Identity area
Reference code
LAY/1/1/1
Title
Letters from Enid Layard to Charlotte Maria Guest
Date(s)
- 1869 - 1884 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
2 boxes (178 items)
Context area
Name of creator
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Comprises 178 letters from Enid Layard to her sister Charlotte Maria Guest [wife of Richard Du Cane]. 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.