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Personal 1924, 015-0036

Sender: Gramont, Antoine XII-Armand, 12th duc de; styled duc de Guiche (1879 - 1962)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
25/06/1924
Letter from the duc de Guiche to de László largely regarding his travel plans. He regrets not having seen the artist on his way back from Rome, and hopes to see his portrait of the Pope [6690] when he visits London. The duc asks de László to arrange a room in a cheap hotel for Mr. Alkan, an engineer, who he will bring to the National Physical Laboratory and the Wembley Exhibition
Personal 1924, 015-0038

Sender: Rochefoucauld, Duchess Jean de La [née Edmée de Fels]; wife of 13th duc (1895 - 1991)

Recipient: Gramont, Duchesse de [née Elaine Hélène de Greffulhe]; wife of 12th duc (1882 - 1958),Gramont, Antoine XII-Armand, 12th duc de; styled duc de Guiche (1879 - 1962)
25/05/1924
Invitation from the Comte and Comtesse Jean de la Rochefoucauld to the duc de Guiche and duchesse Gramont
Personal 1924, 015-0041

Sender: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)

Recipient: Casares Lynch, Corina Kavanagh de [née Corina Kavanagh Lynch; other married names de Ham Kenny and de Mainini Ríos ] (1890 - 1984)
22/02/1924
Letter from de László to Corina Kavanagh de Ham regarding arrangements for Isabel Hope de Harrington's portrait [110458]
Personal 1924, 015-0042

Sender: Hunt, Reginald H. (1891-1982)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
14/07/1924
Letter from Reginald H. Hunt to de László requesting a signed reproduction of the artist's portrait of Mussolini [6383]
Personal 1924, 015-0043

Sender: Szapáry de Muraszombat, Széchysziget et Szapár, Count László (1864 - 1939)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
04/06/1924
Letter from Count László Szápáry asking de László for his help in promoting Hungarian artistic movements to an English audience. Arthur Elek is willing to act gratis as the Budapest correspondent for an English art journal and Szápáry is asking if de László will recommend him
Personal 1924, 015-0044

Sender: Térey, Doctor Gábor de (1864 - 1927)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
12/05/1924
Letter from Doctor Gábor de Térey informing de László that his friend, Doctor Paul Fleischl, Danish Consul in Budapest, and his wife will soon be visiting London. He congratulates the artist on the double-portrait [7173] that was recently exhibited in the Nemzeti Salon
Personal 1924, 015-0045

Sender: Wenlock, Annie Lawley, Baroness [née Annie Allen Cunard]; wife of 6th Baron (1863)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
23/05/1924
Letter from Lady Annie Lawley to de László thanking the artist for sending her Frederick Cullen's address. She will write to Cullen (presumably to commission a copy portrait of de László's portrait of her husband [6011]), but she is unable to pay very much. She is looking forward to de László's exhibition at the French Gallery, and she writes of the pleasure [6011] brings her
Personal 1924, 015-0046

Sender: Lansdowne, Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquis of (1845 - 1927)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
01/08/1924
Letter from the 5th Marquis of Lansdowne conveying his disappointment that de László could not attend a recent party. He writes of his travel plans, noting his intention to travel to Ireland "to see how the reconstruction of our poor house progresses" (the Marquis' Irish home, Derreen, was looted and then destroyed by fire in 1922 during the Irish Civil War)
Personal 1924, 015-0047

Sender: Lansdowne, Maud Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of [née Maud Evelyn Hamilton] (1850 - 1932)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
02/08/1924
Letter from Maud, Marchioness of Lansdowne to Lucy conveying her disappointment that she (Lucy) could not attend a recent party. She sends condolences to de László on the death of his sister, Paula (known as Pauline)
Personal 1924, 015-0048

Sender: Nethersole, Olga Isabel (1870-1951)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
05/05/1924
Letter from Olga Nethersole thanking de László for his "very great generosity" in agreeing to paint the winner of the costume pageant at the Empire Ball [13294]
Personal 1924, 015-0049

Sender: MacDonald, James Ramsay (1866 - 1937),Macdonald, Ishbel (1903-1982)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
24/06/1924
Letter on behalf of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and his daughter, Ishbel, thanking de László for the invitation to the private view of his exhibition at the French Gallery, but regretting that they cannot attend
Personal 1924, 015-0050

Sender: Pershing, General John Joseph (1860 - 1948)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
02/07/1924
Letter from General John Joseph Pershing's private secretary thanking de László for the invitation to the private view of his exhibition at the French Gallery and sending his regrets that General Pershing was unable to attend
Personal 1924, 015-0052

Sender: Gillespie, Adelaide Bragg

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
25/06/1924
Adelaide Bragg Gillespie has arranged for complimentary tickets to be sent to de László; she hopes he will enjoy the matinee as much as she enjoyed seeing his pictures
Personal 1924, 015-0053

Sender: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937),Gellért, Aranka

Recipient: Gellért, Aranka,László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
28/10/1924
Multiple letters, letter dated 28 October 1924 from de László's secretary thanking Aranka Gellért for bringing a gift from his sister and for a letter and photograph of Aladár Edvi Illés. Letter dated 24 October 1924 from Aranka Gellért regarding a message that de László's sister asked her to pass on. Aranka also writes that "the cream of the most distinguished [Budapest] society came to me to ask me to convey their 'grands homage' to you"
Personal 1924, 015-0054

Sender: Aberconway, Charles Benjamin Bright McLaren, 1st Baron (1850 - 1934)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
18/07/1924
Lord Aberconway regrets that owing to ill health, he was unable to be at de László's house; he had hoped to see the duc de Guiche again. He leaves for Evian shortly
Personal 1924, 015-0055

Sender: Harmer, William Scotford (1856 - 1936)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
09/04/1924
William Scotford Harmer's committee thanks de László for supplying the information necessary to complete their arrangements
Personal 1924, 015-0056

Sender: Albemarle, Arnold Allan Cecil Keppel, 8th Earl of (1858 - 1942)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
27/06/1924
Earl Albemarle sends his regrets that he was unable to attend the artist's private view at the French Gallery, but he is looking forward to seeing the pictures when he comes to London
Personal 1924, 015-0057

Sender: Balfour of Dawyk, Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Robert Stephen (1873 - 1945)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
07/08/1924
Lieutenant-Colonel Balfour writes of his return to Dawyck and his disappointment that de László and Lucy could not visit as previously planned. He enjoyed the artist's exhibition at the French Gallery. The letter largely deals with his own work, his family and that of the artist's (he sends condolences on the passing of de László's sister, Paula)
Personal 1924, 015-0058

Sender: Bowlby, Mrs Arthur Salvin [née Catherine Mary Bond] (1875 - 1943)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
24/06/1924
Letter from Catherine Bowlby regretting that she and Arthur cannot attend the opening of de László's exhibition (at the French Gallery)
Personal 1924, 015-0059

Sender: Briscoe, Coghlan

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
26/07/1924
Letter from Coghlan Briscoe to de László enclosing reproductions from the Michelangelo sketchbook he has lent to the Fitzwilliam Museum. He writes of a recent visit to London and a planned future trip. They have put a sheet of plate glass on de László's picture in the gallery [presumably 5617] and it was "much admired ... by Americans now visiting Ireland"