Rejected Votes, Rejected Voters: Who couldn’t vote in late eighteenth century local elections?
When the Returning Officer scrutinised the votes cast at the poll he examined whether the people voting were actually eligible to vote in the Newcastle local elections. Voting rights were very restrictive ...
Poll Books: Voters and the Newcastle Elections, 1790 and 1792
The Sutherland Papers include printed poll books for the elections at Newcastle-under-Lyme in the early 1790s. A document entitled ‘A Copy of the Poll taken at the Borough of Newcastle-Under-Lyme in the ...
The Third Duke of Sutherland’s Visit to India, 1875 by Emma Jones
The third Duke of Sutherland visited India as part of the Royal Suite accompanying the Prince of Wales in 1875. Amongst the many documents relating to the third Duke’s time abroad is a personal diary ...
Shock and Controversy: Gower Quits!
The letters sent to Lord Gower - George Granville Leveson-Gower (1721-1833), Marquis of Stafford, - by people declining to support him at the Staffordshire Election suggest that the countywide popularity ...
A Shocking Case of Subterfuge and Corruption
Controversy surrounding the Staffordshire County Election of 1820 was not confined to antagonism between the opposing parties. A letter from Joseph Burgess, an agent of George Granville Leveson-Gower ...
Vouchers for the General Election at Lichfield, 1796
The Sutherland Papers contain many vouchers for purchases made during election campaigns. Vouchers such as the one featured above tell us about the money spent on election campaigns in the eighteenth ...
Thomas Gilbert’s Observations on Mr. Cobb’s Accounts
The local elections of the late 1740s and 1753 cost the Gower-Anson party a great deal of money, particularly in rallying support by treating voters to free food and drink at local public houses. Examining ...
Thomas Gilbert Letter, 28th December 1754 : The Local Election, December 1754
As the Lichfield Election Campaign for the December 1754 election got underway, Gilbert wrote a letter to Earl Gower reporting on the Gower-Anson party’s Election Campaign. Gilbert had been attending ...
Thomas Gilbert and Election Campaigns in Lichfield
Thomas Gilbert’s Letter to Lord Gower, 25th December 1754: Election Expenses
Thomas Gilbert was a land agent who worked for the Leveson-Gower family. Gilbert became responsible for managing the Gower ...
The General Election at Lichfield, 1761
In 1761 Thomas Anson and Hugo Meynell stood as the Gower-Anson party candidates to represent Lichfield at the General Election.
Although the Gower-Anson party hoped to stand without opposition, rumours ...
Public House Bills
Many of the bills in the Election Accounts relate to payments owed to Public Houses. The bills tell us about the importance of local pubs in the Lichfield elections and the services provided by these ...
Problems with Voters & Property
Amongst the papers relating to Lichfield elections in the 1740s and 1750s are a number of documents providing details about the people who voted in the Lichfield elections.
One document concerns the ...
Mr. Goodwin’s Notes on the General Election & Scrutiny in Lichfield, 1761
The Sutherland Papers include a small volume entitled ‘Mr. Goodwin’s Notes’ which were made by Mr. Goodwin concerning the General Election and Scrutiny at Lichfield in 1761.
Goodwin’s book provides ...
Lichfield Elections 1748, 1753 and 1754: Lawyers Costs
During the eighteenth century the Gower-Anson interest made extensive purchases of property in Lichfield in order to secure the voting rights which were attached to certain properties. Tenants who were ...
Overseas Aid to English Soldiers: The Stafford House South African Aid Committee
In 1879 a Committee was established at Stafford House to provide aid for English soldiers fighting in the Zulu War. The Sutherland Papers include many documents relating to the Committee's work. In addition ...
Aid Abroad: The Stafford House Committee in Turkey
Amongst the printed material relating to the Stafford House Committee’s involvement in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78, is the ‘Report & Record of the Operations of the Stafford House Committee for the ...
The Mansion House Committee & Ireland
In addition to his involvement with the Stafford House Committee, George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1828-1892), the third Duke of Sutherland, was president of a number of committees formed ...
Lilleshall Savings Bank: Passbooks for Institutional Depositors
Institutions such as clothing clubs, Sunday schools and local charities were able to open savings accounts at the Lilleshall Savings Bank.
The image above shows the Depositors' Check Book for the British ...