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- 21 Aug 1944 (Creation)
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Hedenham Lodge, Bungay, Suffolk. - Always glad to hear from Bessie: her letters 'bring back many happy memories'. Apologises that the letter is not in her own hand: it is so difficult for her now that she hardly writes to anyone but John [Tovey]. He is on the India-Burma front, and finds the climate very trying but is otherwise fairly cheerful. The death of Donald [Charles Edward Tovey, her husband's nephew?] a 'great loss' to the family; Duncan [Tovey, another nephew?] is also unwell; Mollie [Tovey?] and family seem well, but she had hoped to see them here and a holiday and they were afraid to travel. Feels as if [Hubert] Foss has lost all interest in the biography [of Donald Tovey?] and will never finish it. Is glad Bessie has been able to have Julian and his family with her, and that the flying bombs have not been near. They have been fortunate [in Edinburgh] and quiet except for planes overhead. She goes out occasionally in fine weather, and has been on a few short drives.
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Pencil annotation of list of names: 'Mrs Barger [?] & sons, Philip, Duncan' and a few other notes.
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- Tovey, Clara Georgina (1873-1944) wife of Sir Donald Tovey (Subject)
- Trevelyan, Elizabeth (1875-1957), musician (Subject)
- Weir, Sir John (1879-1971) physician (Subject)
- Tovey, John Wellcome (1919-1965), adopted son of Donald Tovey (Subject)
- Tovey, Donald Charles Edward (1904-1944), nephew of Sir Donald Tovey (Subject)
- Tovey, Duncan Lorimer Pattison (1903-1948), nephew of Sir Donald Francis Tovey (Subject)
- Tovey, Mary Christina (1910-1994), niece of Sir Donald Tovey (Subject)
- Foss, Hubert James (1899-1953) pianist, composer, and editor (Subject)
- Trevelyan, Julian Otto (1910-1988), painter and printmaker (Subject)
- Mommens, Ursula Frances Elinor (1908-2010) potter (Subject)