Letters from Shane Leslie, Alan Don, and Brian Durwin to William Cecil de Pauley, Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, regarding Bernard Shaw's ashes,
1950 November 1-17.
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| Summary: | 3 letters from Shane Leslie. In one letter Leslie states that the previous dean, Dean Wilson, had shown Shaw a suitable resting place in St Patrick's Cathedral beside Swift after which Shaw 'wrote me his delight but made the addition of his wife's ashes conditional'. In another he mentions that Lennox Robinson has a memorial play 'all in hand'. Letter form Alan Don, Dean of Westminster, stating it would be unfitting for Bernard Shaw's ashes to be intered in Westminster Abbey. Letter from Brian Durwin, Department of External Affairs, regarding Shaw's will. Extract from Shaw's will explaining the disposal of his and his wife's ashes and stating 'no public monument or work of art or inscription ... commemorating me shall suggest that I accepted the tenets peculiar to any established Church or denomination nor take the form of a cross or any other instrument of torture or symbol of blood sacrifice'. Draft of letter from William de Pauley to Alan Don writing that he will not consider the possiblity of interring Shaw's ashes in St Patrick's Cathedral. Letter from Alan Don to William de Pauley informing him that he has told the Public Trustee of de Pauley's decision. |
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| Language: | English |
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| Notes: | Shaw's ashes were mingled with his wife's and scattered in the garden of ‘Shaw's Corner’ their home at Ayot St. Lawrence. His wife, Charlotte Payne-Townshend, an Irish political activist in Britain, had died in 1943. Physical description: 1 folder (7 letters, 1 loose page, and 6 envelopes). more |
| Provenance: | Donated by Sara de Pauley, granddaughter of William de Pauley, 5 July 2022. |
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