| Content Description | Has sent him a post card to let him know they arrived safely in Aswan [probably Ga 2 E 1327]. She loves the sun and heat. There are several people she knows staying there, including Lady Willoughby de Broke [Marie Frances Lisette Verney, wife of 19th Baron Willoughby de Broke], Lady Malmesbury and members of her family. Colonel Bartlett and his niece, Lord and Lady Portman [probably 4th Viscount Portman of Bryanston and his wife]. Expects to stay in Aswan for another fortnight, then leave for Luxor. Speculates about their travel arrangements including discussion about Palestine, Jerusalem and Rhodes.
Discussion of recent death of Lord Asquith [former P.M. Herbert Henry Asquith, who died 15 Feb. 1928]. Thinks that Winston [Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequor 1927-1929] is unlikely to reduce Income Tax.
Ga 2 E 1338/3: Envelope addressed to Viscount Galway, Serlby Hall, Bawtry, Yorkshire. Postmarked Aswan 21 Feb. 1928. |