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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Leigh family collection
Creator:
Leigh (Family : Adlestrop, England)
Identifier/Call Number: mssLeigh
Physical Description:
15.22 Linear Feet
(13 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1654-1975
Date (bulk): 1654-1810
Abstract: A collection related to the Leigh
family of Adlestrop, England; it includes correspondence, documents, poems, transcriptions,
and genealogical material.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at
the Huntington Library for more information.
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.
[Identification of item]. Leigh family collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino,
California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Helen Roach via Karen Thomson, January 2022. Boxes 9-13 gift of Helen Roach,
November 2022.
The collection was owned by Helen Roach, a descendant of the Beachcroft family, who were
descendants of the Leigh family. The collection had previously been on deposit at the
Bodleian Library since the 1970s and was removed by Helen Roach in the 2010s.
The Leigh family, descended from Sir Thomas Leigh, Lord Mayor of London for Queen Elizabeth
I, were a long-established family in Adlestrop in Gloucestershire. They were connected by
marriage to many other wealthy families in Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, including the
Dukes of Chandos and the Austens; the Leighs of Adlestrop were Jane Austen's maternal
relatives.
A collection of correspondence, manuscripts, poems, and research material related to the
Leigh family of Adlestrop, England. The correspondence includes multiple generations of men,
women, and children of the Leigh family, their extended families, friends, business and
political associates. The research material was compiled by Gwen Beachcroft in the 20th
century and includes indexes, transcriptions, correspondence, photocopies, and family
trees.
Processed by Gayle M. Richardson in November 2022.
Leigh family papers, 1686/87-1866, mssHM 81608-81660.
Existence and Location of Copies
Selected items from this collection have been digitized. Digital reproductions are
available in the
Huntington Digital Library.
Organized in the following series: 1. Correspondence and manuscripts; 2. Transcriptions and
family research material.
Please note: there is no material in this collection by Jane Austen nor is she a subject of
any of this material. But, the Leigh family collection will allow researchers to develop
enhanced understanding of her family and kin networks, gendered relationships, literature,
and English sociability.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Childbirth -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Children –- Great Britain -– History
Education -- Great Britain -- History
Families -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
Families -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Marriage -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
Marriage -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Medicine -- Great Britain -- History
Sick -- Great Britain -- History
Smallpox -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
England -- Social life and customs -- 17th century
England -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 17th century
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 18th century
Ephemera -- Great Britain -- 20th century
Family histories -- Great Britain -- 20th century
Genealogical tables -- Great Britain -- 20th century
Letters (correspondence) -- Great Britain -- 17th century
Letters (correspondence) -- Great Britain -- 18th century
Letters (correspondence) -- Great Britain -- 20th century
Manuscripts (documents) -- Great Britain -- 17th century
Manuscripts (documents) -- Great Britain -- 18th century
Manuscripts (documents) -- Great Britain -- 19th century
Poems -- Great Britain -- 17th century
Poems -- Great Britain -- 18th century
Poems -- Great Britain -- 19th century
transcriptions (documents) -- Great Britain -- 20th
century
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Family -- Sources
Baskerville, Jemima Hastings
Beachcroft, Gwen
Bedford, John Russell, Duke
of, 1710-1771
Blandford, William Godolphin, Marquess of,
1699-1731
Brydges, James,
1731-1789
Carnarvon, John Brydges, Marquess of,
1703-1727
Cooke, Cassandra Leigh
Cooke, George Leigh, 1780-1853
Cooke, Theophilus Leigh, 1776-1846
Frederick Louis, Prince of
Wales, 1707-1751
James II, King of England,
1633-1701
Keck, Susan Hamilton, Lady, approximately
1706-1755
Leigh, Anne Bee, -1766
Leigh, Charles, 1700-1766
Leigh, James, 1692-1714
Leigh, James, 1724-1774
Leigh, Joanna Pury, 1625?-1689
Leigh, Mary Brydges, 1666-1703
Leigh, Mary Leigh, 1731-1797
Leigh, Mary Lord, approximately 1695-1756
Leigh, Theophilus, approximately 1643-1725
Leigh, Theophilus, 1693-1785
Leigh, Thomas, 1734-1813
Leigh, William, 1604-1690
Leigh, William, 1691-1757
Powney, Richard, 1701 or
1702-1764
Turner, Edward, Sir, 1719-1766
Warburton, William,
1698-1779
Wight, Cassandra Leigh, 1695-1778
Balliol College (University
of Oxford) -- History -- 18th century
University of Oxford -- History -- 18th
century