Hamilton of Hamwood Papers,
1785-1939.
Contains the literary papers, correspondence and some estate material relating to the Hamilton family of Hamwood House, Co. Meath. The literary papers consists primarily of notebooks and fair copy manuscript poems, translations and transcriptions written or compiled by successive generations of the Hamiltons and their cousins the Tighes of Rossana, Co. Wicklow. Among those represented are the poet Mary Tighe, the artist and poet Caroline Hamilton, her son Charles William Hamilton and grandson Charles Robert Hamilton. Also included are the personal papers and correspondence of members of the Hamilton families resident in both Ireland and Canada; among the personal papers is their correspondence from family members, friends and business associates, their notebooks, travel journals, diaries (including personal accounts of the the Easter Rising and the abdication of British monarch Edward VIII) and some documentation relating to the estate and property of the FitzGeralds, dukes of Leinster, who employed successive members of the Hamilton family as their agents. Among those writing to the Hamiltons were Maria Edgeworth, Felicia Hemans, Thomas Moore, John Wesley, Frederick Blackwood, Earl of Dufferin and Clandeboye, and members of the Tighe and Ponsonby families.
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Format: | Manuscript |
Language: | English |
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Notes: | Associated Materials: Department of Manuscripts, National Library of Ireland. There are additional papers relating to the Hamilton family of Hamwood, Co. Meath held in the Department of Manuscripts. This consists of MS 3575, MS 3581-2, MS 4805 and MS 4809 in the Wicklow Papers; Physical description: 3 boxes more |
Arrangement: | Fonds I. Literary Papers. II. Personal papers and correspondence. III. Family and Estate Papers. |
II.iv.9. Letters of condolence, written to members of the Hamilton family of the death of Charles Hamilton of Hamwood,
1857.
In Collection: | Hamilton of Hamwood, 1785-1939. |
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Description: | Letters are, for the most part, addressed to the Hamilton's eldest son Charles William Hamilton. Correspondents include Frances Tighe (née Crofton) of Rossana, Co. Wicklow, her husband Daniel Tighe, Henry Tuite of Sonnagh, Co. Westmeath, the Rev. William Wingfield of Abbeyleix, Edward Wilmot Chetwood, A.M. Chetwood, Robert Hamilton of Hawkesbury Mills, Canada, Augustus FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster, a member of the Stuart family of Dumfries House, a member of the Acheson family of Gosford Castle, Markethill, Co. Armagh, and additional members of the Hamilton family. Also included are letters to condolence to Charles Wiliam Hamilton's sister Caroline Finlay of Corkagh House, Co. Dublin (from G. Eccles of Cambridge Street, Hyde Park, London), to his aunt Sarah Howard from one of her children and to his mother Caroline Hamilton from A. Wall Davis, of Kington, Herefordshire. |
Created: |
1857
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Extent: | 27 items |
Format: | Manuscript |
Call Number: |
MS 49,155/29
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
Rights: | Copyright owned by the National Library of Ireland. |