Envelope addressed to Edmund Byron
- AR1057/7/103/8
- Item
- 30 July 1861
Envelope addressed to Edmund Byron
Newspaper cutting from The Globe
Byron Family: Personal Records and Ephemera
This Series has much miscellaneous material. The most substantive set of documentation concerns Edmund Byron’s years as a pupil at Eton College in the 1880s. This set includes Eton calendars, Eton College lists and a large number of Eton termly bills, which list school fees and Edmund’s personal expenditure as a boarder at the school, and some correspondence between the school and parents.
Other items include family photographs, documents on the building of Coulsdon Court, some books, a fine testimonial to Edmund on the occasion of his 21st birthday presented by the domestic staff, and other items of a similarly personal nature, such as hair cuttings. There are items concerning the building of the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway: Eric Byron was a railway engineer and surveyor and he worked on the construction of this line. There is a copy of the Calgary Land District Map, 1907, identifying the land held by Thomas and Cecil Byron in Canada.
Transcript of 'A Memory of Coulsdon' by Eric Byron
Travel Journal, unknown author
Journal kept by Edmund and Charlotte Emily Byron
Byron Family: Journals and Memoirs
This Series has three items. The most significant is the detailed daily Journal or diary kept primarily by Charlotte Emily Byron, with some contributions from Edmund, covering the years 1867-1875. It covers the early years of their marriage and provides a record of the lives of a landed gentry family. There is information on domestic and family life, a vivid picture of their social and philanthropic activities within their village of Coulsdon, their hunting and other sporting activities, their wider social world and their extensive travels around Great Britain and Europe, including the early years of their annual summer fishing visits to Norway.
The information in Charlotte Emily’s Journal is greatly supplemented by AR1057/1 – Personal Correspondence, which often fills out the ‘backstory’ to the entries in the Journal.
This Series also includes a memoir of the old village of Coulsdon, when it was still a remote and rural community, written by Edmund’s son, Eric Byron, in 1926 at the age of 87.
There is also an extremely detailed travel journal kept by an unknown author. How it relates to the Byron family is unclear.
Surrey Provisional Council Minutes
Report upon Coulsdon Church by J. T. Micklethwaite
Campaign Letter from Edmund Byron to the Electors of the Coulsdon Divison
Letter from Parishioners in thanks for donation of church organ
Cards relating to election speeches and poll results
Correspondence between the Clerk of the Peace and Edmund Byron
Material relating to Edmund Byron and his elections to the County Council
Byron Family: Public Offices and Family Philanthropy
This Series covers documents concerning Edmund Byron’s involvement in public offices, with some items which reveal aspects of his philanthropy within the Coulsdon community. The strength of the Series lies in detailed documentation of his candidature in the Surrey County Council elections from 1888, when he was elected as a County Councillor, through to 1898, when he initially stood for election but withdrew when opposed by a late-entry and strong alternative candidate.
There are also documents relating to St. John’s church, Coulsdon, and Edmund’s appointment as a Justice of the Peace. Contributions to the church are also recorded in AR1057/3/163/11 – Domestic and Family Expenses and Accounts.
There is significant overlap with AR1057/1 – Personal Correspondence and AR1057/6 – Journals and Memoirs. Together with these other sources, a full picture of the family’s public and philanthropic roles in Coulsdon and the wider county community may be acquired. Researchers are particularly referred to AR1057/6/112 – Journal kept by Charlotte Emily and Edmund Byron, 1867-1875.
Letter from William Mortimer to Thomas Bryon regarding the Old Surrey Fox Hounds
Invitation to Eric Byron for the retirement dinner of Edmund Byron
Croydon Times article relating to a review of The Old Surrey Fox Hounds
Photocopy of note regarding watch given by The Old Surrey Hunt
Correspondence from Albert Beadle relating to The Old Couldson Cricket Club
Notes on various retriever dogs
Letter from T. Hall to Eric Byron
Material relating to The Old Surrey Fox Hounds