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Mortgages together with assignments of the same of properties in p's Colfa, Glascwm, Llanbister, Llanddewi Ystradenni and Gladestry, for £10,000, 1875 (D 1/1); of properties in p's Old Radnor, Llanfihangel Nantmel, Colfa and Glascwm, for £5,000, 1875 (D 1/2); of properties in p's Llanbadarn Fawr and Gladestry for £6,000, 1877 (D 1/3); assignments of the said mortgages to William Brough Phillimore, 1879 (D 1/5-6) together with a deed of consolidated mortgage for securing the said sums and a further mortgage for £10,000, 1879 (D 1/7); mortgage, of rent charges secured on the Irish and co. Rad. estates and life assurance policies for £16,000, 1880 (D 1/9) and a mortgage of the life interest of Arthur, lord Ormathwaite, in the man's of Swydd, Cefnllys and Busmore, properties in Cos Kerry and Cork, Ireland and a policy of assurance for £16,600, 1883 (D 1/12). Original bundle.

Original bundle of private and employers’ liablility motor car insurance polices with the White Cross Insurance Association Ltd and Lloyd’s of London Red Star.

The memoir was originally intended as an introduction to Margaret Walsh's mathematical MSS [Fe 1/1-7: for references to the writing of the memoir see Sir John Walsh's diaries between 1852-9 Fg 1/19-24] but ended up as a lengthy biography of her. The vols include details of Margaret Walsh's life in India between 1776-86 (Fg 5/1, ff. 59-95) and descriptions of her two continental tours, in 1787-9 (Fe 5/1, ff. 104-13) and 1816-20 (Fe 5/1, ff. 149-79). The memoir contains a wealth of biographical information about the Benn (later Benn-Walsh) and Fowke families. A photocopy of the memoir is available in the India Office Library (Ref. Photo Eur. 32).

Negotiations over the marriage settlement of his daughter Minny and Horace Trelawny, 29-31 Dec., 1858, 4-5 Feb. 1859 (pp. 33-42, 63-5, 69); copy of his letter to Lord Derby asking again for a peerage with a copy of Derby's reply and his thoughts on Derby's refusal, 14 Jan. 1859 (pp. 51-6); brief accounts of debates, 3 Feb. - 4 Apr. 1859 (pp. 62-89 passim); canvassing in co. Rad., 6-15 Apr., 1 May 1859 (pp. 90-9, 118-21); another visit to the Moor Row mine, 5-11 May 1859 (pp. 122-36) and a holiday in Scotland (Rothesay, Inverness, Loch Lomond, Fannick Lodge, Gosford, Benam Castle, Camperdown, etc), 1 Sept. - 14 Nov. 1859 (pp. 207-70).

Notebooks containing extracts from various French authors of the 17th and 18th centuries, including La Bruyere, Marivaux and Rousseau, together with English translations of some of the extracts.

Notes of the acreage and annual rental of the Ormathwaite estate in cos Rad., Co. Kerry, Ireland and Co. Cork, Ireland.

Notice Of Dedication of a highway, p. Llanfihangel Rhydieithon, 1876 (AD 1/1); notice from the East and West Wales Railway Co. of land intended to be acquired to construct railways in p. Cefnllys, 1847 (AD 1/2) and draft report of the county surveyor of co. Rad. on a disused lane in p. Old Radnor, 1934 (AD 1/3).

Opinion Of Counsel on the title of the vendors of premises called Cwm Robin, Cwm Quarrell and Penny Kerry, p. ?, proposed to be purchased by Sir John Walsh.

Deeds and documents received from Farrer & Co. of Lincolns Inn Fields, London, solicitors, per the British Records Association (parcel 2749) in October 1999 (NLW acc. no. C1999/12). These papers are supplemental to the Ormathwaite Papers, and mainly relate to the marriage settlement, mortgages, bankruptcy, receivership and executorship of Arthur Henry John Walsh (1859-1937), third baron Ormathwaite. The papers were accumulated by partners of Farrer & Co. who acted for Marquis Camden, Ormathwaite’s brother-in-law and main creditor, as well as acting as Ormathwaite’s estate receiver after his bankruptcy, and acting for his executors after his death. Included are papers relating to estates in Radnorshire, the Warfield Park estate (Bracknell, Berkshire), the Ormathwaite Hall estate (Keswick, Cumberland) and various freehold and leasehold properties in London and Middlesex, as well as a very few papers relating to the unsaleable remnants of an Irish estate (Counties Cork and Kerry). For a history of the estate, see the introduction to the schedule to the NLW, Ormathwaite Papers, pp. i-xi.

Estate and family records of the family of Walsh (also Benn, Benn-Walsh), later barons Ormathwaite, of Radnorshire, including rentals and surveys, 1865-1939; deeds relating to premises purchased in Radnorshire, 1558-1912, and deeds relating to mortgages and sales of parts of the same estate, 1875-1947; estate papers, 1844-1943; family papers, [late 1690s]-1920, including diaries of Sir John Benn Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite (1798-1881), politician, 1811-1877, diaries of his mother, Lady Margaret Walsh, 1788-1828, and diaries of Arthur John Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite, 1848-1917. -- The BRA deposit relates mainly to the marriage settlement, mortgages, bankruptcy, receivership and executorship of Arthur Henry John Walsh (1859-1937), 3rd Baron Ormathwaite, 1841-1951.

A further three boxes of papers relating to the family was received, together with a portrait of Jane Walsh and a collection of photographs. This deposit remains uncatalogued.

Paper 'read and delivered to Mr [later Sir Phillip] Francis' by Joseph Fowke concerning the reinstatement of his son, Francis Fowke, to the post of Resident of Benares, India, including references to Warren Hastings, together with Philip Francis' answer to the same and J. F.'s remarks on the answer. Original bundle; wrapper marked in the hand of Elizabeth Walsh [neé Benn, neé Fowke] 'Correspondence between my father and the late Sir Philip Francis'.

Papers concerning the building of an aquaduct by Birmingham Corporation in p's Llanddewi Ystradenni and Llanbadarn Fawr comprising deeds, 1894-7 (AD 2/1-14), plans (AD 2/15-18) and correspondence, 1896-7 (AD 2/19-41). Original bundle.