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Estate and family records of the family of Walsh (also Benn, Benn-Walsh), later barons Ormathwaite, of Radnorshire, including rentals and surveys, 1865-1939; deeds relating to premises purchased in Radnorshire, 1558-1912, and deeds relating to mortgages and sales of parts of the same estate, 1875-1947; estate papers, 1844-1943; family papers, [late 1690s]-1920, including diaries of Sir John Benn Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite (1798-1881), politician, 1811-1877, diaries of his mother, Lady Margaret Walsh, 1788-1828, and diaries of Arthur John Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite, 1848-1917. -- The BRA deposit relates mainly to the marriage settlement, mortgages, bankruptcy, receivership and executorship of Arthur Henry John Walsh (1859-1937), 3rd Baron Ormathwaite, 1841-1951.

A further three boxes of papers relating to the family was received, together with a portrait of Jane Walsh and a collection of photographs. This deposit remains uncatalogued.

The file includes letters from Clive's wife Margaret, his father Richard Clive, John Walsh, Robert Orme, and the Court of Directors of the East India Company. The letters in the file discuss, inter alia family and domestic matters including building work at Styche and Walcot; British politics and parliamentary affairs, including references to the American colonies and the repeal of the Stamp Act; the Regency Bill; William Pitt's appointment as Prime Minister; the rejection of the India Bill; East India Company business; the political situation in Bengal and Clive's reforms there and Robert Orme's History.