The Claremont Estate archive
Category
Archive Collections
Date
circa 1787 - circa 1945
Materials
Collection
Claremont Landscape Garden, Surrey
NT 765677
Summary
The Claremont Estate archive: Deeds and papers relating to the landscape garden and its previous owners. The owners included Thomas Pelham-Holles, the Duke of Newcastle, Clive of India (Lord Clive), Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold. SHC ref K176/14/-: Deeds and papers re Claremont deposited by Messrs Farrer, solicitors, through the British Records Association between 1939 and 1945; SHC ref 568/4/-: Claremont, Esher, papers relating to the rights and claims of Leopold, King of the Belgians; presented by Smallpeice and Merriman, solicitors, in 1958 and 1970; SCH ref 847: Plan of Claremont Park, Esher, surveyed by James Chilcott, 1801, presented by the Rector and Parochial Church Council of Christ Church, Esher, in January 1952; SHC ref. 2930: Bundle of documents relating to the Claremont Estate, Esher, 1884-1949, including: copy will (1884) and codicil (1900) of Princess Helen, the Duchess of Albany; 3 copy death certificates of trustees etc; correspondence and memoranda, deposited by Williams & James, solicitors of London, through the British Records Association (BRA No. 2131), in November 1983.