Papers of the Monckton-Arundell Family, Viscounts Galway of Serlby Hall, Nottinghamshire,...

The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence and personal papers of several members of the Galway family. There are papers of William George Monckton (Arundell), 5th Viscount Galway (1782-1834), George Edward Monckton-Arundell, 6th Viscount Galway (1805-1876), and Henrietta Eliza, wife of the 6th Viscount (d 1891). However, most of the papers relate to George Edmund Milnes Monckton-Arundell, 7th Viscount Galway (1844-1931). In addition to the many family correspondents and letters about family and social matters, there are letters from a number of political figures such as Benjamin Disraeli, Lord Beaconsfield and Archibald Primrose, Lord Roseberry. The letters and papers relate to his activities as an MP, Deputy-Lieutenant for Nottinghamshire and his service with the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry including in South Africa 1900-1902.

The collection also includes a vast amount of correspondence relating to estate matters in Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire. There are a considerable number of papers relating to Scrooby in Nottinghamshire which include items about the vicarage and the difficulties of acquiring an incumbent as well as references to William Brewster and the Pilgrim Fathers.

There are further items relating to coal mining, elections, railways and hunting and damage to Lady Galway's Munitions Factory at Scarborough during the First World War. There are also several printed Acts including Vesting Acts, Turnpike Road Acts, Penal Acts and Enclosure Acts.

Papers relating to the 5th Viscount Galway, the 6th Viscount and Viscountess Galway and the 7th Viscount are present in other accruals (see GB 159 Ga 2)

Correspondence; printed papers.

The papers reflect an earlier arrangement in box files.

Access to the 20th Century material is restricted

The Collection was acquired in 1958.