Perceval-Maxwell estate papers, Co. Down, comprising account books, architectural drawings, family correspondence and photographs. Dated from 1802 until at least 1954. The majority of the content is letters. Phoebe Laura Cherry (1899-1973) was the daughter of Sir Benjamin Lennard Cherry and Lady Laura Gamlen/Gamien. The Cherry family of Harmer Bury, Welwyn, and Hertfordshire include Phoebe’s siblings Sylvia Marion (1896-1972), Ben Victor (1897-1940), Lydia (1901-1940) and John (b.1905). Phoebe married Major John Robert (Jock) Perceval-Maxwell (1896-1963) of Finnebrogue, Downpatrick in 1921. Colonel Robert David Perceval-Maxwell (1870 – 24 May 1932) was a British soldier and UUP politician. He was the only son of John Perceval-Maxwell, eldest son of Robert Perceval-Maxwell (1813–1905), of Finnebrogue House. In 1895, Colonel Robert David Perceval-Maxwell married Edith Grace Head. The majority of the letters to Phoebe are from her sister Sylvia/Sylvela, who tends to write once a week and is in South Africa for most of this time. Phoebe’s other sister, Lydia, also writes quite frequently.
