Identity area
Reference code
LAY/2
Title
Related Family Correspondence
Date(s)
- 1870 - 1960 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 file
Context area
Name of creator
(1812 - 1895)
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Scope and content
This series consists mainly of letters to Charlotte Maria Guest [wife of Richard Du Cane] from other members of the Guest or Du Cane families, including Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Schreiber [mother of Charlotte Maria Guest] and Alicia Marie Du Cane [known as Alice; daughter of Charlotte Maria Guest]. Letters from Alice Du Cane concern her stay in Constantinople with Sir Austen Henry Layard and Enid Layard. Also includes several later letters [1913-1960] relating to the Layard estate.
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- Schreiber, Lady Charlotte Elizabeth (formerly Guest), 1812 - 1895, translator, diarist, collector (Subject)
- Guest family (Subject)
- Du Cane family (Subject)