Identity area
Reference code
LAY/1/1
Title
Layard Family Correspondence
Date(s)
- 10 Jan 1869 - 23 Dec 1889 (Creation)
Level of description
Subseries
Extent and medium
2 boxes; 187 items paper.
Context area
Name of creator
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Consists of 2 boxes of letters from Enid Layard to her sister Charlotte Maria Guest [wife of Richard Du Cane] and a file containing a smaller number of letters from Sir Austen Henry Layard to same. Regular topics include Layard's work as a diplomat in Madrid [1869-1877] and Constantinople, the Third Carlist War [1872-76], the Russo-Turkish War [1877-78], and news from the Guest family.