The manuscripts comprise:
- anecdotes of public figures by Robert, 2nd Baron Monkswell, c. 1900, some related by his father, including several concerning W.E. Gladstone, Thomas Huxley, A.P. Primrose, Frederic Baron Leighton, Edward VII when Prince of Wales, Oliver Wendell Holmes, junior, and Alfred Lord Tennyson. Many relate to Monkswell's time as Lord-in-Waiting to the Queen, 1892-1895;
- accounts by Lord Monkswell of conversations with John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, on 25 May, 21 July 1901 and 9 Feb. 1902, in a notebook originally used for brief notes on legal cases, 1871;
- a narrative of political events from June 1855 to July 1867 written on loose sheets by Lord Monkswell, as an account of the inconsistencies of Disraeli in opposition and in office.
Dates
- Creation: [c. 1855-c.1900]
Extent
0.30 Linear metres (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
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Full range of shelfmarks:
Dep. d. 837-839
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 10353
Abstract
Manuscripts of Robert Collier, 2nd Baron Monkswell, Lord-in-Waiting and politician
Biographical / Historical
Robert Collier (1845-1909), 2nd Baron Monkswell, was a Lord-in-Waiting and politician. Details are given in Who Was Who.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposited in the Library by W.O. Collier in 1995.
Geographic
Topical
Subject
- Collier | Robert | 1845-1909 | 2nd Baron Monkswell (Person)
- Collier | Robert Porrett | 1817-1886 | 1st Baron Monkswell (Person)
- Disraeli | Benjamin | 1804-1881 | Earl of Beaconsfield | statesman (Person)
- Edward | VII | 1841-1910 | King of Great Britain and Ireland (Person)
- Gladstone | William Ewart | 1809-1898 | statesman (Person)
- Holmes | Oliver Wendell | 1841-1935 | American jurist (Person)
- Huxley | Thomas Henry | 1825-1895 | scientist (Person)
- Leighton | Frederic | 1830-1896 | Baron Leighton of Stretton | painter (Person)
- Primrose | Archibald Philip | 1847-1929 | 5th Earl of Rosebery | statesman (Person)
- Tennyson | Alfred | 1809-1892 | 1st Baron Tennyson | poet (Person)
- Wodehouse | John | 1826-1902 | 1st Earl of Kimberley | politician (Person)
- Title
- Manuscripts of Robert Collier, 2nd Baron Monkswell
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Susan Thomas; EAD version 2021 by Simon Mackley.
- Date
- EAD version 2021
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk