Item 215 - Collins' Emerald Diary recording Peter Freyer's personal engagements and a few professional ones.

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Collins' Emerald Diary recording Peter Freyer's personal engagements and a few professional ones. His social engagements included theatre outings and shooting and dinner parties. They usually involved the Pirries and his daughter Kathleen. He was often a visitor at the Pirries' home, Witley Park, [Haslemere, Surrey]. Kathleen and her 'chicks' were living at Minehead in early 1915 and by the end of the year at 50 Montpelier Road, [Brighton, Sussex]. She often went with her father to social engagements and helped him entertain dinner guests, which he regularly did on a Wednesday or Thursday evening. Lady Robertson was sometimes a dinner guest and on Tuesday 5 Oct Freyer gave a dinner party for 12 guests, who included Mr and Mrs John Redmond. Other friends were G Lambart and Lord and Lady Devonport. On 17 Mar there was a reception at the Hotel Cecil with William Redmond and on 21 Aug he attended the King and Queen on their visit to the Indian hospitals and the awarding of the VC and other decorations to some of the Indian troops. His weekly visits to [the Indian hospitals] Brighton generally took place on Saturday, when he would go by train either for the day or overnight. In the cash account at the back of the diary, Freyer recorded some payments made to him by private patients, totalling £3,097 for the year and including payments of £136.10. received from the Bishop of Durham on 14 Jan and £52.10. from Father O'Connell [of Ovens, Co Cork] on 29 Oct. Red colour, size 7x14x1 cms.

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