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Reference Number705:73 BA14450/316/1
Hierarchy Browser Number350/7/25/2/11
TitleScrapbook
DescriptionContaining letters addressed to Lord Coventry, 9th Earl of Coventry, and newspaper cuttings. Items of interest include: letters and items relating to the 9th Earl's role as Lord Lieutenant of the county of Worcestershire, including news cuttings relating to the future of the Territorial Force in Britain [pages 1-9]; letters and items relating to the Association of Lieutenants of Counties and the motion to appoint women as Justices of the Peace [page 17, 20, 38-39]; letters concerning the raising of a Special Defence Force [pages 27-29]; various letters and items relating to the unveiling of war memorials throughout Worcestershire; various newspaper cuttings relating to the problems faced in agriculture as a result of WWI; articles on the new Agriculture Bill introduced in 1920 [page 54-59]; various newspaper cuttings relating to cattle belonging to the 9th Earl, and to the effects of foot-and-mouth disease on cattle and a typed copy of a letter sent to J[ohn] Hill by the 9th Earl, on the occasion of his retirement as Agent to the Croome Estates after 53 years service, October 1921 [page 95].
Date1920-1922
CategoryScrapbooks
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