Charity in Newcastle-under-Lyme
This bundle of documents contains a number of deeds which were made between the Leveson-Gower family and the Corporation of Newcastle-under-Lyme between 1715 and 1898. The deeds include terms which secure ...
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 ...
List of Duke of Sutherland’s Charitable Subscriptions in 1853
The Dukes of Sutherland commanded enormous wealth in the nineteenth century, owning extensive lands in Staffordshire and Shropshire. The important public role of the Dukes meant that they were involved ...
Philanthropy in the Sutherland Estate Account Books
The Estate Accounts in the Sutherland Papers provide details about the local charities, societies and institutions that the Leveson-Gower family supported financially.
A list of 'Subscriptions' in ...
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 Foxley Charity in Trentham, 1670
In her will, made in 1670, Lady Katherine Leveson, the wife of Sir Richard Leveson (1698-1661), established the Foxley Charity. This charity provided money for the maintenance of widows and poor children ...