| Ref No | MS 466/1/1/2/1/7 |
| Finding Number | MS 466/363/9-10 |
| Title | Letter from George Newman to Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury |
| Level | Item |
| Date | 02 January 1903 |
| Description | Newman thanks Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury for some chocolates which she had sent to him and his wife, remarking 'we have eaten the chocolates & are still alive'. Newman refers to Elizabeth's husband George Cadbury as 'Sir Cadbury de Bournville'. Newman's letter contains amusing references relating to the relationship between Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury's brother Wilfrid Taylor and her personal secretary Elizabeth Knox Taylor. Taylor Cadbury's stepson George had recently married Edith Caroline Woodall who had been employed as a governess for the younger children in the Cadbury family. Newman includes an amusing mock advertisement for a new secretary for Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury which he suggests she should feature in 'The Friend', the journal of the Society of Friends. The advertisement makes fun of the large number of children in the household and the fact that two of Taylor Cadbury's employees had found husbands whilst working at the Manor House. Newman also refers briefly to books by Marion Crawford and the prose works of John Milton and asks about Taylor Cadbury's tour of Spain, suggesting that he would like to have heard George Cadbury's opinion of 'the sweet-eyed Spanish girls'. Newman also refers to his elderly Uncle Henry and remarks how his political opinions had been informed by reading the Daily News. He concludes his letter with amusing remarks about a photograph of Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury which the Newmans displayed on their mantel piece at home. |
| Extent | 2 |
| Format | Items |
| Related Material | Information about Taylor and Cadbury family marriages taken from Richenda Scott, 'Elizabeth Cadbury: 1858-1951' (London: Harrap, 1955), p. 58. |
| Physical Description | These two items should be produced together as they form parts of one individual document. |
| Access Status | Open |
| Language | English |