Signature
R. J. Knight
Category
Ephemera
Date
Aug 1971
Materials
Paper
Place of origin
Oxford
Collection
Nuffield Place, Oxfordshire
NT 1652251.4
Summary
Letter. Typed, signed by R.J. Knight, on making/presentation of the cigarette box for Lord Nuffield's 80th Birthday in 1957.
Provenance
Collection William R. Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, by bequest to Nuffield College, University of Oxford, 1963, by transfer to National Trust, Nuffield Place, 2011.
Marks and inscriptions
typed ; in letter ; [..] I personally made it for Lord Nuffield's 80th birthday, but he was taken ill and could not keep the original fixture. He then went abroad but when he came back he kept his promise to come and lunch with us in the Mayor's There was a good representation of all sides of the City Council there. Mr. Crawley, the then City Water Engineer, was included and took some very good pictures and I expect he still has the negatives. \ In presenting it I said it was from one to another and in spite of his millions he could not have bought it because I had made it especially for him. \ The initial N I had put on the top. I had filled it with his favourite brand of cigarettes and when lunch was over he told me he had up smoking! ; ;
Makers and roles
R. J. Knight