Devon and Durnford families

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Repository	Somerset Heritage Centre
Reference number	A/AKO/1
Access status	Open
Level	Series

Photographs of members of the Devon family. List of pupils at Harrow School, including Lord Byron and Charles Devon, 1804. Bills to members of the Devon family for porcelein and alabaster goods from Livorno, Italy, written in Italian. Coat of arms and crest of Charles Devon, impressed on a small metal sheet. Apointment of Charles Devon as captain in the East Devon legion Yeomanry Cavalry. Christmas improvement or, Hunting Mrs P, a story given to Emily Charlotte Catharine Devon. Lists of results for Rugby School, including an entry for 'Devon', in the middle fifth form. Constitution of Charles Devon as Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Middlesex. Water colour paintings and drawings by Mary Devon, 1850s, Ethel Durnford, 1885-93, and Gwendolin (Gwen) Durnford, 1883-c 1890, predominantly of flowers and scenes in Devon. Appointment of Henry Charles Devon to positions in the Devon Militia Artillery. Minutes of a meeting to establish the Addington Park Cricket Club, of which Edward Beachcroft Devon was appointed secretary. Photographs of members of the Durnford family. Photograph album containing a bundle of loose photographs, predominantly of members of the Durnford family, and views of Weymouth, Dorset, and Budleigh Salterton and Belstone, Devon. Photographs of the Princesses Margaret and Patricia, and Prince Arthur of Connaught, grandchildren of Queen Victoria, with a photograph of the house on the Isle of Wight where they played as children with Ethel and Gwen Durnford. Photograph album of Major Guy Durnford containing photographs taken whilst on overseas posting in Egypt, with photograph of Citta Vechia, ?Italy. Inventory of contents of 'silver table' belonging to the Durnford family. Photographs of Rackenford Manor, belonging to the Devon family, and Rackenford Village, Devon. Miscellaneous documents regarding the armed forces. Notebook containing genealogical notes by Alan Tarbat concerning the Devon and Durnford families. Notes and photocopy pedigrees relating to the Long, Devon, Durnford, and Tarbat families. Birth and baptism certificate of Ethel Mary Victoria Durnford in Malta.