[Sierra Leone Content] – [Luke, Harry / Lukach, Harry].

Collection of 16 letters (often multipage – letters) from Sir Harry Luke’s employed nanny who looked after the children while Sir Harry and his wife were posted in Sierra Leone. One letter also from Joyce Fremlin (that is Mrs. Luke) back to the Nanny. The letters are filled with extensive reports of the development of Sir Harry Luke’s children, Peter Luke and Michael Luke. / Trips to Alt-Aussee in Austria are talked about / Local situations in London etc./ The children Peter and Michael have included handwritten, often heartbreaking letters to their parents diplomatic posting in Africa while they were left behind in England. An interesting look into the life and often emotional hardship of british diplomats in the foreign / colonial service of the early 20th century. The collection also includes seven private photographs.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. Alt-Aussee / London, 1927. Octavo. From the private collection / library of colonial governor, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke.

Sir Harry Luke meticulously kept the letters of his children to him and his wife, when they were stationed in Sierra Leone. Luke also kept drawings and placed letters from his son Peter in a special envelope and marked it “Letters from Peter to HCL”. An avid letter-writer himself, Sir Harry obviously adored the little letters and drawings he received.

• Keywords: British Colonial Administration · British Colonial History · British Foreign Office · British Foreign Policy · Diplomatic History of the British Empire · Harry Luke – Sierra Leone II (1924 – 1928) · Sierra Leone · Sierra Leone / Sir Harry Luke Collection · Sierra Leone Content / Second Posting 1924-1928 – Sir Harry Luke · Sierra Leone Content / Sir Harry Luke Collection · Sir Harry Luke · Sir Harry Luke – Personal Archive of Books and Correspondence · Sir Harry Luke Collection
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 30207AB

EUR 275.000,--