Showing 48 results

Manuscript copy of 'A Burlesque on a Vale on leaving Eton', by H. C. Oxendon, a poem of approx 100 lines dedicated to Eton College and life for students in the college town. With annotations that explain some of the references to people mentioned in the verse. perhaps written by a classmate of Charles William Bury.

Ms. abstract from the marriage certificate of Charles William Bury, commonly called Lord Tullamore and Harriet Charlotte Beaujolois Campbell, Shawfield Lanarkshire, Kingdom of Scotland, performed in the chapel formerly called the Jesuits, but now the British Factory at Leghorn. The ceremony was performed by the Reverend Thomas Hall, chaplain to the British Factory at Leghorn, aided by the Reverend William Pagett, rector of Patten, county of Surrey. The couple was already married in the house of Lord Burghurst, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at the Court of Florence on 26 February 1821.
Envelope with seal attached.

Copy marriage settlement of Lord Tullamore and Lady Harriet Campbell. In French.

Ms. note from Richard Allott, Dean of Raphoe, confirming the baptism of Charles William George Bury, son of the Honorable Charles William Bury, commonly called Viscount Tullamore and Harriet Charlotte Beaujolois Campbell, his wife. Charles William George was baptized in Geneva, Switzerland, “according to the Rites of the Church of Ireland”. Seal is attached. Envelope is attached.

Official birth certificate of Charles William George Bury, son of Charles William Lord Tullamore and Harriet Charlotte Beaujolois Campbell, who was born on 18 March at 2 o’clock in the afternoon in Geneva, Rue de Beauregard No. 97, (Switzerland).

Manuscript outline of the career of Charles William Bury, Baron Tullamore etc.

Newspaper cutting from The King’s County Chronicle concerning the death of Miss Marjorie Howard-Bury following a brief illness, which sad event “brought profound grief over and far outside the [Charleville] estate”. Miss Bury was buried in the family vault under the chancel of St. Catherine’s, and it was remarked that “notwithstanding the very severe character of the weather the general procession was of remarkable dimensions”.

Newspaper cutting from The Leinster Reporter regarding the coming of age of the Earl of Charleville, “for whom there has ever existed a sympathy which doubtless was intensified in degree by the early loneliness of an interesting child without father of mother”. Reared by a “fond uncle”, the Honorable Colonel Bury, the young earl was brought up to be an Irishman, “loving his native isle and doing his duty in the sphere”. The town of Tullamore have made every preparation for the celebration of the Earl’s birthday, with “every conceivable kind of splendid illuminations and grand festooning” decorating the scene. An address was also presented to Lady Katherine, the Earl’s sister, on her forthcoming marriage, which was accompanied with “an elegant souvenir, consisting of a handsome silver tea kettle on stand with suitable inscription, and a gold bracelet”. A comment was made that the townspeople have made every preparation possible, well in time for a dinner for the Earl and some 200 of his friends in the Court House later in the week.

Newspaper clipping from The King’s County Chronicle, featuring the coming of age of Charles William Francis Bury, the 4th Earl of Charleville, and the great lengths to which all the townspeople went, “the humble labourer as well as the great merchant”, in adorning their dwellings for the benefit of the Earl. At a celebratory banquet, reference was made to good management of the lineage in their estates, and through their patronage, Tullamore, which in the early part of the 18th century was an “insignificant village” now stands “second to none among the same class of provincial towns”.