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In a letter dated April 1906 Mr. W. B. Peat wrote to the Duke of Sutherland to inform him that ‘The City and Suburban Electric Carriage’ company’s “Niagara” garage was being sold to the ‘Wolseley Tool & Motor Car Co.’.
The letter notifies the Duke, who was a customer of the garage, that the o...
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Mr. Frederick W. Breary was the Honorary Secretary of the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain. In 1890 and 1891 he wrote to Henry Wright, the fourth Duke of Sutherland’s Private Secretary informing Wright and the Duke about developments in aeronautical science. Brearey’s letters give an intrigu...
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William Watson was responsible for managing Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1851-1913), the fourth Duke of Sutherland's motorcars. Based at Lilleshall House, Shropshire, Watson oversaw the Duke’s motorcar finances and also the cars themselves, dealing with repairs and co-ordinating the use of...
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Payments relating to motorcars first appear in the accounts for September 1900 in the Day Book of Stables Expenditure. An entry for 5th September 1900 states that a payment was made to ‘L. & N. W. Railway Coy’ for the ‘Carriage of Motor Car to Newport’. Other payments feature in the accounts for ...
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At 790 feet long, 32,000 tonnes in weight and with 70,000 horse power, the Lusitania was still somewhat smaller than its rival White Star Line’s Olympic, Britannic and Titanic ships. Nevertheless, the Lusitania was still a luxurious ocean liner and considerable rival to these larger vessels. Famo...
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The Catania was Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1851-1913), the fourth Duke of Sutherland’s yacht in the mid 1890s before he purchased his new yacht in 1899.
The Sutherland Papers contain correspondence and papers relating to the Catania between the years 1896 an 1897. Extracts from these...
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Following developments in the engineering of automobiles, many inventors and engineers of the late nineteenth century became involved in aeronautical experiments focussed on creating a functional aircraft. Many of these early attempts centred on experimenting with engines designed to move bicycle...
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Author Ruth Brandon writes that from its first appearance in the late nineteenth century, the car became ‘the ultimate consumer good’. Brandon remarks that the car was the perfect vehicle for exhibiting wealth and fashion with ‘mere ownership’ of a car signifying the ‘utmost social importance’.
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The 1890s witnessed a huge enthusiasm for the bicycle in England. Many cycle companies were established manufacturing bicycles for men and women and, in some cases, unisex bicycles. The bicycle was extremely popular and became a fashionable mode of transport at the end of the nineteenth century.
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The Leveson-Gower family owned a number of yachts from the late 1840s onwards, including yachts called the Ondine and the Catania which they took on many foreign voyages and a new yacht which they were in the process of acquiring in 1899. The family’s yachts were luxurious, providing a glamorous ...
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Buying the Ondine, 1847
In 1847 the second Duke of Sutherland George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1786-1861) purchased a ‘Schooner Yacht’ called the Ondine from Mr. W. B. Ponsonby. The Sutherland Papers contain a number of large books containing vouchers and papers rela...
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The image above shows a letter written by cycle dealer Edward O’Brien to Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1851-1913), the fourth Duke of Sutherland, in April 1906.
The letter from Edward O'Brien Ltd. informs the Duke that the company supplied various models of Coventry-made bicycles to the ...
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