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T. E. Lawrence to Lady Astor
119 Clarence Road
East Cowes
Isle of Wight
10. July 1933
Dear Peeress
Three things, my memory says, upon which to congratulate you: order of merit:-
(1) Personal. Your tact in ceding at golf to the Prince of Wales. That is admirable, wholly admirable.
(2) Social. Your good-fortune in having the new National Sporting Club as your neighbour in St. James Square. When an evening falls dull you can just step in and see a little boxing.
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My own affairs march well. But it should have been Epstein and not Strobl.*
Yours proletariately
T. E. Shaw
Tailpiece
The prophet's house was reduced lately to a cinder. I sent condolences and the monster replied:-
'Yes, all my clothes were lost, but are well covered by insurance'... what would you put for the price of the P's clothes?... 'I was lucky to be sleeping at All Souls, so Pat' (his wife, only) 'was alone in the house.'
*I refer to your affairs again, of course. Unselfish
T.E.S.
Note:
'The Prophet' - Lionel Curtis
| Source: | DG 770-71 |
| Checked: | jw/ |
| Last revised: | 20 January 2006 |
T. E. Lawrence chronology
1888 16 August: born at Tremadoc, Wales
1896-1907: City of Oxford High School for Boys
1907-9: Jesus College, Oxford, B.A., 1st Class Hons, 1909
1910-14: Magdalen College, Oxford (Senior Demy), while working at the British Museum's excavations at Carchemish
1915-16: Military Intelligence Dept, Cairo
1916-18: Liaison Officer with the Arab Revolt
1919: Attended the Paris Peace Conference
1919-22: wrote Seven Pillars of Wisdom
1921-2: Adviser on Arab Affairs to Winston Churchill at the Colonial Office
1922 August: Enlisted in the Ranks of the RAF
1923 January: discharged from the RAF
1923 March: enlisted in the Tank Corps
1923: translated a French novel, The Forest Giant
1924-6: prepared the subscribers' abridgement of Seven Pillars of Wisdom
1927-8: stationed at Karachi, then Miranshah
1927 March: Revolt in the Desert, an abridgement of Seven Pillars, published
1928: completed The Mint, began translating Homer's Odyssey
1929-33: stationed at Plymouth
1931: started working on RAF boats
1932: his translation of the Odyssey published
1933-5: attached to MAEE, Felixstowe
1935 February: retired from the RAF
1935 19 May: died from injuries received in a motor-cycle crash on 13 May
1935 21 May: buried at Moreton, Dorset