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Services Club London 28.2.16 Dear Lady Carson If Sir Edward is not
well enough, or if it would be any
exertion on his part, I prefer to leave
the casket with him till he is able to
put into it, what will be much more
prized by me, even than the beautiful
casket itself, viz a few lines of appreciation
from him, I shall be in the club till
10.30 a.m. If you will 'phone' me please Yours Sincerely Fred H Crawford P.S. I shall be in London till
Thursday mng.
Letter from Frederick Hugh Crawford (1861-1952) to Lady Ruby Carson (1881-1966). Crawford
is writing about an ornate casket that he will be presented with as a gift by the
Carsons. He requests that the casket stay with Sir Edward Carson until he is well
enough to write a few words of appreciation to be included with it.Born in in Belfast,
County Antrim, Frederick Hugh Crawford was an engineer, soldier and a gun runner.
He smuggled German guns into Larne, Bangor and Donaghadee in 1914 for the UVF. During
the war he was appointed OC Royal Army Service Corps in Northern Ireland and in 1916
he undertook an instruction tour in France. Lady Ruby Carson was born in Yorkshire
and was the daughter of Lt Col Stephen Frewen. In 1914 she became the second wife
of the prominent Unionist figure Sir Edward Carson (1854-1935).