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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.

Original file of letters and telegrams of congratulations to Rees-Williams on his elevation to the peerage.

Original file of letters, mainly from David, c/o Messrs Adams & Allen, Beach Street, Penang S. S., to his parents.

Original file of letters from David, c/o Messrs Adams & Allen, Penang S. S., to his parents.

Original file of letters and telegrams of congratulations to Rees-Williams on his elevation to the peerage.

Original file of letters, telegrams and cards of congratulations on Lt-Col D. R. Rees-Williams's elevation to the peerage.

Typescript autobiography entitled 'The flourishing vine : memoirs of Lord Ogmore'.

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.].

Original file of letters of condolence to Connie, lady Ogmore, on the death of Lord Ogmore, including letters from several from various branches of the YWCA and from several members of staff of the Property Owners Building Society. Also includes a few get well cards, cards from bouquets, and readings and the address from the funeral service, 3 Sept. 1976.

Original file of letters, statements and notes, mainly relating to the purchase of 12 Merton Avenue, Chiswick, by Gwilym R. Rees-Williams (Oct. 1967), and the mortgage with the Property Owners Building Society.

Certificates etc. of David Rees Williams, comprising Law Society final examination certificate, 1929; admission as a solicitor of the Supreme Court, 1929; writ of summons to Parliament as Lord Ogmore, 1950; notification of having been sworn Minister of Civil Aviation, 1951; notification of having been sworn a privy counsellor, 1951; letter from Maung Kyin of the Burmese Embassy of the conferment of the title of Agga Maha Thray Sithu on Lord Ogmore, 1956; and an appreciation from the organising committee of the VI British Empire & Commonwealth Games in Wales, 1958.

Papers relating to D. R. Rees-Williams's military career (Captain; Major from 1 Nov. 1938; Lt-Col by Aug. 1945), including a report relating to the stationing of 452 Co., 6th (Glamorgan) Bn, The Welch Regiment (67th Searchlight Reg.) (TA) at Weymouth, Dec. 1938; a report on the training of 178 H.A.A. Battery, 63rd H.A.A. Reg., at Burrow Head Camp, March 1941; indentity cards, March 1943 and April 1943; and a report of Lt-Col Rees-Williams presiding over the first British general court in Berlin, Aug. 1945. Also letters relating to the Royal Regiment of Wales and the Welch Regiment Museum at Cardiff Castle, 1973-1976.

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.

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.

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.

Original file comprising Colonial Office memoranda by D. R. Rees-Williams, under-secretary of state for the colonies, on his visits to East Africa [Uganda, Tanganyika, Kenya and Zanzibar], May 1948, and West Africa [Nigeria, Gold Coast and Sierra Leone], Sept. 1948; also an unattributed and undated plan for the control of the tsetse fly in East Africa.

Original file of letters, 1947-1960, notes, newspaper cuttings etc. relating to Burmese affairs, particularly the conferral of the Agga Maha Thray Sithu, the highest Burmese order, on Lord Mountbatten, Lord Ogmore and Sir Hubert Rance, 1956, and the writing of Lord Ogmore's and others' recollections of the last days of British rule in Burma, 1969-1970. Also includes copies of the report of the Frontier Area Committee of Enquiry, 1947 (2 copies), and the treaty between the government of the UK and the provisional government of Burma, 1947.

Carbon copies of D. R. Rees-Williams's memoranda, including matters relating to British Guiana, Burma, China, Croydon, Falkland Islands, the Gold Coast, Hong Kong, Malaya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Palestine, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanganyika and Uganda.

Original file of letters received and copy letters sent, mainly 1965-1976, mainly relating to House of Lords business.

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.).