A Shocking Case of Subterfuge and Corruption
Controversy surrounding the Staffordshire County Election of 1820 was not confined to antagonism between the opposing parties. A letter from Joseph Burgess, an agent of George Granville Leveson-Gower ...
Aid Abroad: The Stafford House Committee in Turkey
Amongst the printed material relating to the Stafford House Committee’s involvement in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78, is the ‘Report & Record of the Operations of the Stafford House Committee for the ...
Armada Weapons
The document above is a summary of weaponry for 1000 footemen made in September 1598. The document tells us that there were 667 men armed with pikes, and 333 armed with ‘shot’, 222 in the form of ‘muskette’ ...
Battle Accounts in the Sutherland Collection
Many of the battle accounts featured in the Sutherland Papers are written from the Royalist perspective, supporting the King. They include accounts of the Battle of Edgehill, the opening battle of the ...
Civil War Celebrities in the Sutherland Collection
The Sutherland Collection contains many letters and accounts which refer to important figures from the English Civil War.
Sir Richard Leveson (1598-1661)
Sir Richard Leveson (1598-1661) was a Staffordshire ...
Defending England from Invasion: From Soldiers to Cooks
Sir John Leveson’s 1589 Summary of Kentish Defences also provides an insight into the involvement of ‘unarmed’ men in defending against foreign invasion.
Indeed, it wasn’t just the armed forces that ...
Defending the Nation!
After the battles of the Armada in 1588, a fear of foreign invasion continued to dominate English military defense tactics. This is evident in the Summary of Defences at Kent produced by Sir John Leveson ...
Duchess Millicent’s Hospital in 1918: Life as a Casualty Clearing Station
Duchess Millicent's Hospital was moved to St. Omer in March 1918. By this time it had 200 beds. As circumstances worsened, the Hospital’s status changed and in April 1918 it became a 2nd line casualty ...
Election Accounts
The Sutherland Papers include a large series of Annual Estate Accounts for the Leveson-Gower family’s estates during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The Annual Accounts for the Trentham and Newcastle ...
Election News
During the 1820 County Election, Lord Gower’s election agents corresponded daily about events in their election campaign. Their letters provide detailed and atmospheric accounts of how election campaigns ...
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 ...
England’s Reliance on Imported Food
Many of the documents relating to the food supply in time of war crisis indicate that a central concern was England’s reliance on imported food. One newspaper clipping suggests that Britain would be ...
Events at the Poll: The General Election at Lichfield, 1761
Was the Poll Fair?
The image above shows an extract taken from a volume of notes produced by a man named Mr. Goodwin concerning the Lichfield Election of 1761. Mr. Goodwin's notes include comments ...
Grow your own wheat!
Amongst the pamphlets relating to England's food supply during war is a cutting ‘reprinted from the Sussex Daily News’ dated Monday March 2nd 1903 entitled ‘Our Food Supply in Time of War’. The reprint ...
Inflation causing Starvation
A pamphlet entitled ‘Our Food-Supply in Time of War’ by Rear Admiral C. C. Penrose Fitzgerald reprinted from Blackwoods Magazine in February 1903 indicates that inflation caused by a dearth in imported ...
King George V Visits Duchess Millicent's Hospital
Many prestigious figures, including politicians and royalty visited Duchess Millicent’s hospital, including King George V, Queen Mary and Prince Edward who visited the hospital while it was stationed ...
Lichfield Elections 1748, 1753 and 1754: Lawyers Costs
During the eighteenth century the Gower-Anson interest made extensive purchases of property in Lichfield in order to secure the voting rights which were attached to certain properties. Tenants who were ...
Mr Lowndes’ Observations: Treating, Alcohol and Expense in the Newcastle Election, 1790
At the 1790 local election in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Granville Leveson-Gower (1721-1808), Lord Stafford’s Trentham party stood for the Parliamentary seat for Newcastle with their candidate Admiral John ...