Regarding Jewellery of the Earls of Dysart of Ham House, Ric...

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Regarding Jewellery of the Earls of Dysart of Ham House, Richmond

Manuscript: Copy of inventory dated 8 August 1888, compiled for probate purposes, of the Dysart Diamond and other Jewellery, valued at £917. With receipt dated 22 December 1889 stating the "Dysart Katherine Huntington received from Hon. Algernon Gray Tollemache, surviving trustee and executor of the will of Hon. Laura Maria Grattan (Lady Grattan) the pearl necklace bequeathed to deceased by her grandmother Louisa late Countess of Dysart, and the ring containing a miniature of Grace Carteret Countess of Dysart."
As a Scottish peerage, the Dysart title could pass through the female one; at this time it was held by the Tollemache family. Laura Maria Grattan, nee Tollemache, was the wife of James Grattan, son of the Irish stateman Henry Grattan.

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+ Calendar 2025-04-30 11:00:00 2025-05-01 23:59:59 Europe/London Rare Book & Collectors' Sale Day 1 - Lots 1 - 394 Day 2 - Lots 395 - 717 Viewing At: Our Auction Rooms, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland. R95 XV05 Auction At: The Avalon House Hotel, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny R95 NA06 Rare Books , Manuscripts, Historical and Political Ephemera, Rare Statistical Surveys, Photographs, Modern and Limited Signed Editions, Atlases and Maps, Coins, G.A.A. Trophies, Medals and Sporting Memorabilia. Approx. 700 Lots. Pre-Sale Condition Reports will not be provided on Multiple-Item lots or on lots with an estimate below € 500. All such lots are sold 'as is' and with all faults. Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers

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