Collections for a history of the family of Wharton, compiled by Edward Ross Wharton. The papers fall into two series: 'Collections', i.e. copies or abstracts of records of all kinds (with references to the record and notes), and 'History', i.e. annals, not a connected history in literary form.
Wharton Manuscripts
This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Reference
- GB 161 MSS. Wharton 1-15
- Dates of Creation
- 1890-6
- Language of Material
- English, and Latin.
- Physical Description
- 15 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Edward Ross Wharton (1844-1896), Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, was a philologer and genealogist. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Access Information
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).
Acquisition Information
The papers were deposited in the Library by Mrs Wharton, 1897-8, and after her death were presented by her executors in 1899.
Note
Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. VI, nos. 32765-79.
Bibliography
Edward Ross Wharton, The Whartons of Wharton Hall (London, 1898).