  
33
Queen Mary to Duke of York, 20 October 1925, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11

  
34
Duke of York to Queen Mary, 27 October 1925, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/81

  
35
Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 28 October 1925, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/82

  
36
Queen Mary to Duke of York, 29 October 1925, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11

  
37
RA ADYH/MAIN/16/1925: 22 and 23 October

  
38
RA ADYH/MAIN/16/1925: 17 November

  
39
Colin Buist, reply to invitation from the Royal Overseas League, 7 July 1925, RA ADYH/MAIN/16/1925: 18 November

  
40
Duke of York to Duchess of York, 8 December 1925, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

  
41
Duke of York to Duchess of York, 24 December 1925, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

  
42
Duchess of York to May Elphinstone, 29 December 1925, RA QEQM/OUT/ELPHINSTONE

  
43
Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, n.d. [postmark 11 January 1926], RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE

  
44
Duke of York to Queen Mary, 16 January 1926, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/85

  
45
Duke of York to Duchess of York, 11 January 1926, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

  
46
Jane Walker-Okeover to Mrs S. Hudson, 23 February 2001, RA QEQMH/PS/GEN/2001/Hudson; Duchess of York to Mrs Annie Beevers, 8 January [1926], private collection

  
47
King George V to Duke of York, 26 January 1926, RA GV/PRIV/AA61/297; Duke of York to King George V, 31 January 1926, RA GV/PRIV/AA61/298; Queen Mary to Duke of York, 20 March 1926, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11; Duchess of York to Nannie Beevers, 28 March [1926], private collection

  
48
King George V to Duke of York, 17 April 1926, RA GV/PRIV/AA61/307; Queen Mary to Duke of York, 17 April 1926, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11

  
49
Queen Mary to Duke of York, 17 April 1926, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11

  
50
Duke of York to King George V, 27 April 1926, RA GV/PRIV/AA61/310

  
51
RA QM/PRIV/QMD/1926: 21 April

  
52
Ibid.

  
53
Queen Mary to Duke of York, 23 April 1926, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11

  
54
Duke of York to Queen Mary, 22 April 1926, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/87

  
55
Duke of York to Beryl Poignand, 23 April 1926, Glamis Archives (CH)

  
56
Lady Strathmore to Beryl Poignand, 24 April 1926, Glamis Archives (CH)

  
57
Duke of York to King George V, 27 April 1926, RA GV/PRIV/AA61/310

  
58
King George V to Duke of York, 28 April 1926, RA GV/PRIV/AA61/311

  
59
Taylor,
English History
, p. 239

  
60
Ibid., p. 240

  
61
RA GV/PRIV/GVD/1925: 29 July

  
62
Duff Cooper, p. 214

  
63
Ibid.

  
64
Rose,
George V
, p. 341

  
65
Taylor,
English History
, p. 245

  
66
Rose,
George V
, p. 340

  
67
Nicolson,
George V
, p. 540

  
68
Rose,
George V
, p. 342

  
69
Ibid., p. 343

  
70
Ibid., p. 341

  
71
Graves and Hodge, p. 165

  
72
Rose,
George V
, p. 343

  
73
Graves and Hodge, p. 167

  
74
Nicolson,
George V
, p. 543

  
75
Taylor,
English History
, p. 250

  
76
Daily Mirror
, 26 May 1925

  
77
Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 15 September 1926, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/90

  
78
Duchess of York to Lady Strathmore, 9 August 1926, Glamis Archives (CH)

  
79
Prince of Wales to Lady Strathmore, n.d. [October 1926], Glamis Archives (CH)

  
80
Prince of Wales to Duchess of York, n.d. [October 1926], RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

  
81
RA ADYH/MAIN/19/1926: 26 August and 18 September

  
82
Mina Davidson to Lady Strathmore, 4 July 1926, RA ADYH/MAIN/20/1926

  
83
Wheeler-Bennett, p. 211

  
84
Graves and Hodge, p. 129

  
85
L. S. Amery to Lord Stamfordham, 10 March 1926, RA PS/PSO/GV/PS/MAIN/44029

  
86
Lord Stamfordham to L. S. Amery, 13 March 1926, RA PS/PSO/GV/PS/MAIN/44029

  
87
Lord Stonehaven to Lord Stamfordham, 6 April 1926, RA PS/PSO/GV/C/P/284/190

  
88
Wheeler-Bennett, pp. 212–14

  
89
Ibid., p. 212

  
90
Ibid., p. 213

  
91
Ibid.

  
92
Bradford,
George VI
, p. 161, quoting
News Chronicle
, 13 April 1953

  
93
Wheeler-Bennett, p. 214

  
94
Queen Mary to Duke of York, 2 and 15 July 1926, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11

  
95
Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 15 September 1926, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/90; Queen Mary to Duke of York, 6 October 1926, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11

  
96
Duchess of York to Lady Strathmore, 19 November 1926, Glamis Archives

  
97
Duchess of York to Nannie Beevers, 5 October 1926, private collection

  
98
Duchess of York to Major R. H. Walsh, 20 October 1926, RA QEQM/OUT/WALSH

  
99
Duchess of York to Nannie Beevers, 24 December 1926, private collection

100
Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 30 December 1926, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/93

101
Duchess of York, diary, 1–3 January 1927, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/6

102
Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 30 December 1926, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/93

103
Duchess of York, diary, 3 January 1927, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/6

104
Anne Ring (nom de plume of Beryl Poignand),
The Story of Princess Elizabeth
, John Murray, 1930, p. 24

105
Duchess of York, diary, 4 January 1927, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/6

106
Duchess of York, diary, 5 January 1927, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/6

107
Duchess of York, diary, 6 January 1927, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/6

108
Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 9January 1927, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/95

109
Duke of York to Queen Mary, 10 January 1927, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/96

110
Duchess of York, diary, 6 January 1927, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/6

111
Queen Mary to Duchess of York, 18 February 1927, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

112
Henry Batterbee, political secretary to the Duke of York, to Lord Stonehaven, Governor General of Australia, 7 January 1927, RA ADYH/MAIN/100/Personal correspondence

    
1
Duke of York to King George V, 10 January 1927; RA GV/PRIV/AA62/2

    
2
Basil Brooke to R. S. Meiklejohn, 22 November 1927, RA ADYH/MAIN/85/Government Grant

    
3
Charles Stanley, Secretary of British Industries Fair Birmingham to Duke and Duchess of York, 23 February 1927, RA ADYH/MAIN/86/Farewell & congratulatory messages

    
4
Rear-Admiral H. W. Parker to Basil Brooke, 26 August 1926, RA ADYH/MAIN/91

    
5
Basil Brooke to Admiral Parker, 15 November 1926, RA ADYH/MAIN/91

    
6
Alfred Stevens to Basil Brooke, 23 October 1926, RA ADYH/MAIN/85/Supplies; list of books loaned, RA ADYH/MAIN/91/HMS Renown

    
7
Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, 24 November 1928, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE

    
8
T. H. Parker to Basil Brooke, 23 December 1926, RA ADYH/MAIN/85/Supplies

    
9
H. E. Reynolds, Pathé Frères Cinema Ltd, to Basil Brooke, 4 January [1927], RA ADYH/MAIN/91/Papers re correspondence on board HMS Renown

  
10
Correspondence re supplies for HMS
Renown
, August-December 1926, RA ADYH/MAIN/85/Supplies