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Lowther, James William, 1855-1949 (1st Viscount Ullswater and Speaker of the House of Commons)

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Dates

  • Existence: 1855 - 1949

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

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Correspondence from James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater, 13 May 1906-1906 (Circa)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8988/112-113
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Correspondence received by Massie on Liberal politics, women's suffrage, biblical studies, and education. Notable correspondents include the politicians Joseph Chamberlain, William Gladstone and Arthur Wellesley Peel, and the suffragist Millicent Fawcett. The correspondence is arranged in alphabetical order by name of sender with 'miscellanea' placed at the end of the correspondence. The whole collection has been calendared to provide short summaries of the contents, including some direct...
Dates: 13 May 1906-1906 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from James W. Lowther to Frances Clark, 17 Mar. 1880-17 Mar. 1900 (Circa. No year given)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8952/74
Scope and Contents

Visiting Cambridge with his son for 'Little Go' examination

Dates: 17 Mar. 1880-17 Mar. 1900 (Circa. No year given)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater, 6 Nov. 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8990/523
Scope and Contents

Congratulations on Almanack

Dates: 6 Nov. 1927
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Printed cards, 1890-1924 and undated (bulk 1896-1899)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10418/3
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Invitations, menus, programmes, calling cards, tickets, arrangements and a seating plan, some with manuscript annotations. Includes one manuscript menu. Two of the invitations are from the Viceroy of India to Edwin Ludlow. With two envelopes. 59 items.

Dates: 1890-1924 and undated (bulk 1896-1899)
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'Private Journal. I.', 18 June 1904-25 Aug. 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8786/1/3
Scope and Contents From the File: The following twelve journals were written in blank quarto books. Some have a few letters or other items pasted into them. Volumes 1-8 are each prefaced with a note by ATB that in the event of his death the series is to be handed to Charles Sayle, whose name was scored through and replaced by that of E.J. Dent in 1917. Dent's name is given in the prefatory note to volume 9; no name appears in volume 10; and volumes 11 and 12 refer to 'my executors'. Although volume 12 ends in 1925, eight...
Dates: 18 June 1904-25 Aug. 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).