This is marked by W.R. Inge as 'Vol I'.
Vols 1-20 have been written in pre printed appointments style diaries. This is a blank notebook with prose.
Pasted in:
(1) a newspaper obituary of Mr Charles Henry Inge
(2) programme for an acting entertainment which took place in the Lodge at Jesus College and was performed by the children of the Master Henry Morgan - Blenda, Conway, Iris, Coral, and Gerda
(3) two postcards from Ripon
(4) a post card of Trengwainton House
(5) two postcards of Salisbury Cathedral
(6) press cuttings about the re-opening of Newton Church after restoration
This is marked by W.R. Inge as 'Vol II'.
Vols 1-20 have been written in pre printed appointments style diaries. This is a blank notebook with prose.
Pasted in:
Postcards
(i) South Holmwood Church
(ii) Arlescote, Edge Hills
(iii) Williamscot House
(iv) Compton Wynyates
(v) Kirkby Stephen
(vi) Farnham Castle (colour)
(vii) Peterborough Cathedral
Seating plans and menus
(i) seating plan for a dinner at Trinity College, 29 May 1908
(ii) seating plan for a dinner at Gonville and Caius College, 17 June 1908
(iii) menu for a dinner held at Trinity College, 17 June 1908, for the inauguration of William Hepworth Thompson, as Chancellor
Press cuttings
(i) recipients of Honorary Degrees
(ii) from the Church Family Newspaper, 24 Jul 1908 of an article written by Dean Inge expressing his views on the proposal for reunion between the Anglicans and Presbyterians
(iii) 'The Education Settlement Committee'
(iv) funeral of Sir Henry Katz Davson
(v) Eugenics Education Society
(vi) 'The Care of the Feeble Minded'
(vi) scholarships
Other
(i) photograph of William Hepworth Thompson processing with his robes being held up
(ii) three photographs of Milton Court
(iii) Eton Founder's Day programme, 5 Dec 1908
(iv) obituary of the Revd Richard Appleton, Master of Selwyn College
(v) picture of Admiral E. Neville Rolfe, churchwarden of St Margaret's, Westminster, 1904-1909
Vols 1-20 have been written in pre printed appointments style diaries. This is a blank notebook with prose.
There is a summary of the year written on 31 December of each year.
Vols 1-20 have been written in pre printed appointments style diaries. This is a blank notebook with prose.
There is a summary of the year written on 31 December of each year.
Vols 1-20 have been written in pre printed appointments style diaries. This is a blank notebook with prose.
There is a summary of the year written at the end.
Entries have been made in a pre printed appointments style diary up until 18 May. The ret of the diary is blank.
Entries have been made in a plain notebook rather than a re printed diary.
There is a gap between 9 January 1919 and 22 June 1919 due to his wife's illness.
Entries have been made in a plain notebook rather than a re printed diary.
At the end of December there is a summary of the year.
Entries have been made in a plain notebook rather than a re printed diary.
At the end of December there is a summary of the year.
Entries have been made in a plain notebook rather than a re printed diary.
At the end of December there is a summary of the year.
Pasted in:
Postcards
(i) unnamed country house
(ii) Norwich Cathedral
(iii) Armagh Palace
(iv) Court House, Painswick (colour)
(v) Bishop Auckland Castle
(vi) Kinnairdy
(vii) Gwynfa, Painswick and Painswick House, and Painswick Church
(ix) St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh
(viii) view of the sea near Shanklin
Pictures from newspapers and publications
(i) Mr J.F.P. Rawlinson (MP for Cambridge University)
(ii) George A. Birmingham
(iii) Sir Walter Durnford
(iv) Deans of England meeting in Norwich
(v) Charles Macpherson
(vi) Stanley Marchant
Photographs
(i) Stowe Hill
(ii) Hartlebury Castle
(iii) Charterhouse, Coventry
Press cuttings
(i) a dinner given by the Swedish Minister and Baroness Palmstierna
(ii) scorecard of Eton v Winchester
(iii) The Times about Rudyard Kipling
(iv) Annual Reunion of the Deans of English Cathedrals - Programme of the Meeting held at Norwich, 19-21 July 1926
(v) British Academy's new home in Burlington House
Other
(i) obituary from the newspaper of Mr H.E. Luxmoore, a master at Eton for over 40 years
(ii) seating plan for the Hibbert Dinner, 24 June 1927
Entries have been made in a plain notebook rather than a re printed diary.
At the end of December there is a summary of the year.
Pasted in:
Postcards
(i) Purse Caundle Manor (Dorset)
Pictures from newspapers and publications
(i) Miss Catharine Inge (W.R. Inge's daughter) from a newspaper describing her as 'a charming debutante'
(ii) Dr William Page Roberts, Dean of Salisbury Cathedral (1836-1928)
(iii) Lord Haldane (1856-1928)
(iv) Sir Horace Darwin (1851-1928, son of Charles Darwin)
(v) an older couple with a school boy [no caption]
(vi) Canon Elliott 'our newly appointed Canon'
(vii) the new Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of London, Sir J.E. Kynaston Studd and Lady Studd
(viii) the outgoing Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Randall Davidson and his successor Cosmo Gordon Lang
(ix) Dr Winfrid Oldfield Burrows (1858–1929)
(x) Richard Knight Causton, 1st Baron Southwark (1843-1929)
(xi) W.R. Inge, his wife Kitty and their daughter Catharine arriving at the Royal Academy for the private viewing day
(xii) the King and Queen (George V and Queen Mary) returning to London in a carriage after the King's long illness
(xiii) scaffolding inside the dome of St Paul's Cathedral
(xiv) the memorial to Anthony Van Dyck
(xv) crowds outside St Paul's Cathedral for the Armistice Day Service
Press cuttings
(i) restoration work in the dome of St Paul's Cathedral
(ii) article and photograph of attendees at a British Academy dinner
(iii) luncheon hosted by Lady Newton
(iv) from The Times - 'Old Etonians. Traditions of the School. Lord Mayors Guests'
(v) the death of Canon Henry Maxwell Spooner, aged 84
(vi) cricket scorecard for Nottinghamshire v Kent
(vii) obituary of Mr Hugh Vibart MacNaghten, Vice-Provost of Eton [He drowned himself in a fit of depression]
(viii) wedding of the Revd Robert Douglas Richardson, vicar of Four-Oaks, and Professor Linetta Palamidessi de Castelvecchio
(ix) W.R. Inge's sermon in Norwich
Photographs
(i) the exterior of Montecute House (Somerset)
(ii) three uncaptioned photographs of a man in shorts with a dog
Other
(i) dinner invitation from the Society of Civil Engineers, 27 June 1928
(ii) Bembridge School Foundation Day, 6 July 1928
(iii) seating plan for a British Academy Lunch held at the Princes' Hotel, 24 July 1928
(iv) items from a visit to Geneva - photograph of Inge with two other unidentified men; a postcard of Pavillion Du Lac, Genthod; an order of service; and an entry ticket to the 9th Assemblée de la Société des Nations
(v) Hellenic Travellers' Club landing and embarking ticket
(vi) pencil drawing of Babington House, Somerset, with manuscript addition 'with every good wish to you all, D.K.' [the house was owned by the Knatchbull family]
Loose at the back
(i) Hellenic travellers Club cruise passenger list, 1929
(ii) programme for the play The Phormio of Terence performed at St Peter's College, Westminster
Entries have been made in a plain notebook rather than a re printed diary.
At the end of December there is a summary of the year.
Pasted in:
Postcards
(i) Crawford Priory, Springfield
(ii) Bishopthorpe Palace
(iii) photographs and postcards from their cruise including the River Jordan; Mount Tabor; Nazareth; Mount of Beatitudes; Tiberias; ruins of Capernaum; and Rhodes
(iv) from his cruise including from Malta and Split
(v) Rose Castle, Carlisle
(vi) the Pinnacles, Cheddar Gorge
(vii) Mells, Somerset
(viii) Plas Tan-Y-Bwlch from the river
Photographs from newspapers and publications
(i) Robert Bridges, Poet Laureate (1844-1930)
(ii) The Ven. E.E. Holmes, Archdeacon of London (1911-1930) and The Ven. E.N. Sharpe, Archdeacon of London (1930)
(iii) the Armistice Day service on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral, 1929
(iv) school boys playing cricket on a roof
(v) Dean Inge; the Vicar of Jesmond; and the Revd F.S. Craggs at the Jesmond Conference of Clergy and Laity
(vi) Randall Davidson, (1848–1930) former Archbishop of Canterbury and one of him in his study
(vii) Bishop George Forrest Browne (1833-1930)
(viii) Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (1872-1930)
(ix) Dr Friedrich Sthamer (1856–1931), German Ambassador in London
Press cuttings
(i) W.R. Inge’s visit to a conference in Bristol
(ii) ‘Religion. The Responsibility of Teachers. Principal Garvie on Bible Study. Dean Inge on the Intellectual Standpoint’
(iii) article from a newspaper – ‘Church’s Main Battle. Dean Inge at Newcastle Conference. The Marriage Vow. Modern Fiction that is Causing Alarm’.
(iv) Dundee Chronicle including photograph of Honorary Graduates of St Andrews University [including W.R. Inge]
(v) article and photograph from The Leeds Mercury about W.R. Inge’s visit to Leeds. Shown in the photograph with his host Mr C.J.F. Atkinson
(vi) obituary from The Times of Dr William Archibald Spooner (1844–1930), Warden of New College, Oxford and originator of the term ‘spoonerisms’
(vii) new school building at Shrewsbury
(viii) review of W.R. Inge’s book, ‘Christian Ethics and Modern Problems’
(ix) list of guests who were attending a dinner given by the Salters’ Company [W.R. Inge ‘had great fun sitting next to HG Wells]
(x) article and photograph about W.R. Inge’s lecture at the Student Union at Glasgow University
(xi) describing the dresses of Mrs Kitty Inge when she presented Mrs R. Percy Hodder-Williams [wife of the Director of Hodder& Stoughton Ltd] at Court
Photographs
(i) Babington House, Somerset
(ii) memorial to the Revd Richard Harris Barham
(iii) two photographs of clergy – the caption isn’t clear but it includes the Bishop of Llandrindod
(iv) W.R. Inge and his wife Kitty [formal clothes including top hat]
(v) memorial to the very Revd William Page Roberts, Dean of Salisbury; the Archbishop of Uppsala; and Professor Pringle-Pattinson
Other
(i) seating plan for a dinner hosted by the Prince of Wales at St James’s palace, 12 Dec 1930
(ii) a list of candidates for confirmation, 13 Dec 1930
(iii) menu and seating plan for a dinner a St Paul’s Cathedral dinner at the Stationers’ Hall, 26 Jan 1931
(iv) letter from Arthur Hird wishing him a happy 71st birthday
(v) seating plan for a dinner for 11 guests given ‘at home’, guests include Sir Owen Seaman, Sir Robert and Lady Witt, Sir Lawrence and Lady Jones; Sir Edgar and Lady Bonham Carter and the Bishop of Southwark