Transcripts by Dr Lisa Barber of letters written to or concerning Lady Margaret Primrose, later Marchioness of Crewe
Dr Lisa Barber's transcripts, with notes, completed in circa 2020, of letters written c.1884-1962 to or concerning Lady Margaret Primrose, later Marchioness of Crewe. Correspondents include:
- Benjamin Jowett, 1890
- William Gladstone, 1890
- Mrs W.E. (Catherine) Gladstone, c.1880-1899
- Lord Rosebery, 1893-1905
- Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), 1893-1896
- Henry Irving, 1899
- Lady Dorothy Grey, 1901-1905
- Sir Edward Grey of Fallodon, 1907-1922
- David Lloyd George, 1911-1920
- Arthur Balfour, 1909-1915
- Queen Alexandra, n.d.
- King George V, 1911
- Queen Mary, 1911-1950
- Queen Elizabeth [the Queen Mother], 1934
- Margaret Bondfield, 1944
- Henry Asquith, 1911
- Margot Asquith, 1915-1944
- General Edmund Allenby, 1918
- Max Beaverbrook, c.1927-1941
- Violet Markham, 1915-1958
- Chaim Weizmann, 1915-1917
- Maurice Baring, 1909-1916
- Edith Sitwell, 1938-1961
- Osbert Sitwell, 1938-1961
- Vita Sackville West, 1950 and n.d.
- Lord Hugh Cecil, 1905-1937
- Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood, 1913-1945
- Clementine Churchill, 1940-1958
- Lilian Barker, 1923-1944
With West Horsley Place. A New Start - 2014-2017 by Bamber Gascoigne which describes the history of the house where the original letters are held.
Dates
- Creation: c.2020
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. 24157, page 1].
Shelfmark:
MS. 24157
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 24157
Abstract
Transcripts by Dr Lisa Barber of letters written c.1884-1962 to or concerning Lady Margaret Primrose, later Marchioness of Crewe.
Biographical / Historical
Margaret Crewe-Milnes, Marchioness of Crewe, (1881-1967), known as Peggy, was the daughter of the fifth earl of Rosebery who was Prime Minister, 1894-1895. On her marriage to her father's colleague, Robert Milnes-Crewe, Marquess of Crewe, she became a political hostess. During World War I she chaired the Central Committee on Women's Employment and was one of the first women to be appointed as a justice of the peace in 1920. For further details see the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Dr Lisa Barber [née Jefferson] is a medievalist.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated to the Bodleian by Dr Lisa Barber in 2025.
Existence and Location of Originals
The original letters belonged to the Marchioness's daughter, Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe, (1915-2014) and were consulted at her home, West Horsley Place, Surrey, by Dr Lisa Barber.
- Title
- Catalogue of Transcripts by Dr Lisa Barber of Letters Written to or Concerning Lady Margaret Primrose, later Marchioness of Crewe
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Lucy McCann
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Edition statement
- First edition.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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