Newspaper gleanings 1895-1898.
Thomas Wodehouse Legh, 2nd Baron Newton (1857-1942)
Category
Books
Date
1895 - 1898
Materials
Place of origin
Lyme
Collection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 3230044
Summary
Full description
A collection of newspaper cuttings in English and French relating to the Leghs, esp. T. W. Legh. Newspaper and date written above each entry in ink. Topics include: politics (esp. appointments and speeches on T. W. Legh), international affairs (esp. Armenia/Turkey, China, Africa, Greece), Mrs Legh's presence in the House for TW's address, diplomacy, cartoons/illustrations of debate, sport, (Golf, bowling, hunting etc.), employment/rights, Bromley-Davenport and Kinloch wedding, war, Jubilee etc.. Also a letter/memo from parliament re Queen's speech.
Bibliographic description
112 p. ; 32 cm. Provenance: indigenous. Scrapbook with annotation in hand of Thomas Wodehouse Legh, 2nd Lord Newton (1857-1942)]. Binding: publisher's nineteenth-century red cloth, upper cover lettered in gold: Newspaper gleanings. Manuscript paper upper cover label: 1895-1898.
Makers and roles
Thomas Wodehouse Legh, 2nd Baron Newton (1857-1942) Lyme Park