The Duke of Sutherland versus J. E. Heathcote, Esq: Controversy over Mining Rights in Longton
In the 1890s George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1828-1892), the third Duke of Sutherland, brought a case against Mr. J. E. Heathcote concerning the Duke's rights to mine for coal and ironstone ...