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ROYALTY – PRINCES ALBERT & EDWARD AT SANDRINGHAM Archive kept by Dr Frederick Douglas Selmes Jackson (1873-1940), Doctor in Attendance at Sandringham, c.1904-1906
29 March 2023, 13:00 BST
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ROYALTY – PRINCES ALBERT & EDWARD AT SANDRINGHAM
Archive of letters and photographs from the young HRH Prince Albert (later George VI) and Prince Edward of Wales (later Edward VIII), kept by Dr Frederick Douglas Selmes Jackson (1873-1942), Doctor in Attendance at Sandringham, c.1904-1906, comprising: Cabinet photograph of Prince Albert and Prince Edward of Wales wearing kilts, signed and dated ("Albert. 1904. Edward") beneath the image, trimmed on right hand side, 153 x 104mm.; Cabinet photograph by W & D Downey of Princes Edward, Albert and Henry with Princess Mary, labelled with their names and dated "1905" by Queen Mary on image, trimmed slightly at bottom edge, 160 x 110mm.; photograph of the Sandringham village football team, "Prince Edward Captain" identified in pencil on reverse, some tears and creases, lower left and right corners missing, 142 x 195mm.; group of eighteen photographs showing the Royal family enjoying country pursuits including shooting (9 including Edward VII with a shotgun, George V and others in the field, groups with Queen Mary), fishing (4 of Prince of Wales and Albert Duke of York with Dr. Jackson, 1905, with 2 glass slide negatives), riding (1), skating (2), golf (2 Prince of Wales and Duke of York), 107 x 82mm. and smaller);
Letters and postcards from the young Princes, including autograph letter signed ("Albert"), to Dr Jackson, thanking him for the "...nice box of electric golf balls... I wish you could come down and have a game of golf...", with envelope, one page, 8vo, York Cottage, Sandringham, 14 December 1906, with thank you notes written in pencil, notes for "Dr Jackson's children" signed by Edward and Albert (2), and one for Dr Jackson, some with envelopes, 5 pages, 8vo, York Cottage and Marlborough House, 1904-1906; three Christmas picture postcards annotated (one signed with messages by Edward ("Good luck!!!!") and Albert ("A powerful Ponk!!!!"), 1906), and two cards; typed invitation to theatricals at Sandringham, November 1906; with nine game cards from Royal shoots around Sandringham, including that of HM The King, January 1905 (total bagged 1159 including 403 pheasants and 647 rabbits), others showing weekly and season's totals (24,065 for 1904-5); held in a large envelope addressed to "Dr Jackson/ West Newton" (quantity)
Letters and postcards from the young Princes, including autograph letter signed ("Albert"), to Dr Jackson, thanking him for the "...nice box of electric golf balls... I wish you could come down and have a game of golf...", with envelope, one page, 8vo, York Cottage, Sandringham, 14 December 1906, with thank you notes written in pencil, notes for "Dr Jackson's children" signed by Edward and Albert (2), and one for Dr Jackson, some with envelopes, 5 pages, 8vo, York Cottage and Marlborough House, 1904-1906; three Christmas picture postcards annotated (one signed with messages by Edward ("Good luck!!!!") and Albert ("A powerful Ponk!!!!"), 1906), and two cards; typed invitation to theatricals at Sandringham, November 1906; with nine game cards from Royal shoots around Sandringham, including that of HM The King, January 1905 (total bagged 1159 including 403 pheasants and 647 rabbits), others showing weekly and season's totals (24,065 for 1904-5); held in a large envelope addressed to "Dr Jackson/ West Newton" (quantity)
Footnotes
'I WISH YOU COULD COME DOWN & HAVE A GAME OF GOLF'.
Dr Frederick Jackson (1873-1942) acted as physician to the Royal family at Sandringham in the early years of the twentieth century. The young Royals were clearly very fond of him, particularly Princes Albert and Edward, and he became an amusing and trusted companion to both on the golf course and shooting field. Personal photographs and correspondence are accompanied by a group of letters from Jackson to his mother. Amongst many hours spent playing golf ("Prince Albert recounted many amusing yarns on the way round"), he describes Prince Albert's ninth birthday tea including cake and a lantern slide show ("...I am going to have nursery tea with the York Cottage kiddies... Have sent him a box of golf balls... the doctor has never before been fortunate enough to get an invitation..."), and shooting with the King on his birthday ("...I was presented to the King by Beck [land agent who was killed with the Sandringham volunteers at Gallipoli] he was very kind. After the first drive the Prince of Wales came up to me and shook hands. I walked along with him for about a quarter of an hour & talked of shooting golf etc... The shooting was A1... well over 2000 pheasants..."). He trained at Guy's Hospital, where he later became a popular House Surgeon ('...one pictures the residents room after dinner with Peter [Jackson] at the piano accompanying everybody and singing himself... Jackson, with his constant infectious good humour contributed not a little...' Guy's Hospital Gazette Obituary). During the First War, Jackson worked in a field hospital at the front and married in 1919.
Provenance: Dr Frederick Douglas Selmes Jackson (1873-1942); thence by descent.
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