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MACMILLAN INVITES FRIENDS TO THE ENCAENIA DURING HIS CHANCELLORSHIP AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY
MACMILLAN
(Harold, 1894-1986, Prime Minister, from 1984 1st Earl of Stockton)
Typed Letter Signed with autograph salutation and subscription to Sir Michael STEWART
(1911-1994, KCMG, OBE, HM Ambassador to Greece and Minister at the British Embassy in Washington)asking if it “would amuse you and your wife to come to Enceania this year ... at noon in the Sheldonian Theatre and is followed by a luncheon at All Souls. There are various other ceremonies in the afternoon but these are not obligatory ...”, 1 side 8vo., Birch Grove House, Haywards Heath, Sussex, 1st April
Item Date: 1981
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Background
In retirement Macmillan took up the chairmanship of his family's publishing house, Macmillan Publishers, from 1964 to 1974.
Encaenia is the ceremony at which the University of Oxford awards honorary degrees to distinguished men and women and commemorates its benefactors.
From the collection of Sir Michael Stewart (1911-1994, KCMG, OBE, HM Ambassador to Greece and Minister at the British Embassy in Washington).
Macmillan is inviting the Stewarts to an event at which Macmillan was one of the star performers. At this point Macmillan was Chancellor of the University of Oxford, and his role at Encaenia would have been at the forefront.
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