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Report on Charleville Forest by Thomas Newenham Deane

Report on mansion at Charleville Forest by Thomas Newenham Deane, architect, Upper Merrion Street, Dublin. He found the house “in a most dangerous condition owing to the decay of the bearing timbers which from the entire support of the floors”. Newenham reports on the state of each floor and concludes that “decided steps” must be taken to save “this fine and comparatively new building from falling to ruin”. He advocates the adoption of a plan already undertaken successfully in the Picture Gallery, Kilkenny Castle, which may prove costly but which will not only render the building practically fire-proof but also make the house secure from the “terrible, almost incurable disease, Dry-rot”.

Bury, Charles William, 1st earl of Charleville

Receipt for purchases at Jeremiah D'Olier, goldsmith

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.

Bury, Charles William, 1st earl of Charleville

Proposals passed by Tullamore Town Commission relating to the coming of age of the Earl of Charleville

Details of proposals unanimously passed in the Town Hall, Tullamore concerning members of the Charleville family. Includes details of an address of congratulation to be presented to the Earl of Charleville on his coming of age at a public dinner, including all members of the Charleville Castle. Another proposal concerning a presentation to Lieutenant Colonel The Honourable Alfred Bury “as a mark of respect and esteem from the Tenants and Friends of the Charleville Estates, for his able and faithful management and guardianship of those Estates” during the Earl’s minority. A third proposal was passed unanimously regarding a presentation to the Earl’s sister, The Lady Katherine Bury on her intended marriage with Captain Hutton, Royal Dragoons. A subscription list was to be opened “to defray the expenses” and sub-committees established to help the general committee in the collection of subscriptions in their localities.

Bury, Charles William Francis, 4th earl of Charleville

Poem copied from English Almanac

Poem copied from English Almanac, 1885. Written on headed notepaper from Charleville Forest, Tullamore.

'The snowdrop in purest white array/first rears her head on Candlemas Day....'

Bury, Lady, Emily Alfreda, Howard-

Passport of Lady Emily Howard-Bury

Passport of Lady Emily H. Bury, Tullamore, Ireland, who was accompanied by her niece M. Macdonald and her domestic, Charles Everett. Contains black and white, head and shoulder photographs of each.

Bury, Lady, Emily Alfreda, Howard-

Newspaper cuttings relating to the death of Lady Harriet Bury, a minor

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.

Bury, Lady Harriet Hugh Adelaide,

Newspaper cuttings relating to Capt. Kenneth Howard

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.

Bury, Capt., Kenneth, Howard-

Newspaper cutting relating to Earl of Charleville's majority and wedding of his sister Lady Katherine Bury to Capt. Hutton

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”.

Bury, Charles William Francis, 4th earl of Charleville

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