'Commander Horatio James, R. N',
- 165.
- Sub-sub-fonds
- 1991.
Part of Penralley Papers
'Commander Horatio James, R. N',
Part of Penralley Papers
Part of Penralley Papers
Born 9 March 1789, at Rhaeadr, the son of Lt John James and Mrs Jane James, he was little more than a year old when his father died. Educated perhaps at a naval school (Woolwich?), the navy became his life, marrying his wife, Sarah Margaretta Symonds at St James's Church (now the Cathedral), Bury St Edmunds, on 28 Feb. 1833, while on shore leave. Horatio served as a midshipman on the Jason (1804-1808); as a master mate on the Ethalion (1808-1810), Marlborough (in 1810), Donegal (1810-1811), Poictiers (in 1811), Foudroyant (1811-1812); as a lieutenant on the Royal Sovereign (1813-1814), as first lieutenant on the Saracen (1814-1815), as lieutenant on the Antelope (1815-1819), as first lieutenant on the Eden (1822-1823), and the Surinam (1823-1825), as lieutenant on the Hyperion (1828-1830); then, as lieutenant-commander took command of the Surly cutter (1830-1831), the Viper schooner (1831-1834), and the Tartarus steam vessel (1834-1837). In 1841, he was given a sinecure, command of the sloop Blossom, enabling him to be promoted to the rank of commander. Praised for bravery in 1830, HJ was an accomplished artist and had a keen interest in politics. He died in London on 9 October 1850, and was buried at Rhaeadr on 14 October. (For a detailed account of the life and career of Horatio James, see no. 165). Mrs Sarah Margaretta James (1802-1889) was born in Bury St Edmunds on 16 April 1802, baptised 6 Sept. 1803 (at St James's Church). She was the daughter of John Symonds 'the younger' and Margaretta, née Twight (who married 30 April 1786, also at St James's). Sarah married HJ on 28 Feb. 1833, and died at Penralley on 29 Sept. 1889, aged 87. She was buried in Rhaeadr churchyard. (See also no. 1081). Arranged into papers relating to his naval service, 1795-c.1862 (166-504), family matters and personal affairs, 1790-1888 (505-530b), local affairs, 1758-1849 (531-559), the Gloucester, Aberystwyth & Central Wales Railway Co., 1845-1846 (560-570), political matters, 1758-1846 (570a-611), and Mrs Sarah James, 1757-1878 (612-625).
Commander Peter Bowen Evans papers,
Part of Penralley Papers
Commander Peter Bowen Evans papers,
Part of Penralley Papers
Commander Peter Bowen Evans, RN,
Part of Penralley Papers
Commission of HJE as 2nd Lieutenant, Land Forces. (Official seal of Queen Victoria),
Part of Penralley Papers
Part of Penralley Papers
Commission of HJE as an officer in the volunteer forces of the 15th Lancashire Rifle Corps. (Official seal of Queen Victoria).
Commission of HJE as Deputy Lieutenant of co. Radnor, with associated papers,
Part of Penralley Papers
Part of Penralley Papers
Commission of JRB as a Justice of the Peace for the township of Arkansas in the county of Arkansas. (Printed Seal of Arkansas District).
Communications to HJE from Lloyds Bank,
Part of Penralley Papers
Confidential, and very complimentary, military reports on Col H. J. Evans,
Part of Penralley Papers
Contract for alterations at Penralley,
Part of Penralley Papers
Part of Penralley Papers
Conveyance by Catherine Penry of a seat, "opposite to the Pulpit, Number 32, and bieng next in front to Richard Winston", in the Priory Church, Brecon, signed by Elizabeth Powell.
Part of Penralley Papers
Conveyance by CJJ to Thomas Kipping, esq., of Bailey Bevan, p. Llanfihangel Helygen, co. Rad., and half of Ty Canol, Nantmel.
Conveyance, by Capt. H. J. Evans to Mrs S. W. Williams, of a moiety of Penralley Cottage,
Part of Penralley Papers
Copies of a printed notice (by SWW) warning trespassers not to poach game,
Part of Penralley Papers
Part of Penralley Papers
Copies of family estate accounts of Penralley, Bryniago and Glanserth; the account, of the trust estate of T. Howel Evans; and the estate of Miss C. J. Evans, with associated correspondence.
Part of Penralley Papers
Copies of prints (including one in colour) of members of the Bowring family, together with correspondence. (Presented to Dr Williams by Mr Peter Duggan of Reading).
Copies of The List of the Officers, Masters and Cadets at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth,
Part of Penralley Papers
Part of Penralley Papers
Copy (in Welsh) of the title page of JBE's prize winning essay, The Lords Marcher, at the Y Fenni (Abergavenny) Eisteddfod. (The original in its entirety is NLW MS 13960E, no. 43).