The Glin Papers
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The Glin Papers P/1 Special Collections Library & Information Services CONTENTS AND STRUCTURE Introduction xxiv Crest and Arms of the Knights of Glin xxx Maps xxxi List of Placenames and their Variations xxxiii Family Trees xxxiv The Glin Papers A: JOHN BATEMAN FITZGERALD (ca. 1755-1803), 1 23RD KNIGHT OF GLIN (1781-1803) B: JOHN FRAUNCEIS FITZGERALD (1791-1854), 24TH KNIGHT OF GLIN (1803-1854) I Marriage to Bridgetta Eyre (1812) 1 II Appointment as High Sheriff (1830) 2 III Mortgages and assignments of charges on the Glin 3 Estate (1834-1853) IV Marriage of younger daughter, Geraldine Anne 11 FitzGerald to Gerald Blennerhassett (1840) i V Appointments to younger children (i) Margaretta Sophia FitzGerald (1840) 13 (ii) Edmund Urmston McLeod FitzGerald 13 (1840-1852) VI William Massey Blennerhassett, son-in-law, (married 14 to Margaretta Sophia) (i) Constabulary Journals (1843-1897) (ii) Personal Diaries (1861-1897) (iii) Account Books (1863-1898) (iv) Wills and Probates (1886-1901) VII Lease to John FitzGerald (1848) 18 C: JOHN FRAUNCEIS EYRE FITZGERALD (1813-1866) 25TH KNIGHT OF GLIN (1854-1866) I Marriage to Clara Anne Blennerhassett (1835) 19 II Mortgages and assignments of charges on the Glin 20 Estate (1855-1864) III Rentals (1857-1867) 26 IV Will of Hugh Massey of Arleman, county Limerick 26 (1859) ii D: DESMOND JOHN EDMUND FITZGERALD (1840-1895), 26TH KNIGHT OF GLIN (1866-1895) I Marriage to Isabella Lloyd Apjohn (1861) 27 II Mortgages and assignments of charges on the Glin 28 Estate (1867-1895) III Leases (i) Ballynagoule (1867-1870) 63 (ii) Cahara (1869) 65 (iii) Ballygiltenane (1870-1891) 66 (iv) Ballynamuddagh (1870-1891) 68 (v) Glin Village (1871-1886) 69 (vi) Tullyglass (1874) 80 (vii) Killeany (1875-1891) 82 (viii) Kinnard (1878-1891) 85 iii IV Rentals (1857-1926) 87 V Other Estate Matters (i) North Kerry and Lower Shannon Fisheries (1866- 88 1890) (ii) Church of Ireland Parish of Kilfergus (1870-1911) 88 VI Wills and Probates (i) Jane Augusta Richardson (1865) 89 (ii) James Brown (1883) 89 (iii) Urmston FitzOtho FitzGerald, his son (1891) 90 (iv) Sarah McBride (1893) 90 (v) Jane Harding (1894) 90 VII Other marriage settlements (i) Octavia Lloyd Apjohn, his sister-in-law, with 91 Reverend John William Corbet (1875) (ii) Clara Nesta Richarda FitzGerald, his daughter, 91 with Arthur Blennerhassett (1882) (iii) Clement William Hooper with Mary Hemphill, 91 daughter of Samuel Hemphill, solicitor (1891) VIII Appointments and commissions (1857-1885) 92 iv E: DESMOND FITZJOHN LLOYD FITZGERALD (1862-1936) 27TH KNIGHT OF GLIN (1895-1936) I Marriage to Lady Rachel Charlotte Wyndham-Quin 93 (1897) II Mortgages and assignments of charges on the Glin 96 Estate (1895-1914) III Leases and Conveyances (i) Glin Village (1902-1931) 120 (ii) Ballygiltenane (1912-1928) 137 (iii) Strand Lodge (1919-1928) 141 (iv) The Barracks (1926) 144 (v) Glin Demesne (1933-1934) 145 (vi) Solicitors’ notes concerning tenants (1914-1935) 147 IV Conacre agreements with tenants (i) Ellen McElligott (1927-1933) 148 (ii) Daniel O’Connor (1927-1928) 152 (iii) George Conway (1927-1933) 154 (iv) Patrick Regan FitzGerald (1928-1933) 