Correspondence of Marmaduke Constable Maxwell of Terregles

Reference No:
U DDEV/60/31/14
Dates:
c.1860-1871
Description:
From William Constable Maxwell, 10th Lord Herries, at Rome, France, Everingham, etc.: visit to Rome and the continent; family and personal affairs; Agatha's marriage; Peter Middleton's funeral; Austro - Italian War and Garibaldi (e.g. 'We have had a very prosperous journey from Rome and hope soon to be out of the troubled land [ ] the Railways were occupied in dispatching troops to the frontier - However though we saw plenty of noisy, wild looking volunteers [ ]. We hardly had enough to cause us any excitement, except at Piacenza where a great force seemed to be assembling and the fields Banks, ramparts etc., were covered with Guns in position to blow the Austrians back to Vienna [ ]'); Crimean War; servants at Everingham; cattle plague in Escrick area and Lincolnshire; Beverley election petition; Roman Catholic affairs; sale of Overbury estate; social events in London and attending a festival on Derby Day 'Most of the Catholic Swells were there'; opening of St. Wilfred's Church, in York; death of Charles Clifford
Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
23 items
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Papers of the Constable Maxwell Family of Everingham, Caerlaverock and Terregles (including the Haggerston and Sherburne Families)