Newspaper cuttings, March 1907-June 1908.
Thomas Wodehouse Legh, 2nd Baron Newton (1857-1942)
Category
Books
Date
1907 - 1908
Materials
Place of origin
Lyme
Collection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 3230049
Summary
Full description
Collection of newspaper cuttings in English, French and German. Newspaper and date written in ink above each entry. Topics include: politics (esp. political career of Lord Newton, including the reform of the House of Lords, National service, anti-socialist opinion of TW Legh) Sport (golf, Maj. Gilbert Legh's reforms, parliamentary games), cartoons, international affairs (even some Australian newspaper articles), theatricals and Christmas party at Lyme, Legh family fundraising for local causes, public gifts and visits of Lord Newton and family, Lettice Legh's marriage, workers' rights (miners' 8 hour bill), art galleries, education
Bibliographic description
151 p. ; 38 cm. Bookseller's stamp on pastedown: Hugh Rees Ltd., stationers, 119, Pall Mall, London. Provenance: indigenous. Annotation in hand of Thomas Wodehouse Legh, 2nd Lord Newton (1857-1942)]. Binding: twentieth-century half blue, grained sheep, with blue cloth on boards. Upper board lettered in gold: Newspaper cuttings ; spine title: News cuttings; manuscript date on paper label: March 1907-June 1908.
Makers and roles
Thomas Wodehouse Legh, 2nd Baron Newton (1857-1942) Lyme Park