Hatfield House Archives

Papers of the 6th - Box List

*Please note that the numbering of these papers is not final*

Please note: those files marked * are of a personal or sensitive nature and are currently closed for access under the terms of the Inheritance Act 1984, s 31 (3). The collection has not yet been weeded for duplicate or ephemeral papers.

BOX 1

1 Conservative Associations – general 1996 - 2003

2* Chattels 1987 - 1997

3 Hatfield Conservative Association, Maynard House 1984 - 1992

4 Conservative European Constituency Council 1987 - 1990

5 National Union of Conservative Associations – Wessex area 1987 - 1990

6 Hertfordshire Conservative Federation 1987 - 2001

7* St. Clou. Travel details, insurance, movement of chattels 1994 - 2003

8 Heritage of London 1996 - 2000

9 British Veterinary Association - general 1988 - 1998

10 British Veterinary Association - Broughton 1992

11 Mrs Wincott (British Deaf Association) 1994

BOX 2

1 Hertfordshire Groundwork Trust 1986 - 1997

2* Roxburghe Club 1993 - 2001

3 Garden Society. Membership correspondence 1989 - 2003

4 Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers 1987 - 2003

BOX 3

1 Church in Danger 1989 - 1997

2* Reform of the House of Lords, general correspondence 1977 - 2000

3* Recommendations for honours 1989 – 1997

4* Proposed sale of Childwall Abbey playing fields by Liverpool City Council 1989 – 1990

5 Will of Duchess of Buccleuch 1993 – 1994 6 Biography of Third Marquess, possible authors. 1992 – 2003

7 Salisbury Group. General correspondence. 1987 - 1995

8 Salisbury Review 1987 - 2001

9 Vice Presidency of the Herts. Conservation Society 1997

BOX 4

1* St. Etheldreda’s Church, appointment of Canon Laird as Chaplain, appointment of Rev. Richard Pyke as Rector of Hatfield 1985 – 2003

2 Requests for Patronage 1989 - 1999

3 Diocese of St. Albans 1989 – 1999

4 Hatfield Hyde Parish 1991 – 2003

5 General personnel correspondence 2000 – 2003

6 Mozambique 1988 – 1998

BOX 5

1* Helix Associates – annual accounts 1996 – 2001

2* Hatfield Park Estate, including farm rentals, deer management, and 1989 - 2001 general correspondence.

3 Peers visit to Hatfield 1997

4* Cranborne Estate, inc. Cranborne Church stained glass window. 1986 – 2001

5 Report on Hatfield House clock tower fire 1988

6* Wilkin Group Report 2000

7* Onslow St. Audrey’s School, Howe Dell School 1980 - 1989

8 Salisbury Cathedral Spire Trust 1985 - 1999

BOX 6

1* Quickswood Farm, deer management, annual reports 1988 - 2001

2 Judith Pattern, freelance PR consultant, general PR 1980 - 1998

3 Paintings, photography, picture restoration, requests for loans of paintings 1978 - 2003

4* Hatfield House Library, mould damage. Muniment Room 1988 - 1999

5* Holker Hall, home of the Cavendish family, Cumbria 1999 - 2003

BOX 7

1* Wills of Lord and Lady Salisbury 1975 - 1998

2* Lord Salisbury chattels 1994

3* Stalbury Trust 1986 - 1998

4* Salisbury Charitable Fund

BOX 8

1 Lady Salisbury’s general correspondence re Poland 1991/1992

2* General correspondence 1993 - 1995

BOX 9

1* General correspondence 1994 - 2002

BOX 10

1* Peter Utley memorial tree planting 1989

2* Salisbury Trusts 1987

3* Stalbury Trust

4* Hatfield House Feasibility Study/Strutt & Parker 1972

BOX 11

1 British Deaf Association/Sign Language Dictionary 1988

2 British Deaf Association, general correspondence 1990 - 1995

3* Ecclesiastical Committee/Ordination of women priests 1993

BOX 12

1* Holker – reports and accounts 1982 - 1993

BOX 13

1 Hatfield House Real Tennis Club 1980 - 2003 2 Burghley Sermon 1978 - 2003

3* Firearms 1980 - 2001

4 Lord Salisbury’s diary 1934/1935

5 Orders of service – his funeral

Box 14

1 Grenadier Guards Dance 1978

2 Miscellaneous correspondence 1973

3 Miscellaneous correspondence/Lady Salisbury 1973

4 Lord Salisbury’s maiden speech 1973

5 Miscellaneous correspondence 1972 – 1976

6 Misc file – British field sports party, 1977, S. African trip 1935, letter re wargraves, 1945

BOX 15a

1 Orders of Services, Remembrance Sunday, other church events

2 Historic houses . Govt, finance bill and taxation 1945 - 1995

3* House showing reports 1989 – 1997

4* Living Crafts, Festival of Gardening 1982 – 1989

BOX 15b

1 Framed black and white photograph of and her great grandchildren.

2 Framed photograph of a married couple, 1887. Phillipe and Isabelle de Paris.

3* Mallam’s sale of furniture. 1995

4 Ordination of women priests

5 Book of Common Prayer, prayer book protection bill 1988

6 The Salisbury Group, & Salisbury Papers ms.

7 Funeral Order of Services, New Testament Bible, Membership cars, & memo re library manuscripts

BOX 16

1 Pocket diaries. 1986 - 2003

2 Dairy Farming Catalogues 1981/1982

3 Royal Bath and West Show book 1982

4 Hansard 1973 – 1982

BOX 17

1 Cranborne Church – festival papers 1957 – 1967

2 Cranborne Festivals

3 Friends of the Union, pamphlets 1993 – 1997

4* Hatfield House structural work, 1988

5* Microlink 1988

BOX 18

1* Zimbabwe/Rhodesia 1977 – 1984

2* Rhodesia – sensitive information – 1971- 1978

3 Ulster – pamphlets & notes for a speech 1988

BOX 19

1 Invitations, presentation dinners

2 Luncheon for the Queen Mother at Hatfield House 1977

3 Correspondence concerning papers of 3rd Marquess at Christ Church 1972/1973

4 Hertford Synod 1972/1973

5 Miscellaneous correspondence 1974

6 Cranborne Church Restoration Fund 1958 – 1963

7* House Showing 1973

8 Photograph album, Princess of Wales visiting the headquarters of the British 1983 Deaf Association.

9 Letters received by 6th Marquess concerning Roxburghe Club Book 1990

10 Correspondence regarding Kenneth Rose’s book The Cecils 1972/1973 11 Misc. correspondence including events & copies of Hansard, clubs & charities 1975 – 1997

12 Book and names, leaving present from Cranborne staff

BOX 20

1 Cranborne Chase. Photocopy of legal document relating to case at 1973 Salisbury Lent Assizes, 1816.

2* Golden Wedding Anniversary, 1995

3* Premium Bonds .

4 St. Mary’s Ilford 1970

5* London Estate properties 1972

6 Assorted newspaper cuttings

7* Management of Hatfield Estate 1969

8* The Blissett Case 1989

9* Personal and children, re. insurance and income. 1971 - 5

BOX 21

1* General correspondence 1974 – 1976

2 Roxburghe Club (2 folders) 1993 – 1997

3 Garden Society 1977/1978

4* Miscellaneous 1976 – 1978

5* Salisbury Trust. 1972 – 1978

6 St. Albans Conservative Trust Account 1956 – 1973

7 Parliamentary procedure 1972

8 Rhodesia debate 1977

9* House Showing feasibilities study documents 1972

10 Watching Committee 1977- 1986

11 Historic Houses Association 1975 - 1977

12 Broxbourne Woods – draft local plan 1971

BOX 22

1 Housing enquiries 1977/1978

2* Farming 1974

3 Talbot House, St Martin’s Lane 1978

4 Childwall, Liverpool 1974

5 Patronage, Bishops Hatfield 1980

6 Patronage Bishops Hatfield 1974 – 1978

7 Burghley Sermon 1975 – 1978

8 Patronage Cheshunt, Little Berkhamstead, Cranborne

Files bought from Cranborne Manor to Hatfield House

BOX 23

1 Wedding of Capt. R. Cecil and M. Wyndham-Quin : letters of acceptance and 1945 refusal

2* Letters to Lord Salisbury from 5th Marquess and Marchioness. 1964 - 1976 Also a few from Lady Salisbury and children, including Lord Charles.

3, 4, 5 Letters of sympathy on death of 5th Marquess 1972

6* Birth certificates : 5th Marquess, Lord Salisbury and children. Birth and marriage certificates of Lady Salisbury, birth cert. of Hubert Cecil 1893 – 1992

7* Robert Ceil (7M) : education, including Eton reports 1954 – 1965

8* Robert Ceil (7M) : financial. 1967 – 1968

BOX 24

1* General file, Personal (wills, etc.), marriage settlements 1936 – 1972

2* Personal financial information (correspondence with Frere Cholmeley) 1961 – 1975

