Research for Shiela's proposed biography of Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff
MS. Grant Duff 90
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
From Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts
This is an extract only. For more information, see the catalogue record in Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts.
Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts contains descriptions of the Bodleian Libraries’ archival collections, including post-1500 manuscripts. Some manuscripts with records in other catalogues are also described here as part of a description of a larger archive. Learn more.
Title
Research for Shiela's proposed biography of Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff
Shelfmark
MS. Grant Duff 90
Summary
Research notes for Shiela's biography of Sir Mountstuart, including transcribed copies of original correspondence to him and some original documents, organised by the decades of his life:
1848-1859
1860-1869
1870-1879
1880-1889 covering Sir Mountstuart's time as Governor of Madras (1881-1886) and with notes on the Salem Riots of 1882
1890-1899
1900-1906 including notice of Privy Council meeting in Jan 1901 following the death of Queen Victoria and autobiographical notes written by Sir Mountstuart, 1901
Date
c.1880s-1901 and c.1960-c.1995
Bulk, 1960-1995
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box
View full record in Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts
Collection contents
Archive of Shiela Grant Duff, with Grant Duff and Lubbock family papers
Papers of and relating to the Grant Duff family
Research papers and writings by Shiela on the Grant Duffs
Research for Shiela's proposed biography of Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff
