The Sutherland Papers are the archive of the Leveson-Gower family, successively Earls Gower, Marquesses of Stafford and Dukes of Sutherland. Their former home in Staffordshire was Trentham Hall, designed by Sir Charles Barry and demolished in 1911. The papers document the family's role over 9 centuries as landowners, landlords, employers, developers, improvers and consumers in Staffordshire, Shropshire and the West Midlands and their wider role as politicians, investors and society leaders. The archive contains Capability Brown's plans for landscaping at Trentham (1759) and correspondence relating to the completion by the 2nd Duke of Stafford (now Lancaster) House in London.
Item Provenance
Dukes of Sutherland and thence by descent.