This page catalogues those documents and photographs concerning the James family which are not more specifically associated to individual family members, who have separate catalogues. At present these catalogues remain work in progress, with many papers not yet listed.
Some of these items have been passed down from Lionel James via various of his children. Others were discovered in the summer of 2010, in the possession of Geoffrey Fox (b. 1938), the stepson of Eric Trevenen James, who still owns Eric James's house, "Challonsleigh", Whitchurch, Tavistock, Devon, though he and his wife spend most of the year at their farm in Tanzania. In the summer of 2010 I made two visits to the Foxes in Devon, and Geoffrey Fox gave me all the papers he had.
Number & Link |
Description | Location |
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JAM/1 | MS family trees in various hands, including Margaret Baliol Beagley (nee Scott) | From Challonsleigh; held by John Barnard |
JAM/2 | Folding leather photo frame with pictures of children (? Mollie and Huck ?) | From Challonsleigh; held by John Barnard |
JAM/3 | Album of photos (unidentified) | From Challonsleigh; held by John Barnard |
JAM/4 | Photos of Mackinnon family | From Challonsleigh; held by John Barnard |
JAM/5 | Unidentified photos, marked (possibly in hand of Henry Rosher James) as "family". One appears to be his brother Bertram Alfred James. | From Challonsleigh; held by John Barnard |
JAM/6 | Original Grant of Arms to Trevenen James in original oblong box. Geoffrey Fox has passed it to his son who is named James in his step-grandfather's honour. The descendants of the original grantee are now extinct in the male line, though any descendants of his brothers Nicholas and James may be entitled to use the arms. | Held by Geoff Fox's family |
JAM/7 | Photograph of Susannah Elizabeth James (née Rosher) and three of her four children, Edith, Bertram and Lionel. Identified and dated 1871 on reverse in unknown hand. | Original print held by John Barnard. |
JAM/8 | Set of 17 photographs of Lionel and Ethel James's family on holiday at Bigbury-on-Sea, Devon. 1923 and 1927. Mostly of the children (Hilary, Trev, Bob, Pascha, Margaret); one identified on rear as "Viva [Clabburn] with Hil, Trev, Pac & Mog at Sea Cot, Aug 1927" | Original prints held by John Barnard |
JAM/9 | Will and estate accounts of Susannah Elizabeth James (née Rosher) (c. 1830 - 2 Oct 1902) | From Challonsleigh; held by John Barnard |
JAM/10 | Collection of family letters from the 1890s and 1900s. Mainly from Edith E. Coulson James to H.R. James, but some from Lionel James. Some concerned with the death of their brother Bertram James, some with the will of their mother Susannah James. | From Challonsleigh; held by John Barnard |
JAM/11 | Wedding souvenir photographs of Miss Margaret Leah (1873-1959) and Captain Fitzroy T. H. Scott (1868-1926) in cardboard binding. They were married on 27 Jan 1897 in Plymouth, and were the parents of Margaret Baliol ("Peggy") Scott | Held by John Barnard |
JAM/12 | Miscellaneous James family photographs
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Held by John Barnard |
JAM/13 | Miniature portrait of Susannah Elizabeth James (née Rosher) (c. 1830-1902) | Original held by Antonya Cooper |
JAM/14 | Collection of 9 studio photographs enclosed in wrapper inscribed (in hand of H. R. James), "M.E.H. [Mary Edith Hindle, later James], G.L.H. [Grace Lilly Hindle, later Lewin], H.H.J. [Harold Hindle James]". Probably mostly 1890s, one inscribed "Harold HindleJames aged 3 months" [i.e. summer 1894]. "1915" on one photo is a reference number, not a date. | Held by John Barnard |
JAM/15 | Collection of 8 studio photographs in wrapper inscribed (in hand of H. R. James), "Family group portraits (early)". Photos not identified but probably George Coulson James with wife Susannah Elizabeth Rosher and family. | Held by John Barnard |
JAM/16 | Set of five "photographs of family miniatures". One identified on back as Henry Rosher [1797-1877] in hand of Edith Coulson James; others unidentified | Held by John Barnard |
JAM/17 | Photo of Mollie Mackinnon (née James) with her children John and Mariana | Held by John Barnard |
JAM/18 | Unidentified late 19th century photo of a young man (James family collection) | Held by John Barnard |
JAM/19 | Set of miscellaneous photos from James family collection. Mainly people, unidentified. Probably early 20th century. Some possibly showing Lionel James. | Held by John Barnard |
JAM/20 | Photo of unidentified woman. Proabably pre-WW1. Found with Eric James's school letters and material relating to H.H. James and H.R. James. | Held by John Barnard |
JAM/21 | Miscellaneous set of photos, all unidentified. Possibly relating to Lionel James's time at Monmouth School (1906-1927) | Held by John Barnard |
JAM/22 | Miscellaneous set of photos, all unidentified. Possibly from H.H. James's time in Egypt in the 1930s, some perhaps showing Iris and Daphne Grenfell (see HHJ/35) | Held by John Barnard |
JAM/23 | Postcards of Ely and Norwich cathedrals. From James collection. | Held by John Barnard |
JAM/24 | Set of miscellaneous photos, possibly associated with
Lionel James's time at Oxford, and others including
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Held by John Barnard |
JAM/25 | Set of photos of non-family members from James
collection
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Held by John Barnard |
JAM/26 | Bound photo album with red cover (13cm x 16cm) from Challonsleigh collection. Contains some 38 19th-century studio photos, all unidentified, probably of members of the James family | Held by John Barnard |