Letters to Henry Montagu Butler, Master of Trinity from J. D. P. French, G. B. Tatham, Lord Stamfordham, and J. Prior with the first ideas and plans for the royal visit.
Butler, Henry Montagu (1833-1918), college headXerox photocopies of over 240 letters, many of them of originals housed in other institutions. The letters are written by Frazer to multiple recipients with a few exceptions: eight are written by Lilly Frazer (to Miss Buckley, Sir Edmund Gosse, Bronisław Malinowski, and W. H. D. Rouse); one is from Henry Jackson to Frazer and five more are from others to others (two from Macmillan & Co. to Hermann Diels, one from Sir Francis Galton to Sir Clements Markham forwarding a letter from Frazer, one unrelated letter from John Sampson to Francis Jenkinson, and one memo from Otto Stapf to Sir David Prain). Five letters include covering letters from the institutions providing the copies. In addition, there are copies of a typescript draft of Frazer's article 'Our Debt to France', the draft of an address on the founding of the Frazer lectureships, and a translation of an article.
Recipients, with the number of letters present if more than five: Aksel Andersson, Terence Armstrong, Spencer Baird, Andrew Bennett, Arthur Bigge (Lord Stamfordham), Miss Buckley (of the Loeb Classical Library), Sir Ernest Budge, John Bullbrook, Francis Burkitt, Edward Clodd, Francis Cornford (16 letters), Otto Crusius, Sir Edwin Deller (6 letters), Hermann Diels (10 letters), Samson Eitrem, S. J. Evis, Jesse Fewkes, Douglas Freshfield, Sir Francis Galton (14 letters), Ernest Gardner, Charles-Marie Garnier (6 letters), Sir Edmund Gosse (42 letters), A. C. Haddon, Sir William Hardy (6 letters), Carl Lehmann-Haupt, C. W. Hobley, A. W. Howitt (7 letters), Mary Howitt, Henry Jackson, Francis Jenkinson (8 letters), Oskar Kallas, Sir Arthur Keith, William F. J. Knight, John Mackay, Bronisław Malinowski (9 letters), William Maxwell, A. G. W. Murray, G. G. A. Murray, Sir John Myres, Theodor Nöldeke, Karl Pearson, Sir David Prain (8 letters), Edward Rapson, A. G. Ross, Sir William Rothenstein, W. H. D. Rouse, Gustave Rudler, Charles Edward Sayle, Solomon Schechter (7 letters), Douglas Sladen, William Thalbitzer, Sir J. J. Thomson (21 letters), Sir D'Arcy Thompson, Hermann Usener, Sir Emery Walker, and Alfred Rayney Waller (6 letters).
Ackerman, Robert (b 1935), biographerLetters, predominantly from the Junior Bursar, Geoffrey Bulmer Tatham to Henry Montagu Butler, Master of Trinity and mostly regarding dinner in Hall.
Butler, Henry Montagu (1833-1918), college headas from Trinity College, Cambridge - Asks that he convey his acceptance of the high honour of the Order of Merit and asks that he also convey his 'devoted loyalty to His Majesty and to His illustrious House'. Three words have been crossed out, all of them the word 'most': before 'grateful acceptance', 'devoted loyalty', and 'obedient servant'.
Buckingham Palace - Offers the Order of Merit, 'in recognition of your eminent services in the world of literature, science and scholarship'; asks if this would be agreeable to Frazer. Accompanied by the envelope marked Urgent, addressed to Frazer at Trinity College and redirected to Hotel Great Central, London, N.W.1.
India Office.—Has just seen the Prime Minister, who has agreed to appoint Sinha as Under-Secretary, with a peerage, a decision which shows lack of foresight. The Prime Minister also, in Stamfordham’s presence, reluctantly agreed to mention the Indian legislation in the King’s speech.
On the Princes' future education
Windsor Castle: Sends condolences on the death of Gordon Butler on behalf of the King.