Lleufer Thomas MSS,

Scope and Content

Papers of, or accumulated by, [1700x1915], D. Lleufer Thomas, comprising material relating to the Welsh Land Commission, miscellaneous prose and verse, correspondence and other papers.

Administrative / Biographical History

Sir Daniel Lleufer Thomas was born in Cwm-du near Talley, parish of Llandeilo Fawr. He was a barrister-at-law, and also served as stipendiary magistrate for the Rhondda district of Glamorgan, Secretary of the Royal Commission on Land in Wales and Charter member of the Court of Governors of the National Library. He contributed numerous articles to the Dictionary of National Biography and other publications.

Arrangement

Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 3601-3640, 6238-6253.

Access Information

Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their readers' tickets.

Acquisition Information

Sir Daniel Lleufer Thomas; Rhondda; Presentation.

Note

Sir Daniel Lleufer Thomas was born in Cwm-du near Talley, parish of Llandeilo Fawr. He was a barrister-at-law, and also served as stipendiary magistrate for the Rhondda district of Glamorgan, Secretary of the Royal Commission on Land in Wales and Charter member of the Court of Governors of the National Library. He contributed numerous articles to the Dictionary of National Biography and other publications.

Title based on contents.

Previously known as Lleufer Thomas 1-40.

Other Finding Aids

The descriptions are also available, together with a detailed list of contents, in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943) and Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume II (Aberystwyth, 1951).

Archivist's Note

August 2005 and August 2009.

Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Bethan Ifans. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943) and Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume II (Aberystwyth, 1951);

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Related Material

See also NLW Sir Daniel Lleufer Thomas Papers.

Additional Information

Published

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