3* Income tax 1972

4 War disability pension 1947 – 1981

5 Membership of Lloyds - insurance 1954 – 1968

6 Life insurance 1965 – 1971

7* Personal correspondence. 1970 – 1980

8 Dogs, kennel club certificates 1968 – 1981

9* Election circulars : Lancs. (Ince Division) 1945; Bournemouth West, 1950 1950 and 1951. Various printed political pamphlets. 1945 – 1951

10 Appointment diaries (37 volumes) 1946 – 1985

BOX 25

1 Lord Richard Cecil : education, including Eton reports 1960 – 1965

2 Lord Richard Cecil : Oxford, army, etc 1965 - 1980

3* Lord Charles Cecil : education, including Eton reports, 1958 – 1966

4* Lord Charles Cecil, life insurance, A levels results. 1963 – 1972

5* Lord Valentine Cecil : education, Dragon School. 1955 – 1965

6* Lord Valentine Cecil, education, Eton reports. 1965 – 1970

Box 26

1* Lord Valentine Cecil ; Eton and army. 1967 - 1972

2* Lady Rose Cecil : life insurance . 1967 – 1969

3* Lord Michael Cecil, life insurance, Dragon School reports, etc. 1968 – 1978

4* Lord Michael : Eton reports. 1972 – 1977

5* Accounts for childrens’ education, mainly Eton. 1955 – 1965

BOX 27

1 Coming of Age Ball for Lord Richard and Lord Charles Cecil. Personal information concerning living person 1969

2 British Deaf and Dumb Association 1968 – 1970

3 Grenadier Guards Association 1970 – 1980

4 Subscriptions to societies 1970 – 1971

5 Anglo-Polish Society 1972 – 1975

6 Dorset Lieutenancy 1973 – 1978

7 1748 Cranborne Manor grand warrant, Verwood & District Potteries Trust Dorset matters 1970 – 1987

8 Dorset schools (Dorset Assoc. for Rural Education) 1979 – 1983 9 Rural schools 1979 – 1981

BOX 28

1* Correspondence concerning repairs at Cranborne, with plans. 1945 - 1960

2 Alterations to the library at Cranborne Manor. 1965 – 1971

3 Correspondence, plans and reports on alterations to Prince Henry’s Room and 1965 - 1971 Great Chamber Bedroom

4 Notes and correspondence concerning history of Cranborne Manor, 1928 - 1981 with plan of Knot Garden

BOX 29

1* Cranborne Manor : inventory and valuation (1 volume) . 1945

2, 3, 4* Valuation of silver at Cranborne Manor (3 volumes). 1971

5* Valuations of jewellery. 1945 – 1982

6 Wimborne and Cranborne ; planning and Green Belt 1955 – 1963

7 River Crane and Cranborne drainage 1957 – 1960

8 Cranborne Woods and listed buildings 1961 – 1983

9 Cranborne Farms, including 1982 sale of catalogue of Jersey herd 1979 – 1986

10 Boveridge Farm tenancy 1986

11 Boveridge Charity 1983

BOX 30

1 Cranborne Church (and Herts. advowsons) 1973 – 1980

2 Cranborne church and school 1983 – 1986

3* Valuation of cottages at Hatfield and Cranborne . 1949 – 1972

4 Correspondence and notes on Cranborne shooting 1969 – 1984

5 Game cards 1972 – 1985

BOX 31

1* Cranborne estate matters (various). 1947 – 1986

2 Valuation of Gascoyne Cecil Estate in Hertfordshire 1950

3 Liverpool estate – correspondence and valuation 1958 – 1959 4 Charter estate – 2 plans

5 Anglo-Rhodesian Society – correspondence 1960 – 1968

6 Anglo-Rhodesian Society – news cuttings 1969 – 1979

7 Anglo- Rhodesian Society – press releases 1966 – 1968

BOX 32

1 Anglo-Rhodesian Society – news cuttings etc 1967 – 1969

2 Printed pamphlets about Rhodesia 1960 - 1970

3 Printed pamphlets about Rhodesia 1960 - 1970

4 Printed pamphlets about Rhodesia 1960 – 1970

BOX 33

1 Memorandum on the maintenance of country houses 1975

2 Newton Anner 1957 – 1974

3* Correspondence with Frere Cholmeley, solicitors concerning capital 1971 - 1974 taxes and probate on death of 5th Marquess.

