Beschreibung:

Santostefano della Cerda (Alessio, styled himself Marchese della Cerda, married Matty Montgomery Campbell, had three daughters, Ninette, Georgina and Ippolyta, and descendants Charles Henry Alexander a British officer in an Indian cavalry regiment, & later Alexander-Sinclair, of Ebury Street, London, fl. 1870s-1900s & 1930s-70s) Archive of diaries, pencil sketch book and letters of the Santostefano della Cerda family and their descendants, including: 6 diaries by Alessio, Matty, Ninette Santostefano, & Alessio Santostefano della Cera, Un Gentiluomo Siciliano Della Prima mefa del secolo XIX, 54pp., n.d. & correspondence between members of the Alexander-Sinclair family, manuscripts in English and Italian, numerous pp., a few small pen and ink sketches, browned, 5 diaries original morocco (not uniform) and 1 vol. original half leather, rubbed, some tears, v.s., v.d., 1870s - 80s & 1950s (qty). ⁂ "... I went in some good seats on Constitution Hill & saw Kitchener arrive, the crowds... were tremendous, but he looked shy at so much cheering, & had a Kaki helmet so low down we could only see his nose. General French the same only Colonel Ian Hamilton smiled & looked delighted, the road was lined with Indian troops in front of us with red-green, & brown turbans, & we saw the queen & princes on the balcony of Buckingham Palace waving their handkerchiefs, & throughout & the poor king must hear the cheering in his room." - ?Matty Satostefano della Cerda, 1902.