Log Entries of Letters for April, 1939

Ap 3.

Feminà-Vie1; Gownboys2; Watt; L.H.

6

Bank (£21.10)

8.

A.G.; David; Watt; Bank £61; Mrs Duval

13.

Maisie. Income tax

18

S. Times & D. Telegraph

19

A.G. Montague

21.

David G. Beryl

28

A.G., Paulette, CN.

30

Beryl & Alan, Isabel

Editorial Notes

1see enclosure 3 April, 1939 eds.
2RG's boarding house at Charterhouse School eds.

Hands Referenced

Places Mentioned

  • Charterhouse

    Godalming, Surrey, England
    location of RG's old public school RPG 277-8

People Mentioned

  • Beryl

    Pritchard, Beryl
    daughter of Harry and Amy Pritchard, R.G.'s second wife. Formerly married to Alan Hodge. Robert and Beryl had four children: William, Lucia, Juan and Tomas. eds

  • Alan

    Hodge, Alan
    Oxford history graduate. Became close friends with LR & RG. First husband of Beryl Graves. CP & WG

  • Paulette

    Perou, Paulette
    daughter? of Mme Perou eds.

  • David Reeves

    Reeves, David
    Brother of James Reeves [and Ethel Herdman] RPG 292.

  • Montague Simmonds

    Simmons, Montague
    poet, and civil servant in the children's branch of the Home Office; m. to Dorothy Simmons, the sculptress RPG

  • Isabel

    Mayers, Isabel
    Laura Riding's sister. Lived in L.A. WG

  • Liddell Hart

    Liddell Hart, Capt. Basil
    War-fare expert and friend of T.E. Lawrence. Collaborated with RG on a book of T.E.L'.s letters, published in 1938. See RPG p.231. WG & Eds.

  • A.G. (A.E.S.G)

    Graves, Amy
    Amy Graves, RG's Mother. WG

  • Maisie

    Sommerville, Maisie
    Head of BBC Education broadcasting department. Friend of R.G. and L.R. Arranged accomodation for them when they returned to London as exiles. W.G., 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.

  • Catherine

    Nicholson, Catherine
    Catherine Nicholson: (1922- ) third of four children of Robert Graves and Nancy Nicholson. eds.

Organizations Mentioned

  • A.S. Watt & Son, Ltd.

    Watt, A.S.
    RG's literary agent: first mentioned in November, 1935; team includes: Alexander Strahan Watt, and W.P. Watt et al, who may have handled different aspects of Graves' extensive European publishing and distribution. The firm replaced Eric Pinker. K.G. When did Pinker go, and why? KG

  • Westminster Bank

  • Editors

    Editors of the Graves Diary Project.

Bibliography

    • Title: Sunday Times [Sunday newspaper]
    • PubPlace: London
    • Publisher: Hutchinson; Times Newspapers
    • Title: Daily Telegraph
    • PubPlace: London
    • Date: 1856-1936