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T.C.D. exercise book [of the 4th Earl?] on ancient and British history, with related printed papers, and the 4th Earl’s degree in Physics.

Original bundle of applications/ recommendations for the post of head gardener at Birr (Andrew Hume being the successful applicant).

King’s County and Co. Tipperary commissions of the peace for Lord Oxmantown, subsequently the 4th Earl.

Letters to the 4th Earl from the Chief Secretary, Lord Mayo, and others about representative peerage elections, including that of the 4th Earl himself.

Correspondence and maps concerning Lisheen military rifle range, beside the 4th Earl’s property at Clonoghill, on the outskirts of Birr.

Original bundle of letters and papers of the 4th Earl about sewage disposal at Birr, by turbine and sundry other methods; the correspondents include Bindon B. Stoney [see K/24. Not in chronological order.]

Correspondence of the 4th Earl about yachting, Cowes, etc. [See also J/25 and 0/8.]

Correspondence of the 4th Earl with Sir H[enry] Hervey Bruce and others about misrepresentations of the 4th Earl in evidence before the select committee on Irish industries.

Bundle of deeds and copy deeds constituting a re-settlement of the Rosse estate by the 4th and 5th Earls (1898), with sequel releases and appointments of new trustees of the settlement.

Diaries of the 4th Earl (including a largely empty diary for 1872 of [his wife, Cassandra]) recording a tour in England, 1871; tours in the United States, 1884 and 1891; a visit to Jamaica, 1891; and a tour of India, 1897-8: together with two of his passports, 1890 and 1897.