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Stowe papers addenda: John Land material
mssHM 82950-82986  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Administration Information
  • Biographical Note
  • Arrangement
  • Scope and Content
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Stowe papers addenda: John Land material
    Dates: 1871-1929
    Collection Number: mssHM 82950-82986
    Creator OR Collector: Land, John, 1852-1928
    Extent: 53 items in three boxes
    Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Manuscripts Department
    1151 Oxford Road
    San Marino, California 91108
    Phone: (626) 405-2191
    Email: reference@huntington.org
    URL: http://www.huntington.org
    Abstract: Correspondence, documents, gamekeeper’s notebook, photographs and ephemera relating to the Stowe estate, John Land and Louis-Philippe-Albert d’ Orléans, comte de Paris.
    Language of Material: The records are in English.

    Administration Information

    Access

    Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.

    Publication Rights

    The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Stowe papers addenda: John Land material, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

    Acquisition Information

    Purchased from Marlborough Rare Books Ltd., Catalogue 203, item 22, February 24, 2005.

    Biographical Note

    The estate of Stowe in Buckinghamshire was purchased in 1590 by Peter Temple, and remained in possession of the Temple family and, subsequently, the Grenville family until 1921 when the estate, house and its contents were sold by Lady Mary Morgan Grenville, Baroness Kinloss of Stowe. In 1886 the house and estate were rented to Louis-Philippe-Albert d’ Orléans, comte de Paris (1838-1894), who wasa claimant to the French throne from 1848 until his death at Stowe House in 1894. John Land (1852-1928) was employed by the comte as the gamekeeper on the Stowe estate. Land was born in Rushford (Norfolk), the son and grandson of gamekeepers; he and his wife Hannah had at least three sons, one of whom was Harry Frederick Land. John Land worked on various great estates including Stowe and Wrest Park, Bedfordshire; he died at Silsoe, Bedfordshire in 1928.

    Arrangement

    The collection is arranged chronologically.

    Scope and Content

    Box 1: Correspondence, documents, gamekeeper’s notebook, and ephemera; arranged chronologically (1871-1929), HM 82950-82968.
    Box 2: Photographs of John Land, various estates and workers; arranged by subject and then chronologically (1890-1928), HM 82969-82978.
    Box 3: Oversize photographs of the comte de Paris, various family members, and Stowe House; arranged chronologically (1890-1900), HM 82979-82986.

    Indexing Terms

    Personal Names

    Cockram, Thomas, -1897
    Cowper, Francis Thomas De Grey Cowper, Earl of, 1834-1905
    Haslam, Joel
    Land, Harry Frederick
    Land, John, 1852-1928
    Lawrence, John Hamilton Lawrence, Baron, 1846-1913
    Lucas, Auberon Thomas Herbert, Baron, 1876-1916
    Mappin, Frederick Thorpe, Sir, 1821-1910
    Morgan, Thomas C. C.
    Orléans, Hèléne d’, Princess of France, 1871-1951
    Orléans, Philippe, duc d’, 1869-1926
    Paris, Louis-Philippe-Albert d’ Orléans, comte de, 1838-1894
    Paris, Marie Isabelle d’ Orléans, comtesse de, 1848-1919
    Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912

    Corporate Names

    Stowe House (Buckinghamshire, England)
    Wrest Park and House (Silsoe, England)

    Subjects

    Administration of estates –- Great Britain –- History –- 19th century
    Administration of estates –- Great Britain –- History –- 20th century
    Country life –- Great Britain –- History –- 19th century
    Country life –- Great Britain –- History –- 20th century
    Gamekeepers
    Household employees –- Great Britain –- History –- 19th century
    Household employees –- Great Britain –- History –- 20th century
    Hunting –- England –- History –- 19th century
    Manors –- England –- Buckingham

    Genre

    Documents -– Great Britain -– 19th century
    Documents –- Great Britain –- 20th century
    Ephemera –- Great Britain –- 19th century
    Ephemera –- Great Britain -– 20th century
    Letters (correspondence) -– Great Britain –- 19th century
    Letters (correspondence) –- Great Britain -– 20th century
    Notebooks –- Great Britain –- 19th century
    Photographs –- Great Britain –- 19th century
    Photographs –- Great Britain -– 20th century