Genealogical and antiquarian correspondence and other papers, in the Newcastle (Clumber) Collection; 1481-1931

Scope and Content

This collection consists of mostly letters, notes, genealogical tables and miscellaneous illustrations of the 4th and later Dukes of Newcastle relating to the Pelham and Clinton families and their connections.

Access Information

Accessible to all readers.

Other Finding Aids

Copyright in all Finding Aids belongs to the University of Nottingham.

In the Reading Room, King's Meadow Campus:

Old typescript Catalogue, 7 pp

At the National Register of Archives, The National Archives, Kew:

Old typescript Catalogue, 7 pp

Online:

Catalogue accessible on the website of Manuscripts and Special Collections, Manuscripts Online Catalogue.

Readers are advised that the online catalogue is more comprehensive than the old typescript version, and has been enhanced by personal, place and subject indexing.

Conditions Governing Use

Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult.

Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in writing from the Keeper of Manuscripts and Special Collections

Reprographic copies can be supplied for educational and private study purposes only, depending on access status and the condition of the documents.

Custodial History

These papers form a sub-fonds of the Newcastle (Clumber) Collection (Ne) and are part of the political papers fonds (Ne C). They were part of the first deposit received from the 9th Duke of Newcastle in 1955 and were accepted in lieu of estate duty in 1981.

Related Material

See the fonds level record for the whole Newcastle collection (Ne), the record describing the Correspondence within the collection (Ne C), and the other constituent parts of the Correspondence section (Ne C 1-35; Ne C 36-2225; Ne C 2226-2229; Ne C 2230-4495; Ne C 4496-4666; Ne C 4667-8778; Ne C 8779-12842; Ne C 12843-14145; Ne C 14146-14729)