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
EIGHT: AN AUSTRALASIAN ASSIGNMENT 1927
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
11 Ibid.
12 Ibid.
13 Patrick Hodgson to Queen Mary, 20 January 1927, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/98
14 Duchess of York, diary, 7 January 1927, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/6
15 Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, 9 January 1927, RA QEQM/PRIV/OUT/OSBORNE
16 Duchess of York, diary, 5 February 1927, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/6
17 Lord Cavan to King George V, 10 January 1927, RA PS/PSO/GV/PS/MAIN/44029
18 Lord Cavan to Clive Wigram, 13 January 1927, RA AEC/GG/6/2/2
19 Ibid.
20 Ibid.
21 Clive Wigram to Lord Cavan, 23 February 1927, Lord Cavan to Clive Wigram, 21 February 1927, RA AEC/GG/6/2/2
22 Lord Cavan to King George V, 21 January 1927, RA PS/PSO/GV/PS/MAIN/44029
23 Harry Batterbee to Lord Stamfordham, 24 January 1927, RA PS/PSO/GV/PS/MAIN/44029/Diary file
24 Daily Gleaner, 22 January 1927, enclosed with letter from Lord Cavan to Lord Stamfordham, 22 January 1927, RA PS/PSO/GV/PS/MAIN/44029
25 Duke of York to King George V, 26 January 1927, RA GV/PRIV/AA62/7
26 Duchess of York to Prince of Wales, 25 January 1927, RA EDW/PRIV/MAINB/81
27 Ibid.
28 Duke of York to King George V, 26 January 1927, RA GV/PRIV/AA62/7
29 King George V
to Duke of York, 25 January 1927, RA GV/PRIV/AA62/6
30 Panama Star & Herald, 26 January 1927, RA ADYH/MAIN/86/Press cuttings/Panama
31 Ibid.
32 Duchess of York to Alah Knight, 27 January 1927, RA ADYH/MAIN/86/Private messages
33 Duke of York to Prince of Wales, 5 February 1927, RA EDW/PRIV/MAINB/82
34 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 9 February 1927, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/101
35 Queen Mary to Duke of York, 31 and 25 January 1927, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11
36 Queen Mary to Duke of York, 6 February 1927, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11
37 Wheeler-Bennett, p. 220
38 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 9 February 1927, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/101
39 Patrick Hodgson to Queen Mary, 14 February 1927, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/102
40 Lord Cavan to Lord Stamfordham, 15 February 1927, RA PS/PSO/GV/PS/MAIN/44029
41 Fiji Times, 18 February 1927, RA ADYH/MAIN/86/Press cuttings/Fiji
42 Richard Gardner Casey to Stanley Bruce, 28 July 1926, National Archives of Australia, Canberra, A1420
43 Wheeler-Bennett, p. 218
44 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 8 March 1927, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/104
45 Lord Cavan to King George V, 24 February 1927, RA PS/PSO/GV/PS/MAIN/44029
46 Wheeler-Bennett, p. 218
47 Duke of York to Queen Mary, 22 February 1927, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/103
48 Sir Charles Fergusson to King George V, 25 February 1927, RA PS/PSO/GV/C/P/476/77; Wheeler-Bennett, pp. 218–19
49 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 8 March 1927, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/104
50 Wheeler-Bennett, p. 219
51 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 8 March 1927, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/104
52 Ibid.
53 Duchess of York to May Elphinstone, 17 March 1927, RA QEQM/OUT/ELPHINSTONE
54 Ibid.
55 RA Press cuttings from Yorks’ tour to New Zealand and Australia
56 Duchess of York to Duke of York, 15 March 1927, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/67
57 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 8 March 1927, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/104