4 Bequests of 5th Marquess and return of Garter insignia, etc 1972

5* Lord Lloyd’s trusts. 1961 – 1979

6* Hon. Mrs Elizabeth Pease. 1962 – 1978

7* Holker Estate Trust. 1969 – 1982

BOX 34

1/1* Holker Estate, Trustees meetings. 1969 – 1982

2/1 St. Albans Conservative Trust 1953 – 1979

3/1 Hatfield House restoration 1960 – 1967

4/1* Hatfield House, historic collections, ownership/trusts etc 1959 – 1975

5/1 House-showing, inc. preparation of guidebook, 1950 1948 – 1976

6/1 St George’s Press – Hatfield House guidebook 1971/72

BOX 35

1/1 Hatfield House library/Archives 1967 - 1975

2/1 Historic houses: Lord Salisbury’s group 1951/2 1975-77 3/1 BBC, correspondence with 1972

4/1 Hatfield House, kitchen gardens 1949 – 1970

5/1* Hatfield Estate, re. estate, Bush Hall, Countess Anne School. 1949 – 1973

6/1* Hatfield estate management, re estates/trusts 1953 – 1974

7/1 Forestry : Herts and Cranborne woodlands 1957 – 1974

8/1 Hatfield redevelopment 1961 – 1966

9/1 Countess Anne’s School 1946 – 1971

10/1 Hatfield & Herts Clubs & Societies 1954 - 1975

BOX 36

1 General correspondence , Eton Museum, Treasure House 1978 – 1984

2* Lord Richard Cecil, deceased (incl. N. Downie film). 1978 – 1979

3 Funeral of 5th Marchioness of Salisbury 1982

4 Capt. The Hon. V. Wyndham-Quin – inc. 90th birthday 1980 – 1983

5* Holker estate trust. 1968 – 1978

6 Misc correspondence 1973 – 1975

7* Ball at Hatfield for Lady Rose Cecil. 1975

8 Hatfield House, general correspondence 1978

9 Hatfield church and other Herts. livings 1974 - 1986

10 Cranborne church 1978 - 1985

11 Rhodesia correspondence 1977 - 1979

BOX 37

1 General correspondence , mainly archives, library access, access quotes 1975 – 1984

2* General correspondence , 1982 – 1983

3* Holker estate trust 1981 – 1984

4 House of Lords 1977 – 1984

5 Salisbury Group 1980 – 1984

6 House-showing - Collections, Guide books etc 1980

BOX 38

1 Library and House-showing correspondence 1980 – 81 2 Library and House-showing 1982

3* House-showing costs. 1980 - 1984

4 * Miscellaneous Estate correspondence. 1973 – 1984

5* Trust accounts (1976 valuations for CTT: Gascoyne Holdings, 1976 - 1984 Pool Settlement).

6* Clerk of Works Department 1980 - 1984

BOX 39

1* Farm reports and accounts 1983 - 1985

2* Monthly farm reports 1983 - 1985

3* Forestry reports 1981 - 1984

4 Living Crafts 1980 - 1984

5 Festival of Gardening, meeting minutes and reports 1983 -1984

6* Cash flow sheets - 1982 - 1984

7* Hatfield Park Dairies (yoghurt factory) 1982 - 1984

8* Proposed development at Ellenbrook, Hatfield 1982 - 1984

9* Haven Green land project 1982 - 1984

BOX 40

1* Salisbury Hotel redevelopment 1982 - 1985

2* Zimbabwe/Rhodesia. 1977- 1984

3 Correspondence concerning a possible biography of Lord Richard Cecil 1988

4* General correspondence 1973 - 1988

5* General correspondence - 1989 - 1990

6* General correspondence 1990 – 1991

7* Stalbury Trust 1983 – 1987

8* Hatfield House library and archives 1983 - 1990

9 Lease of 1986/7

BOX 41

1 Church patronage 1980 - 1990

2* Holker Estate Trust. 1981 - 1986 3 British Deaf Assoc. 1986/87

4 Royal Assoc. of British Dairy Farmers 1984/84

5 Auction catalogues, sales of chattels 1984

6 Dispersal sale of Salisbury herd, Cranborne 1992

BOX 42

1* Mallams’ sale of furniture. 1995

2 Richard Thompson Gunton Memorial Fund : accounts and 1980 - 1994 Correspondence

3 Countess Anne School, Hatfield 1963-1994

4* Haven Green project 1985 – 1990

BOX 43

1* Removal of furniture from Cranborne Manor to Hatfield and St Clou 1986

The following 6 boxes contain general correspondence, some of which may contain letters of a personal or sensitive nature and may therefore be closed for access.

BOX 44

1 General correspondence - duplicate copies 1978 – 1981

BOX 45

1 General correspondence - duplicate copies 1982 – 1983

BOX 46

1 General correspondence - duplicate copies 1984 – 1985

BOX 47

1 General correspondence - duplicate copies 1986 - 1987

BOX 48

1 General correspondence - duplicate copies 1988 – 1989

BOX 49

1 General correspondence - duplicate copies 1990 - 1993