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Letter from Jim Wilson, 25th December 1951. Postcard of Omdurman, Sudan, with Christmas wishes for 1951.

Letter from Jewell Magnus, 8th August 1945. Thanks Harold Costley White for a testimonial for her husband Philip (OW, so Harold Costley White was his Head Master - see 26 for outcome ). In their 2 years of marriage they have only been together for 1 month - but she hears that Philip has been doing great things in Italy.

Letter from Jessica Lloyd, 17th March 1953. Has heard that Harold Costley White is leaving on 23rd March - wishes that a gathering of Friends of the Cathedral could have been planned to take leave of him, the Chairman. Hopes the new Dean will committed. Good wishes for his retirement.

Letter from Jelly d'Aranyi, 22nd August. Hungarian violinist. Thanks for offering her hospitality between rehearsal and performance.

Letter from Jean de Pange, 9th January 1947. In French, thanking Harold Costley White for his two letters. On the history and status of coronation rites (de Pange published 'Le Roi tres chretien' in 1949). Grateful for the affection shown towards his son Victor (who studied at Oxford), and most touched by a letter from Hope Costley White, saying that in talking to Victor she sometimes thought she was talking to Maurice (another son, who died in 1929).

Letter from Jamie Whitworth, 17th October 1965. Addressed to both Harold and Hope Costly-White. Grandson at Eton - the son of Isabel. Thanks for the music (apparently Chopin). Have they seen the Eton documentary on television? The boys have been given all the unused footage, so they can possibly make another documentary. Taking A Levels next summer.

Letter from James Scorgie Meston, Lord Meston (1865

Letter from Lord Meston . Regrets JPW

Letter from James Purdon Lewes Thomas (1903-1960), MP, deputy chairman of the Conservative Party. Requests a reference for Henry Frederic Lawrence Turner (1908-1977), anxious to become a Conservative MP.

Letter from Jack Goodliffe, 16th December 1953. Good wishes for retirement - Harold Costley White's greatest gifts to the church came in the later years, 'when so often there is disillusionment and failure of powers.' When he first came the Cathedral was majestic, but cold and unwelcoming - that has all changed. (A pencilled note puts this letter in 1953, but given the content 1952 seems preferable.)