Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
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Businesses (1)
- Ecton copper mines Ecton, Staffordshire
Organisations (12)
- Abingdon Abbey Abingdon, Berkshire
- Bolton Priory Bolton, Yorkshire
- Cumberland militia Cumberland;Cumbria
- Fountains Abbey Fountains, Yorkshire
- Ireland: Religious Houses County Kilkenny
- Lincoln Dean and Chapter Lincoln, Lincolnshire
- Pevensey and Hastings levels Commissioners of Sewers Pevensey, Sussex;Hastings, Sussex
- Pocklington tithes Pocklington, Yorkshire
- Sawtry Abbey Sawtry, Huntingdonshire
- St Albans Abbey St Albans, Hertfordshire
- Westmorland militia Westmorland;Cumbria
- Willingdon levels Willingdon, Sussex
Persons (143)
- Abercromby, James, (1776-1858), 1st Baron Dunfermline, Speaker of House of Commons
- Arkwright, Sir Richard, (1732-1792), Knight, engineer
- Arkwright, Richard, (1755-1843), cotton manufacturer and landowner
- Arundell, Richard, (1696-1758), Surveyor General and Politician
- Balfour, Arthur James, (1848-1930), 1st Earl of Balfour, statesman
- Baring, Thomas George, (1826-1904), 1st Earl of Northbrook, Viceroy of India
- Bateman, Thomas, (1821-1861), archaeologist and antiquary
- Bowes, John, (1690-1767), lord chancellor of Ireland
- Boyle, Henry, (1682-1764), 1st Earl of Shannon
- Boyle, Richard, (1566-1643), 1st Earl of Cork, statesman
- Boyle, Richard, (d 1644), Archbishop of Tuam
- Boyle, Richard, (1612-1697), 1st Earl of Burlington 2nd Earl of Cork, statesman
- Boyle, Richard, (1695-1753), 3rd Earl of Burlington 4th Earl of Cork
- Boyle, Robert, (1627-1691), Natural Philosopher and Chemist
- Boyle, Roger, (1621-1679), 1st Earl of Orrery, Major General, statesman, dramatist
- Brand, Henry Bouverie William, (1814-1892), 1st Viscount Hampden of Glynde
- Brett, Reginald Baliol, (1852-1930) 2nd Viscount Esher, politician
- Brougham, Henry Peter, (1778-1868), 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, statesman, Lord Chancellor
- Burke, Thomas Henry, (1829-1882), Under Secretary for Ireland
- Burnet, Gilbert, (1643-1715), Bishop of Salisbury and historian Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Cambridge, George William Frederick Charles, (1819-1904) 2nd Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal
- Campbell, George Douglas, (1823-1900), 8th Duke of Argyll, statesman
- Canning, George, (1770-1827), statesman
- Cary, Henry, (d 1633), 1st Viscount Falkland
- Cavendish, Deborah Vivien, (1920-2014), Duchess of Devonshire
- Cavendish, Lord Edward, (1838-1891), son of 7th Duke of Devonshire
- Cavendish, Elizabeth Christiana, (1758-1824), patron of arts
- Cavendish, Lord Frederick, (1729-1803), Field Marshal
- Cavendish, Lord Frederick Charles, (1836-1882), Chief Secretary for Ireland
- Cavendish, George Augustus Henry, (1754-1834), 1st Earl of Burlington
- Cavendish, Georgiana, (1757-1806), political hostess
- Cavendish, Henry, (d 1616), Soldier and Politician
- Cavendish, Henry, (1731-1810), natural philosopher
- Cavendish, Lord John, (1732-1796), Politician
- Cavendish, Spencer Compton, (1833-1908), 8th Duke of Devonshire, statesman
- Cavendish, Victor Christian William, (1868-1938), 9th Duke of Devonshire, Governor General of Canada
- Cavendish, William, (d 1626), 1st Earl of Devonshire
- Cavendish, William, (1617-1684), 3rd Earl of Devonshire
- Cavendish, William, (1673-1729), 2nd Duke of Devonshire
- Cavendish, William, (1698-1755), 3rd Duke of Devonshire
- Cavendish, William, (1720-1764), 4th Duke of Devonshire
- Cavendish, William, (1748-1811), 5th Duke of Devonshire
- Cavendish, William, (1783-1812), MP for Derby
- Cavendish, William, (1808-1891), 7th Duke of Devonshire
- Cavendish, William George Spencer, (1790-1858), 6th Duke of Devonshire, bibliophile
- Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, William Henry, (1768-1854), 4th Duke of Portland, statesman
- Chamberlain, Joseph, (1836-1914), statesman
