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Collapse D3155 - Wilmot-Horton family of Osmaston and Catton - [late 13th cent]-1985D3155 - Wilmot-Horton family of Osmaston and Catton - [late 13th cent]-1985
Expand C - Correspondence - 1605-1881C - Correspondence - 1605-1881
Expand CROXALL - 'Croxall' Title Deeds - 1343-1508CROXALL - 'Croxall' Title Deeds - 1343-1508
Expand J - Title Deeds - as listed by I. H. Jeayes in 'Derbyshire Charters' - [late 13th cent]-1529J - Title Deeds - as listed by I. H. Jeayes in 'Derbyshire Charters' - [late 13th cent]-1529
Collapse WH - Wilmot-Horton - 1301-1985WH - Wilmot-Horton - 1301-1985
Expand A - Title Deeds estate and family Papers - 1307-1955A - Title Deeds estate and family Papers - 1307-1955
Expand B - Bound volumes of letters (1st series) "alphabetical sequence" - 1806-1837B - Bound volumes of letters (1st series) "alphabetical sequence" - 1806-1837
Expand C - Bound volumes of letters (2nd series) "Subject Sequence" - 1807-1898C - Bound volumes of letters (2nd series) "Subject Sequence" - 1807-1898
Collapse D - Bound volumes of letters (3rd series) - 1676-1838D - Bound volumes of letters (3rd series) - 1676-1838
2939 - Volume of correspondence and other papers, marked '62' and labelled 'Confidential papers on the West India question' - Apr 1823-Jan 1827
2940 - Volume marked '63', labelled 'Confidential papers on the West India question' - Jun 1823-Oct 1826
2941 - Confidential papers on the West India question - 1827
2942 - Correspondence from Messrs Rundell and Bridge - 1826-1834
2943 - Letters from Messrs Arbuthnot and Co - 1832-1837
2944 - Correspondence respecting the farms at Davenport - 1806-1824
2945 - Correspondence of the Duke of Devonshire - Dec 1756-Nov 1764
2946 - William Rough, Chief Justice in Ceylon (see D3155/WH 2869-2870 and 2951) - 1837
2947 - Tithes
2948 - Dr McDermott's case - Jan 1832-Feb 1835
2949 - Number not used - 1825
2950 - Capt Basil Hall RN - Sep 1827-Feb 1830
2951 - Mr Sergeant Rough (see D3155/WH 2869-2870 and 2946) - 1831-1836
2952 - Number not used - 1824
2953 - Financial matters in India and Ceylon - 1831-1837
2954 - Public opinion and the Ceylon Government - 1837
2955 - E R Power - 1835-1836
2956 - Sir John Sherbrooke's story - 1827-1830
2957 - Copy letters - 1828
2958 - Confidential correspondence of Wilmot Horton - 1831-1835
2959 - Poor law matters, rates and tithes - 1832
2960 - George Lee (see D3155/WH 2828-2829) - 1837
2961 - Burgh and Leith estates - 1806-1813
2962 - Private business papers, not connected with Ceylon - 1827-1831
2963 - Private correspondence
2964 - Correspondence from abroad - 1831-1836
2965 - Bombay letters - Jan 1834
2966 - Private finances, letters to Robert Wilmot Hay - Mar 1833-Jun 1833
2967 - John Gonville's case - 1824-1829
2968 - Greece and Liverpool - 1828-1830
2969 - George Lee (see D3155/WH 2828-2829, 2960) - Dec 1833-Dec 1834
2970 - Bishop P A Barnes - 1829
2971 - James Palmer - 1835-1836
2972 - Lists of letters to be found in `old box No 2 and 4'. Originals and copy letters are included, with examples from each of the current `subject' `ABC' and `bound' series. This and various later items in this series are loosely (or singly) stitched together, often without covers
2973 - Exclusion of correspondence from the `Ceylon Chronicle' - 1837
2974 - Minute laid before the subscribers - 1837
2975 - Observations on the `Ceylon Chronicle' - 1837
2976 - The resolution about the `Ceylon Chronicle' - 1837
2977 - Governor's speeches - 1834
2978 - Henry Forbes - 1832
2979 - Tenancies at Sudbrook - 1835-1836
2980 - Tenancies at Sudbrook
2981 - Resolution passed by the general meeting of the `Ceylon Chronicle' - 1837-1838
