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Additional pocket diaries

  • C 3842-3846.
  • Sub-sub-sub-fonds
  • 1880-1883, 1889

    • Part of Vivian Papers

T.J. & J. Smith's pocket diary and almanack, 1880, and Lett's pocket diary and almanack, 1881, 1882, 1883 and 1889. Frequent handwritten meteorological, personal and business entries by Henry Hussey Vivian. The diaries have handwritten entries by Vivian for most days within these years. They provide sometimes detailed accounts of day to day business, conversations, trips and leisure time, often referring to his third wife Averil as 'Ave'. The entries relate to time spent at Hafod Works which was his main place of business, and also to occasions working in Parliament as an MP for Swansea District and Glamorgan. Also noted are business trips including a trip to Paris, dinners, and many entries for game shooting. There are references to Prime Minister William Gladstone and to various bills being debated in Westminster including the Coercian Bill (Ireland), Irish Disturbance Bill, Coal Employees Liability Bill. There is a detailed account of the visit of the Prince of Wales to open the Prince of Wales Dock in Swansea in October 1881 when Vivian was a member of the greeting party. Near the back of the diary for 1880 are a breakdown of cash accounts seemingly including many donations to institutions and places of worship, including Bala College and local chapels.

Four diaries kept by H. H. Vivian

Four diaries kept by H. H. Vivian, concerned mainly with personal matters. In C3214, covering 1890, he refers to the Morfa Colliery Explosion (March); a tour/cruise to Greece and Constantinople by H. H. Vivian, his wife, Vivi and Odo Vivian and Helen Webber (Oct. - Dec.) and the Tithe Bill. In C3215, covering 1891, he refers to the Tithe Bill (March); an influenza epidemic (May); his daughter Alba's heart condition and a tour of Europe, concentrating mainly on Italy, with his wife and daughter Vivi (Oct., Nov.). In C3216, covering 1892, he refers to a cruise made in the family yacht to Norway and the Shetlands (July-Sept.) and in C3217, covering 1893, there are accounts of his tour of the West Indies with his wife, daughter Vivi and Helen Webber (Feb.-April) and of the offer of a peerage to H. H. Vivian, and its acceptance (April-June).

Three pocket diaries kept by H. H. Vivian

Three pocket diaries kept by H. H. Vivian. They cover many events including Gladstone's visit to Glamorgan, June 1887; visits to Europe, January, May and October 1888, and the death of Cecil Beaumont, August 1888.

Vivian Papers

  • GB 0210 VIVIAN
  • Fonds
  • 1601-1959 /

Records of the Vivian family, later barons Swansea, of Cornwall and Swansea, including records of the copper industry in Cornwall and Swansea (the Hafod works), 1720-1934; estate papers, 1853-1909; business and personal correspondence, 1807-1934, notably that of John Henry Vivian (1785-1855), and Henry Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea (1821-1894). The archive is a major source for the 19th century history of Swansea.

Vivian family, Barons Swansea

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