Papers of Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe, comprising correspondence with Imperial College administration department, 1908-1922, as Chairman of the Governing Body.
CREWE-MILNES, Robert Offley Ashburton, 1st Marquess of Crewe (1858-1945)
This material is held atImperial College London, Archives and Corporate Records Unit
- Reference
- GB 98 B/CREWE-MILNES
- Dates of Creation
- 1908-1922
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 2 files
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Born, London, 1858; educated at Harrow, Trinity College Cambridge; Assistant Private Secretary to Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1883-1884; 2nd Baron Houghton of Great Houghton, Yorkshire, 1885; Lord-in-Waiting to the Queen, 1886; Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 1892-1895; created Earl of Crewe, 1895; Lord President of the Council, 1905-1908, 1915-1916; Chairman, Governing Body of Imperial College, 1907-1922; knighted, 1908; Lord Privy Seal, 1908, 1912-1915; Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1908-1910; Secretary of State for India, 1910-1915; created 1st Marquess of Crewe, Earl of Madeley, 1911; HM Lieutenant, County of London, 1912-1944; President, Board of Education, 1916; Chairman, London County Council, 1917; H M Ambassador in Paris, 1922-1928; Secretary of State for War, 1931; Chancellor, Sheffield University; died, 1945. Publications: include: Lord Rosebery (John Murray, London, 1931).
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Separated Material
Include: correspondence and papers, 1892-1939, held at Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives (reference: Crewe papers); correspondence and papers, 1929-1936 relating to Rosebery biography, held at the National Library of Scotland, Manuscripts Division (reference: MSS 10195-205); correspondence and papers relating to India, held at Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives (reference: Hardinge).
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Custodial History
Accumulated by Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine during the course of business.
Bibliography
Lord Crewe, 1858-1945. The likeness of a Liberal James Pope Hennessy (Constable & Co, London, 1955).