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The Diaries of Elinor Ritchie, 1914 to 1918

Elinor Paul – nee Ritchie- was born in 1858 and died in her 88th year on 17 July 1943. She married Herbert Paul, a barrister, journalist, historian and Second Civil Service Commissioner. He was briefly a liberal M.P. for Edinburgh and then for Northampton. They lived in London (Tite Street) and had a country retreat, Cherry Orchard, Forest Row, Sussex.There were two children of the marriage, Humphrey and Beatrix.Beatrix was married in 1911 to Algernon Hyde Villiers (referred to as Algy in the diaries) son of Sir and Lady Francis Hyde Villiers, British minister to Brussels and nephew of the Earl of Clarendon. There were two children of this marriage, Charles and Theresa.

  • The Diaries of Elinor Ritchie, 1914
    The Diaries of Elinor Ritchie, 1914
    Audio footage of extracts from the diaries
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    The Diaries of Elinor Ritchie, 1915
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  • A casualty of Passchendaele, 1917
    A casualty of Passchendaele, 1917
    Algernon Villiers was a young, married, man who was keen to volunteer in 1914. Amongst so many, he was killed in 1917.
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