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GB 141 RP - Rathbone Papers

Letter from Edward Batters, Wormley. ( 30 Jan 1902)

Reference RP XVIII.1.58
Physical Description 1 letter.

Scope and Content

Botanical notes.


Letter from James Robertson, Edinburgh. ( 13 Jan 1905)

Reference RP XVIII.1.59
Physical Description 1 letter.

Scope and Content

Note concerning May Rathbone's medical qualifications.


Letters from Dr L. Ofenheim, London. ( Feb 1910)

Reference RP XVIII.1.60-62
Physical Description 3 letters.

Scope and Content

Includes Ofenheim's discussion of relationship between the action of kissing and the sense of smell; letter of May Rathbone with suggestion of method to weigh bacteria and Ofenheim's reply.


Letters from Elizabeth Johnstone. (1891//1902)

Reference RP XVIII.1.63-64
Physical Description 2 letters.

Scope and Content

Personal.


Letter from A.E. Martin, London. ( 1903)

Reference RP XVIII.1.65
Physical Description 1 letter.

Scope and Content

Explaining financial difficulties.


Letter from Richard Law, Neston. ( 11 Mar 1904)

Reference RP XVIII.1.66
Physical Description 1 letter.

Scope and Content

Personal.


Letter from Francis S. Sclater, Lewes. ( 18 Dec 1907)

Reference RP XVIII.1.67-68
Physical Description 1 letter.

Scope and Content

On death of his wife, Elizabeth Sclater; newscutting concerning her funeral enclosed. See photograph at: RP XXIIA.1.2.


Letters from Amy, Scarborough. (Dec 1914)

Reference RP XVIII.1.69-70
Physical Description 2 letters

Scope and Content

Personal; discusses local fears of German landings.


Letter from Mark Rathbone, Liverpool. (1 Jul 1918)

Reference RP XVIII.1.71
Physical Description 1 letter.

Scope and Content

On death of Mark's brother Arnold Rathbone from war wounds.


Letters to May Rathbone concerning tenancies. (n.d. and 8 Aug. 1950)

Reference RP XVIII.1.72-73a
Physical Description 3 letters.

Scope and Content

Letters concerning the tenancy and maintenance of Bearwood Farm, Pembridge, Leominster and 3, High House Cottage, Leaves Green, Keston, Kent (to be transferred from H.W. Snell to Mr Nunn).

Acquisition Information

RP XVIII.1.73a Deposited Dec. 2002, estate of Dr. B.L. Rathbone (executor of May Rathbone).


Letters to May Rathbone from Emily Rathbone and other correspondents. (c.1917-1953)

Reference RP XVIII.1.74 (1-11)
Physical Description 11 letters.

Scope and Content

Letters include: letter addresssed to May at Alder Hey Military Hospital, 1917; family and wartime news; death in Jex-Blake family; May's resignation from St John's Hospital, Lewisham, 1921 (RP XVIII.1.74.4); letter from Billy Pugh on Nationalist/Republican conflict in Ireland and death of Collins, Michael (1890-1922) Irish Republican Leader and Griffiths, 1923 (RP XVIII.1.74.5); letters on death of Rathbone, Mary Frances (1937) from her brothers Hugh Reynolds and Richard Llewellyn Benson Rathbone; draft letter (1940s) for May Rathbone to Sister F.L. Greenhill (Greenhill, Florence Lucy, "Kit" at the Royal Free Hospital, proposing her appointment to a post with the A.B.C.W. in which Dr Heald (Heald, Charles Brehmer (1882-1974) Consultant physician is also involved (RP XVIII.1.74.9).

Acquisition Information

RP XVIII.1.74 deposited Dec. 2002, estate of Dr. B.L. Rathbone (executor of May Rathbone).


Letters to May Rathbone from Mary E. Young. (c.1918-1922)

Reference RP XVIII.1.75(1-9)
Physical Description 9 letters.

Scope and Content

Nine letters concerning the Greenwood(?) trial and Janet Trevine; news of wartime deaths, local news and May's new house in Keston, Kent. Letter of 5 May 1922 part-written by Miss Young's nurse, L.S. Page.

