Family memoirs / by Sir Oswald Mosley.
Mosley, Oswald, Sir, 1785-1871
Category
Books
Date
1849
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3237221
Summary
Bibliographic description
iv, 78, xxviii p., [4] leaves of plates (1 folded) :. ill., facsim. (col.), port. ;. 28 cm. Pastedown label, ms. numbered "No 1". Loose insert (p.57): autograph letter signed from Marcus Cheke to unknown Mosley (presumably Godfrey); requesting family information; headed: British Embassy Lisbon; with British armorial blind stamp; dated: March 21st 1933. Press cuttings on rear endpaper with notices of the death of the author, Oswald Mosley, 1871, Manchester Guardian; death of Ashton N.E. Mosley; destruction of Rolleston Hall. Pencil annotation, some detailed. With a bundle of additional genealogical notes, cuttings, tables, etc. Includes typescript draft of family historical record ([6] leaves). Provenance: inscribed on pastedown "Presented to his eldest son and beloved Brother in Christ by his affectionate Father The Author" [i.e. Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Bt of Ancoats (1785-1871) to Sir Tonman Mosley, 3rd Bt (1813-1890)]. Loose insert: empty envelope inscribed "No 1 Godfrey Mosley very precious". Binding: nineteenth-century red calf; gilt tooled borders, blind tooled centre panel, gold lettered; five false bands; gilt tooled spine, board edges and turn-ins.
Makers and roles
Mosley, Oswald, Sir, 1785-1871