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GB 141 RP - Rathbone Papers

Letter to Peggie and Viola Lubbock from Ken, Wimbledon Hill; 10 Apr 1924. (10 Apr 1924)

Reference RP XXV.1.455
Physical Description 1 letter

Scope and Content

Humorous letter on trip to the zoo, with ink sketch of Peggie with alligator and snake


Letter to Peggie Rathbone from Cecil Lubbock, Hartland; 22 Mar 1926. ( 22 Mar 1926)

Reference RP XXV.1.456
Physical Description 1 letter

Scope and Content

Birthday greetings


Letter to Peggie Rathbone from Edith Lubbock (née Furse), Cadogan Gardens; n.d.. (n.d.)

Reference RP XXV.1.457
Physical Description 1 letter

Scope and Content

Personal


Letters to Peggie Rathbone from Frederick Lubbock, Sevenoaks, etc; [1915-1922]. ( [1915-1922])

Reference RP XXV.1.458 (1-8)
Physical Description 8 letters

Scope and Content

Letters in envelope labelled 'Letters to me 1915 and 1917 from my Grandfather Frederick Lubbock - Peggie Rathbone (née Lubbock)' - humorous letters to Peggie Rathbone as a child; some enclose acrostic puzzles; also enclosed letter from Peggie's grandmother to Edith Lubbock


Letter and papers relating to Peggy Rathbone. [1939] . ([1939] )

Reference RP XXV.1.459 (1-2)
Physical Description 2 items
Language of Material In French.

Scope and Content

Small group of documents apparently relating to Peggy Rathbone from envelope labelled 'William Rathbone IX - sundry memorabilia'; letter from Flanagan and Allen, the London Palladium, 1939, to [Peggy] regretfully declining request to 'assist' due to pressure of work and printed meeting agenda card for the Ladies Association, Ch. Ch. United Clubs


Letter to William Rathbone IX. London; 24 May 1956. (24 May 1956)

Reference RP XXV.1.460
Physical Description 1 letter

Scope and Content

Postcard: invitation to drinks at '3 Shepherd's Close'.


Deeds and accounts. (1857-1965)

Reference RP XXV.2
Physical Description 7 boxes (1177 items)

Will and codicils 29 Nov 1901. (29 Nov 1901)

Reference RP XXV.2.1
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Bound copy of will and codicils of William Rathbone VI


William Rathbone VI: Notes concerning his old age and funeral 1895-1900 (1895-1900)

Reference RP XXV.2.2 (1-3)
Physical Description 3 items

Scope and Content

Notes written by William Rathbone VI for his children in his old age: directions for his funeral, plans and aims for his old age, reflections on his life


Deed of settlement. 30 Aug 1859. (30 Aug 1859)

Reference RP XXV.2.3
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Deed of settlement of two messuages in New York and shares in the British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company and in the North Shore Rice and Flour Mill Company made by William Rathbone V to William Rathbone VI and Samuel Greg Rathbone


Receipts for share payments Jan-Jul 1857//1865. (Jan-Jul 1857//1865)

Reference RP XXV.2.4 (1-7)
Physical Description 7 items

Scope and Content

Series of receipts issued by the Atlantic Telegraph Company for payments made on shares by [William Rathbone VI]; also with circular letter to shareholders, Dec 1865, announcing conversion of shares into stock


Statement concerning Inland Revenue claim for duties on settled funds. 1896. (1896)

Reference RP XXV.2.5
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Statement as to Inland Revenue claim for duties concerning marriage settlement (1847) and post-nuptial settlement (1859) executed by William Rathbone VI


Copy of will. 1895. (1895)

Reference RP XXV.2.6
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Unbound printed copy of the will and codicils of Samuel Greg Rathbone


Samuel Greg Rathbone copy letter to his executors. Bassenfell; Mar 1892. (Mar 1892)

Reference RP XXV.2.7
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Typescript copy of Samuel Greg Rathbone's instructions to his executors concerning provision for his wife and children


Deed of settlement. 22 Aug 1881 (22 Aug 1881)

Reference RP XXV.2.8
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Settlement of monies etc of Philip Henry Rathbone made by Jane S. Rathbone to her trustees, Edgar Philip Rathbone, Harold Steward Rathbone, Oswald Henry Rathbone and William Francis Moore


Deed of appointment 31 Jun 1920. (31 Jun 1920)

