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- 1904-1905. (Creation)
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Envelope (1.5 cm.)
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Sir John Williams (1840-1926), royal physician, president of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and chief founder of the National Library of Wales, was born in Gwynfe, Carmarthenshire. His private library included important manuscripts from the estate of Peniarth, Merionethshire. It was Sir John who, amongst others, pioneered the setting up of a Welsh hospital in South Africa during the Boer War. Amongst the many honours bestowed upon him during his lifetime, he was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1894.
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Correspondence and papers, 1904-1905, relating to the administration of the Transvaal War Fund run by the Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation set up to assist war widows and orphans. They include copies of statements of allowances granted to widows of servicemen in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, the Welsh Regiment and the South Wales Borderers. The correspondents include Sir John Williams, 1904.
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Preferred citation: X1/58.
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- Great Britain. Army. Royal Welch Fusiliers (Subject)
- Great Britain. Army. South Wales Borderers (Subject)
- Welsh Regiment (Subject)