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Accounts of the executors of William Richard Ormsby Gore, second Baron Harlech, 1904-1910, and receipts of family members for legacies received under his will, 1904-1922

Accounts of the executors of the late William Richard Ormsby Gore, second Baron Harlech (d. 1904) showing cash in the house and various bank accounts, funeral expenses, legacies, debts due to and from the deceased, expenses for carrying on Glyn, Brogyntyn, Chesham Place and Tetworth, trustees, mortgages, insurance, taxes, stocks and shares, solicitors, etc. and income, 1904-1909, with a statement showing the amount of estate duty payable by the executors of the will to the trustees of the Brogyntyn settled estates in respect of the portions for the younger children, charged on the English and Irish estates.

Bundle labelled ‘Brogyntyn Trust’ containing assorted papers connected with the functions of the trustees, 1904-1921. They include valuations of horses and carriages at Brogyntyn and Glyn, and lists of pictures and articles of vertu at 37 Chesham Place and Tetworth valued for estate duty after the death of William Richard Baron Harlech, 1904-1905; an application under the Settled Land Acts for the provision of a water supply to Brogyntyn mansion, home farm and other parts of the estate in Oswestry and Selatyn, 1906-1907; a statement of interest due to Lord Harlech, 1910-1912, a bill of trustees’ costs from a Dublin solicitor, 1912, and receipts, 1913-1914; and letters from Longueville, Henry C. Legge and Frank Lloyd and Sons of Wrexham, concerning money to be advanced on mortgage to purchasers in the sales of the settled estates in Caernarfonshire, 1911-1912, Llandrinio, 1919, and Oswestry, 1921

Agreements as to the appointment of Joseph Benson of Birmingham as master and Bertha Gordon Keddie of Oswestry as mistress at Pant Glas School, Selatyn, 1903

Agreement between Mary Eleanor Williams of the Rectory, Trefonnen, and William Richard Baron Harlech for the sale and purchase of the Gyrn and lands in the parish of Selatyn, 1903, with map, and a letter to Longueville and Co. from W.R. Lawford

Papers deriving from an application by the Brogyntyn estate under the Settled Land Acts 1882 to 1890 to effect estate improvements viz enlargement of a house and erection of new farm buildings at Penrhos, and the construction of labourers’ cottages at Old Port and Cross Lanes (Pentrepant), dated 1903-1904 but labelled 1905. The file includes the application form for the approval by the Board of Agriculture of a surveyor nominated by the estate trustees, 1903; specifications and architectural plans, 1903; an account of W.H. Thomas, builder, 1904; the building inspection certificates of John Bligh Monck, 1903-1904; receipts; and letters to the trustees and to Longueville and Co. by Lord Harlech and John Bligh Monck 1903-1904.

Copy draft conveyances by William Richard second Baron Harlech, by George Ralph Charles third Baron Harlech, and the trustees of the Brogyntyn estate, to several rural district councils and to private individuals in the counties of Sligo, Mayo, Leitrim and Westmeath, Ireland, 1902-1920. They include conveyances to Tobercurry Rural District Council of land in the townland of Rue Poor Law Union for a new cemetery, 1902; to Sligo Rural District Council land in the townlands of Clooskirt and Kinkillew, 1905; to Swinford Rural District Council a plot for the proposed enlargement of Killasser graveyard, 1906; to the Coole Rural District Council land in Togher, Finea, Williamstown and Lisnugent, to Mohill Rural District Council lands in Clooncorrick, Drumod More, Faulties, Callough, Drumod Beg and Furnace (Bleankillew), to Sligo Rural District Council land in Carrickcoola, Clooskirt and Bellawillinbeg, to Tubbercurry Rural District Council land in Lislea, Toberscardan, Castleloye, Magheranore, Carrownaworan, etc. all for the purposes of the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1907-1910; and to the Congested Districts Board the Aclare fairs and markets , 1918. There are other conveyances to private individuals of the farm of Leitrim Hill, the Drumcoura Royal Irish Constabulary Barracks in the parish of Drumreilly, part of the town and lands of Willowbrook, various parts of Clooncorrick, Carrigallen, Drumlea Wood, a plantation in Carrownaworan, Tobertelly Wood, a house and garden in Dromod, and part of the mountain of Tullyvellia, land in Clooskirt adjoining the Coola crossroads, 1903-1920; and to the trustees of the will of Owen Wynne, Church Island in Lough Gill, 191[1]. The file also contains relevant letters to Longueville and Co. from H.T. Dix and Sons, Dublin, 1910-1919; and plans.

