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. ...
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 ...
The Hordern Family: The History of a Family Business in North Staffordshire
The Hordern family of Newcastle-under-Lyme were candle makers, or tallow chandlers. The Sutherland Papers feature documents relating to the family’s business and its development over a century between ...
William J. Tomlinson
The Dukes of Sutherland received many letters concerning the provision of facilities for local communities on their estates. A notable letter amongst these was written to George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower ...
Women’s Lives in the Sutherland Papers
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Sarah Eccleston: A Working Mother's Struggle, Liverpool 1846
Once a resident on the Leveson-Gower family estates in Shropshire, ...