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Correspondence between John Benn Walsh and Margaret Walsh (ff. 1-17); letters from Richard Parry to John Walsh and M. D. Parry to Margaret Walsh concerning the serious illness of John Benn Walsh (ff. 18-21); correspondence between John Benn Walsh, John Walsh and Margaret Walsh (ff. 22-97) including letters concerning attempts to purchase a seat in the House of Commons for John Walsh (ff. 4v-5, 15, 26r-v 40v passim, 61-2, 65-72, 83, 88) and references to the Cato Street Conspiracy (ff. 3r-v, 10-11, 22); the divorce of George IV and the Queen Caroline affair (ff. 3v, 86v-7), elections in Berkshire and Reading (f. 4v), Lord Sidmouth (ff. 5, 30v, 36v, 39) the Duc de Richelieu (f. 6v); proposed press censorship in France (f. 11) and the failure of Irish banks (ff. 88, 90).

Correspondence between John Walsh in Paris and Ireland to Margaret Walsh relating to Elizabeth Walsh's marriage and including letters about current British politics (ff. 10-11, 29r-v, 109), references to Queen Caroline (f. 17), Canning (f. 25) and events in Piedmont and Naples (ff. 28-9); lengthy discussions on the Irish estate and how to manage it (ff. 73v-7, 95v-7) and references to the state of Ireland and to the Rockites and Whiteboys (ff. 82, 89, 93, 95, 99v-100).

Correspondence between John Walsh and Margaret Walsh (ff. 1-10, 13-28, 31-9, 45-6, 51-60, 65-103, 106-38); correspondence between John Walsh and John Benn Walsh (ff. 11-12, 29-30, 39-44, 47-50, 61-4) and a letter from John Walsh to Elizabeth Digby (ff. 104-5). Most of the letters relate to John Walsh's engagements in London, wife hunting, his proposal of marriage to Lady Jane Grey, and the [final] illness of John Benn Walsh.

Correspondence between John Walsh and Margaret Walsh (ff. 1-157) concerning family and estate affairs and giving accounts (as in G 27) of his tour of Holland, Germany, Switzerland and France, and including also letters about purchasing a parliamentary seat for John Walsh (ff. 2-17v passim, 24r-v, 27v).

Letters from Lady Jane Walsh to her husband, Jan. - Dec. but mainly whilst she was at Spa in July and Aug. (ff. 1-59) relating to family affairs, social news and gossip, acquaintances, etc.; letter from Margaret Walsh to John Walsh (ff. 60-1); letters from George Digby and Elizabeth Digby to Margaret Walsh (ff. 62-72) and a letter from John Walsh to Lt.-Gen. Sir William Payne Galloway (ff. 73-4).

Letters from Lady Jane Walsh to Margaret Walsh (ff. 1-6) and to John Walsh (ff. 7-38); letters from Elizabeth Digby to Margaret Walsh (ff. 39-70) concerning mainly the ill-health and death of her husband, and letters (ff. 71-105) relating to his death.

Letters from Lady Jane Walsh to Margaret Walsh (ff. 1-22) giving details of their travels and stay with her relations and including one letter about the Sudbury election (ff. 17-18).

Correspondence between Margaret Walsh and John Walsh (172 ff.) relating mainly to family illnesses, holiday in the Isle of Wight, etc., and including letters about the progress of the Reform Bill (ff. 3, 5-6, 16-52 passim, 91v-2, 122-3, 127, 140); cholera in London (ff. 15, 18r-v, 29v-30, 35); a meeting at Sir Robert Peel's concerning the Irish tithe question (f. 19); accounts of a rambling and incoherent speech by [Alexander] Perceval in the House who was, apparently a convert to [Rev. Edward] Irvine [founder of the Catholic Apostolic Church] (ff. 32-3, 39v-40); events in Portugal (ff. 73, 81v) and France (ff. 13r-v, 101v); election in Berkshire (ff. 81-104 passim, 132, 136); Sudbury election (ff. 101-8 passim, 117v-25 passim) and the general election (ff. 121, 125-6, 133-4).

Letters from Lady Jane Walsh to Margaret Walsh (ff. 1-9) and to John Walsh (ff. 10-84) mainly domestic matters, news of friends and acquaintances, etc., and consisting also of references to co. Rad. election (ff. 6, 62-3, 73, 75, 77), Berkshire election (ff. 70, 75v-6, 78, 81) and the current political situation (ff. 75v, 83v): letters from Elizabeth Digby to Margaret Walsh and John Walsh (ff. 85-95); miscellaneous letters to Margaret Walsh (ff. 96-104) and letters from George Owen, John Walsh's valet, to his wife about John Walsh's election campaign in co. Rad. (ff. 105-10).

