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The Papers of Felix Deutsch |
| KNNK |
The Papers of Neil Kinnock |
| KNNK AS |
Kinnock Associated Papers |
| KPZA |
Papers of Piotr Leonidovich Kapitza |
| LABA |
The Papers of Lansing Bagnall Limited |
| LASC |
The Papers of Sir Frank Lascelles |
| LASL |
The Papers of Sir Alan Lascelles |
| LASL AS |
Associated Papers of Sir Alan Lascelles |
| LDBA |
The Papers of Baron Baker of Windrush |
| LEBY |
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The Papers of Sir Frank Lascelles
| Title |
The Papers of Sir Frank Lascelles |
| Reference |
GBR/0014/LASC |
| Creator |
Lascelles, Sir Frank Cavendish |
| Covering Dates |
1870–1971 (The majority of folios date from 1870 to 1920.) |
| Extent and Medium |
1 archive box |
| Repository |
Churchill Archives Centre |
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| Content and context |
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Frank Lascelles was born on 23 March 1841, 5th son of William Saunders Sebright Lascelles, MP, and Caroline, eldest daughter of the 6th Earl of Carlisle. In 1867 he married Mary Emma (died 1897), eldest daughter of Sir Joseph F. Olliffe, Physician to the British Embassy, Paris [France]: they had one daughter, Florence, who married Sir Cecil Spring-Rice in 1904 (and two sons deceased). Lascelles entered the Diplomatic Service in 1861, and his career included: 2nd Secretary Diplomatic Service (1871); Agent and Consul-General in Bulgaria (1879); Minister in Roumania (1886); Minister in Persia [later Iran], (1891); Ambassador to Russia (1894); Ambassador to Germany (1895-1908). Lascelles's honours included: GCB (1897); GCMG (1892 (KCMG 1886)); GCVO (1904); PC (1894). He died on 2 January 1920.
The papers consist of copies of personal papers from various stages in Lascelles's career, and other material relating to Lascelles, including: letters and diary from his posting to Paris [France] during the Franco-Prussian War and at the beginning and end of his position as Ambassador to Germany; the diary of his family's visit to Iran in 1892; press cuttings of obituaries for Lascelles.
The papers were given to Churchill Archives Centre by Lascelles's granddaughter, Lady Arthur, between 1987 and 1988.
LASC 5/1 and LASC 5/2 were amended to LASC 5 and LASC 6 at the time of cataloguing.
The papers are owned by Churchill Archives Centre.
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Access and Use
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The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Churchill Archives Centre is open from Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. A prior appointment and two forms of identification are required.
Researchers wishing to publish excerpts from the papers must obtain prior permission from the copyright holders and should seek advice from Archives Centre staff.
Please cite as Churchill Archives Centre, The Papers of Sir Frank Lascelles, LASC
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| Further information |
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See also the papers of Sir Cecil Spring-Rice (CASR), Lascelles's son-in-law, at Churchill Archives Centre. The Public Record Office/National Archives holds a large number of papers relating to Lascelles's career, in Foreign Office Private Office correspondence, 1874-1908 (FO 800/6-20).
A copy of this finding aid is available for consultation at Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge, at the National Register of Archives, London, and on the Janus website, http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/.
This fonds (collection) level description and catalogue was prepared by Katharine Thomson of Churchill Archives Centre in June 2003, from an existing box list to the papers. Biographical information was obtained from Who's Who 1897-1996 (A&C Black).
The original papers were retained by the depositor.
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| Index Terms |
| Diplomacy |
| Foreign Policy |
| International Relations |
| Lascelles, Sir Frank Cavendish (1841-1920) Knight, diplomat |
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Franco-Prussian War.
2 files. |
1870–1871 |
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2
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Persian diary. Copy of diary kept by Florence Lascelles, Mary, Lady Lascelles and Gertrude Bell while on a journey from London to Teheran [Iran].
1 file. |
Apr 1892-May 1892 |
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3
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Letters from Berlin. Copies of letters to Lascelles at the beginning and at the end of his term as British Ambassador to Germany, with correspondents including: William Goschen [Secretary of Embassy, Russia], congratulating him on his appointment; Tristram Ellis on pictures he had painted for Lascelles; Lord Augustus Loftus on the situation in Berlin; Sir Francis Oppenheimer, British Consul-General at Frankfort-on-Main.
1 file. |
Oct 1895-Dec 1907 |
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4
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The Queen's Ambassador to her Grandson, Sir Frank Lascelles: a study of Anglo-German relations 1895-1900. Copy of a paper by Cornelia E Brooke, Vassar College [United States].
1 file. |
1971 |
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5
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Press cuttings. Cuttings, mainly on the retirement and death of Sir Frank Lascelles.
1 file. |
Oct 1908-Jan 1920 |
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6
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Letters to Charles Trevelyan. Copies of letters from Lascelles to Trevelyan on subjects including the British German Friendship Society.
2 items. |
May 1914-Mar 1916 |
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