Debates and committees in the House, 13 Feb. - 16 Mar., 7 May - 24 July (pp. 36-54 passim, 81-120 passim); canvassing in co. Rad., 18-30 Mar. (pp. 55-67); visit to Cumberland to vote and to persuade tenants to vote, 1-3 Apr. (pp. 68-70); opening of Welsh school at Ashford, Kent (pp. 114-15); sailing excursion to Boulogne and the Channel Islands, 2-7 Aug. (pp. 126-31) and a visit to Scotland, 16 Nov. - 15 Dec. (pp. 218-59).
A holiday in the south of France for the sake of his daughter Rosa's health, 5 Dec. 1865 - 5 ...,
A holiday in the south of France for the sake of his daughter Rosa's health, 5 Dec. 1865 - 5 Feb. 1866 (pp. 85-131); debates, mainly about parliamentary reform, 6 Feb. - 25 June 1866 (pp. 132, 136, 140, 186-7, 194-5, 203-28 passim); meetings of Tory M.P.s at Lord Salisbury's to discuss the proposed Reform Bill, 16 Mar., 20 Apr., 7 June 1866 (pp. 159-60, 182-3, 216-17); political gossip, 16-17 Mar., 11, 28 May (pp. 159-61, 196, 209); a brief account of 'Sixteen String Jack' a highwayman in Warfield, 24 Mar. 1866 (p. 164), a visit to co. Rad. for the assizes and a meeting of the Cattle Plague Committee, 5 Apr. 1866 (pp. 167-80); a visit to Paris, 4-13 May (pp. 197-203) and plans for him to give up his seat for his son Arthur and for him to be created a peer and his reasons for applying to Lord Derby for a peerage together with a copy of his application with a copy of Lord Derby's reply, 27-8 June, 13 July (pp. 230-3, 242-3, 245-50).
Summaries of Fg 1/1-42 prefaced by a history of his family from 1786 to 1810. Serves as an index to all his diaries.
Account Book containing details of personal and current expenses,
Vol. of draft and untitled essays by Sir John Walsh comprising: Liberalism and Revolution (ff. 1-23); a defence of the aristocracy (ff. 24-52); Sir Robert Peel, 1834-46 (ff. 53-90); The French Revolution (ff. 92-151) and Revolutions in Europe 1848, especially in France (ff. 152-222). Parts of the last two essays subsequently appeared in Fg 4/5 above.
Papers Of Arthur John Walsh, 2nd Lord Ormathwaite (1827-1920),
Letters to Arthur John Walsh including a letter inviting him to become president of the Llandrindod and Central Wales Coursing Club, 1872 (Fh 2/4); a letter asking him to oppose Osborne Morgan's Burial Bill in the House of Commons, 1872 (Fh 2/6) and a letter about restoring and rebuilding Llanddewi church, 1877 (Fh 2/8).
Vol. of miscellaneous poems and sketches including lines written, apparently, by Warren Hastings. The vol., which now carries the bookplate of Lady Clementine Walsh originally belonged to Emily Theophilia Metcalfe. The Metcalfes were friends of Sir John Benn Walsh and Margaret his wife - see FC 1/6 f. 1. Albums of Clementine Walsh, 1888-1907, containing signatures and photographs of country house parties, shooting parties, etc. [Transferred to Dept. of Pictures and Maps: Ref Pz 3189-98 and see that Department's list for more details].
Correspondence between John Walsh and his mother whilst he was at Eton together with an introduction by him [cf. Fg 1/1].