Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [1800x1918] / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
12 vols.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Sir Samuel Thomas Evans (1859-1918), politician and judge, was born at Skewen, Glamorganshire, the only son of John and Margaret Evans, from Cardiganshire. He qualified as a solicitor, 1883. He served on the town council in Neath. From his election in 1890 to 1910 he was Liberal M.P. for Mid-Glamorgan. In 1891 he was called to the Bar, becoming a QC in 1901. He was made recorder of Swansea and Solicitor-General in 1908 and was President of the Divorce, Probate and Admiralty Division of the High Court 1910-1918. It was while presiding over the Prize Court during the First World War that he established himself as an authority on international law. He received an Honorary Ll.D in 1909, of the University of Wales, and was made a freeman of Swansea and Neath. He married Rachel Rees Thomas in 1887. He died on 13th September 1918 and was buried at Skewen.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Sir Samuel Thomas Evans (1859-1918), politican and judge, was born at Skewen, Glamorgan. He served as President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty division of the High Court. S. T. Evans's father, John Evans, was a grocer in Skewen.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Ex libris Sir Samuel Thomas Evans; Acquisition. No further information available.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Manuscripts from the library of S. T. Evans, including account books; a copy of Walter de Gray Birch: Notes on the Inscription of the Carew Cross, Pembrokeshire, with related material; an illuminated address, 1902; anthems, hymns tunes, etc.; miscellaneous notes; etc.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 2231-2242, 7538.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- Welsh
- English
- French
- rha
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, English, French, Rhaeto-romance.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The descriptions are also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943) and Volume II (Aberystwyth, 1951).
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
GEAC system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Evans, S. T. (Samuel Thomas), 1859-1918 -- Archives (Subject)
- Evans, John, Skewen (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
June 2005 and September 2009.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Bethan Ifans. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Vol. I (Aberystwyth, 1943) and Vol. II (Aberystwyth, 1951);