195 Letters, Invoices, Copy Letters, Printed Accounts and 2 Small Journals Written to and by Sir Richard Harington TOGETHER WITH 120 Photographs in Negative Film [Great Grandfather of Kit (Game of Thrones) Harington] [All Concerning the Diligent Club or The New Diligent Club (A Sailing Club)]

Sir Richard Harington

Edité par Not applicable, 1890

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An extremely large collection of letters, documents, accounts, printed material, copy documents concerning the Diligent Club and the New Diligent Club. The Diligent and New Diligent Club was a club set up by Sir Richard Harington, 12th Baronet of Ridlington and Sydney Hoare (the owner of the original Diligent). The club was established because the Diligent vessel was the largest yacht in the UK at the time (from one of the letters) in private ownership, which could be sailed. The yacht, owned by Hoare, was effectively 'chartered', sailed, and maintained by a group of wealthy clients co-ordinated by Sir Richard Harington. Sir Richard wrote to the group of clients who went by the name of 'The Diligent Club', amongst them Beauchamp Tower (Harington's cousin), and encouraged them to contribute to the upkeep of the Diligent and pay club membership fees in return for 'cruises' on the vessel. This carried on into the late 1890s, until eventually the Diligent was beyond ecomomic repair at which time the club reformed as 'The New Diligent Club' and a Limited Company with annual accounts and an annual subscription was established. This collection includes the accounts for the years 1899, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1906, 1907, 1910, 1912, and 1914 together with the articles of association from 1899. It also includes a few invoices and an insurance policy. Most of the handwritten letters are written to Sir Richard, with a few by Sir Richard to others (either drafts or copies). There is also a small notebook which we think contains notes on some of his legal cases. Also included is a 'Pedigree of Members' and a bolt from the first yacht. Sir Richard Harington, 12th Baronet (1861 1931). Harington was the eldest son of Sir Richard Harington, 11th Baronet, and was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. Called to the Bar in 1886, he practised as a barrister on the Oxford Circuit before taking up an appointment as a Puisne Judge in the High Court of Justice at Fort William in Bengal in 1899, (the collection includes printed material addressed to Mr Justice Harington, 12 London Street, Calcutta) where he served in that capacity until returning home in 1913 and qualified for his Delhi Durbar Medals. He had, meanwhile, served in the London Brigade of the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers from 1880 to 1891, and had commanded the Artillery Company of the Calcutta Port Defence Volunteers from 1900 to 1909. He volunteered for the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, aged 53. He was promoted to the rank of Chief Petty Officer in the Anti-Aircraft Corps, in which capacity he served until 1916. A onetime Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Herefordshire, he was appointed High Sheriff of Herefordshire in 1918 and died in February 1931, having succeeded to his father's title in 1911. Sir Richard Harington (12th Baronet) is great grandfather of Christopher Harington (Kit Harington) of Game of Thrones fame. List of documents: Yacht cruise Harington (Sir Richard, 12th Bt., Barrister, Judge in Bengal, of Whitbourne Court Worcester, 1861-1931. 1845 Copper Bolt from the Diligent, N.B. Diligent was built in the year 1845. c1861 - Small black journal, black boards with blind tooled edges, brass clasp to close it, the name R Harington has been written in ink along the marbled edges. The first few pages of this journal are manuscript notes (hard to read), the 8th page in is dated Jan 16th 1861. This seems to be a diary of events as a few pages on the date at the top of the page is Jan 17th 1861. 1881, Inventory of Stores of Alcyone Yacht booklet, this book contains lists of items for the yacht Alcyone e.g. 5 Hammocks & Beds, 1 Cooking gear and stove complete etc. 1885 - A journal on board the Spray manuscript, 82pp, slightly tanned, original half straight grained morocco over marbled boards, 1885 and a quantity of other papers and letters including a copper bolt from the ship Diligence.

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• Titre: 195 Letters, Invoices, Copy Letters, Printed Accounts and 2 Small Journals Written to and by Sir Richard Harington TOGETHER WITH 120 Photographs in Negative Film [Great Grandfather of Kit (Game of Thrones) Harington] [All Concerning the Diligent Club or The New Diligent Club (A Sailing Club)]
• Éditeur: Not applicable
• Date de parution: 1890
• Reliure: No Binding
• État de l'article: Good