Reference RP XXV.2.9
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Deed of appointment of new trustees of the settlement of Jane S. Rathbone made by Edgar Philip Rathbone, Harold Steward Rathbone and William Francis Moore to Herbert Reynolds Rathbone and others


Duty assessment form 12 Feb 1930. (12 Feb 1930)

Reference RP XXV.2.10
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Inland revenue account form to assess property of Harold Steward Rathbone chargeable with estate duty


Probate of the will of Richard Reynolds Rathbone 31 Feb 1899. (31 Feb 1899)

Reference RP XXV.2.11
Physical Description 1 item

Duty assessment form. 14 Sep 1899. (14 Sep 1899)

Reference RP XXV.2.12
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Inland revenue account form to assess duty on bequest made by Richard Reynolds Rathbone to John Maude


Marriage settlement. 31 Aug 1861//20 Feb 1893 (31 Aug 1861//20 Feb 1893)

Reference RP XXV.2.13
Physical Description 2 items

Scope and Content

Settlement made on the marriage of Eustace Greg and Emily Rathbone; with deed of appointment of new trustees made 20 Feb 1893


Deed of appointment. 27 Sep 1887. (27 Sep 1887)

Reference RP XXV.2.14
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Deed appointing new trustees and dealing with Eustace Greg's reversionary life interest in connection with Emily and Eustace Greg's settlement trusts


Assignment of life interest. 20 Feb 1893 (20 Feb 1893)

Reference RP XXV.2.15
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Assignment supplemental to deed of settlement of 31st Aug 1861 of the reversionary life interest of Eustace Greg made by Richard Reynolds Rathbone to Hugh Reynolds Rathbone, Arthur Benson Rathbone and George Rathbone


Deed of appointment 31 May 1895. (31 May 1895)

Reference RP XXV.2.16
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Deed exercising power of revocation and creating new appointments for trust funds of the marriage settlement of Eustace and Emily Greg


Notice of assignment of interest 27 Jan 1915 (27 Jan 1915)

Reference RP XXV.2.17
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Duplicate of notices given to the trustees of the marriage settlement of Eustace and Emily Greg of instrument by which Geraldine Paul charged in Alfred Dixon, solicitor, her interest under the marriage settlement


Documents concerning the estate of Eustace Greg. 1916-1918. (1916-1918)

Reference RP XXV.2.18 (1-5)
Physical Description 5 items

Scope and Content

Include Inland Revenue account form for property of Eustace Greg chargeable for estate duty ; Inland Revenue account form for successions to personal property of Eustace Greg; copies of the certificates for the baptism of Sidney Francis Greg (son of Hugh Bayley Greg and Jane Greg , née Higgins) and for the marriage of Hugh Bayley Greg and Jane Higgins; trustee's receipt of money paid in connection with Eustace Greg's marriage settlement


Copy Deed Poll of Appointment. Liverpool; 16 May 1877. ( 16 May 1877)

Reference RP XXV.2.19
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Copy of deed poll of appointment by William Rathbone VI in favour of William Gair Rathbone VII


Marriage settlement. Liverpool; 6 Jun 1877. (6 Jun 1877)

Reference RP XXV.2.20
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Copy settlement made on the marriage of William Gair Rathbone and Blanche Luling


Marriage certificate. New York; 7-18 Jun 1877. (7-18 Jun 1877)

Reference RP XXV.2.21
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Endorsed certificate of the marriage of William Gair Rathbone VII and Blanche Luling


Estate of William Gair Rathbone VII Liverpool; [1919]. ([1919])

Reference RP XXV.2.22 (1-2)
Physical Description 2 items

Scope and Content

Two copies of executors' account sheets setting out the estate of William Gair Rathbone VII


Documents concerning death and estate of William Gair Rathbone 1903-1919. (1903-1919)

Reference RP XXV.2.23 (1-8)
Physical Description 8 items

Scope and Content

Items from envelope labelled 'W[illiam.] G[air]. R[athbone]'s death certificate; include certificate of the death of of W.G.R. on 9 Apr 1919, detailed notes on his will made by W.G. Rathbone on 3 Apr 1919; draft deed of appointment and settlement made by William Gair Rathbone VII on William Rathbone VIII in connection with the will of Charles Luling (1908); letters from John Rankin concerning the marriage settlement on the marriage of Dorothea Rankin and William Rathbone VIII (Dec 1903-Jan 1904); letters form Dorothea Rathbone concerning arrangements for the education of her three boys after her separation from William Rathbone VIII (1918); service sheet for hte memorial service of William Gair Rathbone VII


