An outstanding archive of the Aynho estate papers, title deeds, together with personal papers of members of the Cartwright family in public life, including William Ralph Cartwright, MP for Northamptonshire (d.1847); his son Sir Thomas Cartwright, minister in Frankfurt 1830-38 and ambassador to Sweden 1838-50. whose papers include letters from Lord Palmerston, 1831-40; his son William Cornwallis Cartwright. MP for Oxfordshire, a supporter of Garibaldi and an informal adviser to the Government on foreign affairs; and his son Sir Fairfax Leighton Cartwright, ambassador to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1908-13.
Item Provenance
The Cartwright of Aynho Family