- 11/27-29.
- Ffeil
- 1966-67.
Notebooks containing detailed notes made by Edmund Davies during the sitting of the Tribunal, 29 November 1966 - 28 April 1967.
Notebooks containing detailed notes made by Edmund Davies during the sitting of the Tribunal, 29 November 1966 - 28 April 1967.
Correspondence, October 1966 - September 1967, concerning the appointment, conduct and publication of the report of the Tribunal established to inquire into the causes of the Aberfan disaster, of which Edmund Davies was chairman, including a letter from Rt Hon Cledwyn Hughes, MP, Secretary of State for Wales, to Edmund Davies, 26 October 1966, enclosing the Instrument of Appointment of the Tribunal (11/1-2). Many are letters of admiration on the publication of the report; the correspondents include Hilary A Marquand, 8 August 1967 (11/15) and Rt Hon Cledwyn Hughes, MP, 10 August 1967 (11/17).
The Aberfan Disaster Tribunal,
Papers concerning Edmund-Davies's visit to Windsor Castle, 9-10 April 1979, including the invitation, dinner seating arrangements, press cuttings, souvenir brochure and a manuscript speech by Edmund-Davies.
Correspondence and papers from the College of Arms,
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers,
Papers relating to Edmund-Davies's discharge from the army, 1945, including a certificate of good service from the War Office, paybook, officers' release book, and a letter allowing Edmund-Davies to use the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
Correspondence and papers concerning Edmund-Davies's career, including his appointment as Recorder of Merthyr Tydfil, 1942, Recorder of Swansea, 1944, Recorder of Cardiff, 1945, and Chairman of the Denbigh County Court of Quarter Sessions, 1953; also included are papers relating to his nomination as member of the Royal Commission on the Penal System, 1964, and Chairman of the Criminal Law Revision Committee, 1968; and to his appointment to conduct a Government review of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1978, 1982.
Deeds and documents mainly relating to 151 Down Street, Harrow, Middlesex, and 89 High Street, Harrow, together with notes and annotations by Edmund-Davies, and a marriage settlement, c. 1920s.
Manuscript and typescript of sentences passed, 16 April 1964,
Manuscript notes prepared by Edmund Davies for his 'summing up on Ronald Arthur Biggs, together with a typescript of questions asked Biggs by Detective Chief Superintendent T. Butler at Aylesbury Police Station and replies given, 4 September 1963.
Typescript transcript of 'summing up', 16-23 March 1964,
Manuscript notes prepared by Edmund Davies for his 'summing up',