2982 - One letter, loose (formerly with D3155/WH 2981), May 1814, William a Court to Wilmot Horton. Doomed to remain abroad for some years, grateful for help received - 1814
2983 - One letter, loose (formerly with D3155/WH 2981), Jan 1822, addressed from Priory. Aberdeen to Wilmot, invitation to meet the Bathursts at the weekend. Congratulations on his new office - hopes that the labours involved will not prevent him meeting his old chief - 1822
2984 - `Letters on private business' - 1827
2985 - General statement of estate - 1833
2986 - General statement of estate
2987 - Draft accounts
2988 - Dr G N Fitzmaurice - 1834-1835
2989 - Copy letters of Wilmot Horton - 1827
2990 - Robert Taylor steward to Wilmot Horton - 1824-1831
2991 - Comments on Mr Malthus' evidence - May 1827-Jun 1827
2992 - Crown lands in Australia - 1831
2993 - Extracts from the `Sydney Times' - 1837
2994 - Miscellaneous - 1820s
2995 - Comments on a pamphlet on the trade in enslaved African people - 1826
2996 - Catholic emancipation - 1828
2997 - Poems - 1833-1834
2998 - Vituperation and compensation
2999 - Evidence to be presented to the Emigration Committee
3000 - Emigration in Upper Canada - 1826-1827
3001 - Emigration - 1827-1830
3002 - Messrs Marten, Arnold, Calle and Co - 1824-1827
3003 - Demerara despatches - [late c1820s]
3004 - Catholic privileges - 1826
3005 - Copy letters - 1822-1824
3006 - General financial statement - 1832-1835
3007 - Emigration
3008 - Jun 1826, letter from Charles Butler of Lincoln's Inn to Wilmot Horton, enclosing a letter from D Murray, dealing with Wilmot Horton's remark on the verbal error in the declaration issued by the Irish prelates - 1826
3009 - May 1827, from Conyngham to Wilmot Horton on the terms for emigration from the north of Ireland - he has received frequent enquiries from people wishing to escape - 1827
3010 - Conditions in Ireland - 1836
3011 - Good Friday 1826. Copy letter from Wilmot Horton to Ld Goderich on emigration. Pleased that the government has set up a committee on the subject - 1826
3012 - Oct 4th no year. Copy letter from Sir John Newport to Wilmot Horton. Thanks for his promise to send copies of the reports of the committee on emigration. Expresses views on the disadvantages of emigration and proposes that a ship canal be cut across Ireland - [1820s-1830s]
3013 - Undated. Marked `15' on back. Manuscript extracts from the Third Report of the Commissioners
3014 - Manuscript extracts from `Illustrations of Political Economy' by Harriet Martineau - No 9, Ireland - [c1830s]
3015 - Hints on emigration - 1827
3016 - Plans for emigration - 1823
3017 - Views of Lord Lansdowne on emigration - Sep 1837
3018 - Speech on the poor law for Ireland - 1837
3019 - James Thomson - 1831
3020 - Common place book of Wilmot Horton - c1809-1843
3021 - Copy letter, marked `19' on back. From Rev Charles Forster of Limerick to Sir Robert Inglis, Jun 1823, on the subject of emigration - 1823
3022 - Section from a memorandum on emigration - part of a speech to the House of Commons, nd. Explanations of pauperism in the United Kingdom and colonisation
3023 - Private correspondence - 1824
3024 - Private correspondence - 1826-1827
3025 - Irish emigration - 1826-1827
3026 - Confidential letters - 1827
3027 - Public Matters - not colonial - Jan 1825-Dec 1826
3028 - Confidential letters on official subjects - Nov 1822-Mar 1826
3029 - Letters from private correspondents - 1806-1827
3030-3031 - Numbers not used
3032 - Printed pamphlet
3033 - Visit to the Peak in Ceylon - 1837
3034 - Newspaper cutting - 1828
3035 - Copy letters from Wilmot Horton to Lord Brougham, Jan 1828 and to Mr Macaulay, Oct 1827 (part only) - 1827-1828