Acquisition Information

RP XVIII.1.75 deposited Dec. 2002, estate of Dr. B.L. Rathbone (executor of May Rathbone).


Letters and postcards from her aunt, Eliza Johnstone. (1920-1931)

Reference RP XVIII.1.76(1-42)
Physical Description 42 letters.

Scope and Content

Domestic and family news of visits, travels, health, tortoises and comments on May's work and effects of general strike (1926).

Acquisition Information

RP XVIII.1.76 deposited Dec. 2002, estate of Dr. B.L. Rathbone (executor of May Rathbone).


Letters from Norwegian friends, enclosing negatives and photos. (1935-1960)

Reference RP XVIII.1.77(1-10)
Physical Description 9 letters; 5 photos.
Language of Material Letters in Norwegian and English.

Scope and Content

Correspondents include the Peterson and Furholmen families. Comments on May's medical work, her trips to Norway and progress in Norwegian; with news of friends and family; five photographs of Marit Campbellby the remains of May's father's mountain hut, 1960 (RP XVIII.1.77(9) and an article on early English tourists in Norway, including May's father, Theodore William Rathbone, and their guides Peter Tronhus and Jo Gjende.

Acquisition Information

RP XVIII.1.77 deposited Dec. 2002, estate of Dr. B.L. Rathbone (executor of May Rathbone).


Photographs enclosed in RP XVIII.1.77/1. (1935-1939)

Reference RP XVIII.1.78(1-20)
Physical Description 20 photos

Scope and Content

May Rathbone and her friends, chiefly in Gjende, Norway. See also photograph albums at: RP XXIIA.1.. Identified subjects include: Peter Tronhus and Arme Tronhus at Gjende, 1935: RP.XVIII.1.78(3); Furuholmen, May Rathbone and Marit Campbell, outside hut, July 1935: RP.XVIII.1.78(4); Peterson, Gilbert Sclater and Kathleen Sclater, at Odden, Konsul Peterson's house on Oslo fjord Aug. 1936: RP.XVIII.1.78(16); Anne Marie Bugge as a baby with "Tante May", May Rathbone13 Aug. 1939: RP.XVIII.1.78(18); Widdicombe, Gerrard's Cross, Bucks. 1939: RP.XVIII.1.78(19-20)

Acquisition Information

RP XVIII.1.78 deposited Dec. 2002, estate of Dr. B.L. Rathbone (executor of May Rathbone).


Accounts. (1918-1935)

Reference RP XVIII.2:
Physical Description 61 items

Bundle of executors' papers. (1 Oct 1923-23 Feb 1925 )

Reference RP XVIII.2.1-52
Physical Description 52 items.

Scope and Content

Includes chiefly solicitors' letters to May Rathbone concerning her executorship of the estate of her aunt C.L. Johnstone; also includes copy of a statement of C.L. Johnstone's account on the winding up of her estate (RP XVIII.2.52)


Executors' accounts. (Dec 1933)

Reference RP XVIII.2.53-54
Physical Description 2 items.

Scope and Content

Copies of executors' accounts concerning May Rathbone's executorship of the estate of her aunt Elizabeth Johnstone.


Trust fund account. (12 Nov 1935)

Reference RP XVIII.2.55-59
Physical Description 6 items

Scope and Content

Statement of account of the William Duppa Duppa Crotch trust fund to be donated to the University of Cambridge Museum of Zoology at death of Kari Clark; and related papers concerning M. Rathbone's trusteeship.


Receipt from Henry Swetenham, John White & Coy. (1918)

Reference RP XVIII.2.60
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Receipt for negotiating sale of Backwood estate to Mr Whinneray, Sept. 1918.

Acquisition Information

RP XVIII.2.60 deposited Dec. 2002, estate of Dr. B.L. Rathbone (executor of May Rathbone).


