Autograph Collection.- Lord Mayors of London

Autograph Collection.- Lord Mayors of London

A collection of letters by Lord Mayors of London, almost all addressed to Mr Norman Richardson, comprising: Lady Donaldson of Lymington (twelve hand-written thank-you letters, one with letterhead of Central Criminal Court, another mentioning the bomb planted by the I.R.A. which killed members of the Mountbatten family, three printed Christmas cards); Cuthbert Acland (one hand-written thank-you letter); Robert Bellinger (six hand-written thank-you letters, one typed thank-you letter, some of them addressed to Miss M. Lowy and concerning All Saints’ Junior Mixed and Infants’ School, London); Ian Bowater (seven typed thank-you letters, mostly concerning Richardson’s comments on Bowater’s editorials); Kenneth Cork (one printed Christmas card, five typed thank-you letters); Roger Cork (one typed thank-you letter, with Lord Mayor letterhead); Lionel Denny (two hand-written thank-you cards, two hand-written thank-you letters, one mentioning a road accident he was involved in the previous year); Murray Fox (one typed thank-you letter); Peter Gadsden (eight typed thank-you letters, one hand-written thank-you letter); Ronald Gardner-Thorpe (two printed Christmas cards, two hand-written thank-you letters, one with mayoral letterhead); Robin Gillett (two hand-written thank-you letters); Alexander Graham (one hand-written, calligraphic thank-you letter); Frederick Hoare (one typed thank-you letter, with Lady Hoare Trust letterhead); David Howard (one typed thank-you letter, with Lord Mayor’s letterhead); Lord Mais of Walbrook (three hand-written thank-you letters, eleven typed thank-you letters); Edmund Stockdale (one typed thank-you note, one hand-written postcard); Peter Studd (six hand-written thank-you letters, five hand-written thank-you cards, several about his house in Wiltshire); Peter Vanneck (two printed Christmas cards, three typed thank-you letters); Bernard Waley-Cohen (two typed thank-you letters, one with Lord Mayor letterhead, one hand-written thank-you letter); Hugh Wontner (three hand-written thank-you letters, ten typed thank-you letter, mostly thanking Mr Richardson for his birthday wishes); v.s. (qty)