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Diary of Emily Charlotte Ormsby-Gore, 1890, Jan. 1-Dec. 31, which includes detailed descriptions of concerts at Oswestry and Buckingham Palace, Jan. 28 and June 25 respectively, the death of the vicar of Selatyn and the appointment of his successor in Feb. Also contains accounts of financial outgoings, especially charitable subscriptions, together with brief memoranda inscribed on the end papers.

Diary of a visit to Italy, 1925, March 17-April 22.

Diary of visits to Biarritz and Norway, 1926, March 17-July 2. Describes a meeting with the artist Ignacio Zuloaga, April 13-15, devastating landslides in Norway, and a dinner with the King and Queen of Norway, June 22-27.

Diary of visits to Bagnoles and Scotland, 1933, July 13-Oct.12. Describes the effects of a rail strike on the trip to Scotland, Sept.-Oct.

A pedigree, letters to and by Mary Jane Ormsby, 1808-1810, short essays, notes, and extracts from public records and from a family bible (Watermark 1805)-1843, relating to the descent of the Ormsbys of Mayo, Roscommon and Willowbrook, the acquisition of estates in Galway and Sligo, and connections between the families of Ormsby, Gore, Crompton of Galway and Wynne of Hazelwood.

Pedigrees showing the descent of the Smyth family of Long Ashton in Somerset and their relationships both directly and indirectly by marriage to the families of Gorges and Gore-Langton of Somerset, Pigott of Brockley Court and Phelips of Montacute, together with extracts from published sources noting births, marriages, deaths, heraldic arms and mansions of those families; and a further pedigree illustrating the marital connection between the Smyths of the Heath in Yorkshire and the Dukes of Grafton, [1822x1857].

Notes on the descent of the Jones family of Castellmarch, Caernarfonshire, [18 cent., first quarter]; copies made in 1751 by Ellen and Elizabeth Owen of a manuscript seen at Porkington in the hand of Ellen, sister of Sir Robert Owen, containing a pedigree of Anwyl of Park and notes on the settlement of the Cemais estate; and copies of memoranda by Lewis Anwyl on events affecting the family between 1627 and 1638, with subsequent entries made by William Owen of Llanddyn in 1648 and 1653.

Genealogical papers relating to the families of Derwas and Lyster, comprising a pedigree of Lyster of Rowton, Shropshire, by the antiquary James Bowen, 1767, with additional dates pencilled in after 1823, showing the acquisition of Moynes Court, Monmouthshire, and the marriages linking the Lyster family with Derwas of Penrhos and Owen of Brogyntyn; notes, probably by John or Margaret Owen, on the Derwas family and the connnection with Penrhos Chapel; notes on the intermarried families of Lyster and Morhall, 1797; an eighteenth century pedigree of the Derwas family with a list of early Welsh family arms; and notes in Welsh explaining the ancestry of Elizabeth Derwas, particularly through the female line.

Printed pedigree [post-1861] of Eure of Easby, Ingleby, Witton, Malton, etc., which includes the connection with the Maurice/Owen family of Clenennau and Brogyntyn through the marriage of Sir Francis Eure to Ellen Owen (née Maurice).

Nineteenth century genealogical papers, (two watermarked 1830 and 1833, the remainder probably contemporary), relating to various branches of the French family of Longueville. They include pedigrees, notes and extracts from published English and French sources, showing the association of the Ducs d 'Orleans with the Comté de Longueville, marital links with the Bourbon Princes of Condé and Conti, the Ducs de Lorraine and Ducs de Guise, and through the latter to the Scottish royal family.

Manuscript and printed verses, riddles and puzzles written on loose sheets, dated between 1624 and 1847. The file contains elegies in Welsh by Rhisiart Phylip (Richard Philip), and Harri Howel in memory of Annes, wife of Moris ap Robert Wynn of Glyn, 1624 and Sir John Owen [1666] respectively; memorials to Griffith Owen [infant, of Llanddyn], 1666; a description of Nanmor in Latin by Lewis Anwyl; lines in Latin by Thomas Price in honour of Sir Robert Owen, 1697; The Captive King by Dr Walcot (Peter Pindar); and verses celebrating archery. Other authors include Richard Duke, Humphrey Kynaston, 1711, Robert Godolphin Owen, 1749, and the Marquis Wellesley. The remainder of the poems concern the Civil War and anti-parliamentarian sentiments [1642x1649]; the Jacobite cause, religious toleration and anti-Catholicism [1688x1746]; Whig and Tory politics; the French-Indian wars and Wolfe 's fatal victory [1759]; imitations of classical Latin themes; the local life of Oswestry and its Corporation, 1770-1836; the coming of age of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 1793; a dinner given by the Bishop of Bangor, 1797; grievances of New Chapel [Penrhos]; the election of W. R. Ormsby-Gore as M.P. for Sligo, 1847; and the Shropshire Hounds.

Extracts from literary letters decribing Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1781, a servant 's last message to his mistress, a young lady 's pronunciation of Ancient Greek and Napoleon 's voyage to St Helena [probably by William Warden], 1815; and extracts from works entitled False Gratitude and The Life of Cleveland, addressed to Mary Owen [pre-1784].

Volume of manuscript poems, 1797-1811, many of them written by William Gore in imitation of classical writers on wine, friendship, emotions and themes of pathos; a composition entitled The Prisoner, a comic Epithalaminum of Capt. Sober...., a Parody of Moore 's Vale of Ovoca and Lines Written at Bangor on the subject of solace in nature, 1811. The remainder include To [William Gore] on his leaving Ireland, 1805; With a Wax Doll to a Child by Eliza Gore; To a Lady....Weeping Over a Few Withered Violets and The Myrtle Leaf by P. Crampton; an Impromptu on the love of Eliza [Gore] for Thomas Moore; copies of works by Sir Carr Scrope, Sir William Jones and unidentified authors on similar romantic themes; and epitaphs.

Collected notes on geography, climate, astronomy and science, 'Thoughts and Opinions of F.M.G.' on aspects of the human character and relationships, and the significance of birth stones and flower names [pre-1829].

Copy of remarks accompanying a portrait of the Godolphin Arabian (not present in file), relating to the horse 's history and descendants.

Letters patent appointing William Richard Ormsby-Gore Lieutenant of co. Leitrim, Ireland, 1878.