158 (v) Richard O’Connor (1928-1933) 163 (vi) James Normile (1930-1933) 166 v V Estate Accounts (i) Cash books (1884-1913) 170 (ii) General Accounts and Inventories (1897-1948) 171 (iii) Personal Finance (1906-1933) 174 (iv) Alphabetical Accounts Files (1910-1913) 175 VI Wills and Probates (i) His own (1909) 177 (ii) Others (a) Mary Barnes (1899) 177 (b) William FitzGerald (1900) 178 (c) Gerald Blennerhassett (1901) 178 (d) Mary O’Reilly (1901) 179 (e) Bridget Carroll (1910) 179 VII Deed polls and commissions (1859-1904) 180 VIII Correspondence (1892-1924) 182 IX Declarations and affidavits (1900-1909) 184 X Maps, Plans and Drawings (1926-1935) 185 vi XI Miscellaneous (i) Concerning hunts and shoots (1894-1910) 186 (ii) Marriage settlement of William Patrick Hetreed and 187 Helena Agnes Spillane (1897) (iii) Recipe book (1909) 187 (iv) Transfer of shares (1914-1920) 188 vii F: DESMOND WINDHAM OTHO FITZGERALD (1901-1949) 28TH KNIGHT OF GLIN (1936-1949) I Diaries and other personal items (i) Baptismal Certificate (1901) 189 (ii) Notebooks (1915-1920) 189 (iii) Passports (1918-1929) 190 (iv) World War I Ration Books (1918-1919) 191 (v) Personal Diaries (1924-1949) 191 (vi) Marriage Certificate (1929) 193 (vii) Driver’s Licenses (1929-1931) 193 (viii) Miscellaneous (1925-1930) 193 viii II Veronica FitzGerald (née Villiers, later Milner), his wife (i) Official Correspondence (a) Concerning Hillcourt School, Glenageary, county 194 Dublin (1938-1942) (b) Concerning Trusts of the 1929 Marriage Settlement 194 (1943-1953) (c) Concerning Short-term Leases of Glin Castle 195 (1946-1953) (d) Concerning Farming and Forestry at Glin 195 (1953-1957) (e) Concerning Investments (1944-1953) 196 (f) Concerning Insurance (1944-1951) 196 (g) Concerning business in the UK (1949-1953) 197 (h) From the Limerick Estates Office (1948-1954) 197 (i) Assorted (1939-1989) 197 (ii) Personal Correspondence (a) From Desmond FitzGerald, her 1st husband 198 (1928-1947) (b) From Horatio Ray Milner, her 2nd husband 199 (1948-1960) ix (c) From The FitzGerald Family (1) Desmond John Villiers FitzGerald, 200 her son (1945-1998) (2) Olda Anne FitzGerald (née Willes), 202 her daughter-in-law (1970-1998) (3) Catherine Celinda Leopoldine 203 FitzGerald, her granddaughter (1980-1998) (4) Nesta Charlotte Mathilde FitzGerald, 203 her granddaughter (1980-1996) (5) Honor Frances Elaine FitzGerald, 203 her granddaughter (1982-1990) (d) From The Hands Family (1) Fiola Hands (née FitzGerald), 204 her daughter (1941-1994) (2) Cedric Herbert Beresford Hands, 206 her son-in-law (1952-1980) (3) Vanessa Hands, her granddaughter 207 (1965-1997) (4) Christopher Hands, her grandson 207 [1980] (5) Peter Hands, her grandson [1980] 207 x (e) From The Severne Family (1) Giralda Rachel Severne (née 208 FitzGerald), her daughter (1943-1993) (2) Capt. Michael Meysey Wigley 209 Severne, her son-in-law (1953-1998) (3) Amanda Severne, her granddaughter 209 (1968-1994) (f) From The Villiers Family (1) Elaine Augusta Villiers, (née Guest, 210 later Hunter), her mother (1936-1958) (2) Charles Amherst Villiers, her brother 211 (1946-1989) (3) Anita Villiers, her sister-in-law 212 (1956-1968) (4) Veronica Jane Villiers, her niece 212 (1965-1968) (5) Charles Churchill Villiers, her 213 nephew [1970] (6) Gwendoline Villiers, her aunt 213 (1955-1961) (7) Nell Villiers, her cousin (1960-1964) 214 xi (g) From other relatives† (1) The Hon. Mrs. Lionel Guest (Aunt 214 Flora) (1941-1955) (2) Katherine Wyld, her cousin 214 (1946-1964) (3) Kathleen Brabazon (née Maitland) 214 (1941-1943) (4) Aileen Brabazon, Countess of Meath 215 (1955-1956) (5) Maureen Brabazon (1940) 215 (6) Elizabeth Everard-Poole (née 215 Brabazon) [1946] (7) Felicity Hodson (née Brabazon) 215 (1953-1985) (8) Hilda Blennerhassett (1948-1951) 216 (9) Windham Henry Wyndham-Quin, 216 5th Earl of Dunraven (1946-1947) (10) Cecily Severne, Michael Severne’s 216 mother (1960-1963) (11) Georgina and Tom Willes, Olda 216 FitzGerald’s parents (1973-1976) (12) Maxime de la Falaise, mother of 217 Louise de la Falaise, Desmond John Villiers FitzGerald’s first wife (1966-1967) † See Family Trees (xxxiv-xxxvii) xii (h) From friends and other close correspondents (1) Robin Adair (1952) 217 (2) June de Trafford (1953-1960) 217 (3) The Farra Family (1963-1971) 218 (4) Marjorie Fiennes (1956-1974) 218 (5) Perceval Graves (1953) 218 (6) Desmond Guinness (1961-1963) 219 (7) Cecilia Hay (1969) 219 (8) (Sir John Randolph) Shane Leslie, 219 3rd Baronet of Glaslough, (1948-1961) (9) Sheila Mackintosh (later Ellis) 220 (1968-1985) (10) Billy Mitford (1953) 220 (11) Alison Murard (1956) 220 (12) Lady Anne Pearson (1956-1963) 220 (13) Arthur Pollack (1931-1953) 221 (14) Mimi Polovstoff (1953-1955) 221 xiii (15) Robert Pomeroy (1952-1963) 221 (16) Mary Puxley (1960-1964) 221 (17) Sybil Reeves (1946-1959) 222 (18) Stella Skinner (1952) 222 (19) Mrs. George Steer (1958) 222 (20) Adèle Roosevelt-Thompson 222 (1953-1976) (21) Lilian Von Versen (1947-1984) 223 (22) Ruby Zeitler (1952-1962) 224 (i) From Various at Glin (1) Una Bourke, housekeeper 224 (1947-1963) (2) Nancy Ellis, housekeeper 224 (1966-1967) (3) Assorted (1955-1995) 225 xiv (j) From Artists and Musicians (1) Mary Bernhard (1968-1969) 225 (2) Charlene Dilling (1951) 225 (3) Mildred Dilling (1952) 225 (4) Wolf Craig Haimisch (1950-1960) 226 (5) Mary Hughes 226 (1967-1980) (6) Charles Lamb (1941) 226 (7) Seán O’ Sullivan (1946-1952) 226 (k) Assorted files of correspondence (1944-1990) 227 (iii) Horatio Ray Milner (a) Correspondence (1954-1970) 228 (b) His death (1975) 229 xv (iv) Donation of the Milner Gardens to Malaspina 229 University (1995) (v) Personal Items (a) Amelie T. Amherst’s Paintings (1850) 230 (b) Photographs (1900-1971) 231 (c) Passports (1929-1957) 232 (d) Cash Books (1930-1975) 233 (e) Press Cuttings (1953-1998) 234 (f) Address Books (1960-1990) 234 (g) Assorted (1909-1970) 234 xvi III His Correspondence (i) Letters received while attending West Hayes, 236 Winchester (1910-1913) (ii) Concerning the Dunraven Estate Company 237 (1925-1931) (iii) Concerning Capt. Alistair Miller, business partner 238 (1923-1927) (iv) From Joynson-Hicks & Co., solicitors (1927-1941) 239 (v) From F.M. Fitt & Co., solicitors (1925-1937) 239 (vi) From William & James, solicitors (1928-1929) 239 (vii) From Alton S. Welpy, district receiver (1928-1948) 240 (viii) Concerning Investments (1930-1948) 241 (ix) Concerning