- Churchill, Lord Randolph Henry Spencer, (1849-1895), statesman
- Coke, Thomas, (c 1695-1759), 1st Earl of Leicester
- Collier, John Payne, (1789-1883), Shakespearean scholar and forger, antiquary and journalist
- Compton, Charles, (d 1755), Envoy to Lisbon MP
- Conway, Henry Seymour, (1721-1795), Field Marshal Secretary of State
- Coutts, Thomas, (1735-1822), banker
- Cowper-Temple, William Francis, (1811-1888), Baron Mount Temple, politician
- Crozat, Pierre, (1661-1740), French Art Collector
- D'Arcy, Robert, (1718-1778), 4th Earl of Holdernesse, statesman
- Denison, John Evelyn, (1800-1873), Viscount Ossington
- Dickens, Charles John Huffam, (1812-1870), novelist and journalist
- Dutens, Louis, (1730-1812), diplomat and Man of Letters
- Ellis, George James Welbore Agar-, (1797-1833), 1st Baron Dover
- Ellis, Welbore, (1713-1802), 1st Baron Mendip, statesman
- Esmonde, Laurence, (1570-1646), 1st Baron Esmonde
- Fergusson, Sir James, (1832-1907), 6th Baron of Kilkerran, 6th Baronet Colonial Governor
- Fitzgibbon, John, (1792-1851), 2nd Earl of Clare
- Fitzmaurice, Henry Charles Keith, (1845-1927), 5th Marquess of Landsdowne, statesman
- Flahault, Margaret Mercer, (1788-1867), Viscountess Keith and Baroness Nairn
- Forster, William Edward, (1818-1886), statesman
- Fox, Henry, (1705-1774), 1st Baron Holland, statesman
- Fox, Sir Stephen, (1627-1716), Knight, statesman
- Garrick, David, (1717-1779), actor
- Gascoyne-Cecil, Hugh Richard Heathcote, (1869-1956), Baron Quickswood, politician
- Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot, (1830-1903), 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, statesman
- Gentz, Friedrich von, (1764-1832), German publicist, politician
- Gladstone, William Ewart, (1809-1898), statesman
- Gore, Catherine Grace Frances, (1799-1861), Novelist and dramatist
- Goschen, George Joachim, (1831-1907), 1st Viscount Goschen, statesman
- Harcourt, Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon, (1827-1904), Knight, statesman
- Hare, James, (1749-1804), MP Diplomat and Wit
- Hobbes, Thomas, (1588-1679), Philosopher
- Howard, Sir George, (1718-1796), Knight Field Marshal MP
- Howard, George William Frederick, (1802-1864), 7th Earl of Carlisle
- Howard, Lady Georgiana, (1783-1858), Countess of Carlisle
- Hunt, James Henry Leigh, (1784-1859), essayist and poet
- Jackson, Francis James, (1770-1814), diplomat
- Jackson, Sir George, (1785-1861), Knight, Knight Diplomat
- James, Henry, (1828-1911), 1st Baron James of Hereford, statesman
- Jones, Katherine, (1614-1691), Lady Ranelagh, intellectual
- Kent, William, (1684-1748), Painter Sculptor and Architect
- Lamb, Lady Caroline, (1785-1828), novelist
- Landseer, Sir Edwin Henry, (1802-1873), Knight, Knight Painter
- Legge, Henry Bilson, (1708-1764), politician
- Leveson-Gower, Granville George, (1815-1891), 2nd Earl Granville, statesman
- Lieven, Dorothea Christoforovna, (1784-1857), Princess Lieven, political hostess
- Manners, John, (1696-1779), 3rd Duke of Rutland
- Manners, John Henry, (1778-1857), 5th Duke of Rutland
- Maule-Ramsay, Fox, (1801-1874), 11th Earl of Dalhousie, statesman
- Mitford, Jessica Lucy, (1917-1996), author, journalist and civil rights activist Gloucestershire
- Mitford, Nancy, (1904-1973), CBE, author, biographer and journalist London
- Moore, John, (1729-1802), physician and writer
- O'Brien, Donough, (d 1624), 4th Earl of Thomond
- O'Brien, Murrough, (1614-1674), 1st Earl of Inchiquin
- Palmer, Roundell, (1812-1895), 1st Earl of Selborne, Lord Chancellor
- Parsons, Sir Laurence, (fl 1608-1624), Baron of the Irish Exchequer
- Parsons, Sir William, (1570-1650), 1st Baronet Lord Justice of Ireland
- Paxton, Sir Joseph, (1801-1865), Knight, MP, architect and landscape gardener
- Pelham, Henry, (1695-1754), statesman
- Pelham-Holles, Sir Thomas, (1693-1768), 1st Duke of Newcastle, statesman
- Phipps, Constantine Henry, (1797-1863), 1st Marquess of Normanby, statesman and author
