Family scrapbooks

Description

Indexed, compiled by F. Dudley Leigh, later Lord Leigh, 1898-1912. Contains some newscuttings and handwritten notes by the compiler, and also : pp.41-6,65: original medical prescriptions, 1896-1904. p.49: letter from E.L. Fardon concerning a heating system at Stoneleigh Abbey, 16 December 1902. pp. 64, 66, 72, 75: papers concerning a provisional patent granted to Francis Dudley Leigh for `improvements in devices for applying chalk .. to billiard cues...', 1901. pp.68-71: letters concerning the installation of electric light at Stoneleigh Abbey, 1909 (with article from The Electrical Review concerning the installation of electrical power at Stoneleigh, 1 November 1912). p.73: veterinary inspections of horses, 1907. p.77: letter from D.H. Dafis concerning the number of Welsh language speakers, 7 January 1907. p.81: letter from the librarian of the London Library, 16 December 1910. pp.97-9: letters concerning the inspection of the organ at Stoneleigh Abbey, 1910. p. 115: specifications for a limousine for Lord Leigh, n.d. Also, amongst loose material in end pocket: - three medical prescriptions, 1913.