Further letters and papers of the Pearson family of Yorkshire and Mountcross, Co. Cork

Scope and Content

Comprises: (1) Autograph manuscript letters concerning the estate of Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Clarges, who died in Java in 1811, dated between 1812 and 1824; (2) Autograph manuscript letters concerning Devonshire Penrose Hawkes and his family, dated between 1838 and 1875; (3) Miscellaneous legal and other documents concerning Devonshire Penrose Hawkes and his family, dated between 1833 and 1926.

Administrative / Biographical History

The collection concerns members of the Pearson family from the early nineteenth century almost to the present, and, in particular, wider branches of it, namely, the Clarges and the Hawkes.

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Deposited by Mrs S. Laville of West Malvern, February 1999

Note

In English

Other Finding Aids

Contents listed in Handlist 98 and in the Letters database http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/letters/letlink.htm#Pearson

Related Material

See also MS Dep. 1989/1, 1993/1

Family Names