Rosemary's Letters: Picnic & Fishing
Married Life: The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland
There are many letters in the Sutherland Papers exchanged between the fourth Duke and Duchess of Sutherland during their marriage.
A notable example is a letter written to Duchess Millicent by the ...
Duchess Millicent's Political Correspondence
Many of Duchess Millicent's letters written in the early twentieth century reflect her involvement in politics. A letter from Lord Robert Cecil dated 9th July 1935 indicates that the Duchess was concerned ...
Duchess Millicent's Pets: Gingko the Pekinese Dog
Duchess Millicent was extremely fond of her pets, many photographs showing her posing with her dogs. However, it appears from her papers that the Duchess was particularly fond of her Pekinese dog Gingko, ...
Duchess Millicent: Royal Correspondent
Many of Duchess Millcent's letters from George V are of a social nature, reflecting the interaction of the Sutherland and Windsor families. In a letter from October 1895 written from the Jockey Club at ...
Duchess Millicent During World War Two: Trouble in America
Amongst Millie’s papers are many letters exchanged between herself and the British Consulate regarding her attempts to return home from America to the United Kingdom in 1943.
Millie, her maid Janet ...
Duchess Millicent During World War Two
Many of Duchess Millicent’s papers from the 1940s reflect a preoccupation with the war in Europe and its impact on life in Britain.
Amongst Duchess Millicent’s foreign correspondence are many letters ...
Duchess Millicent and Winston Churchill
Duchess Millicent's papers include correspondence with Winston Churchill written during the early twentieth century, and also typed memoirs written during the First World War. A
Amongst these papers ...
Duchess Millicent and the History of the Sutherland Technical School
Millie’s papers include a number of letters written to her from old boys of the Sutherland Technical School in Golspie.
Many of the letters are thanking Millie for copies of a book written about the ...
Duchess Millicent and Social Reform: The Sutherland Technical School
Making use of her prominent social position, Duchess Millicent became renowned for her campaigning for reform in education. In 1903 she assisted in the foundation of the Sutherland Technical School in ...
Duchess Millicent and Social Reform in Staffordshire
Before her work in educational reform, Duchess Millicent was instrumental in campaigns against the use of lead in the pottery industry. Lead was used for glazing and had caused cases of lead poisoning. ...
Duchess Millicent and Royalty
Amongst Duchess Millicent's papers are many examples of her correspondence with royalty throughout the early and mid twentieth century.
Several of the letters are responses to letters sent by the ...
Duchess Millicent and Letters from George
Duchess Millicent's letters from her children tell us a great deal about the lives of children living in the early twentieth century. George’s letters in particular inform us about fashion and the types ...
Dearest Mummy: Duchess Millicent's Letters from her Children
Amongst Duchess Millicents correspondence are many letters from her three surviving children, George Rosemary and Alastair. Many of the letters were written by the children whilst on holiday or away at ...
Farming in Tittensor
The image above shows an extract from the North Staffordshire Estate Cropping Book. The document records details of the agricultural holdings on the Duke of Sutherland’s North Staffordshire Estates, providing ...
Schooling in Tittensor 1888-1901
During the late nineteenth century, Duchess Millicent, the fourth Duchess of Sutherland provided a Church and village school in Tittensor. M. M. B. Higham tells us that social life in Tittensor at this ...
Coneys & Controversy: The Tittensor Heath Case, 1804
In 1804 freeholders in Tittensor complained to the Marquis of Stafford’s estate agents about the increase of rabbits on Tittensor Heath.
Tittensor Heath was common ground used by many freeholders ...
The Development of Transport and Communication links in Swynnerton
The Sutherland Papers contain a number of documents relating to the construction of a new line of road between Trentham Inn and Acton in the Parish of Swynnerton between 1843 and 1850. The construction ...