3036 - Letter from Peter Winter in St Lucia to John Terence Esq in London, relating to compulsory manumission - May 1828
3037 - Copy extract from a letter of Sir Edward Barnes to Wilmot Horton, May 1825. Deals with the advantages of progress in Malabar, the native language, as an aid to promotion - 1825
3038 - Letter, Jan 1830, from Lt Col Henry Dumaresq (brother-in-law of the governor of New South Wales, Sir Ralph Darling, to Wilmot Horton. Relates to various political topics in New South Wales and letters sent to the Colonial Office - 1830
3039 - Copy letters, Baron Freville addressed from Paris. Mar-Sep 1830. - 1830
3040 - Copy extracts from `Forest scenes and incidents in British North America' by George Head, 1829 - 1829
3041 - Various items - 1823-1836
3042 - Copy letters - 1824-1825
3043 - Letter from Charlotte Anne Mousley, nd (early twentieth century) from 3 Sudeley Pl, Brighton, on paintings
3044 - Letter from Vassall Holland, Nov 1826 (to Wilmot Horton?) on the West India question - 1826
3045 - Notes on the remission of taxation
3046 - Part of a letter, nd, from Francis Burdett on the subject of poverty
3047 - Calculations of an annuity for 60 years
3048 - Emigration to Australia
3049 - Account book - 1822-1823
3050 - Memoranda on 'slavery' [trade in enslaved persons] - 1824-1826
3051 - Messrs Stevenson and Salt - 1832-1835
3052 - Dr George Birkbeck - 1831-1838
3053 - Emigration to New South Wales - 1831
3054 - Statement by Wilmot Horton on his father's will - 1836
3055 - Statement by Wilmot Horton on his father's will - 1836
3056 - Newspaper cuttings - 1824-1825
3057 - Report of the Emigration Committee - 1827
3058 - Financial instructions from Wilmot Horton - 1835-1836
3059 - Congratulations on appointment - 1821
3060 - Memorandum of letters sent to England - 1835-1837
3061 - Joshua Harding - 1836
3062 - Currency
3063 - Undated letter to Sir Robert Peel
3064 - General orders. sent to Ceylon - 1825-1836
3065 - Volume containing papers relating to Jamaica, primarily dated 1721-1731, plus some earlier items copied into it - 1715-1731
3066 - Extracts from various nineteenth century periodicals concerning emigration, pauperism and Ireland by Philip Malloy - with notes by Wilmot Horton - [c1820s-1830s]
3067 - List of contents of manuscript volumes 1-61, annotated in many cases where papers have been extracted
3068 - Letters on emigration - 1830-1833
3069 - Remarks on the proposed plan of emigration
3070 - Debates on emigration - 1824-1825
3071 - Newspaper cuttings on emigration - 1836-1837
3072 - Private business - 1831-1833
3073 - Horse racing
3074 - Address to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland - [1735]
3075 - Plan of Derby Canal
3076 - Marriage settlement - 1676
3077 - Lease of land at Osmaston - 1737
3078-3080 - Numbers not used
3081 - Loose sheet (one page) found in D3155/WH 3080. Copy letter 1830 to Wilmot Horton from J Mill, Nov 1830, with comments on a pamphlet. Note of a visit to Wilmot Horton by Dr McVicar. Copy letter to Wilmot Horton from George Murray, May 1830 - 1830
3082-3083 - Numbers not used
Expand E - Loose letters and unsorted miscellaneous papers - [1547]-1898E - Loose letters and unsorted miscellaneous papers - [1547]-1898
F-G - Numbers not used
Expand H - Rentals - 1822-1956H - Rentals - 1822-1956
Expand I - 'Derbyshire Deeds' Series - 1301-1985I - 'Derbyshire Deeds' Series - 1301-1985
Expand J - Barton-under-Needwood manor court papers - [17th cent]-1911J - Barton-under-Needwood manor court papers - [17th cent]-1911
Expand K - Miscellaneous deeds - [17th cent]K - Miscellaneous deeds - [17th cent]
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