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 ...
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 Fourth Duke of Sutherland's Subscriptions to Charities
The image above shows a list of subscriptions made by Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1851-1913), the fourth Duke of Sutherland to local and national charities and societies in 1910.
The Duke ...
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 Trentham Hotel in the Sutherland Papers
The photograph above shows the Trentham Hotel in the early twentieth century. The Hotel was known as the 'Roebuck Hotel', after the Duke of Sutherland donated a statue of a roebuck to the hotel in 1865.
The ...
Trentham Gardens
The Sutherland Papers contain an enormous wealth of documents relating to Trentham Gardens. Accounts, correspondence, maps, plans and advertisements provide a fascinating insight into this famous local ...
Trentham Gardens: ‘The Beauty Spot of the Midlands’ in the Early Twentieth Century
As a result of sewage contamination in the River Trent, Trentham Hall had become uninhabitable by the early twentieth century. After the fourth Duke of Sutherland, Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1851–1913), ...
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 ...
Twentieth Century Cycles: Edward O’Brien
The image above shows a letter written by cycle dealer Edward O’Brien to Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1851-1913), the fourth Duke of Sutherland, in April 1906.
The letter from Edward O'Brien ...
Water Supply at Cotes
Amongst papers relating to the Cotes estate in Eccleshall is a ‘Certificate of Sufficient Water Supply’ relating to the ‘Public Health (Water) Act, 1878’. The Certificate was issued on 29th November 1907 ...
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 ...
Why did the Duke establish an association concerned with food supply?
The documents relating to the work of the Association provide a detailed insight into the motivation behind its foundation. A booklet about the Association states that following ‘the War in South Africa’:
‘recent ...
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 ...