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Persons (131)

Diaries (2)

Families (3)

  • Cowper family, Earls Cowper Kilkhampton, Cornwall;Castleton, Derbyshire;Melbourne, Derbyshire;Over Haddon, Derbyshire;Bideford, Devon;Chopwell, Durham;Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire;Cole Green, Hertfordshire;Digswell, Hertfordshire;Hatfield, Hertfordshire;Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire;Lemsford, Hertfordshire;Panshanger, Hertfordshire;Tewin, Hertfordshire;Tewin Water, Hertfordshire;Fordwich, Kent;Ratling, Kent;Castle Donington, Leicestershire;Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire;Sysonby, Leicestershire;Boothby Graffoe, Lincolnshire;Wilsford, Lincolnshire;London;Holborn, Middlesex;Westminster, Middlesex;Duston, Northamptonshire;Beauvale, Nottinghamshire;Greasley, Nottinghamshire;Selston, Nottinghamshire;Brandon, Suffolk;Middleton, Westmorland;Bolsterstone, Yorkshire;Langsett, Yorkshire;Leeds, Yorkshire;Potter Newton, Yorkshire;County Wicklow;Italy
  • Knollys family, formerly Earls of Banbury Winchester, Hampshire;Authorpe, Lincolnshire;Great Harrowden, Northamptonshire;Kilnwick, Yorkshire
  • Montagu-Douglas-Scott family, Dukes of Buccleuch Byreburnfoot, Dumfriesshire;Canonbie, Dumfriesshire;Drumlanrig, Dumfriesshire;Kirkmahoe, Dumfriesshire;Langholm, Dumfriesshire;Mouswald, Dumfriesshire;Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire;Tibbers, Dumfriesshire;Tinwald, Dumfriesshire;Torthorwald, Dumfriesshire;Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire;Aberdour, Fife;Burntisland, Fife;Inchkeith, Fife;Loch Leven, Kinross-shire;Lincluden, Kirkcudbrightshire;Abington, Lanarkshire;Crawford, Lanarkshire;Murdieston, Lanarkshire;Canongate, Midlothian;Caroline Park, Midlothian;Cowden, Midlothian;Dalkeith, Midlothian;Edinburgh, Midlothian;Granton, Midlothian;Holyrood House, Midlothian;Inveresk, Midlothian;Musselburgh, Midlothian;Sheriffhall, Midlothian;Smeaton, Midlothian;Kirkurd, Peeblesshire;Branxholm, Roxburghshire;Eckford, Roxburghshire;Hawick, Roxburghshire;Melrose, Roxburghshire;Liddesdale, Roxburghshire;Bowhill, Selkirkshire;Buccleuch, Selkirkshire;Ettrick, Selkirkshire;Newark, Selkirkshire;Bolnhurst, Bedfordshire;Colworth, Bedfordshire;Hoo, Bedfordshire;Pertenhall, Bedfordshire;Chalvey, Buckinghamshire;Datchet, Buckinghamshire;Ditton, Buckinghamshire;New Hall, Essex;Beaulieu, Hampshire;Coppingford, Huntingdonshire;Folksworth, Huntingdonshire;Blackheath, Kent;Clitheroe, Lancashire;Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire;Egton with Newland, Lancashire;Hawkshead, Lancashire;Muchland, Lancashire;Plain Furness, Lancashire;Torver, Lancashire;Ulverston, Lancashire;Great Bowden, Leicestershire;Hinckley, Leicestershire;Loughborough, Leicestershire;Holbeach, Lincolnshire;Norton Disney, Lincolnshire;London;Holborn, Middlesex;St Martin in the Fields, Middlesex;Foxley, Norfolk;Sparham, Norfolk;Armston, Northamptonshire;Barnwell, Northamptonshire;Boughton, Northamptonshire;Brigstock, Northamptonshire;Deene, Northamptonshire;Geddington, Northamptonshire;Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire;Hemington, Northamptonshire;Kettering, Northamptonshire;Luddington, Northamptonshire;Polebrook, Northamptonshire;Weekley, Northamptonshire;Wark, Northumberland;Adderbury, Oxfordshire;Banbury, Oxfordshire;Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire;Barlaston, Staffordshire;Grindon, Staffordshire;Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire;Petersham, Surrey;Sudbrook Park, Surrey;Cawston, Warwickshire;Sussex;Church Lawford, Warwickshire;Dunchurch, Warwickshire;Knightlow, Warwickshire;Newbold-on-Avon, Warwickshire;Newnham Regis, Warwickshire;Nuneaton, Warwickshire;Amesbury, Wiltshire;Urchfont, Wiltshire;High Bowland Forest, Yorkshire;Low Bowland Forest, Yorkshire;Bad Gastein, Austria;Cannes, France;Naples, Italy

Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (7)

  • NRA 1157 Charles I: letters from Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight
  • NRA 43350 William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland: military papers
  • NRA 43351 William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne: political corresp
  • NRA 879 Palmer family of Holme Park: family and estate papers
  • NRA 43931 Royal Archives, Windsor: Georgian Papers
  • NRA 43349 Royal Archives, Windsor: Stuart papers
  • NRA 43346 Royal Archives, Windsor: Victorian papers

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