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Petition (39 names) by the "cultivators of the soil and growers of wool" in the hundred of Newcastle, co. Glam., to the House of Commons, protesting against the importation of 26,799,367 bushels of foreign corn in 1818, duty free, and of 13 million pounds of foreign wool in three quarters of a year, at a duty of a halfpenny and a fraction per pound, when the petitioners are paying probably 30% taxes on everything they can grow. They pray for a committee of inquiry, and duties on the imports to bring their cost up to that of "the productions of the soil of the United Kingdom". Several of the signatories have the first name or the family name/patronymic 'David', Lord Ogmore's mother's maiden name.

Printed material, including The London Gazette, 1 Dec. 1944, containing (p. 5532) notice of the intention of Williams, his wife and children to assume the surname Rees-Williams in lieu of Williams; The London Gazette, 14 July 1950, containing (p. 3622) notice of Lt-Col David Rees William-Rees's barony as Baron Ogmore, of Bridgend in the co. Glam.

Printed material, including David Rees-Williams's election leaflet, 1950; Ministry of Civil Aviation report of the investigation into the accident on 31 Oct. 1950 to B.E.A. Viking G-AHPN at London Airport, 1951; report on the fifth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Sept.-Dec. 1950; Colonial Office report by the Federation of Malaya constitutional conference, Jan.-Feb. 1956; and a booklet entitled 'Biographies of delegates & officers attending the Seventh Parliamentary Conference, London, 1961' (55 pp.).

Printed matter, including 'What is a christian?', a verbatim extract of a talk between Michael Ramsey, archbishop of Canterbury, and David Frost, [1960s?]; the Bill, as amended in committee, of the United Reform Church Act 1972; 'Prayers for the work of the YWCA', 1977; and the covenant and rules of Kensington Chapel, [n.d.].

Loose pages from 'The Welsh outlook', Dec. 1925-April 1927, and 'Y Llwyfan', April/May 1928 and Dec. 1928/Jan. 1929, containing articles by D. Rees Williams, comprising 'Ewenny Priory', Dec. 1925, 'Wales and the future', Feb. 1926, 'The chip cart', n.d., 'Electoral reform', April 1927, 'The law and the theatre - copyright', April/May 1928, and 'The law as it affects the theatre, no. 2, licensing', Dec. 1928/Jan. 1929. Also a typescript script for 'The week in Westminister' by Lord Ogmore, broadcast 30 March 1957.

Typescript of Lord Ogmore's 'Recollections of Burma (the independence of Burma) : recollections of events in 1946 and 1947 leading up to the independence of Burma'.

Scripts of four short plays: 'War Play' scenes 1-3, about an incompetent coast battery, [c.1940]; 'A mock field general court martial' by Major D. R. Williams, R.A., for the 211st Heavy (Mixed) A.A. Training Regiment R.A., Aug. 1942; 'A military court play' by D.R.W., to show the procedure and working of a summary military court in occupied enemy territory, May 1944; and a draft script of 'Rhodri', a television play by David Rees for the Christmas season, 1963.

Copy agreement (unsigned) for the sale by David Rees Williams of the goodwill of the practice of Messrs Edwards & Rees Williams of 11 Park Place, Cardiff, to Lean & Lean of 52 Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff, solicitors, 1939. Also deeds and documents relating to Lord Ogmore's purchase of a partnership in the solicitors Merriman, White & co., 1952, the dissolution of the partnership, 1956, and Lord Ogmore's annuity as retiring partner, 1959-1960.

Papers relating to the Commonwealth and various member countries and issues, including notes for Lord Ogmore's presentation 'The Commonwealth in international affairs' to the Oxford Courses, Sept. 1953, draft letter to Clement Atlee relating to Malta, c.Nov. 1954; Lord Ogmore's resignation from the UK branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Dec. 1968; British Asians in East Africa, particularly Kenya, 1968-1970; the tenth anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre in South Africa, 1970; and a copy of 'Rhodesia : proposals for a settlement', annex B, Nov. 1971. Also items relating to Biafra, Hong Kong and Uganda. Also letters from M. W. Kaisiepo, president-in-exile of West Papua/West New Guinea-Melanesia, 1970.

Original file of papers relating to the Privy Counsellor's dinner to the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh on their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, 21 Nov. 1972, contained in the original folder.