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Addresses and Essays,

Two large files and several other individual drafts, copies and published versions of speeches, broadcasts, essays and lectures given by William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore to various colonial and international organisations, scientific bodies, educational and cultural institutions, and conferences between 1925 and 1944. The subject matter reflects both his work in colonial administration and politics, and his personal interest in fine art, galleries and museums.

Correspondence of William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore,

Letters to William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore, fourth Baron Harlech, from relatives, military and government colleagues, and fellow board members of national cultural institutions, 1894-1950. Recurring general topics are the disendowment of the Church in Wales, 1914; political, military and social matters during the two World Wars; Gore 's involvement with the Arab Bureau, the War Cabinet and Palestinian affairs, 1917-1942; British foreign policy and the system of colonial administration; the government, economy and culture of South Africa during Gore 's appointment as High Commissioner, 1941-1943; civil defence organisation in Yorkshire, 1941-1942; committee business of the National Gallery and other cultural institutions; preservation of London architecture, 1931-1933; and items of historical interest, including the grave of Owen Arthur Ormsby-Gore.

Report on Welsh colony in Patagonia,

  • NLW MS 10746E.
  • File
  • 1898-1902.

A typescript copy of a report on the Welsh colony in the Chubut Valley, Patagonia, prepared by the Reverend David Powell Richards, M.A., chaplain in the Royal Navy, and addressed by him from H.M.S. Flora, at Monte Video, 8 April, 1901, to the Hon. Sir William A. C. Barrington, K.C.M.G., H. M. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Buenos Aires. Accompanying the report are numerous appendices and insets, including a typescript statement of authorities as to the boundaries of Argentine; typescript extracts from The Review of the River Plate, 8 September, 1900, and Y Drafod, 9 November, 1900, touching the results of recent municipal elections in Chubut; a typescript copy of a letter, 4 July 1900, from R. Groome, commodore, H.M.S. Flora, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, reporting on his visit to the Welsh colony; manuscript copies of a letter, 29 August, 1901, from Hy. Vansittart Neale, Admiralty, to A. K. Wilson, Vice-Admiral Commanding, Channel Squadron, and a letter, 11 September, 1901, from H. D. Barry, Captain, H.M.S. Mars, at Lagos, to Vice-Admiral A. K. Wilson, touching arrangements for an interview between the Reverend D. P. Richards and the High Commissioner for Canada; draft minutes of a general meeting of Welsh settlers at Gaiman Chapel, 22 August, 1898, and of the first and second meetings of the National Council Committee appointed by the general meeting, 30 August - 7 October, 1898; a manuscript copy of a letter from the Welsh settlers to the British Minister in Buenos Aires, 18 June, 1900, protesting against their arrests by the Argentine authorities; and a manuscript copy of a letter, 5 March, 1902, from [D. P. Richards] from H.M.S. Mars, Channel Squadron, at Tetuan, touching the proposal for the restoration of the colony to British territory; and press cuttings.