Benjamin Robert Haydon
Benjamin Robert Haydon is one of the most famous historical painters of the Romantic age. Born in Plymouth in 1786 Haydon’s artistic works were based on Biblical and historical themes and featured many ...
Duchess Millicent and Winston Churchill
Duchess Millicent's papers include correspondence with Winston Churchill written during the early twentieth century, and also typed memoirs written during the First World War. A
Amongst these papers ...
Duchess Millicent, Author and Playwright
In addition to her philanthropic work, Duchess Millicent was a published author and playwright. Her first novel One Hour and the Next was published in 1899, followed by a volume of short stories The Winds ...
Duchess Millicent's Letters from L. P. Hartley
Amongst Duchess Millicent’s papers are a bundle of letters signed ‘Leslie’ which appear to be from the author Leslie Poles Hartley. Like the Duchess, Hartley was the author of both plays and short stories, ...
Granville, Earl Gower and National Politics: William Pitt the Younger and the post of Lord Privy Seal
Owing to Gower’s long and diverse political career, the Sutherland Papers includes many letters from various men in high political office, including letters from Prime ministers Henry Addington and William ...
John Martin
The personal papers of Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1806-1868), second Duchess of Sutherland, feature a number of letters from the artist John Martin (1789-1854). Throughout the early nineteenth ...
Letters from Hiram Maxim
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (1840-1916) is described by Brysson Cunningham and Anita McConnell as an ‘engineer and inventor’. Most famous for his work with firearms, he invented the ‘fully automatic gun’ ...
Letters from Hollywood: Duchess Millicent's Letters from Mary Pickford
Amongst Duchess Millicent's correspondence from the 1940s are a number of letters and telegrams from the Hollywood actress Mary Pickford. The Duchess stayed with Mary Pickford on a visit to Beverly Hills ...
Letters from Michael Johnson to George Plaxton
Lichfield is famous for being the birthplace of Dr. Samuel Johnson, and has attracted visitors for this reason from as early as 1801. Johnson was born in Lichfield in 1709 and was the son of a man named ...
Sir Richard Leveson, William Dugdale and John Langley: Letters in the Sutherland Papers from William Dugdale
Amongst the Sutherland Papers are a number of letters written by the famous antiquarian William Dugdale. The letters are addressed to Sir Richard Leveson and John Langley who was Sir Richard’s Steward. ...
Sir Thomas Lawrence
Born in 1769 Thomas Lawrence developed an enthusiasm for art from an early age. His portraits of English and European royalty made him the most fashionable portrait painter of the early nineteenth century. ...