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Material relating to Irene Alice Mary Shipton, later Countess of Lauderdale
1900-1995
Material relating to Irene Alice Mary Shipton, later Countess of Lauderdale (1900-1995) Married Revd Sir Alfred Sydney Frederick Maitland, 16th earl of Lauderdale, 1904-1968 on June 4 1940.
Personal Diaries
1925-1991
Series of personal diaries from 1925,1929-1991. Irene Maitland nee Shipton kepy a diary for most of her life documenting the beginning of WW2 in 1939, her wedding in 1940, she mostly begins with a co...
Photograph Albums and sketch books
1917-1976
A collection of photograph albums, some family albums and some collected during travel. The travel albums contain a mixture of commercial postcards, some text and original photographs.There is also a ...
Travel Diaries
1938-1981
A collection of typescript travel diarys documenting holidays and tours taken between 1938 and 1981.
Published and unpublished writings
c.1923- c.1985
Some printed published material, including copies of the National Review magazine that contain published articles written by Irene Maitland/Shipton and some self published volumes of poetry.
Correspondence
1900-1960
File containing a small number of pieces of correspondence, one letter of thanks from Winston Churchill.
The National Review Vol 118 No 712 Jun 1942
Jun 1942
Copy of The National Review containing a piece of writing written by Irene Shipton nee Maitland
Familiar Faces Album
c.1915
A miniature album containing images of friends and family presumably of Irene Shipton