58 Official Tour Diary, RA F&V/VISOV/AUSNZ 1927
59 Duke of York, diary, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY/5: 28 February, 2 March 1927
60 Lord Cavan to King George V, 8 March 1927, RA PS/PSO/GV/PS/MAIN/44029
61 Taylor Darbyshire, The Royal Tour of the Duke and Duchess of York, Edward Arnold, 1927, p. 113
62 Patrick Hodgson to Queen Mary, 11 April 1927, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/108
63 Wheeler-Bennett, p. 220
64 Lord Cavan to Patrick Hodgson, 11 March 1927, RA/ADYH/MAIN/96
65 Darbyshire, p. 115
66 Wheeler-Bennett, p. 220
67 Harry Batterbee to Lord Stamfordham, 28 March 1927, RA PS/PSO/GV/PS/MAIN/44029/Diary file
68 Duchess of York to Duke of York, 15 March 1927, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/67
69 Duke of York to Duchess of York, 18 March 1927, Ian Shapiro Collection
70 Duchess of York to May Elphinstone, 17 March 1927, RA QEQM/OUT/ELPHINSTONE
71 King George V to Duke of York, 12 March 1927, RA GV/PRIV/AA62/14
72 Wheeler-Bennett, p. 221
73 Ibid.
74 Ibid., p. 223
75 Lord Cavan to Lord Stamfordham, 30 March 1927, RA PS/PSO/GV/PS/MAIN/44029
76 Harry Batterbee to E. J. Harding, Dominions Office, 28 March 1927, RA ADYH/MAIN/100
77 Lord Cavan to Lord Stamfordham, 30 March 1927, RA PS/PSO/GV/PS/MAIN/44029
78 Ibid.
79 King George V to Duke of York, 31 March 1927, RA GV/PRIV/AA62/18
80 Queen Mary to Duke of York, 30 March and 6 April 1927, GVI/PRIV/RF/11
81 Dr George F. Still to Duchess of York, 7 February, 2 March 1927, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL; 30 March 1927, RA QEQM/PRIV/CHILD
82 See Lady Strathmore’s letter to Queen Mary of 12 May 1927, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/113, referring to this and the pleasure it gave in Australia
83 Vivian Eastland to Duchess of York, 25 April 1927, RA ADYH/MAIN/96/Victoria 1
84 Harry Batterbee to J. A. P. Edgcumbe, 21 April 1927, RA ADYH/MAIN/100
85 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 20 April 1927, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/109
86 Duchess of York to Lady Strathmore, 10 April 1927, Glamis Archives
87 Duke of York to King George V, 6 April 1927, RA GV/PRIV/AA62/20
88 Patrick Hodgson to Queen Mary, 11 April 1927, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/108
89 Ettie Harvey to Duchess of York, 9 April 1927; Nell Griffin-Oxley to Duchess of York, 21 April 1927, RA ADYH/MAIN/95/Brisbane 2
90 Sarah E. Muir to Duchess of York, 3 May 1927; schoolgirl to Duchess of York, [May] 1927, RA ADYH/MAIN/96
91 Duke of York to King George V, 21 April 1927, RA GV/PRIV/AA62/24
92 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 20 April 1927, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/109
93 RA QM/PRIV/QMD/1927: 21 April; RA GV/PRIV/GVD/1927: 21 April
94 RA ADYH/MAIN/86/Private messages
95 Dr George F. Still to Duchess of York, 20 April, 9 May 1927, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL
96 Duke of York to Minister of Defence, 21 April 1927, RA ADYH/MAIN/96/Melbourne 1
97 Lord Cavan to Lord Stamfordham, 26 April 1927, RA PS/PSO/GV/PS/MAIN/44029
98 Ibid.
99 Wheeler-Bennett, p. 206
100 Ibid., p. 227
101 Ibid., p. 228
102 Ibid., pp. 228–9
103 Duchess of York to King George V, 12 June 1927, RA GV/PRIV/AA62/32
104 W. Carrington to Duchess of York, 19 May 1927, RA ADYH/MAIN/97/Perth
105 Wheeler-Bennett, p. 230
106 Lady Strathmore to Queen Mary, 12 May 1927, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/113
107 Harry Batterbee to Lord Stamfordham, 26 May 1927, RA PS/PSO/GV/PS/MAIN/44029
108 Duke of York to King George V, 12 May and 12 June 1927, RA GV/PRIV/AA62/30
109 Queen Mary to Duke of York, 20 May 1927, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11
110 Wheeler-Bennett, p. 231
111 Harry Batterbee to Major Casey, 14 June 1927, RA ADYH/MAIN/100
112 Queen Elizabeth, conversations with Eric Anderson, 1994–5, RA QEQM/ADD/MISC
113 Lord Cavan to Lord Stamfordham, 12 June 1927, RA PS/PSO/GV/PS MAIN/44029
114 Duchess of York to King George V, 12 June 1927, RA GV/PRIV/AA62/32
115 King George V to Duke of York, 12 June 1927, RA GV/PRIV/AA62/31
116 Queen Mary to Lady Strathmore, 14 May 1927, Glamis Papers
NINE: THE LONG WEEKEND 1927–1936
1 Roberts, History of the World, pp. 926–7
2 King George V to Duke of York, 30 June 1927, RA GV/PRIV/AA62/34
