Letter to “Daddy” [Herbert Pendlebury] from John [Pendlebury]

Department Archive
Collection John Pendlebury Family Papers
Reference No. PEN 1/3/1/10/15
Level Item
Dates Sunday, April 06, 1930
Donor/Creator Pendlebury, Dr John Devitt Stringfellow
Scope and Content Sent from Knossos. Telling Herbert about a lunch they hosted for “The Hellenic Travellers” including [Arthur] Evans’ stepmother, Anthony Hope, Gilbert Murray, H. A. L. Fisher, [B. H.] Liddell Hart, Ernest Gardner, Ronald Knox, [Alfred Cort] Haddon of Christ’s [College, Cambridge], [William David] Ross of Oriel [College, Oxford], McElroy and Saleeby (“the health expert”); and that they had also had a visit from 100 Polish people from Warsaw. Additionally thanking Herbert for a copy of ‘Punch’ and “Ur and Budge”, and mentioning that he had written to congratulation Dickie and Robin [Mabel Dickson and her son].