Statement of property and related papers [1897-1901]. ([1897-1901])

Reference RP XXV.2.24 (1-3)
Physical Description 3 items

Scope and Content

Include list of investments labelled 'memo of property', valuation list of United States and South American Securities; letter of advise from W.R. VI to William Gair Rathbone concerning American investments (1897)


Receipts for domestic items [1881-1884] ([1881-1884])

Reference RP XXV.2.25
Physical Description 83 items

Scope and Content

Retailers' receipts for various domestic items purchased by William Gair Rathbone and Blanche Rathbone including hats and clothing, food and wine, furnishings, books, medecine etc


Receipts and notes concerning motor trips in France. Jun -Jul 1910. (Jun -Jul 1910)

Reference RP XXV.2.26 (1-8)
Physical Description 8 items

Scope and Content

Papers in envelope labelled 'motor trips' concerning motoring holiday in France; including agreement for [William Gair] Rathbone's hire of a car, notes as to mileage and sleeping places, small touring map of the Cote d'Azur etc


Hotel account for 'Mr Rathbone'. n.d.. (n.d.)

Reference RP XXV.2.27
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Small account book recording daily bill of 'Mr Rathbone' incurred for rooms, meals etc from 27 Sep-16 Dec _?


Correspondence and related papers concerning accounts of Emily Sargent. [May 1906-Jun 1908]. ([May 1906-Jun 1908])

Reference RP XXV.2.28 (1-25)
Physical Description c. 25 items
Language of Material In English and French

Scope and Content

Correspondence, copy correspondence, statements of account etc concerning investments made by William Gair Rathbone on behalf of Emily Sargent in connection with the estate of Madame M.N. Rathbone


Memoranda of marriage settlement. n.d.. (n.d.)

Reference RP XXV.2.29
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Memoranda of trust deed under the marriage settlement of Guy and Edith Paget


Correspondence concerning the estate of Charles Luling. New York; 1907-1940. (1907-1940)

Reference RP XXV.2.30 (1-6)
Physical Description 6 items

Scope and Content

Include correspondence between William Gair Rathbone and Laces and Co. solicitors concerning the effect of Charles Luling's will on his descendants (1907); letters to Blanche Rathbone from the Columbia Trust Company concerning the estate (1918-1919), etc


Receipt and related letter concerning grave plot. Chislehurst; 14 Mar 1893//5 Jul 1934. (14 Mar 1893//5 Jul 1934)

Reference RP XXV.2.31 (1-2)
Physical Description 2 items

Scope and Content

Receipt of purchase of a grave plot in St Mary's Catholic Church, Chislehurst by Theodore Luling with diagram of its location (1893); also with letter from A.M. Firderer to Blanche Rathbone concerning the upkeep of the cemetry (1934)


Copy will of Blanche Rathbone; with additional notes Oct-9 Nov 1937 ( Oct-9 Nov 1937)

Reference RP XXV.2.32 (1-2)
Physical Description 2 items

Two certificates of the death of Blanche Rathbone 30 Jun 1938. (30 Jun 1938)

Reference RP XXV.2.33 (1-2)
Physical Description 2 items

Certificate of the baptism of Helena Rathbone (Elena) New York; 3 Feb 1879. (3 Feb 1879)

Reference RP XXV.2.34
Physical Description 1 item

Will and codicil 16 Nov 1916-8 Jun 1924. (16 Nov 1916-8 Jun 1924)

Reference RP XXV.2.35 (1-3)
Physical Description 3 items

Scope and Content

Copy will of Elena Richmond, with copy codicil to the will and solicitor's letter concerning the codicil


Valuation for probate 1 Oct 1964. (1 Oct 1964)

Reference RP XXV.2.36 (1-2)
Physical Description 2 items

Scope and Content

Valuation for probate of the contents of the Old Rectory, Islip, Oxfordshire in the case of Sir Bruce Richmond, deceased; with solicitors' covering letter


Valuation for probate 7 Oct 1964. (7 Oct 1964)

Reference RP XXV.2.37
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Valuation for probate of the contents of the Old Rectory, Islip, Oxfordshire in the case of Elena Richmond, deceased


Will and related papers. Sep 19 1913-19 Jan 1965 ( Sep 19 1913-19 Jan 1965)

