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CARTER, Alfred Hernry (1849-1917) : A Fine 4pp. Autograph Letter to Constance (Hamilton), Letterhead 61 Newhall Street, Birmingham, Signed and Dated Feb.26, 1912

Carter writes to Constance in confidence discussing his daughter Winifred, for whom he needs to find some domestic placement. She has reached the age of 20, been through the coming out social round and finds herself directionless although taklented in several directions. He asks whether it would be possible to place her in Constance's household as a companion/domestic help. An interesting look at the position and prospects of talented mddle-class young women at the end of the Edwardian era. From interrnal evidence and mention of Glen Leven, it would appear that the recipient is Constance Hamilton, of Lorne Park, Mississauga, Ontario. Located on the Glen Leven farm, The Glen Leven hotel was purchased in 1902 by Lachlan Hamilton, who lived in the hotel with his wife, Constance. Alfred Hernry Carter (1849-1917) was Professor of Medicine at Birmingham. Carter was actively concerned with the foundation of Birmingham University and took a prominent part in bringing about a closer connection of the medical faculty of Queen’s College with Mason College. Alfred Carter not only took a large part in the medical life of Birmingham, but a share also in the public affairs of the city, serving for a time on the city council, and as a member of its health committee. As an active member of the British Medical Association, he was Vice-President of the Section of Diseases of Children at the annual meeting at Leeds, in 1889, and President of that section in 1890 and 1911. He was also President of the Birmingham Branch of the B.M.A. in 1895-1896, and President of the Midland Medical Society in 1896-1897. In 1901 he received the degree of M.Sc from the University of Birmingham and was appointed Emeritus Professor of Physiology at Queen’s College, Birmingham. He retired from medical practice in 1913, by which time his chief publication, The Elements of Practical Medicine (1881), had reached eleven editions. Following the outbreak of the First World War, Carter served for a time as physician to the army hospital at Wimereux and afterwards on the two hospital ships ‘Aquitania’ and ‘Britannic.’ He then returned to England, and as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the R.A.M.C. took over duties as Consulting Physician at the Tidworth Military Hospital, Wiltshire. He was twice mentioned in dispatches.

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