Appointment of John Walsh as deputy lieutenant of Berkshire, 1779 (I 1/1); grant to John Benn and Margaret his wife to assume the name Walsh, 1793 (I 1/2); creation of John Benn Walsh as bart, 1804, together with fees paid for the same, 1804-5 (I 1/3); appointments of Sir John Walsh as keeper of the rolls and lord lieutenant of co. Rad., 1842 (I 1/4-5); grants of a peerage and grant of coat-of-arms to Lord Ormathwaite, 1868 (I 1/6-7); appointment of Arthur John Walsh as in I 1/4-5, 1875 (I 1/8-9); appointments of Arthur Henry John Walsh as in I 1/4-5, 1918 (I 1/10-11) and his appointment G.C.V.O., 1920 (I 1/12).

Release by the Hon. Robert Clive to John Walsh, Henry Strachey and Christopher D'Oyly of all sums of money expended by them as guardians of the former, together with an account of such sums expended by them, 1774-88, 1791. Original bundle labelled 'Marriage Settlements, Probates, Family and Miscellaneous Deeds No. 3 Tin Deed Box'.

Deeds relating to a Madame D'Haumont whose connection, if any, with the Walsh family has not been established. The deeds comprise: pre-nuptial settlement of Teresa Tichbourne of Cuxhaven in the territories of the Hanse Towns in the North of Germany, and Jean Philippe Marie Marguerite, Chevalier de Galabert de la Peyre D'Haumont at present residing at Hampstead, Middlesex, 1801 (L 3/1); release of all actions to one of the trustees of the said settlement, 1802 (L 3/2); administration with will annexed of Mary Tichbourne of Hampstead, Middlesex, widow, 1806 (L 3/3) and administration with will and codicil (translated from French) of Therese Tichbourne, widow of the Chevalier Phillippe D'Houmont, dec., at Toulouse, 1850 (L 3/4). Original bundle marked 'Papers belonging to Madame D'Haumont'.

Miscellaneous Papers comprising a letter from Sir Robert Clayton of Marsden, Surrey, to 'a friend' announcing his forthcoming marriage, 1775 (L 4/1); a table of expenses and earnings of six families by the week and by the year in Bedfordshire in 1795 with similar tables at various intervals from the mid 14c. to the late 18c. (L 4/2) and a letter from D. Lyon, Putney, to ?, relating to a 'statuary' to be placed in the church of St Mary Le Bone, 1828 (L 4/3).

Deeds and documents received from Farrer & Co. of Lincolns Inn Fields, London, solicitors, per the British Records Association (parcel 2749) in October 1999 (NLW acc. no. C1999/12). These papers are supplemental to the Ormathwaite Papers, and mainly relate to the marriage settlement, mortgages, bankruptcy, receivership and executorship of Arthur Henry John Walsh (1859-1937), third baron Ormathwaite. The papers were accumulated by partners of Farrer & Co. who acted for Marquis Camden, Ormathwaite’s brother-in-law and main creditor, as well as acting as Ormathwaite’s estate receiver after his bankruptcy, and acting for his executors after his death. Included are papers relating to estates in Radnorshire, the Warfield Park estate (Bracknell, Berkshire), the Ormathwaite Hall estate (Keswick, Cumberland) and various freehold and leasehold properties in London and Middlesex, as well as a very few papers relating to the unsaleable remnants of an Irish estate (Counties Cork and Kerry). For a history of the estate, see the introduction to the schedule to the NLW, Ormathwaite Papers, pp. i-xi.

Original bundle of copies and drafts of deeds appointing a new trustee to Arthur, Lord Ormathwaite and Lady Katherine Emily Mary Ormathwaite’s marriage settlement (dated 1858), and deeds securing £30,000 for portions for the younger children of Lord Ormathwaite and a contingent annuity of £500 to Lady Clementine Frances Anne Walsh, wife of Arthur John Henry Walsh.

Correspondence files of Farrer & Co. for their client Marquis Camden relating to Arthur Henry Walsh (third lord Ormathwaite from 1920) and Lady Clementine. Much of the correspondence is with Lord Camden and with H. J. W. Holt of Broughton, Holt & Middlemist, lord Ormathwaite’s solicitor and receiver of the Ormathwaite estates. Arthur William Stanton of Vandercom, Stanton & Co. was appointed Ormathwaite’s receiver in 1928 in place of Mr Holt, and was himself replaced by Harold Marson Farrer in 1932. The letters were given the reference ‘D 2’ from at least July 1920 onwards.

Appointment of Sir George Murray as a trustee of the Camden settlement of the Ormathwaite marriage settlement.

Includes Lady Ormathwaite, dec.