NORTON (8TH BARON BRABOURNE) KNATCHBULL - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 08/07/1980 - HFSID 80079

NORTON KNATCHBULL, 8TH BARON BRADBOURNE
The significant British peer, grandson of the tragic Earl Mountbatten of Burma, discusses his experience while filming Quartermass, signs name blue ink
Typed letter signed: "Dear Mr. Croxford,/ Romsey" in blue ink. 1 page, 6¾x7½. Written on personal Broadlands letterhead. Broadlands, Romsey, Hampshire. August 7, 1980. Addressed to Victor Croxford, Esq. of Surrey, England. In full: "I was delighted to receive your letter, fascinating enclosures, and the two packets of Thames silt! How amusing that we should have met before on the set of Quartermass. I can still remember how unpleasant the conditions were in our catacomb set, very cold, dank and muddy and I was quite surprised that all the old people survived the grueling period of shooting. Please fine enclosed two autograph postcards for your collection. With best wishes, Yours sincerely". Norton Knatchbull (b. 1947), 8th Baron Bradbourne, formally titled Lord Romsey from 1979 to 2005, is a British peer and heir-apparent to the Earldom Mountbatten of Burma. A descendant of Queen Victoria and the grandson of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Louis Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India, Knatchbull suffered the loss of his grandfather, his brother, and his grandmother the Dowager Lady Brabourne to an IRA assassination bomb; he was married two months later, the family's first appearance since the tragedy. He is still very involved in the British Royal family, serving as a godparent to Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and is a godchild himself of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Knatchbull worked as a film producer in the 1970s, for films such as Death on the Nile (1978), The Quartermass Conclusion (1979), Quartermass (1979), and A Deadly Game (1979). Lightly toned. Irregularly cut. Corners cut. Otherwise, fine condition.