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  • FO 10111836-1973Loraine Papers

    This series contains both personal and official papers, including photograph albums, of the diplomat Sir Percy Loraine (1880-1961). It includes correspondence of 1916 to 1949 with Loraine's friend and fellow diplomat Sir Lancelot Oliphant (1881-1965) and correspondence with the Naval Intelligence Division of the Admiralty in the First World War and with the Foreign Secretary, Prime Minister and with kings George V, Edward VIII and George VI and other members of the Royal Family and Household.

    Much of the subject matter of this and other papers in the series relates to Loraine's career in Turkey, Persia, Italy and Egypt as well as in other countries and at the Paris Peace Conference of 1918-20. Papers of family and personal interest include several pieces on horse racing and the breeding of thoroughbreds. With the exception of two items dated respectively 1836 and 1856, all the papers in this series date from the period 1897-1960.