Schooling in Tittensor 1888-1901
During the late nineteenth century, Duchess Millicent, the fourth Duchess of Sutherland provided a Church and village school in Tittensor. M. M. B. Higham tells us that social life in Tittensor at this ...
A Dog’s Life: Henry Wright’s ‘Game’ Memoranda
Amongst the volumes of memoranda in the Sutherland Papers are two books compiled by Henry Wright, secretary to the Duke of Sutherland entitled ‘Game’. The books from the 1850s to the late 1870s contain ...
A Public Park for Longton, 1888
The third Duke of Sutherland, George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1828-1892), was involved in many local, national and international public associations. In addition to his national work ...
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 ...
An Elementary School in Caverswall
The document above is an indenture involving land owned by the Duke of Sutherland and Caverswall School Board, made on 31st July 1877.
The document provides details about the ‘absolute sale’ of a piece ...
Anne Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Third Duchess of Sutherland (1829-1888)
In 1849 George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1828-1892), who would become the third Duke of Sutherland in 1861, married Anne Hay-Mackenzie of Cromartie and Newhall. In 1861, Anne became ...
Appeal for a Vicarage House at Barlaston
Letters in the Sutherland Papers reveal that by the 1870s the Vicarage House at Barlaston was being used as a farmhouse.
In the 1870s the Duke’s Chief Estate Agent George Loch received a letter from ...
Barlaston Houses
The Sutherland Papers contain a wide variety of plans of Staffordshire properties, including a number of houses in Barlaston. These fascinating documents tell us about the design of domestic properties ...
Bradbury’s Turkish Bath, Hanley, 1861
Amongst the many printed advertisements in the Sutherland Papers is a promotional flyer for Bradbury’s Turkish Bath on Albion Street in Hanley.
Printed in 1861, the document includes a number of ‘testimonials’ ...
Building Hanchurch Holiday Home
The Estate Accounts for 1898 provide a detailed list of payments made towards building and furnishing ‘Hanchurch Holiday Home’.
A payment of almost seven hundred pounds was made to ‘Boulton & Paul’ ...
Charity in the Sutherland Estate Account Books
The Estate Accounts for 1898 include a list of payments entitled 'Gratuities'. Expenditure listed under this heading tells us about money which the Estate provided for pensions and provisions for the ...
Charity on the Lilleshall Estate, 1896
The image above shows a document outlining the allowance made by the third Duke and Duchess of Sutherland to a lady called Emma Morris who occupied a cottage on the Lilleshall estate.
Emma had worked ...
Cliveden 1849-1868
Cliveden in Buckinghamshire was owned by the second Duke of Sutherland, George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1786-1861) and his wife Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland (1806-1868) for almost twenty ...
Controversy over Laundry Maids
The letter above was written to Mrs. Ingram, the Housekeeper at Trentham Hall, by J. Whittaker who was responsible for hiring servants to work at Trentham. The letter concerns a complaint which had been ...
Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1851-1913), fourth Duke of Sutherland
Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower was born in 1851, son of George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1828-1892), third Duke of Sutherland and his first wife Duchess Anne, Countess of Cromartie ...
Debris and Subsidence: Objections to the Duke’s Offer: George Kent's Letter
A letter from George Kent, the Town Clerk in Longton, thanks the Duke for his ‘generous offer to present the Borough with a site for Municipal Buildings.’
The Duke offered the Borough some land on ...
Domestic Life: Preparing for Parties
This letter, dated simply ‘Friday’ was sent from Dunrobin Castle by Mr. Prentice, the Clerk to the Duke of Sutherland’s Accountant, to Mrs. Ingram the Housekeeper at Trentham Hall. The letter concerns ...
Domestic Life: Royal Visitors
The letter above was sent to Mrs. Ingram, the Housekeeper at Trentham Hall, by Mr. Prentice from Dunrobin Castle in Sutherland. Prentice was the Clerk to the Duke of Sutherland’s Accountant and often ...