3 Duchess of York to Nannie Beevers, 18 July 1927, private collection
4 Bradford, George VI, p. 164
5 King George V to Queen Mary, 29 August 1927, RA QM/PRIV/CC4/277
6 Wheeler-Bennett, pp. 232–3
7 J. A. Edgcumbe to Basil Brooke, 24 June 1927, RA ADYH/MAIN/21/1927: 28 June; Duke of York, Engagement Diary, 11 July 1927, RA PS/PSO/GVI/C/352/1927
8 Prince of Wales to Duchess of York, [August 1927], RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
9 Prince George to Duchess of York, 17 August 1928, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
10 Lady Cynthia Asquith to Ernest Pearce, 26 July 1927, RA QEQM/PRIV/TEXTS
11 Ernest Pearce to Duchess of York, 2 August 1927, QEQM/PRIV/PAL
12 Duchess of York to Beryl Poignand, 14 September 1927, Glamis Papers (CH)
13 RA ADYH/MAIN/21/1927: 20–21 September
14 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 22 September 1927, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/119
15 King George V to Duke of York, 23 September 1927, RA GV/PRIV/AA62/43
16 King George V to Duke of York, 30 June 1927, RA GV/PRIV/AA62/34
17 Sir Hamar Greenwood to Patrick Hodgson, 30 November 1927, RA ADYH/MAIN/22/1927: 30 November
18 Lady (Lena Ashwell) Simson to Patrick Hodgson, 15 December 1927, RA ADYH/MAIN/22/1927: 13 December
19 RAPS/PSO/GV/PS/ARMY/38215
20 RA QM/PRIV/QMD/1927: 28 December
21 Duchess of York to Queen Ma
ry, 26 January 1928, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/121
22 King George V to Duke of York, 28 January 1928, RA GV/PRIV/AA62/55
23 Queen Mary to Duke of York, 26 September 1928, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11
24 Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, 24 November 1928, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE
25 RA GV/PRIV/GVD/1928: 21 November
26 Rose, George V, p. 355; Nicolson, George V, p. 554n.
27 Princess Mary to Prince of Wales, 6 December 1928, RA EDW/PRIV/MAINA/2602
28 Baldwin Papers, 177/36, quoted in Ziegler, Edward VIII, p. 194
29 Ziegler, Edward VIII, p. 192
30 Ibid., pp. 192–3
31 Duke of York to Prince of Wales, 6 December 1928, RA EDW/PRIV/MAINB/91
32 Wheeler-Bennett, p. 235
33 Ibid.
34 Rose, George V, p. 357
35 Nicolson, George V, p. 556
36 Rose, George V, p. 357
37 Wheeler-Bennett, p. 235
38 Duke of York to Queen Mary, 10 February 1929, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/130
39 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 12 March 1929, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/133
40 Duke of York to Queen Mary, 10 February 1929, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/130; Queen Mary to Duke of York, 12 February 1929, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11
41 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 15 March 1929, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/135
42 Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, 16 March 1929, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE
43 Ibid.
44 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 12 March 1929, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/133
45 Queen Maud of Norway to Queen Mary, 31 March 1929, RA QM/PRIV/CC45/759
46 Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, 25 April 1929, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE
47 Queen Mary to Duchess of York, 29 April 1929, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
48 Wheeler-Bennett, p. 243
49 Aberdeen Press, 22 May 1929
50 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 25 May 1929, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/137
51 Basil Brooke to Colonel Arthur Erskine, 31 May 1929, RA ADYH/MAIN/63/Transport
52 Quoted by Wheeler-Bennett, p. 246
53 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 25 May 1929, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/137
54 Princess Elizabeth to Duchess of York, 22 May 1929, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
55 Rose, George V, p. 361
56 Margaret Bondfield, A Life’s Work, Hutchinson, 1949, p. 278
57 Rose, George V, p. 362
58 Queen Elizabeth, conversations with Eric Anderson, 1994–5, RA QEQM/ADD/MISC
59 Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, 17 November 1929, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE
60 Duchess of York to King George V, 21 August 1929, RA GV/PRIV/AA62/86
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