Laline Astell Hohler Barry, Second half of the 20th century
Scope and Contents
Materials related to Laline Hohler Barry, a member of the noted British De L’Isle family. The first item is a letter in Barry’s hand to an unknown recipient on letterhead from her home at Long Crendon Manor, and includes details of Christmas travels. The letter is undated but is likely to date from after 1927, when the then-Laline Hohler married her second husband Colonel Stanley Barry as it mentions a “Jeanne” – the name of Barry’s daughter by his first wife. Alongside the letter are two pamphlets and one leaflet about Penshurst Place, the site of Barry’s first marriage and seat of the De L’Isle family. Two of these have inscriptions by Mangum and Josephine Weeks dated 1967: Mrs. Weeks (d. 1981) was a government employee and founding member of the Alexandria Architectural Forum. Whether there is a relationship between the letter and the Penhurst materials aside from their general connection to the De L’Isle family is unclear.
Dates
- Second half of the 20th century
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical / Historical
Laline Annette Astell Hohler Barry (1888-1969) was a member of the British Peerage. The daughter of William Harvey Astell and the Hon. Elizabeth Maria Vereker (later Lady De L’Isle), she was stepdaughter to Philip Sidney, the 3rd Baron De L’Isle and Dudley of Penshurst, and mother to ambassador Henry Arthur Frederick Hohler (1911-2001) by her first husband, Arthur Preston Hohler. After Hohler’s death in 1919, Laline married Colonel Stanley Leonard Barry, a noted soldier and local politician.
Extent
From the Collection: 30 Cubic Feet (68 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Latin
From the Collection: French
From the Collection: Italian
From the Collection: Welsh
From the Collection: Danish
From the Collection: Swedish
From the Collection: Spanish
From the Collection: German
From the Collection: Norwegian
From the Collection: Persian
From the Collection: Japanese
From the Collection: Russian
From the Collection: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Creator
- From the Collection: Scheetz, Nicholas B., 1952-2016 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu