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Accounts of stays at Brighton (ff. 4v-34, 38-45) and Cowes (ff. 71-97) including a reference to disturbances in Norfolk and Suffolk (f.31v), a brief description of Winchester cathedral then undergoing repairs including the removal of Inigo Jones' screen (f.69v), and a description of the house of industry at Newport, Isle of Wight (ff. 90, 95-6); and a press cutting of a poem by John Smith describing how and why he murdered his wife, for which he was executed at Penneden Heath near Maidstone (between ff. 114-15).

Original bundle of accounts, including Lord Ormathwaite’s receivership accounts, 1935/36 and 1936/37, and Marquis Camden’s claims against the executors of Lord Ormathwaite, dec., 1937.

Original bundle of deeds re. the admission of Albert Mott to properties in the manor of Newnhams Lakes and Aylands and in the manor of Warfield, all Berkshire, and his surrender of the same (mortgage for £33,726) to Andrew Montague of Inghamthorpe Hall, Wetherby, Yorkshire, esq., all 1892, and the admission of Lord Ormathwaite to the same properties, and George Denison, lord Wittenham’s warrant to enter satisfaction for the receipt of the said £33,726, all 1921-22.

Agreement For Sale of a farm called Penrhiwfrank, p. Cefnllys (15 a.) and a tmt called the Rhos, p. Llanbister together with an Abstract Of Title to the same, 1767-1859. Original bundle.

Anecdote about Rossini, 28 Dec. 1857 (p. 15); particulars about Thackeray 1 Jan. 1858 (pp. 20-2), a character sketch of Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 6 Jan. 1858 (pp. 25-6); brief reports of debates in the House, 5 Feb. - 12 July, 1858 (pp. 43-150 passim) including an account of his speech against the Tenants Compensation (Ireland) Bill (pp. 82-7); copy letter to Lord Derby applying for a peerage with a copy of Derby's reply, 6 Mar. 1858 (pp. 56-62); meeting at Lord Derby's, 30 Apr. 1858 (pp. 95-6); a visit to the Westminster House of Correction, 16 June, 1858 (p. 130); negotiations with the Dowager Duchess of Beaufort and the Duke of Beaufort over the marriage settlement of his son Arthur and Lady Emily Somerset, 15 June - 17 July, 1858 (pp. 129-55 passim); a visit to Cherbourg including an account of a meeting between Victoria and Napoleon III, 4-7 Aug. 1858 (pp. 179-83); a sailing trip on his yacht from Strangford to Rothesay and Greenock and a visit to Edinburgh, 11-27 Sept. 1858 (pp. 203-29) and to his Cumberland estate including a long account of the iron ore mine at Moor Row, Whitehaven, 28 Sept. 1858 (pp. 217-29).

Appointment of John Walsh as deputy lieutenant of Berkshire, 1779 (I 1/1); grant to John Benn and Margaret his wife to assume the name Walsh, 1793 (I 1/2); creation of John Benn Walsh as bart, 1804, together with fees paid for the same, 1804-5 (I 1/3); appointments of Sir John Walsh as keeper of the rolls and lord lieutenant of co. Rad., 1842 (I 1/4-5); grants of a peerage and grant of coat-of-arms to Lord Ormathwaite, 1868 (I 1/6-7); appointment of Arthur John Walsh as in I 1/4-5, 1875 (I 1/8-9); appointments of Arthur Henry John Walsh as in I 1/4-5, 1918 (I 1/10-11) and his appointment G.C.V.O., 1920 (I 1/12).

Assignments by the General Land Drainage & Improvement Co. to the Scottish Widows Fund & Life Assurance Society of a charge of £458.4.10 p.a. for 31 years charged upon premises in p's Cefnllys, Colfa, Gladestry, Llanbister, Llandeglau, Llanddewi Ystradenni, Llanfihangel Nantmelan and Old Radnor, to repay £81,000 and of a charge of £127.15.0 p.a. for 31 years charged upon premises in p's Gladestry and Llanddewi Ystradenni to repay £2,250, which two sums were spent on improving properties on the Ormathwaite estate, together with Absolute Orders of the Land Commissioners charging the said premises with repayment of the said two sums.

