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Newspaper cutting from the King’s County Chronicle, reporting on the banquet held in honour of the young Earl’s majority, for which he was astounded, “as all really good people are”. It was observed that down through the ages, the Bury family was praised for acting “paternally towards its tenantry and retainers with an undeviating eye to the solid advantage of the community”, and it was remarked that “Colonel and Mrs. Bury knew everybody”.
The cutting also concerns the marriage of Lady Katherine Beaujolois Arabella, eldest daughter of the late Earl of Charleville with Captain Edmund Bacon Hutton, the Royal Dragoons, Aide-de-Camp to His Excellency Earl Spencer, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, youngest son of William Hutton, Esquire, of Gate Burton, Lincolnshire. The marriage took place at St. Catherine’s Church, Tullamore and was performed by the Reverend Graham Craig, rector.
The bride who was “magnificently dressed and attended by six fair bridesmaids, dressed in white, with pink trimmings”, was given away by her uncle, Colonel Bury. Following the wedding ceremony, the wedding gifts were displayed. The “costly presents” included a gift from the tenants of a tea kettle, a claret jug and a bracelet, while “not the least interesting article on the table was a tea caddy presented to her ladyship by the servants [which was] beautifully wrought in heavy silver”.

File of newspaper clipping concerning the tragic death of Lady Harriet Hugh Adelaide Bury, second daughter of the late Earl and Countess of Charleville, who fell down the stairs at the family seat, Charleville Castle, Tullamore. Lady Harriet, described as “a fine, promising child” was only seven years old. Following the death of her father, she, with her brother and sister were “made wards of Chancery” and resided with one of their guardians, the Hon. Alfred Bury in the family residence, Charleville Castle, “who watched over them and their bringing up with paternal care and solitude”. The accident happened when returning from the nursery after washing her hands, she attempted to slide down the banister, “which was highly polished and as slippery as glass”, and lost her balance and fell.

Newspaper cuttings concerning the funeral of the late Earl of Charleville, who died at Staten Island, New York, USA, aged only 22 years and 5 months, and who was buried in the family vault at Tullamore Church. The respect of the Charleville family and the grief of the inhabitants manifested itself in “a scene of mourning as is seldom witnessed”. It was observed that “without a single exception, the shops closed, and from an early hour in the morning the tenantry crowded into town”. The coffin was borne by the four principal tenants and two head gamekeepers, while the funeral “was conducted on the most unostentatious principles…[in accordance with the Earl’s wishes] …no scarfs or hatbands being worn”.

Newspaper cutting concerning the death of the “amiable and beloved” Countess of Charleville, daughter of Henry Case, Esquire, Shienstone Cross, Staffordshire, who died from a short bout of scarletina at Erinagh, near Castleconnel, “a mansion which his lordship had taken and gone to reside in for the fishing season”. The Countess was only 35 years old and had resided “almost uninterruptedly” in Charleville Castle, Tullamore, and the tenants on the estate feel now that “they have been deprived of a considerate friend and the poor of the district have to deplore the loss of a generous benefactress”.
The Countess is survived by her five children, two sons and three daughters, and is buried in the family vault at Tullamore.

Receipt of requisitions for Charles William Bury, esquire, from Jeremiah D’Olier, gold smith and jeweller, at the Bear and Hammer, Dame Street, near Cork Hill, city of Dublin. Includes one pair plated goblets, engraved gilt, £17.9.8; one oval engraved tea pot, £8.15.0.

Newspaper clipping concerning the death of Emily Frances, Countess of Charleville, who died in Geneva following a brief illness, and who buried in the family vault at Tullamore Church. The Countess, who was 76 years old, was the widow of the late Lord Alfred Bury, fifth Earl of Charleville, whom she had married on 20 June 1854. Her father, the late General Sir William Wood, K.C.B., K.H., Commander of the Forces in the West Indies. Emily Frances was an aunt by marriage to Lady Emily Bury, and this lady’s principal employees “followed the hearse bearing wreaths, while “a pretty one in the form of a cross, the ground-work of which was primroses” was inscribed, “From Emily”.

Newspaper cuttings from The King's County Chronicle, detailing a public reception highlighting the return of the Earl of Charleville, with the Countess and their daughter, Lady Catherine Bury to the Charleville estate, Tullamore. In residing for a short period on the estate, the Earl had “acquired the estimation and respect of all with whom he came into contact”, and now his declaration to reside permanently on the estate at Charleville, “gave great and general satisfaction”. Preparations were made by the inhabitants “of all ranks, creeds and classes… and unanimous resolutions were passed to give his Lordship and family as cordial and respectful a public reception as they were capable of”. It was also intended, on behalf of the Earl’s tenantry, to invite the family to a banquet, “and also for that of laying before him and the Countess an address of congratulation”.

Newspaper cutting from the King’s County Chronicle, concerning a meeting of the inhabitants of Tullamore “for the purpose of expressing their gratification at the expected arrival of the Noble Earl at his mansion in this county”. It was proposed to invite the Earl and Countess to a public dinner, as a means of expressing “their cordial and grateful thanks for their patriotic intentions of residing amongst them, and also for his Lordship’s past kind conduct as their landlord”.

Newspaper cutting concerning the presentation of a congratulatory address to the Earl and Countess of Charleville, on their coming to reside permanently in Charleville Forest, Tullamore. The address included a reference to “the great advantage our town has always derived from the residence of [his] family, or the interest taken by them in the welfare of its inhabitants”. In the Earl’s reply, he observed that “a landlord is not in his proper place unless he is a constant resident, expending what he receives amongst his tenantry, and promoting their interest to the best of his judgment”. Following the presentation, a “sumptuous dejeune” was served in the Castle where “every delicacy and rarity of the season was in abundance, and the various wines which graced the board were of the rarest and finest vintage”.

File of newspaper clippings relating to Kenneth Howard, later Howard Bury.
Includes results of a public schools contest between Harrow, Eton and Rugby, in which Howard, representing Eton, showed “remarkably fine shooting”.
Includes the award by the Council of Military Education to the gentleman cadets, including the award of a small aneroid barometer for second artillery to Howard.
Includes the visit of the Marquis and Marchioness Lansdowne and a party of friends, among them Kenneth Howard, to the bacon curing establishment of Mr. Thomas Harris of Calne, where the party “expressed their delight at the ease, rapidity and cleanliness with which all was managed”.
Includes visit by the Marchioness of Lansdowne to Lady Louisa Howard, daughter of the third Marquis of Lansdowne, at Hazelby, near Newbury. Lady Louise, described as a “remarkable lady” is ninety years old and has been widowed since 1882, when her husband the Hon. James Kenneth Howard, son of the sixteenth Earl of Suffolk, passed away.