£220
A suitcase containing papers and documents relating to the Melvill family descendants of Philip Melvill of Dunbar, Scotland who later became Lieut. Governor of Pendennis Castle in Cornwall during the Napoleonic era.
To include; The Melvill Family A Roll of Honour of the descendants of Captain Philip Melvill Lieut. Governor of Pendennis Castle and their immediate connections by marriage in the years of the World War 1914-1918 by E.
J. Joubert de La Ferte (eldest daughter of Philip Sandys Melvill C.S.I.) pUB. Arthur L. Humphreys 1920. Quarto. 150 pp. and added ephemera including a detailed letter of work carried out by the funeral director for the burial of a family member, Walter Sydney Melvill (see later description of watercolours). The volume only available as a print-on-demand.
A selection of some 24 watercolours of various dimensions in a paper wrapper bearing the name 'Walter Sydney Melvill' (see above)
mainly of topographical subjects, most
unnamed but showing the artist was a traveller as some locations are clearly foreign, probably including Canada.
Research material relating to Teignmouth Melvill [1842-1879] posthumous winner of the Victoria Cross for his actions at Isandlwana
during the Anglo-Zulu wars. Photos of his grave in South Africa. A copy of Blackwood's Magazine from September 1970 with an account from a Zulu participant in the killing of Melvill.
Papers on family history, financial records, wills, biographical accounts, including;
A passport dated 1887 signed by Lord Salisbury for Major-General Henry Melvill. Henry Melvill's will.A copy of The Stranger's Guide to
Dresden (four-page newspaper, torn but complete); A Haileybury (East India College) certificate signed by Henry Melvill, dated 1855; a letter of 1 appreciation to Henry Melvill signed 'Gough' (3rd Viscount Gough
[1849-1919] diplomat. Some papers relating to Henry Melvill [1798-1871] Canon of St Paul's with a silhouette of him; extract from the
official log of the ship 'Alnwick Castle' recording the birth of a boy to Elizabeth Melville (sic) wife of Capt. H Melvill; A commission signed
by Queen Victoria for Charles Curling Melvill dated 1880 and other military paperwork relating to Charles Melvill; valuations of part of the furnishings of Slingsby Hall (North Yorks); a folder of letters regarding graves in Kensal Green Cemetery; photocopies of engravings and other material from Victorian magazines.
Various newspaper clippings, letters, and notes on family history.
Paper-covered boards,
beige cloth spine, label to spine heavily rubbed. The boards bear some
marks of age/small marks but remain in good order. The front hinge is slightly tender, but the book is solidly bound. Some pencil annotations
and added ephemera including a detailed letter of work carried out by the
funeral director for the burial of a family member, Walter Sydney Melvill
(see later description of watercolours).
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