Marsh, Edward:

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[TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, SIGNED, TO SYLVIA LYND]. Sir Edward Marsh, translator, politician and patron of poets, writes to author, Sylvia Lynd, on business matters: "I have given your letter to the P.M.'s P.S. for the Civil List Pensions...who was very encouraging, & wd like you to send him a note on Miss Mayne & her circumstances to 10 Downing St....I can hardly imagine any one who wd be a better 'case' for the Civil List...tho' the sums are terribly small! I have no say in the matter myself...." In the second letter, he writes "... I've just got such an unhappy letter from my great friend Lady Lytton, who writes in deep distress about the desire of the Book Society to leave out 'Viscount Knebworth' from the title of Lytton's book. She says 'It was Antony's name, & his name shd be recorded: it is nothing to be ashamed of. He was 'Antony' to his & our friends, but 'Lord K' to the public.....I am sure that if the Committee understood how much we care & feel about it they would leave it in....My own opinion is neither here nor there, & no doubt there are strong reasons for the omission; but I hope you'll agree I am bound to pass on what she says. -- I'm also writing to...E. Blunden."

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