Congratulations on the marriage of Granville George Leveson-Gower, second Earl Granville, and Castalia Rosalind Campbell.
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‘Congrats to G. from Relations 1865’. 72 letters of congratulation addressed to Lord Granville on his forthcoming marriage to Castalia Campbell, from friends, relations and acquaintances, with some sent after the marriage. Includes two letters which address the issue of the age difference betwee...
Letters to Countess Granville from her family, with papers relating to her honeymoon in Paris
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17 letters to Castalia Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville, from her family and friends, while on honeymoon in Paris, 1865. Correspondents include her mother, Catherine Campbell, sisters Eila Mackenzie, Violet Campbell (addressing her as ‘Paul’) and Augusta Bromley, and brother John Francis Campbel...
Marriage settlement of William Spencer Leveson Gower and Lady Rose Constance Bowes Lyon
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Marriage settlement documents for William Spencer Leveson Gower and Lady Rose Constance Bowes Lyon. With a printed booklet on Walmer Castle (1872) home of 2nd Earl Granville’s family. Appointment by the Right Honourable Claude George Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne and Baron Bowes, 17 May 191...
Research papers of Castalia Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville
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Castalia Leveson-Gower’s research notes, correspondence on translation and other research questions, and drafts of editorial text in preparation for publication of her book, Lord Granville Leveson Gower: Private Correspondence (1916). Chiefly manuscript. Contents: Notes extracted from letters o...
Biographical and genealogical research notes of Castalia Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville
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Research notes on people and families made by Castalia Leveson-Gower in preparation for publication of her book, Lord Granville Leveson Gower: Private Correspondence (1916). Manuscript. Contents: Biographical notes and scraps, including draft footnotes for the published book. Bundle of notes i...
Historical research notes of Castalia Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville
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Research notes on historical events and people made by Castalia Leveson-Gower in preparation for publication of her book, Lord Granville Leveson Gower: Private Correspondence (1916). Manuscript, with press cuttings. Contents: Chronology of historical and other events for years covered by the b...
Transcripts of omitted letters between Lord Granville and Lady Stafford
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Transcripts of letters from the correspondence of Lord Granville and his mother Lady Stafford omitted from the published edition of Lord Granville’s private correspondence. Original letters are in Add MS 89382/1. Chiefly typescript with pencil annotations of names and dates by Countess Granville...
Transcripts of omitted letters between various correspondents
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Transcripts of some of the letters omitted from the published edition of Lord Granville’s private correspondence. Chiefly typescript, with pencil annotations of names and dates by Countess Granville. Most transcripts marked ‘O’ (i.e., to be omitted). Letters from Lady Bessborough to Lady Staffo...
Numbered transcripts of omitted letters, in chronological order. With note by Castalia Leveson-Gower dated Aug 1915 stating that ‘the whole of this packet are omitted letters. All the new omissions are marked with red pencil. The previous omissions … with black pencil’.
Lord Granville Leveson-Gower: Private Correspondence, ed. Castalia Leveson-Gower. Final draft.
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Final book draft. Chiefly typescript, with manuscript chapter headings, additional footnotes and corrections. Page numbers corrected from earlier drafts. Title given as ‘The Cedar Wood Box’.