Wakehurst family - papers, 1891, 1931-1948, 1957, 1960

fonds

1891, 1931-1948, 1957-1960

Textual Records, Graphic Materials

148686

Lord Wakehurst was born in 1895. He was educated at Eton and during World War I served in Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine as a captain in the Royal Sussex Regiment and Intelligence Corps. He married Margaret Tennant in 1920. From 1919 to 1921 he worked in the British Foreign Office and later served two terms as a conservative member of the British Parliament from 1924 to 1929 and 1931 to 1936. In 1937 he was appointed Governor of New South Wales, a position he held until 1946.

Diaries, speeches, commissions, illuminated addresses and other papers.
(a) Lord Wakehurst
1937-1938; Diaries
1939-1948; Speeches and articles.
1936-1937; Commissions
1945; 'Tour of northern and forward areas in and beyond Australia'
1937-1945; 'No. 22 Squadron (City of Sydney) RAAF'
1939-1943; 'Sydney University Regiment'
1937-1945; 'NSW Australia - Misc. Papers'
1937-1945; Photographs
1937-1945; Illuminated addresses
1937; Panoramic photograph of Sydney Harbour
1937, 1940; Original cartoons
ca. 1940; Flag
1938, undated; Printed material
1942; 2 souvenirs of the sinking of the Japanese Midget Submarine, Sydney Harbour, May 1942
(b) Lady Wakehurst
1938-1945, 1960; Correspondence
1945; Diary
1940-1945; Speeches and messages
1939-1944; Album of blank invitations
1891, 1931, 1937-1946, 1957; Miscellaneous material

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