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Add MS 89382/1/4
- Record Id:
- 040-003463030
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003463012
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100086194179.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89382/1/4
- Title:
- Letters from Susanna Leveson-Gower, Marchioness of Stafford, to her son, Granville Leveson-Gower, first Earl Granville
- Scope & Content:
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Letters from Lady Stafford to her son Lord Granville, during his childhood, 1783-1788, with some earlier correspondence with her husband, Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford (1721-1803), and other papers. Arranged in chronological order, with some dates added in pencil by Castalia Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville (1847-1938).
- Letter from Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford (1721-1803) to ‘your ladyship’. Concerning injuries sustained by his nephew, Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock (1739-1767), who died after a fall from his horse, March 1767. f. 1.
- Letter from Lady Stafford to her husband, Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford (1721-1803). Dated Tunbridge Wells, 20 July 1769. ff. 2-3.
- Letter from Lady Stafford to her husband, Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford (1721-1803). Dated 8 May 1797. Written in anticipation of her death, with a postscript requesting a comfortable yearly allowance for her daughter, Georgiana, dated July 1797. ff. 4-7.
- Family tree showing the children and grandchildren of Sir Bevil Granville (1596–1643). Undated. f. 8.
- Poem signed ‘G’ (possibly Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford (1721-1803)) on the subject of his three wives. Undated. f 9.
- Account by Lady Stafford of death of her husband, Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford (1721-1803). Dated October-November 1803. f. 10.
- 3 partial or incomplete letters in the hand of Lady Stafford. ff. 11-13.
- 41 letters from Lady Stafford to her son Lord Granville, 1783-1788. ff. 14-121 Among them, additionally, are a letter to him from his sister, Lady Georgiana Leveson-Gower (ff. 81-82), and one from his cousin, Lord Strathaven (ff. 83-84).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003463012
036-003463016
040-003463030 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89382 : Granville Papers supplementary deposit
Add MS 89382/1 : Correspondence of Granville Leveson-Gower, first Earl Granville, with his mother, Susanna Leveson-Gower, Marchioness of Stafford
Add MS 89382/1/4 : Letters from Susanna Leveson-Gower, Marchioness of Stafford, to her son, Granville Leveson-Gower, first Earl Granville - Hierarchy:
- 032-003463012[0001]/036-003463016[0004]/040-003463030
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89382
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (52 items)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1767
- End Date:
- 1803
- Date Range:
- 1767-1803
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: 121 folios
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)