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2057 - WILTON HOUSE AND ESTATE ARCHIVES

1 - SURVEYS AND VALUATIONS

2 - ACCOUNTS

3 - RENTALS AND RENT ACCOUNTS

4 - MANORIAL

5 - ENCLOSURE

6 - PLANS AND MAPS

7 - OTHER ESTATE RECORDS

8 - WILTON HOUSE AND PARK

9 - CHARITIES

10 - FAMILY AND PERSONAL

1 - Genealogy and history of the family

2 - Public Office

3 - Royal household: Most of the following are printed items. They relate chiefly to the time when Sidney 14th earl of Pembroke was Lord steward of the royal household, 1895-1905, to the Duke of Kent, 1935-1942, and comptroller and private secretary to the Duchess of Kent, 1942-1948. See also 2057/F2/49

4 - Correspondence

1 - Official and business letters of the Fitzwilliam family, with typed transcript. 1 volume. Removed 11/04/1997 to National Archives Dublin.

2 - Letter book of Lord Fitzwilliam, in French. In and out letters

3 - Five volumes of summaries of political dispatches.

4 - Copy of despatches from Mr. A. Court to Lord Castlereagh, from Palermo, Italy

5 - Letter book of Henry 10th earl of Pembroke on estate, military (militia, volunteers and Yeomanry) and official business.

6 - Letter book of Henry 10th earl of Pembroke on estate, military (militia, volunteers and Yeomanry) and official business.

7 - Letter books of George 11th earl of Pembroke on estate, military (militia, volunteers and Yeomanry) and official business.

8 - Correspondence The following summary list to the correspondence is copied from the labels on the boxes.

9 - Miscellaneous letters to and from members of the Herbert family. Correspondents include John Morris, about paintings and art, 1766-1780

10 - Letters to Lord Herbert about the publication of Pembroke Papers

11 - Copy letters from Henry 10th earl of Pembroke after his elopement with Miss Hunter, 1762

12 - Letters to Lord Herbert and others about various topics in the family papers, with transcripts

13 - Letters to Lord Herbert from his parents and sister.

14 - 34 undated letters from Michael Herbert to Freda Dudley Ward. Freda had been the mistress of Edward VIII, when Prince of Wales.

5 - Diaries

11 - Other activities of the family

12 - Public and State papers of Sidney Herbert (1810-1861), Baron Herbert of Lea. Herbert was Secretary to the Admiralty, 1841-1845, Secretary at War 1845-1851, and Secretary of State for War 1852-1860. The papers are an important source for the reorganisation of the army, particulaly medical reforms and the campaign in the Crimea. Florence Nightingale was a frequent correspondent and she figures heavily in the series. Other subjects covered include campaigns in China, India in 1860, Ireland, Wellington College and the Royal medical School at Chatham. See also 2057/F4/50-71 for related correspondence. This list to 2057/F8/I-VI was made by Dr. James G. Provan, Associate Professor of History at Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois, U.S.A. and completed in 1975. Parts VII to XI were listed in 1992, by Nicola Bailey, a student in the Wiltshire Record Office, when the following items in the original list were not found: 2057/F8/III/A/9c, 2057/F8/IV/A/8, 2057/F8/V/A/67-73, 2057/F8/V/A/140, 2057/F8/V/A/216, 2057/F8/V/B/393h, 2057/F8/V/C/71j. Index F8/I 1833-1846 F8/II 1847-1852 F8/III 1853-1855 F8/IV 1855-1858 F8/V 1859-1861 F8/VI Documents dated prior to 1833 or after 1861 F8/VII Additional miscellaneous papers F8/VIII Emigration to Australia; Family Colonisation Loan Society and Female Emigration Fund F8/IX Emigration to Australia; Female Emigration Fund F8/X Appointment of nurses to the army in the Crimea F8/XI Miscellaneous

13 - Deeds

14 - Legal

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