Duchess Millicent and High Society
Duchess Millicent's prominent social position as the Duchess of Sutherland and proprietor of Stafford House in London meant that she was prestigious and successful in high society. This success is reflected ...
Hooks Green Farm in 1820
This plan of Hooks Green Farm was made in 1820 and names the tenant of Hooks Green as Robert Tildesley. The farm was situated on the Old Road running between Stone and Cheadle, and adjoining the Meaford ...
Hooks Green Farm, Stone
This is a plan of the Hooks Green Estate in Stone, made in 1811. The plan divided into lots shows the location of the Hooks Green Estate on the road from Stone to Lane end and adjoining roads from Meaford ...
Mickle House Farm, Stone 1820
This plan of ‘The Mickle House Farm’ tells us that the farm in Stone was occupied by a man named John Brett. The farm was situated along the road between Eccleshall and Stone and included a number of ...
More about Mickle House Farm, 1820-1821
The Sutherland Papers include a survey of Mickle House farm made in 1820. The numbers listed in the survey relate directly to the numbered sections on the plan of Mickle House from 1820.
The survey ...
Survey of Hooks Green Farm, 1820
The Survey of Hooks Green Farm from 1820 tells us that the small cluster of red buildings on the 1820 plan formed Robert Tildesley's 'Messuage' on the land.
The Survey describes croft land which was ...
Anne Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Third Duchess of Sutherland (1829-1888)
In 1849 George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1828-1892), who would become the third Duke of Sutherland in 1861, married Anne Hay-Mackenzie of Cromartie and Newhall. In 1861, Anne became ...
Misfortune and Money in the Sutherland Papers
As one of the country’s wealthiest and most prestigious families, the Leveson-Gowers often received letters from people in desperate need asking for financial assistance for themselves and their families. ...
Sir Thomas Lawrence
Born in 1769 Thomas Lawrence developed an enthusiasm for art from an early age. His portraits of English and European royalty made him the most fashionable portrait painter of the early nineteenth century. ...
John Martin
The personal papers of Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1806-1868), second Duchess of Sutherland, feature a number of letters from the artist John Martin (1789-1854). Throughout the early nineteenth ...
Edward Price
A particularly poignant series of letters were sent to the Duke of Sutherland both directly and through his agent Thomas Jackson in December 1848. The letters came from a man named Edward Price and his ...
Benjamin Robert Haydon
Benjamin Robert Haydon is one of the most famous historical painters of the Romantic age. Born in Plymouth in 1786 Haydon’s artistic works were based on Biblical and historical themes and featured many ...
Local Lives & Local People: Patronage & Projects
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Simeon Shaw, Tunstall, 1835
A renowned Staffordshire author and teacher, Simeon wrote to the Duke of Sutherland asking for help ...
Sophia Blayney Hickey
Sophia Blayney Hickey wrote to the Duke of Sutherland in February 1833. She had been ‘plunged’ into ‘distress’ by the failure of her business in India. She appeals to the Duke that her income ‘all coming ...
Katherine Bulkeley
Katherine Bulkeley, a widow with connections to Trentham and Cheadle in Staffordshire, sent a number of letters to George Granville Leveson-Gower (1786-1861), the second Duke of Sutherland, throughout ...
Local Lives & Local People: Misfortune & Money
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Mary Brassington, Newcastle
Mary was a widow in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Read about her struggle to pay her rent.
Rachel ...
Patronage in the Sutherland Papers
The wealth and social status of the Leveson-Gower family meant that they were in a position to influence many professional appointments and increase the profile of local and national projects. Many people ...
Duchess Millicent & Nathan Crawford's Letters
Amongst Duchess Millicent's papers are letters written to her during the Second World War by Squadron Leader Nathan Crawford who was killed in action on January 2nd 1945. A leather framed photograph of ...