Reference RP XXV.2.38 (1-9)
Physical Description 9 items

Scope and Content

File of papers concerning will of Elena Richmond, including copies of the will and Elena's directions to her executors (7 May 1963), lists of bequests of private possessions; also with marriage certificate of Elena Richmond and Bruce Lyttleton Richmond (1913)


Correspondence concerning estate of Elena and Bruce Richmond. 5 Nov 1964-19 Jan 1965. ( 5 Nov 1964-19 Jan 1965)

Reference RP XXV.2.39 (1-11)
Physical Description 11 items

Scope and Content

Correspondence concerning bequests of personal possessions made by Elena and Bruce Richmond; include valuation of the books at The Old Rectory Islip (Oct 1964); copy letters from William Rathbone IX informing legatees of the Richmond's bequests to them of books/paintings etc, and letters of thanks from the legatees


Correspondence and related papers concerning estate of Theodore M. Davis case. [1915-1931]. ([1915-1931])

Reference RP XXV.2.40
Physical Description c.86 items

Scope and Content

Papers concerning case brought in the State of Rhode Island Superior court by Anne B. Davis in 1915 against Thomas L. Manson, executor, and Margaret Hamilton Busk, Dudley S. Dean, John R. Proctor and Elena Richmond concerning the estate of Theodore M. Davis and his bequethal of property to the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company; include correspondence and copy correspondence between Elena Richmond, William Gair Rathbone, solicitors and others involved in the case; copies of bill of complaint and brief for defendants, etc


File of correspondence and accounts 1922-1930. ( 1922-1930)

Reference RP XXV.2.41 (1-5)
Physical Description c. 225 items

Scope and Content

Papers originally in green card file, labelled in hand of Elena Richmond 'Correspondence 1922-23 with R[athbone] B[rothers] and Co.. Busk and Daniels ': letters from Rathbone Brothers concerning Elena Richmond's accounts with them: investments advice, advice concerning trusts, including correspondence and other material relating to the Rathbone Trust and the Theodore M. Davies trust; statements of account, statements of stock, lists of investments etc enclosed


File of correspondence and accounts. Liverpool; 1930-1935. ( 1930-1935)

Reference RP XXV.2.42 (1-5)
Physical Description c.175 items

Scope and Content

Papers originally in green card file, labelled in hand of Elena Richmond 'Rathbone Brothers 1930': letters from Rathbone Brothers concerning Elena Richmond's accounts with them: investments advice, statements of account, statements of stock, lists of investments etc enclosed


File of correspondence and accounts. Liverpool; Aug 1938-Oct 1952. ( Aug 1938-Oct 1952)

Reference RP XXV.2.43 (1-5)
Physical Description c.270 items

Scope and Content

Correspondence originally in black card folder labelled in hand of Elena Richmond 'Correspondence with R[athbone] B[rothers] and Co. 1942-1952': letters from Rathbone Brothers concerning Elena Richmond's accounts with them - advice on investments, trusts and estates, including estate of William Rathbone VIII (1941-)etc


Accounts book 1939-1940. (1939-1940)

Reference RP XXV.2.44
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Balances of Elena Richmond's accounts with Rathbone Brothers and Co.


Loose correspondence and accounts. Liverpool; Dec 1952-Aug 1961. ( Dec 1952-Aug 1961)

Reference RP XXV.2.45 (1-4)
Physical Description c. 160 items

Scope and Content

Letters from Rathbone Brothers to Elena Richmond concerning her accounts with them - advice on investments, trusts and estates, statements of account, etc


Statements of income 1947//1949-1959//1961. (1947//1949-1959//1961)

Reference RP XXV.2.46
Physical Description 13 items

Scope and Content

Annual statements of Elena Richmond's income produced by Rathbone Brothers and Co.


Cheque books. 1900//1918-1919. (1900//1918-1919)

Reference RP XXV.2.47
Physical Description 6 items

Scope and Content

Partly-used London and County Westminster Bank cheque books of Elena Richmond


Loose papers concerning trusts and accounts. [1898-1901]. ([1898-1901])

Reference RP XXV.2.48 (1-3)
Physical Description 3 items

Scope and Content

Small group of miscellaneous loose papers apparently relating to trusts and accounts of Elena Richmond


Fishing licence 2 Aug 1897. (2 Aug 1897)

Reference RP XXV.2.49
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Fishing licence for Elena Rathbone for use in the Killarney District


Linen book 1913. (1913)

Reference RP XXV.2.50
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Record book of household linen divided by type; with several loose enclosures of receipts for linen purchased


