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Miscellaneous papers, 1790-1887, accumulated by Walter Nassau Senior, grandson of Nassau William Senior, including letters from statesmen or ecclesiastical dignitaries, such as William Ewart Gladstone (1) 1886, Sir George Cornewall Lewis (1) n.d., Lord John Russell (1) 1868, Samuel Wilberforce, bishop of Oxford (3) 1859-1864, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, dean of Westminster (2) 1863, and Edward Copleston, bishop of Llandaf (1) 1841; together with envelopes bearing the signatures of William Pitt, Charles James Fox, and Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington; and verses, 1802 and [c. 1819], by Nassau William Senior.

Deeds and documents relating to the Harpton Court estate in Radnorshire and Breconshire, 1564-1910, but mainly eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including deeds relating to the Forest of Radnor, 1635-1732, deeds concerning the rectory and tithes of Old Radnor, 1607-1876; cash and account books, 1856-1889, and rent books, 1820-1857; papers relating to the corporation of New Radnor, 1699-1833, produced to a Commission of Enquiry, 1833; papers relating to parliamentary elections, 1741-1910, in Radnorshire, Radnor boroughs, Herefordshire, and Peterborough, including poll books for Radnorshire, 1741, Herefordshire, 1852, and Peterborough, 1852; manorial records for manors in Radnorshire, 1541-1926; and personal papers of various members of the Lewis family including the correspondence of Thomas Lewis, MP, John Lewis, Anne Frankland (later Lewis), Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, and in particular corespondence and papers of Sir George Cornewall Lewis, including papers relating to Malta, 1830-1855, the Poor Law, 1827-1855, the War Office and India, 1861-1866.

Research papers of Dr Richard John Phillips (1921-1994) relating to his work on the statesman and author Sir George Cornewall Lewis (1806-1863), comprising five chapters of a projected biography; correspondence and notes relating to manuscript and published sources; together with card indexes, arranged chronologically and by subject.