File RAS GOV3/8/5 - Buckingham Palace Garden Parties

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GB 891 RAS GOV3-RAS GOV3/8-RAS GOV3/8/5

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Buckingham Palace Garden Parties

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  • 1968 - 2018 (Creation)

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10 items + 1 digital image

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Correspondence and administrative documents concerning invitations to attend a Buckingham Palace Garden Party. There is a single digital photograph of the three attendees for the 2018 Garden Party. There are:

  • List of attendees of Buckingham Palace Garden Parties from 1965-1992. Handwritten list
  • Letter from the Comptroller, Lord Chamberlain's Office, to the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to invite 4 people from the Society to attend a Garden Party. Typed with printed letterhead, dated 5 February 1998.
  • Envelope from Buckingham Palace on which a handwritten list has been added concerning people who have already been to a Garden Party. Postmarked 5 February 1998.
  • Letter from Francis Robinson to John Payne to inquire whether he and his wife would like to attend the Garden Party. Typed, dated 25 February 1998.
  • Notes for Guidance in Completing Garden Party Invitation Lists - typed sheet.
  • Invitation List listing Professor Anthony Stockwell and Mr Adrian Thomas and families as the attendees for a Garden Party. Printed list with handwritten inserts, undated.
  • Letter from the Comptroller, Lord Chamberlain's Office to the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to invite 4 people from the Society to attend a Garden Party. Typed with printed letterhead, dated 2 February 2001.
  • Invitation Lists with Thomas Noel Guina and Professor Francis Robinson as attendees. Printed list with handwritten insertions, undated.
  • Letter from the Comptroller, Lord Chamberlain's Office to the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to invite 4 people from the Society to attend a Garden Party. Typed with printed letterhead, dated 21 January 2004.
  • Invitation List listing Mrs Charlotte De Blois, Mrs Alison Lowe, Mrs Alison Ohta and Mr Kaveh Bakhtiar as attendees. Printed with handwritten insertions, undated.
  • Digital photograph of Dr Gordon Johnson, Mr Lionel Knight and Professor Anthony Stockwell at the 2018 Garden Party.

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  • English

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