Rationing documents 1918-1919. (1918-1919)

Reference RP XXV.2.51
Physical Description 7 items

Scope and Content

Small group of papers of Elena Richmond concerning war-time allowances, including partly used ration books, forms for fuel and lighting allowances


Certificate of the baptism of William Rathbone VIII 1 Aug 1880. (1 Aug 1880)

Reference RP XXV.2.52
Physical Description 1 item
Language of Material In Latin

Certificate of the marriage of William Rathbone VIII and Dorothea Rankin, Toxteth Park; 14 Apr 1904. (14 Apr 1904)

Reference RP XXV.2.53
Physical Description 1 item

Receipt and related papers for grave plot. harrow Road, London; 1935. (1935)

Reference RP XXV.2.54 (1-6)
Physical Description 6 items

Scope and Content

Receipt of purchase of a grave plot in St Mary's Road Cemetry, Harrow Raod, London by William Rathbone [VIII] for the burial of Margaret Casey; with two photographs of the grave (black and white, 60x86mm), printed lists of gardening charges, etc


Will and related papers of William Rathbone VIII 1938-1941. (1938-1941)

Reference RP XXV.2.55 (1-4)
Physical Description 4 items

Scope and Content

Copy of will and codicil to the will of William Rathbone VIII, copy declaration fo trust by John Rankin Rathbone, draft declaration of trust by Nicholas Rathbone


Birth certificate. Chester; 30 Apr 1906. (30 Apr 1906)

Reference RP XXV.2.56
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Certificate of the birth of William Rathbone IX


Deed for the cancellation of articles. London; 26 Sep 1930. (26 Sep 1930)

Reference RP XXV.2.57
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Deed of cancellation of articles of clerkship for [William Rathbone IX] issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales


Marriage certificates. Chelsea; 16 Nov 1932//26 Oct 1939. (16 Nov 1932//26 Oct 1939)

Reference RP XXV.2.58 (1-2)
Physical Description 2 items

Scope and Content

Two copies of certificate of the marriage of William Rathbone IX and Peggie Lubbock


Railway concession fare certificate 6 Mar 1945 (6 Mar 1945)

Reference RP XXV.2.59
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Railway concession fare certificate for wives of army officers issued to Peggie Rathbone


Game shooting record card 1 Oct 1949 (1 Oct 1949)

Reference RP XXV.2.60
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Record card of number of game birds shot by shooting party including William Rathbone IX


Diaires. (1847-1990)

Reference RP XXV.3
Physical Description 4 boxes 45 items

Pressed flower album. 1847-1859. (1847-1859)

Reference RP XXV.3.1
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Album of mounted pressed flowers, annotated with place and date of collection; originally in outer casing labelled 'W[illiam Rathbone VI] and L[ucretia].W. Rathbone 1847-1859' (casing discarded due to mould damage)


William Rathbone VI: copies of letter to his sons. 16 Jul 1861. (16 Jul 1861)

Reference RP XXV.3.2 (1-3)
Physical Description 3 letters

Scope and Content

Copies of 'letter written by William Rathbone VI 16th July 1861. Written two years after the death of his first wife, Lucretia Wainwright (Gair), to his sons, William, Ashton, Henry and Edward' - advice concerning married life.Two typescript copies by William Rathbone IX, one MS copy by William Gair Rathbone VII


Notes on Rugby School by William Rathbone VI, New York; 25 Feb 1876. (25 Feb 1876)

Reference RP XXV.3.3
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Descriptive notes on Rugby school


Draft of letter to [electors of Liverpool]. [1880] ([1880])

Reference RP XXV.3.4
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Draft of letter by William Rathbone VI explaining his resignation of the representation of Liverpool in Parliament and his decision to contest South West Lancashire seat.


'Memo. of experience of work'. 4 Apr 1899 (4 Apr 1899)

Reference RP XXV.3.5
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Typescript memorandum by William Rathbone VI arguing for the benefits of his continuing to work into old age


Memorandum: 'The principle which should guide the selection of business and investments to insure success'. n.d.. (n.d.)

Reference RP XXV.3.6
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Typescript memorandum of business advice; possibly by William Rathbone VI


Pocket diary of William Gair Rathbone VII, 1868. (1868)

Reference RP XXV.3.7
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Pocket diary/cash account book inscribed from T[homas] A[shton] R[athbone] to W.G. Rathbone; very few entries after March; enclosing W.G.R.'s examination certificates from University College, Oxford