| Description | Congratulations to Runcie on his appointment as Archbishop of Canterbury, from various Church and State figures, including: Stuart Blanch, Archbishop of York; James Callaghan MP and Labour Party; Barry Sheerman MP, with copy of Runcie's reply; Lady Elspeth Howe, deputy chairman of the Equal Opportunities Commission, with copy of Runcie's reply; Geoffrey Howe, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington and Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary; Bishop Michael Ramsey, former Archbishop of Canterbury; Canon Paul Oestreicher, vicar of the Church of the Ascension, Blackheath; Bishop Edward Knapp-Fisher, Archdeacon of Westminster; David Steel MP; the Revd Rowan Williams, tutor at Westcott House, Cambridge; Canon Mark Santer, Principal of Westcott House; Ronald Bowlby, Bishop of Newcastle, with copy of Runcie's reply; letter from Runcie to Mrs [Beatrice Maude] Turner, mother of Rosalind Runcie, informing her of his appointment; Churches of Christ in Great Britain and Ireland; Douglas Feaver, Bishop of Peterborough; Tony Dumper, Bishop of Dudley; the United Reformed Church; Stephen Verney, Bishop of Repton; William Grasar, Roman Catholic Bishop of Shrewsbury; Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury; John Eastaugh, Bishop of Hereford; Gerald Ellison, Bishop of London; John Habgood, Bishop of Durham; Eric Kemp, Bishop of Chichester; Patrick Rodger, Bishop of Oxford; Jim Thompson, Bishop of Stepney; Donald Shearman, Bishop of Grafton of the Anglican Church of Australia, with copy of Runcie's reply; Richard Hare, Bishop of Pontefract; Edward Carpenter, Dean of Westminster; John Taylor, Bishop of Winchester, with copy of Runcie's reply; David Sheppard, Bishop of Liverpool; Church Missionary Society; Derek Worlock, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Liverpool; Bishop John Howe, Secretary General of the Anglican Consultative Council; Victor Whitsey, Bishop of Chester; Canon George Austin, vicar of Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire; the Revd John Sentamu, Prison Chaplain Latchmere House, London; the Revd John Habgood, Bishop of Durham; Humphrey Carpenter, writer and broadcaster; and Garry Bennett, Dean of Divinity, New College, Oxford. |