The Galton Book Volume I, arranged by Elizabeth Anne Wheler [née Galton]. Manuscript history and scrapbook of the Galton family, with biographies of individuals, descriptions of family properties and coats of arms; plus drawings, letters concerning family history, newspaper cuttings, examples of signatures cut from letters and photographs pasted directly onto the folios or tipped-in. Many of the letters are addressed to Elizabeth's son, Edward Galton Wheler-Galton. and date from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes handwritten extracts from Hutchin's Dorsetshire and other reference works relevant to the history of various branches of the family.
Appears to have been originally written by Elizabeth Anne Wheler but includes later annotations by her son, Edward Galton Wheler [later Wheler-Galton].
Includes the following items:
Photograph of Elizabeth Anne Wheler, compiler of the book
Colour drawing of the Galton family Arms
Extracts from the parish registers of Shapwick, Bere Regis [Beere Regis], East Lulworth, Coombe Keynes [Coombe Kaines], Winfrith Newburgh [Winfrith], register book of the Society of Friends, Birmingham, and the parish of Radborne
Transcripts of memorial inscriptions from the parish church of Ibberton (Dorset)
Hand-drawn pedigree of the Galton family "as descended from Royalty", showing the family's descent from Edward I to Darwin Galton, son of Samuel Tertius Galton
Hand-drawn pedigree of the Galtons of Winterborne [Winterbourne] Kingston, Dorset
Hand-drawn pedigrees of the Button family
Letters to Edward Wheler Galton from Arthur Galton
Handwritten marriage notice of Samuel Galton and Mary Tanner, 1746
Watercolour painting of Barr [possibly Great Barr Hall?], near Walsall, home of Samuel John Galton
Record of the marriage of Samuel John Galton and Lucy Barclay
Photograph of a portrait of Lucy Galton (née Barclay) and of her father, Robert Barclay
Three pages of press cuttings relating to "Captain Barclay" [Robert Barclay Allardice] and a woodcut of him
Hand-drawn pedigree of the Barclay, or Berkeley, family
Small print of Duddeston house; watercolour picture of Dudson House dated 1827; small watercolour picture of High Ham manor house; copy of a drawing of Dr Erasmus Darwin's house at Lichfield
Small copy of a plan of Claverdon estate, Warwickshire, "drawn by Samuel Tertius Galton as it was when he bought it".
Two sketch plans of the Old Cottage, Claverdon Leys, by Violetta Galton (née Darwin)
Toast card from the Sixth Anniversary Dinner, Galton and Biometric Laboratories, 1925
Copies of silhouettes of Erasmus Darwin and his wife
Notices of Samuel Tertius Galton's retirement, newspaper cuttings of his obituaries, and transcripts and photographs of his memorial
Line drawing and copy of a painting of Breadsall Priory, Derbyshire
Copies of two paintings of Erasmus Darwin
Photograph of Charles Darwin as an old man and a copy of a drawing of Charles Darwin at a younger age
Letter from Charles Darwin addressed "My Dear Cousin", dated April 12th 1879
Handwritten account by Francis Galton and printed circular describing a theft from the house of Samuel Tertius Galton at 44 Lansdown Place, Leamington Spa, in 1833
Drawing of Elstone Hall, Lincolnshire
Copies of pictures of Erasmus Darwin, and a photograph of his memorial stone
Copy of obituaries and photograph of Sir George Howard Darwin
Two folios of handwritten notes in Latin and English, described as "prescriptions in Dr Erasmus Darwin's handwriting"
Engraving of Keswick Hall, Norfolk, by Hudson Gurney
Copies of paintings, photographs and other pictures of various descendants of David Barclay of London (1682-1769)
Enclosed in a pocket inside the back cover is a map of Birmingham, surveyed in the year 1731, copied from an original engraving and published by Thomas Underwood. Includes figures on the the number of houses, inhabitants, etc in 1700 and 1731.