Strathmore Estate
Reference: D/St/C 2 Catalogue Title: Strathmore Estate Area: Catalogue Category: Estate and Family Records Description: Correspondence and personal papers: Estate agents (part 4) William Ralston
Covering Dates: 1880-1928
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- Strathmore Estate
- Strathmore Estate (Ref: D/St)
- Correspondence and Personal Papers (Ref: D/St/C)
- Estate Agents and Estate Affairs (Ref: D/St/C2)
- William Ralston, 1889-1928 (Ref: D/St/C2/19)
- Estate Correspondence, 1889-1921 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/1-320)
- Streatlam, 1889-1926 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/1-101)
- Bundles of General Correspondence, 1889-1908 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/1-77)
- Quarries, 1893-1914 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/78-79)
- Shooting, 1897-1922 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/80-83)
- Fishing, 1890-1892 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/84-86)
- Miscellaneous Estate Matters, 1882-1919 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/87-95)
- Sale of Streatlam Estate, 1921-1926 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/96-101)
- Estate, 1921-1924 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/96-99)
- Castle and Contents, 1922-1926 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/100-101)
- Wemmergill, 1889-1927 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/102-174)
- Bundles of General Correspondence, 1889-1908 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/102-156)
- Quarries, 1886-1924 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/157-159)
- Tees Valley Water Board, 1892-1909 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/160-162)
- Leasing of Wemmergill Hall and Shooting Rights, 1915-1928 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/163-165)
- Miscellaneous, 1884-1927 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/166-174)
- Gibside, 1889-1928 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/175-235)
- Bundles of General Correspondence, 1889-1908 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/175-226)
- Miscellaneous, 1889-1928 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/227-235)
- Winlaton, 1904-1912 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/236-239)
- Multiple Estates, 1886-1928 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/240-308)
- Correspondence from various members of the Bowes Lyon Family, 1886-1905 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/240-302)
- 13th Earl of Strathmore, 1886-1904 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/240-260)
- 14th Earl of Strathmore, 1904-1926 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/261-284)
- Countess of Strathmore, 1904-1926 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/285-289)
- Miscellaneous Family Members etc., 1904-1926 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/290-300)
- Correspondence about Family Celebrations, 1902-1905 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/301-302)
- Insurance Correspondence, 1890-1912 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/303-306)
- Executorship Correspondence relating to the 12th Earl of Strathmore, 1904-1906 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/307)
- Miscellaneous, 1890-1928 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/308)
- Business Correspondence, 1893-1921 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/309-320)
- Coal, 1893-1906 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/309-318)
- North Durham, 1893-1928 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/309-315)
- Marley Hill Coal Royalty and the Marley Hill Chemical Co. Ltd., 1893-1926 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/309-314)
- East Hylton, 1915-1928 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/315)
- Evenwood, 1891-1906 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/316-318)
- Lead, 1911-1921 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/319-320)
- Personal Papers, 1916-1917 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/321-458)
- Chairman of the Barnard Castle District of the Durham War Agricultural Executive Committee (including Papers relating to the Streatlam Estate), 1916-1917 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/321-331)
- National Land Survey and Cultivation of Lands Orders, 1916-1919 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/321-327)
- Circulars and Cuttings, 1897-1917 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/328-331)
- Inspector and Arbitrator for the Board of Agriculture, 1903-1913 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/332-395)
- Arbitrations concerning Sales of Glebe Land under Glebe Lands Act, 1888, 1903-1911 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/332-342)
- Miscellaneous Board of Agriculture Arbitrations, 1905-1916 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/343-355)
- Inspector of Applications for Loans from the Lands Improvement and General Land Drainage and Improvement Companies, 1902-1915 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/356-394)
- Colonel E.U. Blackett, 1902-1915 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/356)
- J.R. Carr Ellison, 1903-1905 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/357-362)
- F.W. Lambton, 1913-1916 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/363)
- Other Owners (in Contract Number order), 1913-1915 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/364-394)
- Miscellaneous, 1896-1913 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/395)
- Miscellaneous Arbitrations of William Ralston, 1894 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/396-424)
- Chairman of Streatlam and Stainton Parish Council and Barnard Castle Rural District Council, 1895-1896 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/425-426)
- Manager and Trustee of Local Schools, 1887-1906 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/427-438)
- Trustee of Cockfield Church of England School, 1887-1907 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/427)
- Manager of Streatlam and Stainton School, 1901-1921 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/428-434)
- Manager of Evenwood National School, 1902-1904 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/435)
- Tanfield School Board, 1891-1893 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/436)
- Dairy Classes, 1895 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/437)
- Miscellaneous, 1880-1906 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/438)
- Secretary of the Zetland Hunt, 1886-1914 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/439-446)
- Director of the Barnard Castle and Teesdale Farmers' Auction Mart Co. Ltd., Darlington, 1899-1902 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/447)
- Member of the Land Agents' Society, 1912-1928 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/448-449)
- Primrose League and Conservative Party, 1886-1919 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/450-452)
- Other Personal Papers, 1886-1917 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/453-458)
Catalogue Description
Records of William Henry Ralston, agent in overall charge of the English estates of the Bowes-Lyon family, Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne, from 1889 to 1928.Also agent for the Durham estates of the Crichton-Stuart family (the Marquises of Bute) and of the Lartington estate of Norman Field. He was a Justice of the Peace; Inspector for the Board of Agriculture; Secretary for the Zetland Hunt; Chairman of the parish council of the township; of Streatlam and Stainton, and of Barnard Castle R.D.C.; Manager of Cockfield, Evenwood and Stainton schools; Chairman of the Barnard Castle District of the Durham War Agricultural Executive Committee; Official for the Primrose League.
Catalogue Contents
These orginal bundles of William Ralston's Streatlam correspondence cover a wide range of subjects, including tenancies, rents, upkeep and leasing of Streatlam Castle, stock, repairs, purchase and sale of land, collieries on the estate, staff, quarries, tithes, fishing and shooting rights, as well as the Bowes Museum, subscriptions and the Conservative Association, etc.
Ref: D/St/C2/19/1Note: These original bundles of William Ralston's Wemmergill correspondence cover a wide range of subjects including tenancies, rents, upkeep and leasing of Wemmergill Hall, stock, repairs, purchase and sale of land, and shooting rights, as well as local events, etc.
Ref: D/St/C2/19/102Note: These original bundles of William Ralston's Gibside correspondence cover a wide range of subjects including tenancies, rents, upkeep and leasing of Gibside Hall, stock, repairs, purchase and sale of land, collieries on the estate, staff, quarries, tithes, fishing and shooting rights, as well as subscriptions, the Conservative Association, etc.
Ref: D/St/C2/19/175These original bundles of correspondence cover a wide range of subjects including shooting, stock, upkeep and repair, sale and purchase of properties, lease of Streatlam Castle, Wemmergill Hall, Gibside Hall, quarries, lead mines, insurance, etc., as well as all manner of local events, family news, etc.
13th Earl of Strathmore, 1886-1904 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/240-260)Ref: D/St/C2/19/240These original bundles of correspondence cover a wide range of subjects including staff, horses, shooting, fishing, upkeep of Streatlam Castle, tenancies, visits of the family to Durham and Yorkshire, local events and family news. Correspondents include Malcolm, Maud, Frank, John, Rose and Patrick Bowes-Lyon, Lord and Lady Glamis, and Gavin Ralston
Ref: D/St/C2/19/290See also 'General Family' Section
Ref: D/St/C2/19/301