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Certificate of the appointment of William Ormsby-Gore as a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, 1816.

Grant of arms to John Ralph Ormsby-Gore, following his creation as Baron Harlech, with remainder in default of male issue to his brother, William Richard, 1876.

Statutes of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, 1925.

Grant of the Dignity of an Ordinary Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath to George Ralph Charles, Baron Harlech, 1936.

Order of the annual service of the Order of St Michael and St George in St Paul 's Cathedral, including the installation of the banners of the Rt. Hon. Baron Harlech, 1947.

Order of the ceremony of installation of Lord Harlech in the Most Noble Order of the Garter, 1948, accompanied by instructions for the ceremonies, an invitation, procession list and guest list for the royal luncheon.

Warrant under the King 's Sign Manual granting the Dignity of a Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order to Beatrice Mildred Edith, Baroness Harlech, 1947, accompanied by an official covering letter, 1948.

Papers relating to the inheritance and settlement of the Brogyntyn estates belonging to the Owen and Ormsby Gore family, comprising probate records, 1626-1922, and family and non-family settlements, trusts and abstracts of title, 1730-1974. There is a large amount of information, in the main content of the deeds and in the recitals, about the individuals concerned, the other families with whom they married, their trustees, the operation of the trusts, investments in land purchases and the purchase of stocks and shares, in accordance with the terms of the trusts. A further series describes a small number of non-family trusts, 1790-1906.

Various records relating to the financial status of the Brogyntyn estate and the Ormsby Gore family, comprising groups of rentals with related memoranda and reports, 1795-1926, accounts, 1833-1934, estate vouchers (Watermark 1828)-1887, and a single series of inventories and valuations, 1876-1906.

Title deeds and other documents relating to properties mainly in the parishes of Oswestry, Selatyn and Whittington in the county of Salop (Shropshire), either purchased by the Brogyntyn estate or already owned and later sold or leased by them, 1607-1939. The properties include lands which formerly belonged to the Earls of Powis, the Lloyd family of Aston and the Owen family of Woodhouse, former common lands in the manor of Whittington and the Drenewydd estate purchased from the Wynne family of Peniarth in 1830. There are substantial quantities of deeds for the farm of Pentreclawdd, 1607-1899, the Vron, Selatyn, 1697-1874, Pentre David, 1707-1827, Pentrepant, 1741-1894, lands around the Brick Kilns in Oswestry, 1783-1909, and miscellaneous other properties, 1740-1939.

Family settlements, other papers relating to the family trusts, and abstracts of title of the Owen and Ormsby Gore families of Brogyntyn and others related to them by marriage, 1730-1974; and a small number of similar documents relating to trusts of non-family members, 1790-1906.

Official papers deriving from administrative procedures of central government, county officials and institutions. The government papers include speeches and other communications, Acts of Parliament, petitions, and various other parliamentary and political papers, 1581-1887. At county level the papers concern the functions of county officials, taxation and subsidies, town corporations, elections and the militia in North Wales, Shropshire and Ireland, 1518-1904. The last group of papers derives from the administration of churches, schools and charities, 1598-[1876x1904].

Official papers deriving from administrative procedures of central government, dated between 1581 and 1887, consisting of manuscript copies and published versions of speeches, addresses and official letters, Acts of Parliament, petitions and cases, proclamations, lists of ministers and MPs, and miscellaneous other political papers. The majority originate from the second half of the seventeenth century, giving an instructive view of the relations between the Stuart monarchs and their respective parliaments, against a background of political unrest and religious dissension. Recurrent themes include the Dutch invasion, the accession and policies of William III, Jacobite resistance, Protestant religion, European wars, taxation, home and foreign trade, and national finance.

Official papers deriving from administrative procedures of central government, comprising manuscript copies and published versions of speeches, addresses and official letters, 1621-1868, Acts of Parliament and bills, 1656-1887, petitions and cases [1660]-1781, proclamations, 1671-1694, a 'claim to a barony' [1689]-1800, lists of ministers and MPs., [1766]-1837 and miscellaneous political papers, 1581-[c. 1720].

