Record

Document Reference	Ga 2 E 1299
Title	Letter from Violet Skeffington-Smyth, Grand Hotel, Helouan [Helwan, Egypt] to her father George E.M. Monckton-Arundell, 7th Viscount Galway; 27 Nov. 1927
Date	27 November 1927
Extent	2 ff (plus envelope)
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Has no news because Helwan is so quiet. The baths have been good for Geoff. Has visited the English Church, where she met about 45 British Air Force servicemen from the nearby Bombing Squadron. They are going to Cairo on Tuesday where they are having tea with the Mores [Richard Edwardes More, Sudan agent in Cairo]. States that More is a very important person in Cairo. Hopes Galway had a fine day for the Prince of Wales opening the bridge [Gunthorpe Bridge was opened by the Prince of Wales in 1927]. Discusses a misunderstanding over the identity of Lord Wolverton. Thinks there will be trouble in Romania following the death [of King Ferdinand I of Romania?]. Ga 2 E 1299/2 is an envelope.
Term	bridges, Gunthorpe (Nottinghamshire)

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
DS/UK/81218	More; Richard Edwardes (1879-1936); Sudan agent in Cairo 1920-1931	1879-1936
DS/UK/81219	Ferdinand I (1865-1927); King of Romania; ruler of Romania 1914-1927	1865-1927
NA79898	Smyth; Violet Frances Skeffington- (1880-1930); Hon.; née Monckton	1880-1930