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