Correspondence and Papers of Lord Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Eng. lett. c. 494 d. 476; Eng. misc. b. 339, c. 747
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1827-47
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 4 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Correspondence and papers, including Grosvenor's journal of a 'Voyage up the Nile from Cairo to Thebes and return thither', 3 November-6 November 1829.

Administrative / Biographical History

Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury (1801-1893) was a politician. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

The papers were bought from John Wilson (Autographs) Ltd. in 1981.

Note

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

Other Finding Aids

A full description is available in the Library.

Related Material

See also Papers of Lord Robert Grosvernor, 1st Baron Ebury (MSS. Eng. lett. c. 439-41; Eng. misc. c. 667-8).