GB 378 LDGSL/348
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Series
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1889-1998
Personal papers, notebooks and diaries relating to Sir Lewis Leigh Fermor, particularly his early life. Personal papers include marriage certificate to second wife (Lady Frances Fermor), and birth certificate of son (Patrick Leigh Fermor), CV, photos, and his initial contract with the Geological Survey of India, with diaries covering 1902-1904 and 1908, and notebooks on natural history.
The series also includes extensive correspondence between Lady Frances Fermor, the Geological Society, and other individuals on the subject of Lady Fermor's will and the establishment of the Fermor Fund and Fermor Lecture, as well as the will itself and conditions of the Fund.
Material ranges in date from 1889 to 1998.
FERMOR , Sir , Lewis Leigh , 1880-1954 , Knight , geologist FERMOR , Lady , Frances Mary , 1898-1990 , née Case , 2nd wife of Lewis Leigh Fermor Geological Society , 1801-