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Letters to Margaret Ethel Ormsby-Gore, mainly from various friends and her relatives in the Ormsby-Gore family. Subjects comprise family marriages; the history of Owen, Gordon (Earls of Aboyne) and other families; Brogyntyn heirlooms; Lady Harlech 's work in voluntary public service, 1929-1949; and the success of David Ormsby-Gore at Oswestry in the Shropshire election, 1950.

Includes letters from family members, namely Lady Ancaster, Mary Egerton, 1881, Emily ('Pussy') Lady Fortescue, 1913, Beatrice ('Mima') Ormsby-Gore, 1912-1942, David and Sylvia Ormsby-Gore, 1939-1950, and William Richard Ormsby-Gore, 1880-1883; and from John Malcolm Bulloch, 1908-1917.

Correspondents include the Marquess of Lansdowne, 1931, Sir Alan Frederick Lascelles, John Loader Maffey, 1937-1938, 1944, Louis Mallet [1919x1922], John Martin, 1942, Dowager Marchioness Stella Reading, 1941, Sir Horace Rumbold, 1938, the fourth and fifth Marquess and Lady Salisbury, 1915-1943, James Alfred Steers, 1938, Sir Hugh Cholmondeley Thornton, 1917, Viscount Trenchard, 1943, and Lord Wedgwood, 1943. One of Lord Salisbury 's letters describes a riotous debate in the House of Lords and the position of Winston Churchill, 1942.

Letters exchanged between Susanna Godolphin, 1698-1722, Sydney Godolphin, 1699-1731, Ellen Godolphin, 1719-1746, Mary Godolphin, 1722-1739, Francis and Ann Godolphin, 1740-1763, and other family members such as the Hoblyns and Pendarves, together with a small quantity of outgoing correspondence and several miscellaneous or unidentified items.

Letters to Margaret ('Peggy') Godolphin, [c. 1698]-1764, mainly of a personal nature, from Godolphin family members, 1703-1764, other relatives and friends, and official correspondence from solicitors and agents. General topics not previously mentioned in detail include the practical problems of administering the Abertanat estate with inefficient agents, financial shortages, poaching activities and litigation with neighbouring landowners; Margaret Godolphin 's purchases of Maesgwyn, 1756, and Moreton Hall, 1760-1764; the inheritance of Broniarth manor and the rest of the Abertanat estate; a church preferment in Shropshire, 1760; and problems incurred by the turnpikes near Oswestry, 1756. Of particular interest are the family letters from Ellen and Francis Godolphin on the upbringing of the Owen children, fashion, high society gossip and the Hanoverian court, including the accession of George II, 1727.

Letters from her sister, Mary Godolphin, including discussion about the placement of an apprentice, [pre-1732].

Correspondents include the Owen family of Brogytnyn, 1728-1757; one of Mary Owen 's letters describes a 'wake' or night-time party at Hardwick Hall, 1757.

Private letters, 1582-1933, written to, by or about individuals connected to the families of Maurice, Owen, Ormsby-Gore and Godolphin through marriage, friendship or business and a small number of items where neither the author nor the recipient can be identified. The group also contains several letters (mainly copies) by eminent figures of the Stuart period concerning matters of political and religious significance, which must reflect the interests of the Owen family and their associates.

Pocket book for 1754 containing a single entry, 'Llangedwin'.

Pocket book for 1764, containing a note by William Owen of money received on Mrs Longueville 's account.