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Reference Numberb705:104 BA15492/114/3/31-55
Hierarchy Browser Number4294/6/9/1/2/2
TitleCuttings and documents accumulated in respect of Lyttelton family history
DescriptionCuttings relating to the history, lineage and succession to the title of the Lords Chandois/Chandos and the Cobhams; newspaper cuttings and handwritten extracts relating to births, marriages and deaths, appointments and other life events of various members of the Lyttelton and Cobham families; poetry and other notes and documents covering the period c1643-1910.

Includes a cutting relating to a John Tice of Hagley who reputedly lived to the age of 125; an engraving of Duke of Buckingham's stabbing by Felton; report of a conversation between Bonaparte, Lord Lowther and the Hon Mr Lyttelton 1815, letter from Edward Nugent relating to some lines written by Thos Lord Lyttelton, 1832, letter to Mrs Evans from Lady C Buckingham and Chandos relating to the Duke of Leeds [19th cent?] marked lot no 85.

The cuttings and documents have been mounted on a series of sheets of paper which seem to have become separated and muddled over the years and it is now unclear what their original order was. Some pages have been annotated with dates.

Former refs 16/1/1, 3, 4 , 6 and 7, 16/18/3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12 and 13, 16/22/1, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 all Mitech 240811; 16/19/3 Mitech 240812
Date[19th-erly 20th cent]
Physical Descriptionitems mounted on paper
FormatMixed
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