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Conveyance of Pentreclawdd Farm, nine cottages, another cottage, two more houses and a piece of arable land near Hengoed in the parish of Selatyn by Mrs Elizabeth Peate of Bersham Hall, Wrexham, and her family and their mortgagee, John Humphreys, to the trustees of William Richard [Ormsby Gore] Baron Harlech, 1899; and associated documents including an abstract of the will of Robert Peate, 1879, proved 1882, an agreement by Robert Tudor Peate and Samuel Peate for letting to George Peate, 1891, abstracts of title, 1796-1894, 1886-1891, the agreement for sale and statutory declaration of Elizabeth Peate, 1898-1899, and case for the opinion of counsel, 1899; with plans annexed and relevant enclosures

Deeds and documents relating to the Penrhos and Cemmes (Cemais) estates in Montgomeryshire, formerly belonging to John Owen, which descended to Mary Jane Ormsby Gore of Brogyntyn, 1647-1866, and later deeds, 1883-1899. The properties lay mainly in the parishes of Llandrinio, Llandysilio and Cemais.

Agreements, copy draft appointments and conveyances by William Richard Baron Harlech, Sarah Baroness Harlech and the Brogyntyn trustees, relating to houses and lands in Caernarfonshire, 1885-1899. The properties comprise land adjoining Bryneifion, and Cefn Collwyn otherwise Cefn Collfryn, Cefn Maen, part of Gell farm and Penybryn, all in the parishes of Llanystumdwy and Cricieth, sold to John Ernest Greaves in 1885 and 1894 respectively; land near Wern, Portmadoc, Garreg Fawr, Bwlchyfedwen Inn and part of Bwlchyfedwen Farm in the parishes of Dolbenmaen (formerly Penmorfa) and Ynyscynhaearn, sold to Richard Methuen Greaves in 1889, 1893 and 1899; Tyddyn Adi, Cefn Cyfanedd, Ty Mawr, Cefn and Cae Sion, Coed-y-cefn, and closes near Wern Upper Lodge and Penmorfa village, in the parishes of Ynyscynhaearn, Treflys and Penmorfa, sold to Richard Methuen Greaves, 1894; a messuage and pieces of land at Morfa Bychan near Portmadoc, 1894; the site of the boathouse of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution at Portmadoc, Cricieth, 1892; Llystyn and Blaen-y-Cae, Dolbenmaen, 1894; land at Garn Dolbenmaen, 1894; and part of Ty Newydd farm, Dolbenmaen, conveyed to Rev. William Evans Jones and Richard Methuen Greaves for the site of a church, 1898. The file also includes schedules; plans; valuations of the land near Wern, 1889, and Bwlchyfedwen, 1899; and letters to and by Lord Harlech, Longueville and Co., T.H. Thursfield of Broseley and R.M. Greaves, concerning the sale at Wern, 1889.

Memoranda of agreements and a conveyance by William Richard Baron Harlech to the Great Western Railway Company of land in Langollen Urban, Denbighshire, together with mines and minerals, 1897-1898; plans attached.

Deeds and other documents relating to properties in the parish of Llangollen, Denbighshire, owned by the Brogyntyn estate, 1844-1898. The locations include Dinbren and Siamber Wen, Erw Garn Ucha, Trefor, Canal Side, land sold to Thomas Gee in 1895, and Llangollen School, 1898.

Copy draft conveyance by the trustees of Lord Harlech’s settled estates to James Darlington of Black Park, Ruabon, chairman of the governing body of Llangollen Intermediate School, of a piece of land for the use of the school, with plan, 1898

Deeds relating to Hengoed vicarage, Selatyn. and lands purchased by the trustees of the Brogyntyn estate from Rev. George Owen Browne, 1854-1897. They include a deed of benefaction by Rev. Albany Rossendale Lloyd of a house called Glyn Sych, Church Field and other lands, 1854, a deed of annexation to the church of St Barnabas, 1856; abstract of title, 1854-1856; and the deed of sale by Rev. George Owen Browne of Oswestry, to the trustees of William Richard Ormsby Gore, 1897; plans incorporated.

A list of financial securities transferred from Lord Harlech to Henry Arthur Ormsby Gore, 1895, with a covering letter from the London Joint Stock Bank Limited, 1897; and cases for the opinion of counsel on a proposed assignment of Lord Harlech’s life interest in part of the Irish estates as a further provision for his son, George Ralph Charles Ormsby Gore, in addition to the portion allocated in the family settlement (not in file), 1895.

Documents relating to Dee Side and other hereditaments in Bangor Is-coed, Flintshire, belonging to Catherine Bentley, in mortgage to the trustees of Mary Jane Ormsby Gore, dec., 1870-1897. They include a schedule of deeds, 1821-1869, compiled 1870; a valuation, 1879, printed particulars with a plan, 1879, conditions of sale with manuscript additions, 1879, and letters to the trustees and to Longueville solicitors, requesting foreclosure of the mortgage, 1897.

