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Papers of the Hawke family, Lords Hawke, 1682-1824 and 1832-2006, present among the Rosse Papers because of the marriage in 1870 of the Hon. Frances Cassandra Hawke, heiress of her father, the 4th Lord Hawke, to the 4th Earl of Rosse; including some naval, administrative and political papers of Admiral Sir Edward Hawke, K.B., 1st Lord Hawke, victor of the Battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759, and First Lord of the Admiralty, 1766-71.
Correspondence and other papers of the 3rd Earl of Rosse, 1829, 1832 and 1840-2003, as President of the Royal Society, Chancellor of Trinity College, Dublin, Lieutenant of King's County, leading landowner there, and general public figure, excluding where physically possible correspondence of the sort concentrated in Section K.
Correspondence of the 3rd and 4th Earls of Rosse with fellow-astronomers or about the Birr and other observatories, including correspondence of the 5th and 6th Earls about the Birr Observatory, 1840-1909, 1913-14, 1938 and 1964-84.
Journals containing astronomical observations, drawings of nebula, drafts for articles and speeches on astronomy, and other papers (excluding correspondence) of the 3rd and 4th Earls of Rosse on the subject of astronomy, [pre-1828-1908].
Legal papers mainly relating to D. E. Williams Ltd. with its supermarket chain and whiskey production. In smaller scope the malting business, personal estates, and also documents of B. Daly & Co. Ltd.. In rare numbers there are also papers from the Tullamore Laundry Company, the Irish Mist Liqueur Company and PAK Orange.
Correspondence and other papers of the 4th and 5th Earls of Rosse on subjects other than astronomy, including estate and other King’s County affairs, the 4th Earl’s contributions to public life as a representative peer, Chancellor of T.C.D., etc, etc.
This series reflects the Irish Mist Liqueur Company Ltd. under the holdings of the Williams Group Tullamore. The company was concentrating on the production and marketing of its only product, promoted as Ireland's legendary liqueur. The records include production and account ledgers; one section is dedicated to their export and marketing campaign and other parts contain digital media, photographs, and maps.
Letters and papers, 1739-1995 (mainly 1876-1962), of the Lister Kaye family, of Denby Grange, near Wakefield, Yorkshire, one of whom, Frances Lois, second daughter of Sir Cecil Edmund Lister Kaye, 4th Baronet, married in 1905 the 5th Earl of Rosse.
Maps, plans and drawings, [c.1610], 1638, [c. 1690] and c. 1750-1790, mainly of a size which makes it physically convenient to form them into a separate section.
Twelve photograph albums, ranging in size from folio to small octavo, five bundles of loose photographs, and other material, c. 1870-c. 1945, all deriving from Mary Countess of Rosse, the 3rd to the 6th Earls of Rosse, the Hon. Geoffrey L. Parsons and the Lister Kaye family.
