Total Published Records: 135,582
BRACERS Notes
| Record no. | Notes, topics or text |
|---|---|
| 115129 | Enclosure is document .133184. |
| 115130 | Enclosed with document .133183. |
| 115131 | Enclosure missing. |
| 115132 | Dora prefers not to invest in India for Kate's trust; "... there may be a revolution and a repudiation by India during our life-time." She prefers to divide the money between cable and wireless (near their Cornish home, Carn Voel) and New Zealand, and nothing for railways in England because of increasing competition from road transport. |
| 115133 | |
| 115134 | Enclosure is document .133189. |
| 115135 | This letter annotates 13 stocks for further investment. Re settlement for the benefit of John Russell. |
| 115136 | |
| 115137 | BR states his investment preferences. |
| 115138 | Enclosed document is .133169. |
| 115139 | Enclosed document is .133193; a second copy is unnumbered. It appears that BR did not use them in court. |
| 115140 | Enclosed are documents .133195, .133196. |
| 115141 | BR will see Sanger as soon as the doctors allow. BR had to have clarified what Crompton meant by "the 20th proximo". BR would rather not act for himself in court this time. |
| 115142 | Re John Conrad's trust. |
| 115143 | |
| 115144 | |
| 115145 | Davies will employ the junior counsel, Hubert Parker, for BR's case at Midhurst about the alleged damaged telescope. |
| 115146 | |
| 115147 | BR sends a cheque for the children's trust. |
| 115148 | Re John and Kate Russell's trusts: more suggestions for stock picks for their investments. |
| 115149 | |
| 115150 | BR makes his stock picks for the children's trusts. |
| 115151 | Sanger wishes to be relieved from the trusteeship of the two settlements. |
| 115152 | Edward Lloyd and Francis Meynell could be new trustees. |
| 115153 | |
| 115154 | Enclosures concern new investments in John and Kate Russell's trusts. |
| 115155 | BR encloses a cheque to make up the balance in the children's trusts. |
| 115156 | Documents .133213 and .133214 are enclosed. |
| 115157 | Enclosed with document .133212. |
| 115158 | BR has written to Francis Meynell asking him to contact Crompton. |
| 115159 | |
| 115160 | Enclosed with document .133217. |
| 115161 | BR encloses Dora's will (not present). |
| 115162 | Francis Meynell has contacted Crompton and is willing to become one of the new trustees. |
| 115163 | Crompton encloses deeds of appointment of the new trustees. There is a notation that the deeds were returned 4/2/30. |
| 115164 | "I have just heard by telephone that Sanger is not expected to live for more than a few days." |
| 115165 | Sanger left £500 to BR and £100 each to John and Kate. |
| 115166 | |
| 115167 | Re Sanger: "It is curious how frequently expert exponents of the law leave puzzles in their wills." |
| 115168 | Re Telegraph House. |
| 115169 | BR encloses (not present) a letter from a German "who used to give me cigarettes when the warders were not looking." [Re Brixton Prison.] See record 115170 for the German's name. |
| 115170 | The German, Mr. Ettlinger, wishes to be reinstated as a British subject. |
| 115171 | |
| 115172 | BR advises him to contact Crompton. |
| 115173 | |
| 115174 | Re Telegraph House. |
| 115175 | Re Telegraph House. |
| 115176 | Crompton has received BR's cheque for the quarter's rent of Telegraph House. |
| 115177 | Re Telegraph House. |
| 115178 | "... some gorse and heather caught fire the other day in a position that might have spread to the house, and I therefore had to call the Petersfield Fire Brigade...." |
| 115179 | Re Telegraph House. |
| 115180 | Re BR's claim against Guardian Assurance Company. |
| 115181 | |
| 115182 | |
| 115183 | Enclosed with document .1332388. |
| 115184 | The enclosed card is from Venton, Cooper & Co., assessors to the fire office, document .133240. |
| 115185 | Davies sends BR the payments for the legacies under Sanger's will. |
| 115186 | Davies asks for a rough idea of the value of the furniture at Telegraph House. |
| 115187 | Re the children's legacies from Sanger. |
| 115188 | Re the insurance value of furniture. |
| 115189 | Re investments for the children's trusts. |
| 115190 | Crompton received a demand note from Withers & Co. for quarter's rent due. There is a notation on the letter that the cheque was sent 30/9/30. |
| 115191 | Crompton has received BR's cheque for the quarter's rent due for Telegraph House. |
| 115192 | Re a letter Crompton sent to Dora on July 30th, 1930, "... she has asked me to say that she would be glad if you would arrange for a policy to be taken out for £3,000, to cover the furniture at Battine House and at Telegraph House, the bungalow and its equipment, also the contents of the two engine houses, one at Battine and the other at Telegraph House." |
| 115193 | Crompton encloses (not present) a proposal form for a policy at Commercial Union Assurance Company Limited. |
| 115194 | Re Telegraph House's water supply. |
| 115195 | Enclose with document .133251. |
| 115196 | On the possibilities of a general concordat with Frank Russell, with reference to India. |
| 115197 | Re water supply. |
| 115198 | BR is returning the form of proposal for a policy with Commercial Union Assurance Company Limited, and presents details about the buildings' "engine rooms". |
| 115199 | On investments for the children's trusts. |
| 115200 | |
| 115201 | On the risk of a fire from Telegraph House's battery. |
| 115202 | Re moving Telegraph House's battery. |
| 115203 | The enclosed document is .133261. |
| 115204 | Re Telegraph House: the cottage water supply. |
| 115205 | Crompton originally enclosed both a letter from Wontner & Renwick, as well as his reply, but requested that Dora return the letter from Wontner & Renwick. |
| 115206 | Enclosed with document .133262. |
| 115207 | On enlarging the water supply. |
| 115208 | |
| 115209 | |
| 115210 | Re Telegraph House's water supply. |
| 115211 | Re Telegraph House. |
| 115212 | Dora sends a cheque for £200 to be invested in water stocks. |
| 115213 | |
| 115214 | "... with regard to the investment of the £200 for your children, the stockbrokers have found it possible to buy a holding of the Colne Valley Water Company's preference stock, and to invest the balance in Metropolitan Water stock." She should reinvest the dividends for the children. |
| 115215 | Crompton received a letter from Withers regarding Telegraph House's water supply saying, "... we have now communicated with Lord Russell with regard to your letter of the 29th ultimo and we understand his Lordship is making arrangements for a separate water supply for the cottage." |
| 115216 | On the storage of petrol away from the (engine) house, whose fireplaces servants use in the winter. |
| 115217 | The enclosed document is .133276. |
| 115218 | BR has decided to have the battery renewed. |
| 115219 | |
| 115220 | Davies encloses a letter (not present) received from Wontner and Renwick. There is a notation that the documents were returned 11/12/30. |
| 115221 | Re Battine House and the income tax inspector. |
| 115222 | BR confesses he is "liable to insult him [the income tax inspector] more than he likes." |
| 115223 | |
| 115224 | Re Telegraph House. Crompton has received BR's cheque for £100 for the quarter's rent. A notation on the letter states the receipt was sent 12/1/31. |
| 115225 | Re Battine House—income tax assessment. |
| 115226 | "I have now received from Messers. Wontner & Renwick the certificate in respect of £120 5% preference stock (1922 Act) Colne Valley Water Company registered in your name." |
| 115227 | |
| 115228 | Re subletting Telegraph House. |
