Press cuttings about Sir Robert Mowbray

Sir Robert Mowbray was a Conservative MP for the Prestwich Division of South East Lancashire, 1886-1895, and the Brixton Division of Lambeth, 1900-1906. He was also Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Joachim Goschen, 1887-92. Mowbray was a member of the Royal Commission on Opium, 1893-1895, and of the Royal Commission on Indian Expenditure in 1896.

Albums of press cuttings about Sir Robert's political career. A few menus are included in the albums.

It is unclear whether the albums were compiled by or for Sir Robert. The albums were loaned to Churchill Archives Centre, in September 1971, by Sir Robert's great-nephew Sir John Mowbray.

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Letters to Sir William Anson, 1877-99, held at All Souls College, Oxford University (Ref. Anson). Correspondence with Goldwin Smith, 1889-1909, held at Berkshire Record Office (Ref. D/Emw).

A copy of this finding aid is available for consultation at Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge, the National Register of Archives, London, and on the Janus website, http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk.

This collection (fonds) level description and catalogue were prepared by Louise King, March 2004, using information from the papers themselves and from Mowbray's entry in "Who Was Who 1897-1996" (A&C Black).