Archive of General Sir Archibald Hunter
GCB GCVO DSO TD LLD
at the King's Own Royal Regiment Museum, Lancaster.
Royal Household Correspondence
Letter dated 10 Nov 1887 from Balmoral.
Dear Sir
I enclosed the name of Prince Henry of Battenberg’s child
Yours faithfully
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To S Walford Esq
8 Alexander Mountbatten, Marquis of Carisbrooke, born 3 Nov 1886 and
died 23 Feb 1960.
Accession Number: KO2686/127
Letter dated 9 May, possibly 1910 as
there is a black mourning border to the paper, letter from Charlotte….
Sandringham, Norfolk
Dear Sir Archibald,
The Queen, Princes Victoria and myself are all delighted with your
photographs and I ought to have told you this long ago but really had
not one spare moment, so please forgive me.
Believe me,
Yours very sincerely,
Charlotte
TO
Princess Victoria wishes particularly to know how your Wife is!!!
Accession Number: KO2686/166
Letter to Lady Hunter, in Gibraltar,
dated 19 Feb 1912 from Louise, Princess Royal, on board HMS Powerful,
regarding the death of the Duke of Fife her husband.
On 13 Dec 1911 while sailing to Egypt, the Princess Royal and her family
were shipwrecked off the coast of Morocco on the SS Delhi, of the
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. Although they escaped
unharmed, the Duke of Fife fell ill with pleurisy, probably contracted
as a result of the shipwreck. He died at Aswan, Egypt in January 1912,
and Princess Alexandra (his daughter) succeeded to his dukedom.
Accession Number: KO2686/057
Copy of telegram from the King to
General Sir Archibald Hunter dated 1 Dec 1924. “The Queen and I are
so grieved to hear of you irreparable loss and we offer you our deep
sympathy in your sorrow. George R I”
Accession Number: KO2686/085
Letter to Hunter from Clive Wigram,
York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk dated 2 Dec 1924.
“My dear General
Thank you so much for your letter. You are indeed in our thoughts, and
when talking to my wife on the telephone last night we were saying that
a gap your dear wife will leave in your life and in the lives of her
many friends.
She was always so kind and friendly towards my wife and myself. The
moment I arrived here yesterday both the King and Queen referred to her
sad death and how much they felt for you.
I need hardly say, my dear General, how great our sympathy is with you.
I wish I could be in London to pay my last respects at the funeral.
Yours sincerely,
Clive Wigram”
Clive Wigram, first Baron Wigram (1873-1960), soldier and courtier.
In 1910, upon the accession of King George V, Colonel Clive Wigram
exchanged a promising military career to be equerry and assistant
private secretary to the King. Wigram was appointed private secretary to
the King after the death of Arthur Bigge, Lord Stamfordham, in 1931.
Accession Number: KO2686/086
Letter to Hunter from Clive Wigram,
Craig Gowan, Balmoral, Ballater, dated 16 Jul 1935.
“My dear General
You have always been a real good friend to me and thank you so much for
your kind congratulations and good wishes.
I well remember those Poona days when I was with George Richardson. I do
hope that you are enjoying decent health and that we may meet again some
day.
Yours sincerely,
Wigram
I have been deported for a rest”
Clive Wigram was made a peer on 25 Jun 1935
Accession Number: KO2686/087