Miscellaneous political papers comprising a copy of letters patent of Elizabeth I granting to Edward Stafford parsonages impropriate, free chapels, chantries, guilds, etc., 1581; an Oath of Allegiance [1606?]; a copy of the Queen of Sweden 's reply to a letter concerning heretics in France [c. 1655]; accounts of Titus Oates' expenses [c. 1678], and the national war debt, 1693; proceedings of the Lords' Commission for Ecclesiastical Affairs against Henry Compton, Bishop of London, 1686; safe-conduct to Francis Tomkies, a servant [of Sir Robert Owen?], during the session of Parliament, 1689; queries on the policies of William III; a copy of the Articles of Peace signed with Savoy [c. 1697]; and a list of gentlemen who acquired stock while the S[outh] S[ea] Bill was pending [c. 1720].

Copies of parliamentary speeches, addresses and official letters of James I, 1621, Oliver Cromwell, 1657, Charles II, 1662-1683, William of Orange, 1688-1689, and James II, 1689, with other similar items dated between 1710 and 1868. The papers demonstrate the constitutional conflict between James I and Parliament over the proposed marriage alliance with Spain and his request for a subsidy, 1621; the proceedings of Parliament under the Commonwealth and the subsequent Stuart monarchs; support for James II in Ireland; the invasion of William of Orange; the upholding of Protestantism by his supporters; and liaison with the Danish ambassador concerning the procurement of peace in Europe, 1693. The later items include an address on the maintenance of British forces in the War of Spanish Succession, 1710; The Speaker 's Reprimand to Sir John Eyles, 1732; a parliamentary speech by George II, 1742; a profession of loyalty by the clergy of Lincoln upon the accession of [George III], endorsed by Welsh landowners, 1746; Edmund Burke 's criticism of the commission to investigate crown revenues in Wales, [c. 1782]; and political speeches of Sir Robert Peel, 1835 and Benjamin Disraeli, 1868.

Acts of Parliament and bills with associated papers, dated between 1656 and 1887, which include the Bill of Decimation, 1656; proposals for the imposition of various taxes, [1660x1696]; debate on a bill for restoring Charles Earl of Derby to his manors in Flintshire, 1661; orders, acts, etc., for promoting protestant religious conformity in England and Wales, 1681, [1718-1719]; a proposed Act of Parliament for changes to the East India Company, 1689; proposals concerning the Exchequer 's payment of money to the King, [c. 1701]; an Act confirming the marriage articles of Henry Arthur Earl of Powis and Barbara his wife [1751]; a draft bill to promote short credit by allowing interest on book debts, 1781; objections [by John Ralph Ormsby-Gore] to several sections of the Law of Property and Trustees Relief Amendment Bill [c. 1860]; and a copy of the Land Law (Wales) Bill, 1887.

Petitions and cases, dated between 1660 and 1781, presented to the monarch, the House of Commons, the House of Lords, parliamentary committees or individual politicians by prominent public figures, town corporations, local officials, private landowners and tradesmen. Most are in connection with political crimes, religious abuses, government legislation, taxation on trades, borough election rights, navigation and drainage, personal hardship and private bills for establishing titles or implementing family settlements. Items relating to Wales concern the abolition of the Court of the Council in the Marches of Wales, 1689, the Rectory of Llandinam [c. 1695] and revenue from crown lands, 1779. Petitioners or appellants include Major General Harrison and the other Regicides [1660], Lord Bristol, 1663, the Duke of Grafton [c. 1674], Edward Larkin [c. 1688?], Titus Oates, 1689, Thomas Price [of Plas Iolyn] 1690, a door-keeper of the House of Commons [1695?], 'One of Queen Elizabeth 's Shillings', 1696, the Covenanters to the Earl of Essex [18th cent. copy], Henry Earl of Lincoln [c. 1767], and the Duke of Ancaster, 1781.

Public proclamations and declarations, 1671-1694, by Charles II, James II, William and Mary, Parliament and the King’s subjects, relating to religious indulgence in England and Scotland; arrests of the Duke of Monmouth and James Campbell; James II 's appointment of Catholic ministers; general pardons; the summoning of Parliament; military discipline; surrender of embezzled arms; James II 's vindication of himself following his abdication; the accession of William and Mary; the payment of English troops abroad; the convocation of bishops and clergy; forgery of warrants and passes; and the marking or stamping of vellum, parchment and paper.

Volume containing a printed copy of James Percy 's petition to the House of Lords, claiming a right to the earldom of Northumberland, [1689], the case of John Kynaston of Hordley [1732] and pedigrees showing the descent of the Kynaston family and their claim to the barony of Powys [1732], [1800].