Garage Development in London, 1906
In a letter dated April 1906 Mr. W. B. Peat wrote to the Duke of Sutherland to inform him that ‘The City and Suburban Electric Carriage’ company’s “Niagara” garage was being sold to the ‘Wolseley Tool ...
Letters from the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain
Mr. Frederick W. Breary was the Honorary Secretary of the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain. In 1890 and 1891 he wrote to Henry Wright, the fourth Duke of Sutherland’s Private Secretary informing ...
Motorcar Correspondence
William Watson was responsible for managing Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1851-1913), the fourth Duke of Sutherland's motorcars. Based at Lilleshall House, Shropshire, Watson oversaw the Duke’s ...
Motoring Accounts
Payments relating to motorcars first appear in the accounts for September 1900 in the Day Book of Stables Expenditure. An entry for 5th September 1900 states that a payment was made to ‘L. & N. W. Railway ...
Plan of the Lusitania
At 790 feet long, 32,000 tonnes in weight and with 70,000 horse power, the Lusitania was still somewhat smaller than its rival White Star Line’s Olympic, Britannic and Titanic ships. Nevertheless, the ...
The Catania
The Catania was Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1851-1913), the fourth Duke of Sutherland’s yacht in the mid 1890s before he purchased his new yacht in 1899.
The Sutherland Papers contain correspondence ...
The Duke of Sutherland & Aeroplanes
Following developments in the engineering of automobiles, many inventors and engineers of the late nineteenth century became involved in aeronautical experiments focussed on creating a functional aircraft. ...
The Duke of Sutherland & Motorcars
Author Ruth Brandon writes that from its first appearance in the late nineteenth century, the car became ‘the ultimate consumer good’. Brandon remarks that the car was the perfect vehicle for exhibiting ...
The Duke of Sutherland’s Bicycle
The 1890s witnessed a huge enthusiasm for the bicycle in England. Many cycle companies were established manufacturing bicycles for men and women and, in some cases, unisex bicycles. The bicycle was extremely ...
The Leveson-Gower family's Yachts
The Leveson-Gower family owned a number of yachts from the late 1840s onwards, including yachts called the Ondine and the Catania which they took on many foreign voyages and a new yacht which they were ...
The Ondine
Buying the Ondine, 1847
In 1847 the second Duke of Sutherland George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1786-1861) purchased a ‘Schooner Yacht’ called the Ondine from Mr. W. B. Ponsonby. The Sutherland ...
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 ...