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Albemarle family scrapbook
| Title |
Albemarle family scrapbook |
| Reference |
GBR/0115/RCMS 34
(former reference: MSS 11c99 V) |
| Creator |
Albemarle family |
| Covering Dates |
1837–1883 |
| Extent and Medium |
1 volume; paper; Mixed scripts |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library |
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| Content and context |
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The member of the family to feature most prominently in the collection is William Coutts Keppel (1832-1894), Viscount Bury, first President of the Royal Colonial Institute and later 7th Earl of Albemarle.
A scrapbook of c. 123 pages, with cuttings and other material pasted in. The album includes a 'Vanity Fair' cartoon of 6th Earl of Albemarle (1883); a 'Vanity Fair' cartoon of Viscount Bury (1837); a promissory note signed by William Lyon Mackenzie (1837); an invitation to the inaugural Colonial Society meeting on 15 March 1869; an invitation to and the order of service for the funeral of Prince Albert on 23 December 1861; electoral posters of Viscount Bury; and various cuttings, including reviews of Viscount Bury's 'The exodus of the Western nations' and reports of speeches.
Received on indefinite loan from Lord Albemarle.
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Access and Use
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Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Albemarle family scrapbook, RCMS 34 |
| Further information |
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Donald H. Simpson, ed., 'The manuscript catalogue of the library of the Royal Commonwealth Society' (London, 1975), p. 38. Indexed
This collection level description was created by RAS.
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| Index Terms |
| Albemarle Family |
| Keppel, George Thomas (1799-1891) 6th Earl of Albemarle, army officer |
| Keppel, William Coutts (1832-1894) 7th Earl of Albemarle and Viscount Bury, politician |
| Mackenzie, William Lyon (1795-1861) journalist and politician in Canada |
| Albert (1819-1861) Prince Consort of Queen Victoria |
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