| Description | A calendar of the papers of Sir Schomberg MacDonnell, Louisa Countess of Antrim and the Stuart family of Dalness is available. This collection includes:
Correspondence from Schomberg MacDonnell, using the pseudonym of 'Dragon' to his sister, Lady Evelyn MacDonnell whom he addresses as 'Cloud', 1900.
Correspondence between Sir Schomberg MacDonnell and Louisa Countess of Antrim, 1900.
Letters from Sir Schomberg MacDonnell to Lady de Ros; Mrs MacDonald Stuart (with a few of her letters to him); Lady Gwendolene Cecil; Queen Mary and Margaret Pirrie, 1886-1912.
A letter to Sir Schomberg MacDonnell from Lord Stamfordham commenting on the suffragettes, c.1911-1914
Notes from Queen Victoria making requests and giving instructions to General Charles Grey, 1853-1866.
21 photographs of various members of the Royal family, such as Princess Mary, 1910.
Notebook kept by Louisa Countess of Antrim recording her attendance at balls, parties, concerts, etc. with the last entry for her wedding day on 1 June 1875, 1873-1875.
Letters to Louisa Countess of Antrim from Princess Beatrice, the youngest daughter of Queen Victoria, 1890-1944.
Letters to Louisa Countess of Antrim from Princess Helena, daughter of Queen Victoria, 1890-1921.
Letters to Louisa Countess of Antrim from Victoria Empress of Germany, thanking her for her attendance as a Lady in Waiting during a recent state visit, 1891-1892.
Letters to Louisa Countess of Antrim from Queen Amelie of Portugal and her son, King Manoel II, 1905-1933.
Letters to Louisa Countess of Antrim from Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught, 3rd son of Queen Victoria, and his daughter Princess Margaret, 1905-1942.
Letters to Louisa Countess of Antrim from Princess Victoria, later Marchioness of Milford Haven, 1914-1948.
Letters to Louisa Countess of Antrim from King Haakson and Queen Maud of Norway, 1922-1945.
Letters to Louisa Countess of Antrim from Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (daughter of Queen Victoria), 1923-1940.
Letters to Louisa Countess of Antrim from the Dowager Empress Marie of Russia and her daughter, Grand Duchess Olga, 1925-1948.
Letters to Louisa Countess of Antrim from Queen Mary, 1940-1946.
Letters to Louisa Countess of Antrim from Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain, 1935-1944.
Letters to Louisa Countess of Antrim from Princess Victoria, daughter of King Edward VII, 1905-1935.
Letters to Louisa Countess of Antrim from Princess Helen Victoria, 1899-1948.
Letters to Louisa Countess of Antrim concerning royal affairs, 1900-1940.
Letters to Louisa Countess of Antrim concerning the publication of Queen Victoria's letters, 1933.
Letters to Louisa Countess of Antrim concerning estate correspondence, 1875-1898.
Letters to Louisa Countess of Antrim from members of the Greek royal family, 1906-1938.
Letters to Louisa Countess of Antrim pertaining to her involvement in the collection of signatures for a women's anti-home rule petition, 1893.
A 12 page manuscript account of the coronation of King Edward VII by Louisa Countess of Antrim, 1902.
A typescript sheet setting out instructions for a Lady in Waiting, c.1890.
A 9 page manuscript account of the home rule meeting in Belfast addressed by Winston Churchill written by Louisa Countess of Antrim, 1912.
A 3 page typescript description of an anti-home rule meeting in Belfast addressed by Bonar Law by Louisa Countess of Antrim, 1912.
2 manuscript accounts on the Ulster Crisis, 1906-1918 in the hand of Louisa Countess of Antrim, c.1919.
Manuscript notes on the death of King George V containing reminiscences about his reign by Louisa Countess of Antrim, 1936.
Miscellaneous papers relating to Louisa Countess of Antrim, 1866-1948.
2 notes to Sir John Stuart from Mary Anne Disraeli, 1850.
Letters of sympathy to Mrs Elizabeth Downing, later Mrs Stuart on the death of her mother, 1876.
Letters of congratulations to the Mrs Elizabeth Downing, later Mrs Stuart on her engagement, 1876.
Miscellaneous correspondence of Mrs Elizabeth Stuart, 1877-1907, including estate correspondence, 1882-1907.
Household invoices and receipts of Mrs Elizabeth Stuart, 1899-1910.
Letters of sympathy to of Mrs Elizabeth Stuart on the death of her husband, 1885.
Anote giving brief biographical details on Mrs Stuart's parents no date.
Papers relating to the Frankland family, 1807-1842.
Papers relating to Agnes Seymour Kerr, 1847-1914.
A 27 page account entitled 'Reminiscences of the McDonnells: The Aunts' by John Balfour containing anecdotes about the 5 sisters of the 6th Earl of Antrim, Caroline, Mabel, Evelyn, Jane and Helena and their respective families, c.1950s. |
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