Add MS 70994

MORGAN-GRENVILLE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. III. The Stowe Visitors' Book containing signatures of visitors to Stowe; 16 Oct. 1868-16 Sept. 1920. Begun by Caroline, first wife of the 3rd Duke. Includes signatures of members of the Royal Family, politicians, overseas guests, relatives and friends; one undated entry tipped in (f. ) by a daughter of the 11th Lady Kinloss, relating to the latter's marriage and to that of the 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1884 and 1885 respectively); a few autographs are tipped into the volume. Some entries for April and May 1885 are on a loose bifolium (f. ). For a few letters, etc., formerly kept loose in the volume, see Add. 70992.

ff. Calf-bound and tooled in gilt with coronet and letters 'C. B & C' in quatrefoil on front cover.

Caroline Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st wife of the 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos: Visitors book for Stowe owned by: circa 1868.

Stowe House, Buckinghamshire: Visitors' book: 1868-1920, n.d.

includes:

• f. i Heraldry: Caroline Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st wife of the 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos: Heraldic book stamp of Caroline, Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos: circa 1868?.
• f. 1 William McDougall, Canadian statesman: Signature: 1868.
• f. 1. Sir George Etienne Cartier, Baronet; Canadian statesman: Signature: 1868.
• f. 6 Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead; GCMG: Signature: 1872.
• f. 10 George William Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge: Signature: 1883.
• f. 15 Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, family; Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos: Mary Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, Baroness Kinloss: Note on the marriages of Lady Kinloss and the 3rd Duke of Buckingham, by a daughter or son of the former: 20th cent.?.
• ff. 17, 67 Gerald S. Hayward, of Canada and later New York: Signature, and epigram (1905): 1872, 1905.
• f. 19 Kingdom of Siam: Signatures of members of the Siamese royal family ?: 1885.
• f. 37 William Fraser Rae, writer: Signature: 1895.
• f. 47 Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 2nd Baron Houghton; formerly Milnes; Marquess of Crewe: Signature: 1903.
• ff. 47, 51 Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery: Signature: 1903, 1905.
• f. 50 Edward VII of England: Signature: 1905.
• f. 51 Mrs Alice Frederica Keppel: Signature: 1905.
• f. 52 Sir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, 3rd Baronet: Signature: 1905.
• f. 61v Alfonso XIII of Spain: Luis Fernando of Orleans and Bourbon, Infante of Spain: Signature: 1909.
• f. 64 Victoria Louise Adelaide Mathilde Charlotte Schleswig-Holstein, Princess of: Signature: 1911.
• f. 72v George V of England; Mary: Signature of Queen Mary: 1919.
• f. 72v Mary, Princess Royal; wife of Henry, 6th Earl of Harewood: Signature: 1919.
• f. 74 George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston: Signature: [1920?].
• f. 74 Grace Elvina Curzon, 2nd wife of George, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston: Signature: [1920?].