- Pitt, William, (1708-1778), 1st Earl of Chatham, statesman
- Ponsonby, Sir Henry Frederick, (1825-1895), Knight, General, private secretary to Queen Victoria
- Ponsonby, William, (1704-1793), 2nd Earl of Bessborough
- Primrose, Archibald Philip, (1847-1929), 5th Earl of Rosebery, statesman
- Robinson, George Frederick Samuel, (1827-1909), 1st Marquess of Ripon, statesman
- Robinson, Sir Thomas, (1695-1770), 1st Baron Grantham, diplomat
- Russell, Francis, (1788-1861), 7th Duke of Bedford
- Russell, John, (1710-1771), 4th Duke of Bedford, statesman
- Russell, Lord John, (1792-1878), 1st Earl Russell, statesman
- Russell, Rachel, (1636-1723), Lady Russell
- Russell, Wriothesley, (1680-1711), 2nd Duke of Bedford
- Ruvigny, Henri de Massue de, (1648-1720), 1st Earl of Galway, General
- Sackville, John Frederick, (1745-1799), 3rd Duke of Dorset, diplomat
- Savile, George, (1633-1695), 1st Marquess of Halifax
- Savile, Henry, (1642-1687), Diplomat
- Sidney, Algernon, (1622-1683), Republican
- Spencer, John Poyntz, (1835-1910), 5th Earl Spencer, statesman
- Spencer, Margaret Georgiana, (1737-1814), Countess Spencer
- St Leger, Sir William, (d 1642), Knight Lord President of Munster
- Stuart, John, (1713-1792), 3rd Earl of Bute, statesman
- Talbot, Elizabeth, (1518-1608), businesswoman
- Taylor, Sir Herbert, (1775-1839), Knight, Lieutenant General
- Tilley, Sir John, (1813-1898), Knight Secretary of the Post Office
- Victoria, (1819-1901), Queen of Great Britain and Ireland
- Villiers, George, (1628-1687), 2nd Duke of Buckingham, statesman
- Walpole, Sir Edward, (1706-1784), Knight MP
- Walpole, Horatio, (1678-1757), 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, diplomat
- Walpole, Sir Robert, (1676-1745), 1st Earl of Orford, statesman
- Watson-Wentworth, Charles, (1730-1782), 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, statesman
- Wentworth, William, (1722-1791), 4th Earl of Strafford
- Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, Charles William, (1786-1857), 5th Earl Fitzwilliam
- William Augustus, (1721-1765), Duke of Cumberland, General
- Wilmot, Sir Robert, (d 1772), 1st Baronet Secretary to Lords Lieutenant of Ireland
- Wolseley, Garnet Joseph, (1833-1913), 1st Viscount Wolseley, Field Marshal
- Yorke, Philip, (1690-1764), 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor Dover, Kent
Families (10)
- Boyle family, Earls of Burlington and Cork Lismore, County Waterford;Dungarvan, County Waterford;Youghal, County Cork
- Burton and Wilson families of Eastbourne Eastbourne, Sussex
- Cavendish family, Dukes of Devonshire Latimer, Buckinghamshire;Carlisle, Cumberland;Castle Sowerby, Cumberland;Penrith, Cumberland;Ashford, Derbyshire;Baslow, Derbyshire;Birchover, Derbyshire;Buxton, Derbyshire;Chatsworth, Derbyshire;Hardwick, Derbyshire;Hartington, Derbyshire;High Peak, Derbyshire;Monsall Dale, Derbyshire;Pentrich, Derbyshire;Shottle, Derbyshire;Staveley, Derbyshire;Winster, Derbyshire;Sawtry, Huntingdonshire;Brindle, Lancashire;Cartmel Fell, Lancashire;Holker, Lancashire;Inskip, Lancashire;Muchland, Lancashire;Barrowby, Lincolnshire;London;Chiswick, Middlesex;Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire;Long Sutton, Somerset;Pitney, Somerset;Wearne, Somerset;Ecton, Staffordshire;Whiston, Staffordshire;Compton Place, Sussex;Eastbourne, Sussex;Polegate, Sussex;Wilmington, Sussex;Appletreewick, Yorkshire;Baldersby, Yorkshire;Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire;Dore, Yorkshire;Keighley, Yorkshire;Londesborough, Yorkshire;Market Weighton, Yorkshire;Skipton, Yorkshire;Staincliffe, Yorkshire;Wetherby, Yorkshire;Youghal, County Cork;Dungarvan, County Waterford;Lismore, County Waterford
- Clifford family, Earls of Cumberland Skelton, Cumberland;Appleby, Westmorland;Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire;Londesborough, Yorkshire;Skipton, Yorkshire
