Autograph Collection.- Members of the Order of Merit

Autograph Collection.- Members of the Order of Merit

A collection of letters by Members of the Order of Merit, addressed to Mr Norman Richardson, comprising: J.B. Priestley (three typed thank-you letters, one mentioning “The Prince of Pleasure”); E.H. Gombrich (three hand-written thank-you letters); Michael Atiyah (two typed thank-you letters); Leonard Cheshire (one printed Christmas card, two typed thank-you letters); Ninette de Valois (one hand-written thank-you letter); George Edwards (one typed thank-you letter); Lord Foster of Thames Bank (one typed thank-you letter, on Foster and Partners letterhead); Lord Franks (one hand-written thank-you card, two hand-written thank-you letters, three typed thank-you letters, one saying: “Thank you for your good wishes on my appointment to chair the review into the Falkland Islands crisis”); Lord Hinton of Bankside (five typed thank-you letters, two with House of Lords letterhead); Alan Hodgkin (two typed thank-you letters, one hand-written thank-you card); Dorothy Hodgkin (one typed thank-you letter); Michael Howard (five hand-written thank-you cards); Andrew Huxley (eight typed thank-you letters, two hand-written thank you letters, one with Royal Society letterhead); Lord Jenkins of Hillhead (sixteen typed thank-you letters, with several official letterheads); Malcolm MacDonald (six hand-written letters, one saying: “We must hope that all will go well with peaceful and friendly multi-racial Zimbabwe, and that its people will receive whatever support is needed […] I fully share with you that a similar settlement could be reached in Ulster”, two hand-written postcards); Harold Macmillan (one typed thank-you letter); Lord May of Oxford (one typed thank-you letter); Lord Porter of Luddenham (three typed thank-you letters, one hand-written thank-you letter, all with Royal Institution letterhead); Denis Rooke (one typed thank-you letter); 4th Lord Rothschild (one typed thank-you letter); Cicely Saunders (three hand-written thank-you cards); Lord Todd (three typed thank-you letters); Lord Zuckerman (one typed thank-you letter mentioning the Control of Pollution Bill); v.s. (88)