| Repository | Lambeth Palace Library |
| Level | Item |
| Alt Ref No | MS 4876 ff. 68-98a |
| Title | Correspondence and papers of Albert John Clements, who served four Archbishops of Canterbury in a secretarial capacity between 1903 and 1953 |
| Date | 1911-1965 |
| Description | Comprising a programme for a Coronation party at Lambeth Palace, 11 July 1911 (f. 68); a testimonial to Clements from Randall Thomas Davidson, Lord Davidson of Lambeth, 1929 (f. 69); a draft of an address by Archbishop Lang given at the wedding in Westminster Abbey of George, Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina 29 Nov. 1934 (ff. 70-72, cf. Lang papers vol. 191, ff. 157-75); a letter from Bruce George Beale (appointed Hon. Chaplain to the King, 1946) outlining his c.v., 1946 (f. 73); personal letters to Clements from Archbishops, their wives, and friends and colleagues at Lambeth Palace, 1944-65 (ff. 74-98).
Letter to Miss Mills [presumably Mary Mills] from Clements, 27 Dec. 1928, referring to the 'new regime' [i.e. Archbishop Lang] as well as the Davidsons and other matters (f. 98a). |
| Acquisition | Presented anonymously, 2002. Folio 98a added in 2015: found in Crockford's supplement 1927. |
| RelatedMaterial | For photographs acquired with these papers, see MS. 4877, ff. 1-23. Photographs relating to Archbishops Lang and Davidson have been transferred to Archbishops' Papers. |
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| Code | Name | Dates |
| 14 | Lang; William Cosmo Gordon (1864-1945); Archbishop of Canterbury | 1864-1945 |
| DS/UK/5865 | Marina (1906-1968); Duchess of Kent | 1906-1968 |
| DS/UK/4529 | George Edward Alexander Edmund (1902-1942); Duke of Kent | 1902-1942 |
| GB/109/14395 | Mills; Mary Catherine Swinton (-1955) | -1955 |
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| PL2 | Lambeth Palace/Lambeth/Surrey |