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Desk diary of Lord Ogmore, with entries most days.

Desk diary of Lord Ogmore, with entries most days.

'Record of the David family and of the families with which it is intermarried' (typescript, 27 pp., signed David Rees Williams, Garth Celyn, Bridgend, 1930); a tracing of the arms of Richard David, bishop of St Davids, copied from the 16th cent. Cardiff Library Heraldic MS 34, n.d.; a heraldic achievement on tracing paper, the arms including three [boars' or dogs'?] heads on a bend, the crest includes a collared dove holding a twig, and the motto is 'Ffyddlon hyd angau' ('Faithful to death'), n.d.; and drawings of two achievements (named 'David' and 'David/Gamage') and two shields of arms on tracing paper, n.d. Also a letter from George Frederick Forsdike, lord mayor of Cardiff, to Miss Connie Wills on behalf of the Save the Children Fund, 1920; a prescription for Mrs J. Wills, 1926; correspondence relating to the title and motto of Baron Ogmore of Bridgend, including with the College of Arms, Bridgend UDC and Ogmore & Garw UDC, June-Sept. 1950; with Burke's Peerage, Jan. 1959; and with the College of Arms relating to registering his descendants with the college, Nov. 1972-March 1973. Also a typescript CV of Lord Ogmore, [c. Aug. 1951]. At the rear of the 'Record of the David family ...' is a copy of the Newcastle petition to Parliament (no. 14); several of the signatories have the first name or the family name/patronymic 'David'.

Printed material relating to the House of Lords, including standing orders, general information for peers, regulations for visitors, guides and histories of the library and record office, and guidance on personal security.

Agreement between Industrial Leasing & Finance Ltd and S. G. Warburg & Co. Ltd for the sale of £5,000 ordinary shares of £1 each, half of the share capital of Industrial Leasing & Finance (Scotland) Ltd, 1964; and a declaration of trust, being a gift by John Peter James Ellis JP, chairman of directors and majority shareholder of Industrial Leasing & Finance Ltd., a private limited company, of shares worth £50,000 on the convesion of the company into a public limited company, 1970.

Original folder stamped 'Investiture Committee, Lord Ogmore', containing minutes of the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th (and final) meetings of the Investiture Committee, Oct. 1967-May 1969, a membership list of the committe, Oct. 1968, and papers IC(13), IC(67)1 and IC(67)2.

Typescript (top copy) of 'The dedication of a prince, by Lord Ogmore, being an account of the Investiture of H.R.H. Prince Charles, K.G. as Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester at Caernarvon Castle in 1969'.

Typescript (carbon copy) of 'The dedication of a prince, by Lord Ogmore, being an account of the Investiture of H.R.H. Prince Charles, K.G. as Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester at Caernarvon Castle in 1969'.

Original file of correspondence relating to the Foundation (president, Lord Ogmore), 1972-1976, including relating to a reform of the kidney donor card system for cadaver kidneys. Also papers relating to an international symposium, 26-28 Sept. 1973, and the annual report of the KRUF Institute of Renal Disease, 1974-75.

Two volumes labelled 'Uganda Development Corporation Limited, P.030, Kilembe Mines Limited', no's 1 (1953) and 3 (1955) (no. 2 missing), containing documents relating to the Kilembe copper and cobalt mine in the Kasese District of Uganda.

Original file of letters, mainly from David, c/o Messrs Adams & Allen, Beach Street, Penang S. S., to his parents.

Original file of letters from David to his parents, including on headed notepaper from the Adelphi Hotel, London (Aug.), P & O. S. N. Co., S. S. (Sept.-Oct), and Runnymede Hotel, Penang (Oct.), and thereafter with the forwarding address c/o Messrs Adams & Allen, Beach Street, Penang S. S. [=Straits Settlements].

Original file of letters, mainly from David, c/o Messrs Adams & Allen, Beach Street, Penang S. S., to his parents.

Original file of letters, mainly from David, c/o Messrs Adams & Allen, Beach Street, Penang S. S., to his parents.

Original file of letters from David, c/o Messrs Adams & Allen, Penang S. S., to his parents.

Original file of letters of condolence to Connie, lady Ogmore, on the death of Lord Ogmore, including letters from several from various branches of the YWCA and from several members of staff of the Property Owners Building Society. Also includes a few get well cards, cards from bouquets, and readings and the address from the funeral service, 3 Sept. 1976.

Original file of letters and telegrams of congratulations to Rees-Williams on his elevation to the peerage.

Original file of letters and telegrams of congratulations to Rees-Williams on his elevation to the peerage.

Original file of letters, telegrams and cards of congratulations on Lt-Col D. R. Rees-Williams's elevation to the peerage.

Papers relating to Malaya and Malaysia, including correspondence with Levane G. Abdoolcader relating to parole for her husband Siroj Abdoolcader, imprisoned in the UK for offences under the official secrets acts, 1972; Eusoffe Abdoolcader on his elevation to the High Court of Malaysia, 1974; and Lady Gammans, 1975, relating to Lt-Col Rees-Williams and Capt. David Gamman's 1946 mission to Sarawk.