Record

Ref NoLKE/LF
TitleLKE Law and Finance
DescriptionLegal and financial records of the establishment, operation, and dissolution of various international trusts and private companies. Also includes records of the administration of American properties owned by Dorothy Elmhirst. Houses included Apple Green (formerly the Mott House), Old Westbury, Long Island, and a townhouse at 1130 Fifth Avenue, New York, designed by Delano and Aldrich in 1915. Real estate holdings included a half share in the Whitney Realty Company, which administered what is today the William C Whitney Wilderness Area, also known as Whitney Park in the Adirondack Mountains. Also mentioned are tracts of land in Montgomery County, Maryland, which were developed in the 1930s with the advice of architect William Lescaze.

Other material includes personal and Dartington Hall Trust legal correspondence. Correspondents include Osmer Gorton, an administrator for the Elmhirsts in New York. There are many letters from Robert Young and Milton Rose, attorneys and partners in the Manhattan law firm of Baldwin, Todd & Lefferts. There is extensive correspondence with British solicitors, especially Fred Gwatkin of McKenna & Co, who was one of the first trustees of Dartington Hall.

There are also extensive tax records and legal appeals in the matter of taxes in both America and Britain.

Other matters which didn't come to court include libellous allegations about Dartington Hall and the practice of black magic. The charges were made by Lady Alexandrina Domville and Captain Arthur Rogers. There is evidence of other verbal attacks against Dartington Hall made by fascists in Britain and America.

A born archivist, Leonard Elmhirst saved hundreds of personal receipts dating from 1915 through the 1940s. These have also been saved here. It appears that Leonard Elmhirst's Law and Finance folder for 1925 with correspondence with McKenna & Co was taken by Leonard Elmhirst on the 10 Mar 1972 and not returned.
Date1915-1977
SubjectFinance
Taxation
Legal procedure
Banking
Related MaterialSee also DWE/LF: Law and finance; T/ADM/LF: Trust Administration Legal and Finance
FormatManuscript
Person_CodeDS/UK/762
225
324
DS/UK/1300
269
DS/UK/1545
DS/UK/1546
DS/UK/1556
DS/UK/1555
DS/UK/1558
DS/UK/1557
DS/UK/1841
Place_CodeNA527
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/762Gorton; Osmer N (-1959)-1959
225Gwatkin; F A S (Fred) (1880-1953); Solicitor1880-1953
324Rose; Milton
DS/UK/1300Young; Robert A
269Lescaze; William (1896-1969)1896-1969
DS/UK/1545Domville; Lady; Alexandrina (-1950)-1950
DS/UK/1546Rogers; Arthur; Captain
DS/UK/1556Baldwin, Todd, Lefferts & Co; Attorneys
DS/UK/1555Whitney Realty Company
DS/UK/1558William C Whitney Wilderness Area; Adirondack Forest Preserve
DS/UK/1557McKenna & Co; 20th century; Solicitors20th century
DS/UK/1841Apple Green (Old Westbury, NY); -1952; house-1952
Places
CodeSet
NA527Apple Green, Old Westbury, Long Island
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