1946 MARLBOROUGH HOUSE -QUEEN MARYS BIRTHDAY - letter Cynthia Colville

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1946; 28th May. Hand written letter by Cynthia Colville, Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Mary from Marlborough house on the occasion of Queen Mary's Birthday, (26th May) posted to Angus McMillan of Paisley, Scotland, Envelope with Official paid and fine CROWN/GVIR Postal cachet

Lady Helen Cynthia Colville, née Milnes, later Crewe-Milnes, DCVO DBE JP FRCM (20 May 1884 – 15 June 1968) was an English courtier and social worker, serving as a Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Mary, while at the same time devoting her energies to alleviating the suffering of Shoreditch, one of the poorest areas of the East End of London.

She started her work in Shoreditch, which was a slum (a "socially derelict square mile", as her son described the area), before World War I, focusing on infant mortality. The Socialist borough council co-opted her to their public health committee. In February 1952 while serving as Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Mary it fell to Lady Cynthia Colville to inform Queen Mary of the death of her son George VI

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1946; 28th May. Hand written letter by Cynthia Colville, Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Mary from Marlborough house on the occasion of Queen Mary's Birthday, (26th May) posted to Angus McMillan of Paisley, Scotland, Envelope with Official paid and fine CROWN/GVIR Postal cachet Lady Helen Cynthia Colville, née Milnes, later Crewe-Milnes, DCVO DBE JP FRCM (20 May 1884 – 15 June 1968) was an English courtier and social worker, serving as a Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Mary, while at the same time devoting her energies to alleviating the suffering of Shoreditch, one of the poorest areas of the East End of London. She started her work in Shoreditch, which was a slum (a "socially derelict square mile", as her son described the area), before World War I, focusing on infant mortality. The S
Cancellation Type Circular Town Datestamp
Royal Queen Mary
To Commemorate Birth/Birthday
Royal Residence Marlborough House
Royalty UK Royalty
Era George VI (1936-1952)
Postmark Type Royalty Cypher Handstamps
Year 1946
City/Town/Village London
Family Name Colville