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Crewe-Milnes family, Barons Houghton

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Date: 1200-2000
History:

Richard Slater Milnes (1759-1804) of Fryston (Yorkshire, West Riding), descended from a Derbyshire family, acquired property at Great Houghton (Yorkshire, West Riding) through his wife. Their son Robert Pemberton Milnes (1784-1858) married in 1808 Henrietta Monckton, daughter of the 4th Viscount Galway and granddaughter of Pemberton Milnes of Bawtry (Yorkshire, West Riding). It was Richard Monckton Milnes (1809-85), son of R.P. and the Hon. Henrietta Milnes, who was created Baron Houghton in 1863. The 2nd Baron Houghton, who inherited the Crewe estates from his uncle, took the name of Crewe-Milnes and was created Earl of Crewe in 1895 and Marquess of Crewe in 1911. All the peerage titles became extinct on his death in 1945.

Estates in 1883: 5,429 acres in West Riding of Yorkshire; 1,357 acres in Lincolnshire; 780 acres in Nottinghamshire; 30 acres in Derbyshire and 3 acres in Staffordshire; worth a total of £11,787 a year.

Places:
  • Austerfield, Yorkshire
  • Bawtry, Yorkshire
  • Calne, Wiltshire
  • Clippesby, Norfolk
  • Crewe, Cheshire
  • Everton, Nottinghamshire
  • Ferry Frystone, Yorkshire
  • Great Houghton, Yorkshire
  • Madeley, Staffordshire
  • Radbourne, Warwickshire
  • Scrooby, Nottinghamshire
  • Timberland, Lincolnshire
Sources of authority: Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996, p. 42.
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/F87828 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/F10115 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
13th cent-20th cent: Cheshire (Crewe, etc) and Staffs (Madeley, etc) deeds, family and estate papers, mainly Crewe family, with deeds and papers for Leics, Lincs (Timberland, etc), Norfolk (Clippesby), Salop and Warwicks (Radbourne)
Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
DCR
NRA 1299 Crewe

See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [26a]
2
late 19th cent: misc Madeley (Staffs) estate plans and papers
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: William Salt Library
WSL 15/45
NRA 7959 Crewe-Milnes

See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [26b]
3
13th cent-19th cent: Wilts (Calne, etc) deeds and papers (Crewe and Walker-Hungerford families)
Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre
NRA 1299 Crewe

See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [26c]
4
16th cent-17th cent: Crewe Hall (Cheshire) architectural plans and papers rel to Cheshire affairs
Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development
See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [26d]
5
14th cent-20th cent: Yorks (Bawtry, Great Houghton, etc) and Lincs (Timberland, etc) deeds, family and estate papers, mainly Milnes family, with misc deeds and papers for Derbys and Notts (Everton, etc)
Sheffield City Archives
CM
NRA 1082 Crewe-Milnes

See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [26e]
6
16th-20th cent: Crewe and Crewe-Milnes family papers
Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development
See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [26f]
7
19th cent: Milnes and Monckton-Milnes family corresp
Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections
Ga 9201-Ga2I
NRA 6741
8
19th cent: Milnes family papers, mainly of the 1st Baron
Cambridge University: Trinity College Library
See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [26g]
9
late 19th cent-20th cent: papers of the Marquess of Crewe (1858-1945)
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [26h]
10
c1929-1936: papers of the Marquess of Crewe rel to his life of Lord Rosebery
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 10195-10250
NRA 22490 Primrose

See HMC Papers of British politicians 1782-1900, 1989 p24
11
1926: misc diplomatic papers of the Marquess of Crewe
The National Archives
FO 800/330
See HMC Papers of British politicians 1782-1900, 1989 p46
12
1910-1920: Indian papers of the Marquess of Crewe
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
Hardinge
NRA 3853