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[Sir Edward Marsh.] Autograph Letter Signed ('Eddie Marsh') to Mrs Strutt, with an Autograph Letter Signed to him from Lady Wimborne ('Alice'), regarding an invitation for Strutt to join the 'CMS [Chamber Music Society]' at Wimborne House.

Author: 
Sir Edward Marsh [Sir Edward Howard Marsh] (1872-1953), Cambridge Apostle and associate of Winston Churchill [Alice Katherine Sibell Guest [née Grosvenor], Viscountess Wimborne (1880-1948)]
Publication details: 
Marsh's letter to Strutt: on letterhead of Wimborne House, Arlington Street, St James's, SW1 [London]. 27 October 1937. Wimborne's letter to Marsh: on letterhead of 5 Raymond Buildings, Gray's Inn [London]. 27 October [1937].
£135.00

Married to one of the richest men in England, Lady Wimborne was lover and patron of the young Sir William Walton (1902-1983). She was, according to Stephen Lloyd ('William Walton: Muse of Fire'), 'extremely musical and Wimborne House in London became home to many musical soirées, including the private subscription concerts of the Quartet Society and even a chamber orchestra conducted by Hyam Greenabum'. Both items in very good condition, with light signs of age. ONE: Marsh to Strutt. 2pp., 12mo.

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