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An incomplete typescript autobiographical account by Charles Rhys of his upbringing and his family life in Dynevor, and his army and political career, concluding with his experiences in West Africa.

Copies of daily letters, 6 March-3 August 1928, from the Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin to the King, typed by Charles Rhys, as his Parliamentary Secretary.

Copies of daily letters, 7 November 1928-11 May 1929, from the Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin to the King, typed by Charles Rhys, as his Parliamentary Secretary.

Election leaflets, 1923 and 1929, with votes noted, as a Conservative candidate for the Romford Division of Essex, where he served as MP until he lost his seat to Labour in 1929, including manuscript draft of his 1929 election address; and his election leaflet for North Islington, which he contested in 1945; together with original notes in his hand for a speech in the House of Commons, 1930; seventeen holograph letters, 1928-47, from Stanley Baldwin to him, discussing Lord Dynevor's political career, with wartime news about his family; original notes in Stanley Baldwin's hand for his speech in the House of Commons, 1930, and on unemployment, 1931; original draft by Ramsay MacDonald relating to a conference on unemployment insurance, 1930; and press cuttings relating to the Pests Act 1954 (Rabbits).

Letters from Arthur Villiers to his parents; together with press cuttings of extracts of his letters, published in Chin-Wag, and press cuttings relating to the war.

Letters from Lady Beatrice Dunsany (d. 1970) to her sister 'Markie' (Margaret Dynevor, 1875-1959), mother of Charles Rhys, including letters, 1940-1, from Athens during the time her husband Edward was Byron Professor of English Literature at its University.

Papers of Charles Arthur Uryan Rhys, 8th Baron Dynevor (1899-1962), including papers relating to his military experiences in Archangel, North Russia, 1919; a diary giving his account of a Government mission to West Africa, 1926; his election leaflets as Conservative candidate for the Romford Division of Essex, 1923, 1929, and North Islington, 1945; copies of daily letters, 1928-9, to the King, typed by him as Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, 1927-9; together with letters, 1914-41, of his mother Lady Margaret Dynevor (1875-1959) written by members of her family

Papers relating to his service in North Russia, including an allowance certificate, Archangel, and a letter presenting him with the Military Cross, Order of St Anne of Russia, for his 'gallant conduct'.

Typescript account entitled 'A journey through Chicago, Kansas City, the Grand Canyon, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Ottawa from New York, 1922'.

Typescript and manuscript version of a diary relating to a government mission to West Africa. Lord Dynevor was one of four including W. G. A. Ormsby-Gore, MP (Parliamentary Under Secretary for the Colonies) on a mission to Nigeria, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone and Gambia; together with two unlabelled photographs; and a sketch of the Nigerian railways.