Lot 532
Cornwall. Collins family of Truthan, and Newton Ferrers, landowners, principally Edward Collins (1782 - 1855), his sons Edward (1833 - 1870), and Sir Digby (1838 - 1916). A collection of items including pocket books, morocco with flaps, with brief daily entries; 2 loose lithographic views of Truthan and Newton Ferrers; a quantity of correspondence on estate and family matters 19th c.,, including ALS from Lord Falmouth on the Reform Bill, 1831; printed items relating to Eton College, 1844 - 53; framed photographic portrait in morocco case and spectacle case with initials EC; appointment of Digby Collins to be Sheriff of Cornwall, 7th Feb. 1887, one folded sheet on vellum; Maclean, John. A Brief Account of the Families of Browne and Collins of Bodmin and Trewardale Reprinted from The History of the Deanery of Trigg Manor, n.d. With memorial album to Lt. Gerald Thurston Cole Collins, RN who was killed at the Battle Jutland while serving on HMS Tipperary, June 1916. Folio, full black morocco gilt. Photographic portrait, press cuttings etc., with an envelope of correspondence to Thurston Collins, father of Lt. Collins, whose other son Percival, was also killed in action the same year, and printed Memorial Register, Part III, 1916 (a lot)
Thurston Collins inherited Newton Ferrers from his cousin Sir Digby. Violet Collins, daughter of Thurston, married Cdr. Robert John Howard (see lot XXX)
