Trinity College. Memories of the death of Gordon Butler.
Two of the same photograph by Palmer Clarke, Cambridge.
Including letter from the King acknowledging the fallen.
Two copies of the same photograph, by J. Palmer Clarke, Cambridge
Photograph taken by J. Palmer Clarke, Cambridge
Trinity Lodge, Cambridge Dated August 5, 1916 - Thanks him for his letter of condolence on the death of his son [Gordon]; describes 'bright letters' written in the two weeks before, and his collapse due to blood poisoning; Jim [James R. M. Butler] was with him is coming home on leave; hopes all is well with Frazer's young soldier kinsman.
Two copies of the same photograph. Photograph by J. Palmer Clarke, Cambridge.
Photograph by J. Palmer Clarke, Cambridge
Photograph by J. Palmer Clarke, Cambridge
Letters concerning classical studies and Trinity College business and social life, with a small group of printed material and testimonials. Some letters have explicatory notes by Florence Image, and almost 40 letters are from Henry Jackson. Other correspondents with several letters each are from or relating to: H. M. Butler (some to Florence Image), A. V. Verrall, W. Aldis Wright, W. H. Thompson, Duncan Crookes Tovey and other members of his family, J. G. Frazer, J. N. Dalton, and J. W. L. Glaisher; for other correspondents see names below. Some of the letters are by Image himself to various correspondents.
The printed items are: an unsigned printed letter opposing the education of choristers (a parody) dated 1877; a Greek text with an English translation, Fragmentum incerti ex Hēthikophysikolērois mocking the new Triposes, with a date of 20 Oct. 1848 written at the top of the first page ; comedic verses about Thomas Huxley in English and Greek; two notices about the non-placeting of the Grace for the Duke of York's degree in 1894; and a Latin poem about Como, a toy belonging to the Butler children James, Gordon, and Nevile, by Montagu Butler, dated April 1897. A small group of testimonials at the end of the collection were written in support of Image's candidacy to become Undermaster of the Upper School of Dulwich College in 1869.
Photograph by J. Palmer Clarke, Cambridge
Photograph by J. Palmer Clarke, Cambridge
Welcombe, Stratford on Avon. - Very pleased about Julian [that the operation on an umbilical hernia has gone well]. They had a very pleasant visit from Geoffrey [Young] who told them all about Robert and Charles; most interesting meeting him 'after his experiences of the last 18 months' [with the Friends' ambulance unit]. The Master [of Trinity, Henry Montagu Butler] has let them see 'two most bright and ideal letters from [his sons] Gordon and Jim about the evacuation of Gallipoli and their voyages'; compares them to 'young Athenian hoplites at Potidaea in the great days of Athens'; 'But nothing is too rare and good to be spent in the service of the country'.
Reminiscence of his introduction to Harrow.
Three of the same image. Identified by caption on the back of one as G. K. M. Butler, Gerald Hamilton, J. R. M. Butler, and possibly William Chichester.
Three copies of the same photograph. Caption on the back identifies Gordon Butler in the line of cavalry.
Trinity Lodge. Recalls that the first third of his headship passed without problems, Gordon Butler doing well at school.
Encloses poems.
Duncombe. Gordon Butler has not been made a monitor and has moved house at school.
Trinity Lodge. Visit to Harrow speechday, Gordon Butler a steward, performance of "Thesmophoriazusae" with allusions to suffragettes.
Sends the book in remembrance of Archie Don's happy days at Trinity and his friendship with Gordon Butler. Treasures the memory of H. M. Butler and the verse he presented her the previous autumn.
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