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.
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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
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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