GbBouv2014 wrote:
was it customary to keep a supply of mourning covers on hand or were they prepared as required?
For a large household -- especially a royal household where correct protocol was very important -- I suspect they kept a supply on hand, especially if they needed to have a crest added on the flap.
GbBouv2014 wrote:
Was the addressee a person of some prominence; for example, would he be mentioned in the news, did he hold a prominent position in government or business? Perhaps someone with access to a biographical reference work or newspaper index might uncover information on him.
What is/was Oxford Lodge - a hotel? royal property? place of business?
It's a common surname, unfortunately, so it would be hard to look him up. From a quick Google all I could find for "Oxford Lodge Bexleyheath" was
Addition to billiard room, 133 Oxford Lodge, Broadway, Bexleyheath for Bexleyheath Liberal and Radical Club, 1913 in a Bexley archives site.
Your best bet would be a Bexleyheath town directory -- if you contact the local reference library, they might well have one and be willing to look the name and address up for you, especially if you explain the interesting royal connection?
Edit: on a followup looking at some of the other Google links, I came across a mention of a William George Robinson of that address in a PDF of the
Kelly's London Suburban Directory, 1896. Part 6. Southern: Court & Clerical Directories "Court" section (which is very long -- I presume it means he was a solicitor, not referring to the royal court).