Granville, Earl Gower and Canals: Navigable Waterways in the later Eighteenth Century
Throughout the second half of the eighteenth century, Granville Leveson-Gower was central to the development of navigable waterways. Enthusiastic about the economic development of Staffordshire and Shropshire, ...
Granville, Earl Gower and National Politics: William Pitt the Younger and the post of Lord Privy Seal
Owing to Gower’s long and diverse political career, the Sutherland Papers includes many letters from various men in high political office, including letters from Prime ministers Henry Addington and William ...
Granville, Lord Lieutenant and Prisoners in Stafford County Gaol
As Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire, Granville, Earl Gower was responsible for overseeing the maintenance of law and order in the County.
A notable document amongst the papers relating to Earl Gower’s ...
James Leveson (c.1500-1547)
James Leveson was the younger brother of Nicholas Leveson, son of Richard Leveson (d. 1503)and his wife Jane Bradbury. James Leveson is extremely significant in the history of the Leveson family, as he ...
John Martin
The personal papers of Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1806-1868), second Duchess of Sutherland, feature a number of letters from the artist John Martin (1789-1854). Throughout the early nineteenth ...
Katherine Bulkeley
Katherine Bulkeley, a widow with connections to Trentham and Cheadle in Staffordshire, sent a number of letters to George Granville Leveson-Gower (1786-1861), the second Duke of Sutherland, throughout ...
Letters from Hollywood: Duchess Millicent's Letters from Mary Pickford
Amongst Duchess Millicent's correspondence from the 1940s are a number of letters and telegrams from the Hollywood actress Mary Pickford. The Duchess stayed with Mary Pickford on a visit to Beverly Hills ...
Letters From RCAF Officer, Nathan Crawford, 1944
Amongst the papers of Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1867-1955), the fourth Duchess of Sutherland are letters written to her during the Second World War by RCAF Squadron Leader, Nathan Crawford who ...
Life on the Sutherland Estates
The Sutherland family were extensive landowners with estates in Staffordshire, Shropshire and Sutherlandshire in the Scottish Highlands. Many people wrote to the family about life on the estates. Their ...
Local Lives & Local People: Misfortune & Money
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Mary Brassington, Newcastle
Mary was a widow in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Read about her struggle to pay her rent.
Rachel ...
Local Lives & Local People: Patronage & Projects
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Simeon Shaw, Tunstall, 1835
A renowned Staffordshire author and teacher, Simeon wrote to the Duke of Sutherland asking for help ...
Local Lives, Local People: Staffordshire Life
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Sarah Wedgwood, Stafford, 1836
Sarah was a school teacher in Stafford. Read about her plans to sell her school and cottages.
John ...
Married Life: Sir William and Lady Jane
Many of the letters amongst Sir William’s personal papers are from his wife, Lady Jane Granville, daughter of the 1st Earl of Bath (d.1696). Following their marriage in 1669, these letters relate personal ...
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 ...
Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, fourth Duchess of Sutherland (1867-1955)
Millicent Fanny St. Clair Erskine was born in 1867 in Fife. In 1884 she married Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1851-1913) who became the fourth Duke of Sutherland following the death of his father ...
Misfortune and Money in the Sutherland Papers
As one of the country’s wealthiest and most prestigious families, the Leveson-Gowers often received letters from people in desperate need asking for financial assistance for themselves and their families. ...
Money and Marriage: Sir Thomas Gower and the Leveson Family
Sir Thomas Gower married Frances Leveson, the grandaughter of Sir John Leveson of Halling (1555-1615) in 1631. By this time Frances Leveson's Father Sir John Leveson, the eldest son of Sir John Leveson ...
More about Sir Richard and War with Spain
Richard Wisker writes that following the Spanish invasion of Kinsale in 1601 Sir Richard and his cousin Sir John Leveson of Halling (1555-1615) were instrumental in co-ordinating English naval defence ...