St John's College W.3 (part)

Sir Robert Forsyth Scott, Invitation to the Coronation of George V. English, 1911


Sir Robert Forsyth Scott, Master of St John’s College (1849-1933): invitations, orders of service and related papers concerning the attendance of Scott as vice chancellor of the University of Cambridge at the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary, 22 June 1911. Including documents relating to carriage regulations at Westminster Abbey and the Naval Review.

Manuscript extra information

14 items. With a letter from Lady Scott to the Librarian of St John’s, C. W. Previté-Orton, 14 Dec. 1933, presenting these papers to the Library. She writes that her husband was ‘particularly pleased about being present as it was the 400th anniversary of the Foundation of St John’s’.

Printed papers, some with original envelopes.