Description | cuttings from national and local newspapers, mainly pre 1914 and indexed from 1908-1910, to do with and of interest to Jacob, 6th Earl of Radnor (1868-1930) on a wide range of subjects, but concentrating on politics (ranging from local constituency dinners, to national issues, such as land reform, and international matters as in the case of the naval crisis) and the raising and training of the Territorial Force in his capacity as commander of 4th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment; other subjects include a speech given in Salisbury by Julian, Countess of Radnor (c.1866-1946) as president of the Salisbury branch of the National League for Opposing Women's Suffrage [reported 18 April 1913], freemasonry in Wiltshire, a meeting between the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the drovers at Salisbury and some accounts of dances held by the Countess of Radnor for her daughters |