Papers of Lady Frances Russell

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Eng. lett. d. 271, e. 111-15; Eng. misc. b. 100
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1858-97
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 7 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Correspondence and papers of Lady Frances Russell, consisting of:

  • Letters from Lady Russell to her sons, George and Francis, 1858-68, 1891-7
  • Letters from Lady Russell to Gertrude, wife of Francis Russell, 1891-7
  • Correspondence between members of the Russell family, 1867-97
  • Copies of the will of Lord John Russell, 1849, 1869

Administrative / Biographical History

Lady Frances Anna Maria Russell (1815-1898) was second wife of Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell. Details for her husband 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 bought from Mrs Margaret Lloyd in 1969.

Note

Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 41709-15.

Subjects

Women