Assignments, 1759-70, of bonds of the Company of Undertakers for raising Thames water in York Buildings, London (FC 18/1-15) together with related probate records, 1745-65, comprising copy limited probate of will of Moses Helbuth, otherwise Helburt of Cleve, Prussia, 1745 (FC 18/16); administration of Rachael Dacosta Villa Real of St Dunstan in the East, London, widow, 1756 (FC 18/17); copy administration of Robert Fotherby late of p. St James Clerkenwell, Middlesex, and thence of Haslebeach, Northamptonshire, 1757 (FC 18/18); probate of will (translated from Portugeese) of John De Morais, otherwise Isaac Morais Pereria, inhabitant of London, in Ayliff Street, Godsmanfields, 1764 (FC 18/19); (includes directions for burial and bequests to the wardens of the synagogue of the Portguese nation and to the matron of the hospital in Lemon Street); probate of will of Solomon Fernandes Nunes of London, merchant, 1765 (FC 18/20) (includes bequests to the Portugal Jews synagogue and to a Society of Orphans called Saliare Ora Vealy Tetomin and directions for burial); and administration with will annexed of John Dyer of London, merchant, 1770 (FC 18/21) (includes bequest to the Governors of St Thomas Hospital in the bor. of Southwark for the use of the poor there). [For York Buildings bonds see John Walsh's correspondence FC 1-9].

Original bundle.

Brief accounts of debates and political news relating to the Irish Church Reform Bill, 1 July - 18 Aug. 1833, 18 Apr. 1834 (pp. 1, 3-5, 7, 146); reference to a dinner with Gladstone and others at Clapham, 27 July 1833 (p. 14); holiday at Aberystwyth, 20 Sept. - 21 Oct. 1833 (pp. 43-60); a description of Eaton Hall, Cheshire, 19 Nov. 1833 (pp. 83-6); references to attending the Berkshire quarter sessions, 31 Dec. 1833, 2 Jan. 1834 (pp. 108, 115), holiday at Hastings, 16-31 Mar. 1834 (pp. 137-9); references to a meeting of the 'Trade Unions' [Robert Owen's Grand National Consolidated Trade Unions], 19, 21 Aug. 1834 (pp. 147-8); references to the by-election at Sudbury following the death of the other sitting member, 21-7 July 1834 (pp. 175-7); brief account of the rebuilding of Queen Square, Bristol, following the damage caused by the 1831 riots, 5 Aug. 1834 (p. 182); accounts of local politics in co. Rad. following a probable vacancy in the county representation caused by Frankland Lewis' appointment to the Poor Law Commission, 29 Aug. - 3 Sept. 1834 (pp. 203-10); description of Hall Barn [Park], Buckinghamshire, the home of Sir Gore Ouseley, diplomat and oriental scholar, who showed him some illuminated Persian MSS, 11 Sept. 1834 (pp. 213-14); a brief description of the ruins of the Houses of Parliament following the fire at which the 'mob cheered whenever a roof fell in', 31 Oct. 1834 (p. 241); references to the Berkshire election, 17-21 Nov. 1834 (pp. 255-6, 258-9); references to, and accounts of, the Sudbury election, 19-23 Nov. 1834 (pp. 257, 260-1) and account of an exploratory visit to co. Rad. to ascertain whether he should contest co. Rad. or not, 22-30 Nov., 1834 (pp. 260-72).

Brief character sketch of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester (ff. 98-9) and a description of the actress Sarah Siddons reading Shakespeare at private dinners (ff. 112v-13, 117).

Canvass and campaign in the co. Rad. by-election [1 x 4] May - 11 June 1840 (pp. 10-29); a gap between 12 June - 16 July, sailing trips to St Malo's, Guernsey and Le Havre 16-26 July and 6-10 Aug. 1840 (pp. 46-51, 54-6); the serious illness of his wife, 29 Aug. - 9 Sept. 1840 (pp. 59-75) when the diary breaks off until 17 Oct.; a visit to co. Rad. for the quarter sessions and turnpike meetings, 21-8 Oct., 1840 (pp. 192-5); another gap between 14 Dec. 1840 and 18 Feb. 1841; another visit to co. Rad. for the quarter sessions and turnpike meetings, 15 Mar. - 18 Apr. 1841 (pp. 145-68); political tactics and debates relating to bringing down [Melbourne's] administration, 1-27 May, 1841 (pp. 194-213 passim), a phrenological test on his son Digby, 17 May 1841 (pp. 205-7); co. Rad. election campaign, 14 June - 13 July, 1841 (pp. 218-27); disagreement over the nomination of Speaker, 20 July 1841 (p. 228); visits to co. Rad. for the assizes and to set up an agricultural association, 23 July - 22 Aug., 3 Oct. - 7 Nov. 1841 (pp. 229-37, 248-54); a holiday at Ryde and a sailing trip to Cherbourg and back again to Ryde, 8-30 Sept. 1841 (pp. 240-7).