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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 89317 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts Level [36] Series

1. Add MS 89317/1

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Title:
Papers of predecessors of 2nd Lord and 1st Earl Gower
Scope & Content:
These files consist of papers which predate John Leveson-Gower, 2nd Lord and 1st Earl Gower. They were possibly collected by his predecessors, including his father, John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-c 1704
Extent:
10 files

2. Add MS 89317/2

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Title:
Papers of John Leveson-Gower, 2nd Lord and 1st Earl Gower
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, Papers and Accounts of John Leveson-Gower, 2nd Lord and 1st Earl Gower. Earl Gower was a Tory politician and in the 1730s became Tory leader in the House of Lords. He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1742 and served as Lord Privy Seal 1742-1743, and 1744-1745.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1701-1753?
Extent:
3 files

3. Add MS 89317/3

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Title:
Papers of Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Gower and 1st Marquess of Stafford
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, Papers and Accounts of Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Gower and 1st Marquess of Stafford. He was elected to parliament in 1744 and became associated with the faction known as the 'Bloomsbury Gang'. He held many government and cabinet positions throughout his career, until his...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1742-1801
Extent:
21 files

4. Add MS 89317/4

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Title:
Papers of Lady Susanna Leveson-Gower, Marchioness of Stafford
Scope & Content:
Correspondence of Lady Susanna Leveson-Gower, Marchioness of Stafford.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1758?-1805
Extent:
18 files

5. Add MS 89317/5

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Title:
Papers of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
1780s-1845
Extent:
107 files (some subdivided)

6. Add MS 89317/6

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Title:
Papers of Lady Henrietta Elizabeth [Harriet] Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville, and her sister Georgiana Dorothy Howard, Countess of Carlisle
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1796-1860
Extent:
8 files

7. Add MS 89317/7

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Title:
Papers of Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers of Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (1815-1891), politician, who served as Foreign Secretary under Gladstone. He was one of four children of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville (1773-1846) and Harriet Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville (née Lady...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Russian
Date Range:
c 1825-1899
Extent:
607 files, some sub-divided (349 bound volumes + 258 files of unbound papers)

8. Add MS 89317/8

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Title:
Correspondence of Marie Louise, Countess Granville
Scope & Content:
Letters to Marie Louise Pelline de Dalberg (1813–1860), from her second husband, Granville George Leveson-Gower, second Earl Granville (1815-1891), and from members of Lord Granville’s family. Dating from the time of their marriage and shortly before. Marie Louise Pelline De Dalberg was known a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1840-c 1859
Extent:
3 files

9. Add MS 89317/9

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Title:
Granville papers. Second deposit.
Scope & Content:
This series consists of the papers deposited at the Public Record Office by Earl Granville in 1938-9, some eleven years after the first more substantial deposit by Castalia Countess Granville in 1927 (now Add MS 89317/1-8).. The bulk of the collection is formed by the correspondence and paper...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1743-1958
Extent:

112 files (some subdivided)