Copy draft agreements and conveyances by William Richard second Baron Harlech and his successor, George Ralph Charles third Baron Harlech, to Oswestry Rural District Council of land in the parish of Whittington for a water supply and the construction of reservoirs, reserving a supply to Mardy Farm, 1902; and to Oswestry Corporation of two pieces of land for hospital purposes, 1903, and easements for the construction and maintenance of a water main from Oerley Reservoir to Mount Road through High Fawr Farm, 1908; with plans

Conveyance to the trustee for William Richard Ormsby Gore of the Brogyntyn estate, of land called Little Meadow at Sarney (Sarnau), purchased from the trustees of High Ercall School, Salop, with map incorporated, 1902; with related documents, 1901-1902, pertaining to the scheme of administration of the school, including extracts from the minute book, 1895.

Draft lease by William Richard Baron Harlech to Liverpool Corporation of a sand pit at the Gloppa near Oswestry, Salop, 1899; and related letters to Longueville and Co. from Lord Harlech’s agent, W.R. Lawford of Underhill, and J. Parry of Liverpool Corporation Water Works.

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

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.

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.

Schedule [compiled by Longueville and Co.] of deeds belonging to William Richard Lord Harlech, labelled 1876 but the contents actually refer to deeds dated 1622-1896.

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.

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.

Bundle in original wrapper labelled ‘Brogyntyn trust. Old receipted accounts, brokers’ notes and requests etc. to trustees’, 1895-1907. The contents include bills for legal services charged by Longueville and Co., W.W. Carruthers, and H.T. Dix and Sons of Dublin, and occasional related letters, 1896-1906; an application to the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, 1898, to enforce a payment to the current Brogyntyn trustees for land purchased by the Gorsedda Junction and Portmadoc Railway Company, together with transcripts of the relevant accounts of John Ralph Ormsby Gore and William Watkin Edward Wynne and William Kenyon Slaney against Patersons Snow Bloxham and Kinder, 1873-1898; and accounts for the sales of Dee Side, [Bangor Is-coed], the Cemais estate, Montgomeryshire, and properties in Sligo, Leitrim and Mayo, 1903-1907.

Game book of George Ormsby Gore, August 1895 –January 1907. Bookplates of George Ralph Charles Ormsby Gore, 3rd Baron Harlech, inside front cover.

Deeds, 1895-1906. relating to a farm and lands called Llawrypant Ucha in the parish of Selatyn purchased from Benjamin Williamson by the trustees of the Brogyntyn settlement of 22 July 1881. The deeds include successive conveyances and mortgages involving John Theodore Richards, nephew of the former owner, Catherine Howell, James Partridge Baxter, William Edward Marsh, Mrs Fanny Partridge Richards, Frederick Angel Hawkins, William Rigby Harbridge, Joseph Roscoe Simm [executor of William Rigby Harbridge] and John Alfred Meredith, 1895-1904; a conveyance by Joseph Roscoe Simm to Benjamin Williamson of Wervin Old Hall, Cheshire, 1904; and the final deed of sale by Benjamin Williamson to George Ralph Ormsby Gore, Baron Harlech and his trustees, with plan enclosed, 1906; and abstracts of title, 1862-1896, 1862-1904.

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.