Letter from Johnny Spencer to 'Cousin Tweety' (Lady Clonbrock), 17 July 1916

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Letter from Johnny Spencer to 'Cousin Tweety' (Lady Clonbrock), 17 July 1916

1 Grantchester July 17th 1916 Dear Cousin Tweety. I write just a
line to send you & Cousin Gerald
my very best wishes on your
Golden Wedding day, & hello too.
I'm so sorry to hear Robin is
laid up & may not be able
to be with you. My Mother is coming down here
one day this week, so perhaps
you will see her tomorrow. We are both looking forward so
much to seeing Georgy next
week. Again our very best wishes, Yrs affectly Johnny Spencer 2 The Lady Clonbrock

The letter is from Johnny Spencer, a cousin, to Lady Clonbrock (referred to as 'Cousin Tweety') congratulation her and her husband, Luke Gerald Dillon, 4th Baron Clonbrock ('cousin Gerald'), on their golden wedding anniversary. Augusta Caroline Dillon (née Crofton) was the wife of Luke Gerald Dillon (1834-1917), the 4th Baron of Clonbrock, Co. Galway and the daughter of Lord Crofton of Mote Park (Edward Henry Churchill Crofton, 3rd Baron), Co. Roscommon. Aged 75 at the outbreak of war, Lady Clonbrock, worked closely with the Irish Women's Association to send basic necessities to Irish POWs. Many of her care packages went to members of the Connaught Rangers imprisoned in Limburg near Cologne.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__5666.html)