Material concerning the Townshend family

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 3010 WR/119
  • Dates of Creation
      26 Feb 1906-14 Apr 1916
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      7 newspaper cuttings; 1 sales catalogue extract

Scope and Content

Includes:

-newspaper cutting concerning the marriage of the Marquess Townshend to Miss Gladys Ethel Gwendoline Sutherst

-extract from a sales catalogue listing the letters of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount, to Samuel Buckley

-newspaper cutting concerning sightings of the 'Brown Lady' at the Townshend residences, dated 26 February 1906

-newspaper cutting concerning Birth of a Townshend Heir Gladdens Ancient Family

-newspaper cutting concerning An Heir for Marquess Townshend: Baby Viscount Raynham Born Today

-copy of the following newspaper cutting: De Colepeper, E.B. 1916. Notes and Queries: Ferrers-Alleyne: A Possible Connexion. 14 April 1916

-copy of the following newspaper cutting: Beaven, Alfred B. 1918. Notes and Queries: Lord Charles Murdered by His Brother. 4 May 1918, pp.137.

-newspaper cutting concerning Sulgrave Manor House, dated 19 December 1912

4 items pasted into and 4 removed from: Christie, Manson & Woods (1904) Old English Silver and Silver-Gilt Plate being a portion of the Townshend Heirlooms...[Auction catalogue]. London: Christie, Manson & Woods.

[Available in the Paul Mellon Centre's Library, see URL below]

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