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Papers of Hervey Degge Sitwell on regalia

Catalogue reference: SIT

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Reference
SIT
Title
Papers of Hervey Degge Sitwell on regalia
Date
20th century
Description

Papers of Maj.-Gen. Hervey Degge Sitwell, CB, CVO, MC, FSA (1890-1973), Keeper of the Jewel House, Tower of London 1952-68, conc. regalia in the Tower of London; mostly c. 1952-66 but including earlier and later correspondence. General Sitwell published The Crown Jewels and other regalia in the Tower of London (1953); 'The Jewel House and the Royal Goldsmiths', Arch. Journal, 117 (1960), 131-55; 'Royal Serjeants-at-Arms and the Royal Maces', Archaeologia, 102 (1969), 203-50; The English Regalia (with Martin Holmes, 1972); Sitwell's notes are used extensively for The Crown Jewels, ed. C. Blair (1998). See also A.J., 55 (1975), 496 (obituary); Who Was Who 1971-80.

Held by
Society of Antiquaries of London
Former department reference
SAL/MS/950/1-3; MS 950
Creator(s)
Sitwell, Hervey Degge Wilmot (1896-1973), Major General and Keeper of the Jewel House, Tower of London
Unpublished finding aids
Society of Antiquaries online catalogue: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sit
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/259680f1-7064-4730-bcce-0d6ca846ad9e/

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Papers of Hervey Degge Sitwell on regalia