| Description | Includes: guide notes for a journey from Genoa to London, early 18th cent; notes from a funeral oration of Rebecca, nee Alleyne, 2nd wife of 1st Earl of Radnor, 1764; list of horses, 1784; printed case of Joseph Gillett of Exeter, a proprietor of Bovey Coal Works and lime kilns, about the payment of tolls charged by Ashburton Turnpike Trust, late 18th cent; phrenology report by M. Vilelle on viscount Folkestone, 1825 (then mr J Pleydell Bouverie), and a detailed analysis of his charcter, nd after 1828 (prob c1830); envelope addressed to colonel Bouverie with seal of the duke of Wellington, 1851; invitation to Apsley Houseby the duke to viscount and lady Folkestone, nd c1850; letter to mrs [Marie] Bouverie, Market Lavington from H John Kneller, has heard the musician [Hans Guido von] Bulow, and enquires about a song sung by lady Folkestone, nd c1880; The Free Trade Waltz dedicated to the Earl of Radnor photocopy of sheet music), mid 19th cent; silhouettes of J Pleydell Bouverie, and Henry, mid 19th cent; dance card for the Wiltshire County Ball, 1887; note about the east window in Salisbury cathedral put up by the 2nd Earl of Radnor, 1920. |