- Compton family, Marquesses of Northampton Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire;Moulsoe, Buckinghamshire;Callington, Cornwall;Callyland, Cornwall;Buckland Filleigh, Devon;Cotleigh, Devon;Manaton, Devon;Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire;Hurstbourne, Hampshire;Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire;Hilton, Huntingdonshire;Erith, Kent;Great Dalby, Leicestershire;Canonbury, Middlesex;Clerkenwell, Middlesex;Ecton, Northamptonshire;Great Doddington, Northamptonshire;Long Sutton, Somerset;Pitney, Somerset;Wearne, Somerset;Chelsham, Surrey;Tandridge, Surrey;Compton Place, Sussex;Eastbourne, Sussex;Wilmington, Sussex;Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire;Whatcote, Warwickshire;Torloisk, Argyllshire;Kirkness, Kinross-shire;Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty;Lochluichart, Ross and Cromarty
- Douglas-Hamilton family, Dukes of Hamilton and Brandon Arbroath, Angus;Arran, Buteshire;Brodick, Buteshire;Stronach, Buteshire;Lennoxlove, East Lothian;North Uist, Inverness-shire;Avondale, Lanarkshire;Crawford, Lanarkshire;Dungavel, Lanarkshire;Hamilton, Lanarkshire;Holyrood House, Midlothian;Neilston, Renfrewshire;Polmont, Stirlingshire;Bo'ness, West Lothian;Kinneil, West Lothian;Weddicar, Cumberland;Ashton, Lancashire;Nether Wyresdale, Lancashire;Scotforth, Lancashire;Chelsea, Middlesex;Westminster, Middlesex;Bath, Somerset;Gerrard's Bromley, Staffordshire;Sandon, Staffordshire;Butley, Suffolk;Easton, Suffolk;Great Glemham, Suffolk;Holbrook, Suffolk;Rendlesham, Suffolk;Fonthill, Wiltshire;Milford, Wiltshire;Woodford, Wiltshire;Beckford, Worcestershire
- Lumley-Savile family, Barons Savile Bolderstone, Derbyshire;Brancepeth, Durham;Foulridge, Lancashire;Barrowby, Lincolnshire;Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire;Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire;Laxton, Nottinghamshire;Mansfield, Nottinghamshire;Ollerton, Nottinghamshire;Rufford Abbey, Nottinghamshire;Wellow, Nottinghamshire;Barkisland, Yorkshire;Bradfield, Yorkshire;Dewsbury, Yorkshire;Ecclesfield, Yorkshire;Heptonstall, Yorkshire;Hunsworth, Yorkshire;Sheffield, Yorkshire;Stainland, Yorkshire;Thornhill, Yorkshire;Wadsworth, Yorkshire;Newtown Savile, County Tyrone
- Russell family, Dukes of Bedford Ampthill, Bedfordshire;Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire;Oakley, Bedfordshire;Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire;Chenies, Buckinghamshire;Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire;Shingay, Cambridgeshire;Thorney, Cambridgeshire;Calstock, Cornwall;Stoke Climsland, Cornwall;Plymstock, Devon;Tavistock, Devon;Kingston Russell, Dorset;Maiden Newton, Dorset;Swyre, Dorset;Micheldever, Hampshire;Stratton, Hampshire;Hitchin, Hertfordshire;Sibson cum Stibbington, Huntingdonshire;Beckenham, Kent;Rotherhithe, Surrey;Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;Bloomsbury, Middlesex;Covent Garden, Middlesex;Streatham, Surrey;Tooting, Surrey;Wandsworth, Surrey;Helgay, Norfolk;Thornhaugh, Northamptonshire;Wansford, Northamptonshire;Easton Bavents, Suffolk;Cheam, Surrey;Ewell, Surrey;Hadnock, Monmouthshire;Southery, Norfolk;Aspley Heath, Bedfordshire;Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire;Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire;Eversholt, Bedfordshire
- Savile family, Marquesses of Halifax Bolderstone, Derbyshire;Barrowby, Lincolnshire;Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire;Rufford Abbey, Nottinghamshire;Bradfield, Yorkshire;Ecclesfield, Yorkshire;Sheffield, Yorkshire;Thornhill, Yorkshire;Wadsworth, Yorkshire
- Thwaites family of Thwaites Thwaites, Yorkshire;Denton, Yorkshire
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (3)
- NRA 20594 Cavendish family, Dukes of Devonshire: family and estate papers
- NRA 29337 Cavendish family, Dukes of Devonshire: Lismore, co Waterford, estate papers
- NRA 722 Holme-next-the-Sea deeds