The End of The Millicent Sutherland Ambulance Unit
The Millicent Sutherland Ambulance disbanded at the end of the war in November 1918. The printed diary of the Unit from 1918 reflects on the end of the Unit’s life, the entry for November 22nd 1918 reading: ...
The First World War in the Newspapers: Millicent's Scrapbook
Amongst Duchess Millicent's papers is a large scrapbook of newspaper cuttings from August to November 1914, relating to events during the first months of the First World War. The scrapbook includes articles, ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Mansion House Committee and the Controversy over Corn
Many of the newspaper cuttings and booklets relating to England’s food supply concern imported Corn, particularly the ‘abolition of registration fees on imported corn’.
One document from the Leicestershire ...
The Millicent Sutherland Ambulance Car Convoy & Winston Churchill
When the town of Namur where the Millicent Sutherland Ambulance Unit was based was invaded and occupied by German troops, Millie returned to England and set about organising a Unit to transport wounded ...
The Millicent Sutherland Ambulance: Namur, August 1914
On 17th August the Millicent Sutherland Ambulance were sent to Namur and established their hospital in the convent of Les Soeurs de Notre Dame. On 22nd August German forces attacked Namur and the hospital ...
The Sutherland Papers and Civil War Politics
The Sutherland Papers include a copy of the Petition sent by the House of Lords and the House of Commons to the King on 8th September 1642.
Written just after the outbreak of war, the Petition featured ...
The Sutherland Papers and Royalist Propaganda
When reading documents in the Sutherland Papers as sources reporting events from the Civil War, it is important to examine the way in which they are written.
Accounts in the collection are primarily ...
The Sutherland Papers and the Outbreak of War
The opening stages of the Civil War produced many documents providing an insight into military preparations. The Sutherland Papers include examples of these documents including letters from King Charles ...
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 ...
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’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 ...
Threat to the Queen's Ships at Chatham
During the 1590s attention was focussed on improving the security of the Navy incase of foreign assault. Documents in the Sutherland Papers suggest that the security of the Navy was threatened in the ...
Voters' Lives: Who Voted in the Newcastle Elections?
The Sutherland Papers contain a wide range of documents relating to the Newcastle local elections of the early 1790s, from printed poll books to reports on the treating of the electorate. However, these ...
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 ...
Was the Armada really a Great English Victory?
Following the Armada, there was much speculation about how military tactics could be improved in the event of another foreign assault. Indeed, some accounts were critical of the methods which were employed ...
What can the Documents tell us about Public Opinion of the Food Supply Crisis?
Documents in the Sutherland Collection suggest that concern over England’s food supply in time of war was a prominent public issue in the early twentieth century.
The pamphlet above entitled ‘Labour ...