Record

StorageSiteUCL Special Collections
LevelFile
Reference Number ORWELL/L/1
TitleLegal documents
Date7 Jan 1857-1968
DescriptionRichard Walmesley Blair (Orwell's father):
Birth certificate, 7 Jan 1857 (copy 1968)
Will, 6 Apr 1930
Death certificate, 28 Jun 1939 (copy 1965)

Ida Mabel Blair nee Limouzin (Orwell's Mother):
Birth certificate, 18 May 1875 (copy 1967)
Will, 23 Nov 1939
Death certificate, 19 Mar 1943 (copy 1965)

Richard and Ida's marriage certificate, 15 Jun 1897 (copy 1918)

Marjorie Dakin nee Blair (Orwell's elder sister):
Death certificate, 1946
Marriage certificate (to Humphrey Dakin), 6 Apr 1908 (copy 1967)

Avril Dunn nee Blair (Orwell's younger sister):
Birth certificate for Avril Nora Blair, 6 Apr 1908 (copy 1967).
Extent10 items
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsThe papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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