| Repository | Lambeth Palace Library |
| Level | File |
| Alt Ref No | Ellison P/22/1 |
| Extent | 61ff |
| Title | Letters on retirement |
| Date | 1980-1981 |
| Description | ff. 1-30:
Correspondence on Ellison's resignation, 1980, with Philip [Mawer, private secretary to Queen Elizabeth II]; Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister; Archbishop Runcie and his legal secretary David Carey.
ff. 31-32:
Press cuttings on retirement, 1980.
ff. 33-61:
Letters on Ellison's retirement giving thanks and tributes to his achievements, including an audience with Queen Elizabeth II. Correspondents include the Churches Main Committee, the Salvation Army, colleagues in the diocese of London including suffragan bishops, and Archbishop Basil Hume. |
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