Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1581, 1618, 1760-1813 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.009 cubic metres (1 box)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803) acquired his estates in Pembrokeshire through his marriage to Catherine Barlow, daughter and heiress of Huw Barlow of Lawrenny Hall, Pembrokeshire. In 1790, Sir William obtained a private Act of Parliament enabling him to develop his property in the manors of Hubberston and Pill, in order to build quays, docks, piers, establish a market and provide roads into what eventually came to be Milford Haven. He made his nephew Charles Greville responsible for the enterprise and after Sir William's death the estate passed to Charles who died in 1809. He was succeeded by his brother Robert Fulke Greville, who took little interest in the town. He died in 1824.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Lady Capel Cure, 28 Lancaster Gate, London, per Mr H. Idris Bell in May 1930.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letters and receipts, 1581-1805, relating to the Pembrokeshire estates of Sir William Hamilton, and plans and correspondence relating to improvement schemes by Charles Francis Greville at Milford Haven, 1794-1813.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records donated to NLW have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged by bundle.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Hard copies of the catalogue are available at NLW and HMC (now part of TNA): (www.library.wales)
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
GEAC system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Greville, Charles Francis, 1749-1809 (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) Second Edition; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
October 2002.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Mair James.
Archivist's note
The following source was used in the compilation of this description: The Dictionary of Welsh biography down to 1940, (London, 1959 );