Leases and lease agreements by William Ormsby Gore, William Richard Baron Harlech and his agent, W.R. Lawford, of Cae Pant, 1854, Nant, Trefor, 1888, and a cottage and land at Canal side, 1888, in the parish of Llangollen, Denbighshire; and relevant letters to W.R. Lawford from the respective tenants, and from Lawford to Longueville and Co., 1888-1896.

Papers relating to cases in the County Court of Caernarfonshire between Hugh Jones, plt., vs Joseph Parry, deft. and Hugh Lewis vs Joseph Parry, former tenants of Lord Harlech, in an action to recover possession of lands at Morfa Bychan in the parish of Ynyscynhaearn, Caernarfonshire, 1896. The file includes the brief for the plaintiffs, particulars of plts’ demands, copies of court orders, plts’ oaths, notice of deft’s intention to appeal and copies of his letters to Lord Harlech’s agent W.R. Lawford in 1894.

Draft deeds by William Richard Lord Harlech and the Brogyntyn trustees, comprising an appointment to Edward Ricketts of lands at Barmouth in the county of Merioneth, 1889, and a conveyance to Rev. David Davies of land at Hen Efail in the parish of Llandanwg with three cottages thereon, for the site of a future Baptist chapel at Harlech, 1896, with plans.

Leases by William Ormsby Gore and his widow, Mary Jane, of a house, smithy and lands at Pantglass, Selatyn, 1859, and part of Red House Farm, Myddleton, 1869; and an undertaking by the tenants of Nant Ucha to give quiet possession to William Richard Baron Harlech, with an account of the sale, 1895.

Agreements for sale and copy draft conveyances by William Richard Baron Harlech and the Brogyntyn trustees, mainly of cottages and gardens in Morfa Bychan, Portmadoc, in the parish of Ynyscynhaearn, Caernarfonshire, 1894-1895. The properties include parts of Tynewydd and Glanyrafon, Garreg-goch, part of Fridd-newydd and Glandon. The purchasers are William Owen of Gwyndy, Hugh Lewis of Tynyffynon, Thomas Lewis of Garreg Coch, William Ellis of Garreg Coch, John Ignatius Williams of Hendregadredd, John Jones of Ynysfor, Penrhyndeudraeth, Hugh Jones of Tynewydd, Griffith Morris and Capt. William Owen Morris. There are also three further agreements for sale, to Griffith Morris of Garn Dolbenmaen, to Charles Williams of Canal Side, Llangollen, and to The Denbighshire County Governing Body. Plans and a list of purchased properties are included.

Draft conveyances by William Richard Baron Harlech firstly to the Corporation of Sligo of land at Lisduff in the parish of Calry, a part of Willowbrook lands, for new waterworks, 1885; secondly to his own trustees, the Marquess of Winchester and Henry Charles Legge, lands at Moherrevan, Leitrim, to uses of the family trusts, 1888; and to his eldest son, George Ralph Charles Ormsby Gore houses and land called Gortacouch, Leitrim, 1895

Agreement between the Corporation of Liverpool and John Humphreys of High Fawr Farm, Oswestry, to refer to arbitration the question of compensation for the death and injury of two horses on the reservoir fence, and the arbitration award of George Ralph Charles Ormsby Gore, 1895.

Agreements for sale and copy draft conveyances by William Richard Baron Harlech, Sarah Baroness Harlech and the Brogyntyn trustees of lands in the parish of Llangollen as follows: to David Parry a house called ?Dollwydd/?Dolheryd and Tenters Field in Abbey Road, 1890; to Charles Williams the younger Canal Side, 1894; and to Thomas Gee and others (The Denbighshire County Governing Body deleted) a piece of land in Llangollen, 1895. Plans included.

Deeds relating to leasehold properties held by various members of the Ormsby Gore family in London, 1795-1895. The locations are Stanhope Street and Welbeck Street, Portland Place and St James Place, Grosvenor Crescent, and Halkin Street West in Belgrave Square. The leaseholds usually included a coach house and stables. Some files contain details of fixtures and fittings

Documents relating to 12, Grosvenor Crescent, coach house and stables (12, Grosvenor Crescent Mews), Pimlico, Middlesex, 1871-1895. The file includes an agreement by Robert John Waller, builder, with Major William Richard Ormsby Gore of Tetworth, for a lease with power of purchase, and specifications of painter’s works and fixtures for the house, 1871; a draft memorial of lease, 1872; a schedule of deeds, 1868-1895; a statement of moneys due on completion of purchase, 1895; demand notices and receipts for rent, taxes, rates and insurance, 1894-1895; and a letter from [the Marquess of] Winchester, relating to the sale and mortgage, 1895.