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Large, leather hardback photograph album complied by Middleton Biddulph containing sepia-toned photographs taken on a tour by the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland around the coast of Ireland in 1904. The tour departed from Belfast aboard the S.S. Magic on 21 June 1904, and visited the islands around the coast of the island including, Tory Island; Inismurray Island; Arranmore; Clare Island; the Aran Islands; Skellig Islands; Clear Island and Inisherkin.

Medium-sized, leather hardback photograph album complied by Middleton Biddulph containing sepia-toned photographs taken between 1915 and 1916. The photographs in this album capture Rathrobin House and estate, depicting visits by groups of friends to the house; exterior views of the house and gardens; men at work on renovations to the house and agricultural work; portraits of tenants and workers of the estate.

Medium-sized, leather hardback photograph album complied by Middleton Biddulph containing sepia-toned photographs taken between 1914 and 1920. The photographs in this album capture Rathrobin House and estate, including visits by family and friends to the house; tenants and workers of the estate; a visit to Durrow Abbey, Tullamore; threshing barley in the fields; a picnic with friends at the Rock of Dunamase, Queen’s County; Clonearl House, King’s County.

Medium-sized, leather hardback photograph album complied by Middleton Biddulph containing sepia-toned photographs taken between 1912 and 1914. The early photographs in this album primarily capture Rathrobin House and estate, as well as a visit to the ruins of Clonearl House. Photographs from number 31 onwards capture the wedding of Irene Grace Biddulph, daughter of Assheton Biddulph and Florence Caroline Boothby, and Captain John Goold-Adams at Moneyguyneen, Birr, King’s County.

Medium-sized, leather hardback photograph album complied by Middleton Biddulph containing sepia-toned photographs and postcards complied in 1911, during a visit by Biddulph to sites of the Boer War in South Africa, where he stayed with Col. Neville V.C. Comd The Carabiniers.

Large, leather hardback photograph album complied by Middleton Biddulph containing sepia-toned photographs taken between 1905 and 1907. The photographs in this album primarily capture Rathrobin House and estate, as well as a visit to Middleton Biddulph’s brother, Assheton in Moneyguyneen. The latter part of the album contains snapshots of renovations to Screggan Manor, Offaly, after an accidental fire in June 1905; Killoughey church and cottage; driving around the Devil’s Glen, county Wicklow on a visit to Reverend Moore and his wife in Killiskey; a visit to Newcastle-Lyons to the Sadlier family; outing to Trim with the archaeological society; Shakespeare festival in Stratford-on-Avon; visit to Llandillo Carmarthenshire, South Wales and Dunglass, Haddingtonshire.

Medium-sized, leather hardback photograph album complied by Middleton Biddulph containing sepia-toned photographs, taken in 1904. The photographs in this album primarily capture Rathrobin House and estate, depicting visits by groups of friends to the house; exterior views of the house and gardens; men at work on renovations to the house; tenants and workers of the estate. Also photographs of Lemanaghan Castle and Old Abbey; Ballycumber House; Kilcolgan House; Whigsborough House, Eglish and Rathleen Old Church.

Medium-sized, leather hardback photograph album complied by Middleton Biddulph containing sepia-toned photographs, taken between 1903 and 1904. A series of the photographs in this album were taken during the Gordon Bennett Motor Race in July 1903, and capture sites across Laois including; Stradbally; Rock of Dunamase; Foxcroft House, Portarlington. Also includes photographs of Braganstown House, Castlebellingham county Louth owned ny John Ribton Garstin; visit to the O’Connor Morris family, Gortnamona or Mount Pleasant, Killoughey, Ryllamore; mares and foals belonging to Dr G Moorehead of Tullamore; Fete Day at Castle Bernard [Kinnity Castle] attended by Lord Rosse, the fourth earl.

Medium-sized, leather hardback photograph album complied by Middelton Biddulph containing sepia-toned photographs taken between 1902 and 1903. The album contains mostly photographs taken on the Rathrobin estate, including views of the interior and exterior of Rathrobin House; household staff, servants and tenants; harvest time and men working on the estate; mares and foals belonging to Biddulph; exterior views of Annaghmore House.

Large leather hardback photograph album complied by Middleton Biddulph containing sepia-toned photographs taken between 1901 and 1902. Mostly taken on visits to country houses around Ireland, Scotland and England, including: Charleville Castle, Tullamore, home of Lady Emily Howard Bury; Brookfield House Tullamore, home by Ernest Hamilton Browne; Geashill Castle; Kilocornan House, Clarinbridge; Annaghdown Castle; Ashford Castle; Ballyfin House; Rahan Lodge visit to Chillingham Castle, Northumberland; Dunglass; Newbrough House; a visit to Vera’s uncle, Edgar Flower in Middle Hall, Worchestershire; visit to the Flower family brewery in Stratford-on-Avon; visit to the Lakin family at The Cliff, Warwick.
The album also contains photographs of a Cake Fete at the Tullamore Tennis Ground in June 1901; portraits of tenants of the Rathrobin estate and schoolchildren from Mountbolous; a tour by the Royal Society of Antiquarians to Annaghdown, Cong Abbey, Ashford and Claregalway friary. While on a visit to Valencia, county Kerry, Biddulph also captured photographs of the recovery of the bodies of two local men and a Dutchman who was on his honeymoon who were drowned.