Description | Documents in this box relate to the financial affairs of Nathaniel William Curzon (1871-1899), son of Robert Curzon and Charlotte Julia Walmesley. Robert Curzon died in 1873 and his widow then re-married. A family trust had been established for Nathaniel William Curzon: the surviving trustees being his uncles Nathaniel Charles Curzon and William Curzon. Nathaniel William Curzon became a pupil at a boarding school in Eastbourne; became a cadet at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and later an officer in the 10th Hussars
Bundle marked 1. Letters: 1882-1897: from N C Curzon to John Walker and/or John Timms, (estate agents and accountants, Derby) Letters: 1898-1899: from Nathaniel William Curzon, Ashby St Legers, to John Timms: enquiries about his account Letters: 1891: from Cooper, Abney & Hallett, solicitors 1892-1896: from Eddowes & Son, solicitors 1893-1899: from T E Cox, Spondon, to accompany interest payments 1894-1897: from Smith, Mammatt & Co, solicitors 1896-1899: from Samuel Hall, accountant 1897: from J W Thompson to N C Curzon and W Curzon: dispute about rent payment, 15 Exeter Street, Derby; Henry Morton Steer, tenant 1898 from Derby Old Bank: no prospect of payment of a debt of £500 owed by Colonel Burke, Roscommon, Ireland 1898: from Lake & Lake, solicitors 1899-1900: from Taylor Simpson & Mosley to Walker & Timms 1899: from A Ward, Southwell 1900: to Timms &Walker: from Frederick Stone about John Wright Webster, deceased; and from Smith & Bostock about Robert Webster, deceased Receipts: 1893-1900: insurance premiums, fire policy: "The London Assurance" 1897-1898: Derby Old Bank: receipts for deposits Receipted invoices: 1896: John Timms: accountancy work 1898: Chadfield & Sons, Derby: supply of an account book
Bundle marked 2. Documents concerned with an allowance from the Nathaniel William Curzon Trust paid to his mother, Charlotte Julia Curzon, later Hibbert, for maintenance of Nathaniel William Curzon: Correspondence, payment schedule and copies of court orders, (High Court, Chancery Division), and bank standing orders: 1876-1877 and 1882-1883 Dividend drafts: Midland Railway Co: 1882-1906 Mid-Wales Railway Co: 1892-1904 Eastern & Midlands Railway Co: 1885-1888 London & South Western Railway Co: 1989-1905 London & North Western Railway Co: 1898-1905 Cambrian Railway Co: 1905-1906 Stanton Ironworks Co: 1898, 1900-1901
Bundle marked 3. Ledger, bound and indexed: entries 1897-1899: Income & Investment accounts: N W Curzon Ledger, bound and indexed: entries 1874-1892, (but perhaps early entries made retrospectively): N W Curzon Trustees Accounts
Bundle marked 4. Bank book: entries 1899-1902: Crompton & Evans Union Bank Co: Executors of N W Curzon Cheque books (2): Derby Old Bank, Crompton & Evans Union Bank Co: Executors of N W Curzon: one book contains 37 cheques made out, not signed, marked "cancelled"; plus 23 annotated stubs: one book contains annotated stubs only Clip of correspondence: 1899-1900: immediate financial matters and furniture storage following death of N W Curzon Clip: receipted invoices: 1897-1899: purchases by N W Curzon: from tailors, shoemakers, chemists, jewellers, biscuit makers, hairdresser, greengrocers, newsagent, mainly in London: funeral expenses, and solicitor's account for work undertaken: note that the solicitor's account describes work in relation to arranging power of attorney: this description incidentally refers in detail to the consequences of N W Curzon's head injury sustained during a polo match; and to preparations for a surgical operation Account book: entries 1881-1890: Trustees of NW Curzon Account book: entries 1892-1897: Investment accounts: N W Curzon Account book: bound & indexed: entries 1892-1899: N C Curzon & W Curzon in account with N W Curzon Account book: bound and indexed: entries 1899-1902: Executorship accounts: the late N W Curzon |