Diary of Robert Graves 1935-39 and ancillary material

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Editorial Notes

Hands Referenced

• • Annotation: ink correction
  • Character: regular
  • Ink: black

People Mentioned

• Jenny

  Nicholson, Jenny

  Jenny Nicholson: oldest daughter of Robert by Nancy Nicholson.

• A.G. (A.E.S.G)

  Graves, Amy

  Amy Graves, RG's Mother. WG

• Sam

  Graves, Samuel

  R.G.'s youngest child by Nancy Nicholson. C.P.& WG

• Mary Lucy

  Lucy, Mary

  Visited R.G. and L.R. at Ewhurst. An admirer of both Graves and Riding, but her marital problems brought tensions to their household. See diary entry January 2, 1938 (and K.G. note).

• Cribb

  Cribb, Richard

  map-maker KG; worked with RG [for Count Belisarius?] eds.

• Nancy

  Nicholson, Nancy

  (1899-1977) First wife of Robert Graves; married 1918, separated 1927, divorced 1949. eds.

• Ethel Herdman

  Herdman, Ethel

  James Reeves' sister RPG; Assistant warden of Ashbourne Hall, Manchester University KG; nicknamed "Ether" by RG and LR, Sept 1937 eds.

• Viscount Carlow

  Carlow, Viscount

  (1907-1944) friend of Graves, and one of the first T.E. Lawrence Trustees; founder of Corvinus Press, London; m. Peggy Dawson-Damer (née Cambie) 1937 eds.

• Aldridge

  Aldridge, John

  (1905-1983), painter and close friend and collaborator. WG m. to Lucie Brown 1940 eds.

• Lucie

  Brown, Lucie

  Married artist John Aldridge. eds.

• Desmond Flower

  Flower, Desmond

  associated with Cassell publishers KG

• Margaret

  Russell, Margaret

  House-keeper L.R. & R.G. had had in London. WG

• George Buchanan

  Buchanan, George

  drama critic KG; friend of RG and contributor to the World and Ourselves; wife Mary eds. Friedmann 307-8

• Robin

  Hale, Robin

  American poet eds; friend [and, eventually, wife] of David Reeves KG;

• Pinker

  Pinker

  R.G. & L.R.'s agent in London. W.G. They later changed to A.S. Watt. eds.

• Swartz

  Schwarz, Georg

  German Jew. Deyá neighbour. Antique dealer. Lived with Frau Emmy Strenge, his house keeper, in Can Caballo some hundred yards from Canellun. RG and LR translated his "Almost Forgotten Germany." WG

• Anita

  Ana, Anita

  Marroig. Gelat's daughter, married to Juan Vives the Doctor's brother. Live in Rennes, France. WG

• Juan

  Vives, Juan

  The Doctor's brother. Married to Gelat's daughter. Lived in Rennes, France. WG

• Jens Jensen

  Jensen, Jens

  contributor to The World and Ourselves p.190 eds.; daughter Jensine Jensen born 11 September, 1937 eds.

• Wilfred

  Roberts, Wilfred

  Liberal MP for North Cumberland. A strong critic of the Nazi régime, an early opponent of fascism and appeasement, and a vigorous supporter of the republican side in the Spanish Civil War. (see article in The Times obituary column, June 1, 1991) eds.

• David

  Graves, David

  R.G.'s second child [by Nancy Nicholson]. W.G. In RAF; killed in the war. The only one of Graves' children who might have become a poet had he lived. K.G., eds.

Organizations Mentioned

• Hilberry & Son

  Hilberry & Son

  Soliciters; includes Patrick Hilberry eds.

• Ribbons and Winder

  Ribbons and Winder

  L.R. & R.G.'s income tax accountants. WG

• Harrison Smith and Robert Haas

  R.G.'s American publisher for I, Claudius and Claudius the God. eds.

• Westminster Bank

• A.M. Heath & Company Limited

  A.M. Heath

  Author's agency, London eds.

• Editors

  Editors of the Graves Diary Project.