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Invitation to the celebration of the bicentenary of Benjamin Bloomfield, 1st Lord Bloomfield. Included in the invitation is a timeline of significant events in Benjamin Bloomfield's life.
Benjamin Bloomfield Trench's school report from December 1857 to July 1858. The report lists the subject Benjamin took and also listed his grades. Two copies of a newspaper article which appeared in 'The Sporting Life' on 6 May 1888, discussing Benjamin Bloomfield Trench's accomplishment of walking 100 miles in twenty-five hours. Accident certificate issued by Dr Andrews. The certificate states that he attended to Benjamin Bloomfield Trench after a fall on board the R.M.S Doune Castle. Passage written by Benjamin Bloomfield Trench on the topic of death: 'Fate was bringing death. We were guarding. We were fortifying the city. The enemies were fleeing. The giants were throwing darts. They were concealing the treasures. The physicians were healing. The clouds were covering the moon. I will lead you. I will speak to you I will remain within. You will fare well.' Copy of 'A lecture on the history of the church of St. Mary of Ottery' delivered at the Church Institute on the 4th March 1897 by the Rev. F.B Dickinson, MA. Army and Navy Cooperative Society Shareholder's ticket. Catalogue of Antique and Modern furniture. 2 newspaper obituaries of Prebendary Webb Peploe.
File of records created in order to secure the marriage of Benjamin Bloomfield Trench and Dora Turnor. The majority of the documents are from Weston & Sons 35, Essex street strand, London who acted as Benjamin's solicitors.
The file includes proposals for the marriage settlement, terms of settlement to be executed on the marriage of Benjamin Bloomfield. Trench and Dora Turnor from , a copy of the epitome of Mr & Mrs Benjamin Bloomfield Trench's marriage settlement and a copy of the costs owed to Weston & Sons.
Letters sent to Benjamin Bloomfield Trench between 1864 and 1919.
The letters in this series cover a wide variety of topics. During this time period Benjamin forged a career and created a family. The letters reflect this and as such cover personal issues such as his the death of his wife and business issues such as time working in South Africa.
Letters sent to Henry Trench, Georgiana Mary Amelia Trench (née Bloomfield) and Benjamin Bloomfield Trench in regards to Benjamin's wish to get engaged to Miss [Amy] Martin.
Included in the file is a letter from Augustus L. Martin, 65 Cornwall Gardens, Queens Gate, asking the Trench family to allow the engagement to go ahead albeit for a longer period than originally planned. Henry and Georgiana opposed the marriage as they believed Benjamin was in no position in life to marry.
Two diaries which belonged to Benjamin Bloomfield Trench. The diaries were used to record appointments, social gatherings and the weather.
By 1926 Benjamin grew too ill continue to too ill to continue his diary. The entry regarding his death on 24 January 1926 has been written by another hand.