General correspondence with family, friends and colleagues, 1899-1940

Component identifier:

Subseries 2-3

Content Summary:

A large group of letters addressed mostly to Sir Brudenell White from his extended family, friends and colleagues. A small amount is business related. During the course of his military career, White became friends with a number of senior military people, many of whom had very distinguished careers. A number of these letters are also contained in folders in subseries 2.4.

Principal correspondents in this subseries include Dr C.E.W. Bean, Sir William Birdwood, Major-General W.T. Bridges, General R.A. Carruthers, Lord Robert Casey, Lord Cavan, Sir Harry Chauvel, Sir W.R. Creswell, Sir H.V. Cox, General Charles Dobell, Sir John Gellibrand, Sir Alexander Godley, Sir Talbot Hobbs, Sir Neville Howse, Sir Edward Hutton, Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd, Sir John Monash, Governor-General Munro Ferguson, Major E.H. Reynolds, Sir Charles Rosenthal, Sir A. Skeen and the Duke of York.

[89 folders]

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers were acquired in several instalments from the family of Sir Brudenell White. The first large instalment was received in 1976 from White's daughter, Rosemary, Lady Derham. This was followed by small additions to the collection in 1979, 1982, 1984 and 1989. In 1999 Lady Derham added the remaining papers she held to the collection. A further small addition was received in 2003 from White's grandson, Mark Derham.

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