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London Metropolitan Archives

CALTHORPE ESTATE


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 E/CAL

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: CALTHORPE ESTATE

Date(s): 1799-1899

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.15 linear metres.

Name of creator(s): Calthorpe | Gough- | family | Barons Calthorpe x Gough-Calthorpe

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The barony of Calthorpe originated in Sir Henry Gough, who married Barbara, daughter and heir of Reynolds Calthorpe of Elvetham. Henry Gough took the surname Calthorpe in 1796 when he was created Baron Calthorpe. He was succeeded by his sons Charles Gough-Calthorpe, 2nd Baron Calthorpe (1786-1807), George Gough-Calthorpe, 3rd Baron Calthorpe (1787-1851) and Frederick Gough-Calthorpe, 4th Baron Calthorpe (1790-1868).

Frederick was succeeded by 3 of his sons: Frederick Henry William Gough-Calthorpe, 5th Baron Calthorpe (1826-1893), Augustus Cholmondeley Gough-Calthorpe, 6th Baron Calthorpe (1829-1910) and Sir Somerset John Gough-Calthorpe, 7th Baron Calthorpe (1831-1912). Sir Somerset was followed by his son Somerset Frederick Gough-Calthorpe, 8th Baron Calthorpe (1862-1940). The title became extinct in 1997 on the death of the 10th Baron.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records relating to the Calthorpe family estates, including mortgages, conveyances, insurance policies, tax redemption certificates, and letters. The estate included premises in Grays Inn Road, City Road, Gough Square, Chelsea, Fleet Street and in Norfolk.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

E/CAL/001 to E/CAL/029.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Physical characteristics:

Fit

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Documents belonging to Brigadier R.H.A.G. Calthorpe, C.B.E., deposited in the London County Record Office, 1953.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Records prepared May to September 2011.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Estate management | Land management | Land economics | Agricultural economics
Family archives | Personal papers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Family records | Personal papers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Property owners | People by roles | People
Property ownership | Civil law | Legal systems | Law
Property transfer | Property
Right to property | Civil and political rights | Human rights
Title deeds | Deeds | Documents | Information sources
Property law x Right to property

Personal names
Calthorpe | Gough- | family | Barons Calthorpe x Gough-Calthorpe

Corporate names

Places
Chelsea | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
City Road | Islington | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Fleet Street | City of London | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Grays Inn Road | Camden | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Norfolk | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Kensington and Chelsea