Alt Ref NoPFA/12/54
TitleFolder containing correspondence relating to the Royal visit of 1894.
DescriptionFolder contains:
a) Documents from the admiralty relating to sea borne escort.
b) Correspondence relating to military escorts
c) Bundle consisting of i) programme for visit ii) seating plan for the eisteddfod pavilion iii) eisteddfod programme iv) list of subscribers to the visit v) list of Penrhyn guests at Luncheon party vi) list of requests made for tickets to the luncheon party vii) Copy of the address to the Prince of Wales on behalf of the Eisteddfod Committee viii) letter relating to robes for the Gorsedd inviting Lord Penrhyn to take an 'Honorary Degree of Ovate' ix) Plan for the Gorsedd on castle Square
d) Bundle of documents relating to the Royal visits to Beaumaris, Vaynol (mentions that the approach to the Vaynol Grand Lodge will be decorated for a mile and a half and lined with quarrymen and their families), and Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital Rhyl, and a request that the Royal Train travel through Colwyn Bay at a walking pace so that the residents can glimpse the Prince and Princess.
e) Bundle relating to Llandudno visit including plan of the route of the Royal Yacht, programme of visit etc. (also includes letter suggesting bardic names for the Prince and Princess when they visit the Eisteddfod, complete with translations.
f) Translations of articles relating to the visit published in the Welsh language press.
g) List of mounted tenants present at visit.
h) Speech (to the Eisteddfod?) written in the hand of George Sholto Douglas Pennant.
Date1894
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