Rioting in Newcastle
A number of letters were found amongst the papers of Sir John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower (1694-1754) relating to the family’s estates and associates in Staffordshire and Shropshire written during the ...
Charity in Newcastle-under-Lyme
This bundle of documents contains a number of deeds which were made between the Leveson-Gower family and the Corporation of Newcastle-under-Lyme between 1715 and 1898. The deeds include terms which secure ...
Property in Newcastle: Houses and a Smithy, 1734
Throughout the eighteenth century the Leveson-Gowers purchased property in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The Sutherland Collection contains many deeds and leases telling us about the type of property which was ...
The Will of Randall’s youngest son, Randall Podmore of Namptwich
The Sutherland Collection also contains copies of the will of Randall Podmore’s youngest son, ‘Randle Podmore of Namptwich’ who was a ‘feltmaker’. Randle’s will reveals that he left the property he owned ...
Property in Newcastle: The Will of Randall Podmore, 1652
Many of the property deeds in the Sutherland Collection contain the wills and copies of wills made by the original owners of land which the Leveson-Gowers had acquired in Staffordshire. Amongst property ...
Letters from Hiram Maxim
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (1840-1916) is described by Brysson Cunningham and Anita McConnell as an ‘engineer and inventor’. Most famous for his work with firearms, he invented the ‘fully automatic gun’ ...
The Third Duke of Sutherland's Foreign Travels
In 1875 the Duke accompanied the Prince of Wales on his Official Visit to India.
Documents in the Sutherland Collection notably refer to the locations of Her Majesty's Indian Dominions, Agra and Benares. ...
The Third Duke of Sutherland in America and Canada, 1881
Documents in the Sutherland Collection show that the third Duke of Sutherland was frequently surrounded by distinguished figures. The Collection contains 57 visiting cards relating to his personal visit ...
The Brighton Museum, New York
The document featured above is an advertisement for the Brighton Museum of New York. The article was published in 1880 and details the attractions to be seen during the third Duke of Sutherland’s visit ...
The Duke of Sutherland and the Federation of the Six Towns
From as early as the eighteenth century ideas of uniting the six North Staffordshire towns of Stoke-upon-Trent, Longton, Burslem, Fenton, Hanley, and Tunstall had been considered by North Staffordshire ...
The Duke of Sutherland and the Pollution of the River Trent
The Sutherland family were extremely concerned about the pollution to the River Trent which was caused by sewage from the Potteries towns. An article from the Staffordshire Sentinel on January 11th 1908 ...
Empire & Enterprise: Stafford House Committee & the Asia Minor Railway Scheme
In 1878 the Duke of Sutherland acted as President of a Committee at Stafford House which was called ‘An association for promoting the construction of a Railway from the Persian Gulf to Constantinople ...
Cigarettes, Alcohol and Chocolates: Commercial Culture in the early Twentieth Century
The Sutherland Papers Collection is packed with intriguing documents from the early twentieth century, providing an insight into life in England before the First World War. Amongst these is a wonderful ...
Twentieth Century Advertisements in the Sutherland Papers
The Sutherland Collection contains many commercial advertisements from the early Twentieth Century. Amongst these is an advertisement from 'James Pain & Sons' who provided equipment for 'displays of fireworks ...
Strawberry the Bull
Extensive owners of agricultural land, the Sutherland family purchased many farm animals including a prize bull called Strawberry, purchased in 1824.
William Lewis, the family’s Trentham Agent at this ...
Rabbits and Recipes
The huge size and variety of the Sutherland Papers Collection means that many intriguing documents containing unusual features are hidden away waiting to be discovered.
One such document dated 5th ...
Pet Dogs in the Household Accounts
Amongst the many volumes and bundles of household accounts is a huge volume which contains the household accounts for Trentham Hall from 1874 to 1875. The ‘Housekeeping Account’ includes a heading ‘Dogs’ ...
List of Duke of Sutherland’s Charitable Subscriptions in 1853
The Dukes of Sutherland commanded enormous wealth in the nineteenth century, owning extensive lands in Staffordshire and Shropshire. The important public role of the Dukes meant that they were involved ...