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Anerchiad cyflwynedig i Dywysog Cymru

  • NLW MS 7265B
  • File
  • 1931

'I'w Urddas Brenhinol Tywysog Cymru fel arwydd fechan o barch ac edmygedd Cymry godre'r Andes, Archentina', being an address, with autograph signatures, presented to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales [afterwards Edward VIII [1894-1972]] in March 1931 on his visit to Argentina by 'The Pioneers of Cwm Hyfryd', ('Colonia 16 de Octubre') in the Welsh colony in Patagonia. Among the signatories are John D. Evans [1862-1943], 'Arloesydd', and Mihangel ap Iwan [d. 1944].

Letters to David Lloyd George,

Letters, 1890-1942, to Lloyd George, mainly from political figures, the main correspondents being A. J. Balfour (1) [1917x1918], H. N. Brailsford (1) ?1908, Winston S. Churchill (1) 1910, Edward, Prince of Wales (1) 1911, Millicent Fawcett (1) 1911, Andrew Bonar Law (1) 1911, and Sir Herbert Samuel (1) 1921.

Lloyd George correspondence

Over two hundred letters, 1898-1915, and related papers, [c. 1904]-[c. 1919], of David Lloyd George, 1st earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor. The bulk of the correspondence is addressed to Lloyd George but there are also a few notes in Lloyd George's hand. Most of the letters relate to Welsh affairs, and in particular to the Disestablishment question and the contentious Welsh Church Commission, 1906-1907; other subjects include education, the investiture of the Prince of Wales, 1911, and the First World War. For the most part the correspondents are Welsh politicians and public figures; there are also letters from the 1st earl of Halifax (1) 1914, Randall Davidson, archbishop of Canterbury (1) 1906, and Herbert Gladstone (2) 1907-1910. The main correspondents are A.G. Edwards, bishop of St Asaph (5) 1906-1915, Sir Francis Edwards, MP (18) 1903-1915, Sir Samuel T. Evans, MP (6) 1907-1908, Sir Henry Jones (8) 1906-1907, Sir J. Herbert Lewis, MP (5) 1906-1907, Sir J. Herbert Roberts, MP (9) 1906-1907, and W. Llewelyn Williams, MP (21) 1906-1915.

Scrap books,

Three scrap books containing miscellaneous items (mounted or tipped in) including press cuttings relating to the unveiling of a statue of Lewis Edwards, first principal of Bala C.M. Theological College, at Bala, 21 June 1911, the investiture of the Prince of Wales at Caernarvon Castle, 13 July 1911, the trial in Edinburgh, May-June 1911, of Lieutenant Cecil Aylmer Cameron and his wife for alleged conspiracy to defraud an insurance company in respect of the loss of a pearl necklace, and debates on proposals for church union at the General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland and of the United Free Church, May 1913; photographs of the statue of the aforementioned Lewis Edwards; an official invitation to Professor [William] Porter to attend the investiture ceremony at Caernarvon Castle; an admission ticket to the said ceremony; and a holograph letter from Alicia G. Jones, The Theological College, Aberystwyth, to Dr. [William] Porter, [19]36 (personal).

The Welsh Book of Remembrance

The Welsh Book of Remembrance

  • [The Welsh Book of Remembrance]
  • File
  • 1928.

This volume is bound in morrocan leather and has gold lettering and lines on the boards and spine. The volume is made up of parchment pages sewn on 5 raised cords. The first page contains the Welsh text "ER CÔF" and the signature, "Edward P", of Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII), and is dated "12 June 1928". The preface contains the following information in gold lettering: "HEREIN ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF WELSH BIRTH AND PARENTAGE AND OF ALL THE MEN BELONGING TO THE REGIMENT OF WALES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR OF 1914-1918 A:D: THEY ARE COMMEMORATED BY THEIR FELLOW COUNTRY MEN IN THE MEMORIAL ERECTED NEAR BY." The following is noted at the end of the volume: "The work of Graily Hewitt, B.A., LL.B., of Lincoln's Inn, and his assistants Helen Hinkley, Ida D. Henstock, Florence Capey, and Helen Luker. Finished Mar. 1928. Treyford, Midhurst."