Ex-servicemen's charities. (1946-1952)

Reference RP XVIII.2A:
Physical Description 4 items

Letter to secretary of the Kimpton British Legion proposing emergency fund for ex-servicemen. (March 1946)

Reference RP XVIII.2A.1
Physical Description 1 letter (3pp).

Scope and Content

On proposed investment to be used to help ex-servicemen in immediate need. "I want it to be clear that I am not giving this as a charity but as a small and inadequate contribution towards the payment of the debt which we as a nation owe these men and which we have done so little to pay."


Correspondence and report on Dexman Industries, employer of disabled ex-servicemen. ( 1949-1952)

Reference RP XVIII.2A.2-4
Physical Description 2 letters, 1 report (19pp)

Scope and Content

Letter from Dexman Industries (firm employing disabled servicemen) requesting financial assistance, with detailed confidential report (7 March 1949) to the Committee on the financial position and future prospects of the firm, signed F.T. Wayne. Letter from Mary (May?) Rathbone (9 Feb. 1952) asking to be removed from list of creditors.

Acquisition Information

RP XVIII.2A.2,4 deposited Dec. 2002, estate of Dr. B.L. Rathbone (executor of May Rathbone).


General papers: medical and botanical notes. (1902-1923)

Reference RP XVIII.3:
Physical Description 59 items

Bundle of medical study notes and examination papers. ( 1902-1910)

Reference RP XVIII.3.1-55
Physical Description 55 items

Scope and Content

Notes and papers concerning May Rathbone's medical training: include examination regulations, examination papers of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland; brief case notes of operations at the Southern Hospital, Liverpool, 1904 (RP XVIII.3.11-15); various notes and notebooks containing medical and botanical notes and diagrams, including proof of paper on marine algae by May Rathbone (RP XVIII.3.33); typescript notes for a glossary of Norwegian/Danish botanical terms (RP XVIII.3.48)


Papers relating to her aunt, Miss C.L. Johnstone, and the Johnstone family. ( c.1916-1923)

Reference RP XVIII.3.1.56
Physical Description 4 items

Scope and Content

1: Appeal letter to Miss Johnstone on behalf of Consumption Dispensaries; 2: obituary dated 17 Feb. 1923; 3: list of articles and books by C.L. Johnstone (9pp); 4: typescript notes (5pp) on Johnstone family; 5: MS draft (117pp) and fragments (18pp) of C.L. Johnstone's A Delayed Marriage and its consequences in the 18th century.

Acquisition Information

RP XVIII.3.1.56 deposited Dec. 2002, estate of Dr. B.L. Rathbone (executor of May Rathbone).

Separated Material

For published writings by C.L. Johnstone, see the University Library catalogue, particularly ref. no. POV P799.3.834-838


General papers: ephemera. (19th c.; 1900-1907)

Reference RP XVIII.4
Physical Description 6 items

Collected ephemera. (19th c.; 1900-1907)

Reference RP XVIII.4.1-6
Physical Description 5 items

Scope and Content

Includes copy of rules of the University of Liverpool Old Students' Association, 1907 (RP XVIII.4.1); rules of University Hall, Liverpool, womens' hall of residence (RP XVIII.4.3); copy of pamphlet 'Co-operative Production' by Henry Vivian; share certificate for Neston Liberal Club; pictograph letter (19th c.) to a "Miss Rathbone"; correspondence clip lettered "Answered".

Acquisition Information

RP XVIII.4.5-6 deposited Dec. 2002, estate of Dr. B.L. Rathbone (executor of May Rathbone).


Biographical and genealogical papers (1825-1941, 1993, 1996)

Reference RP XIX
Physical Description 201 items

Scope and Content

RP XIX - BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL PAPERS includes:

  • RP XIX.1 correspondence and notes concerning the history and genealogy of the RATHBONE FAMILY
  • RP XIX.2 - correspondence and notes concerning history of OTHER FAMILIES connected to the Rathbones
  • RP XIX.3 - JOY ROBINSON DEPOSIT - photocopied material relating to Rathbone history deposited by Joy Robinson in 1991
  • RP XIX.4 - NEWSCUTTINGS - an on-going collection of news articles on Rathbone history

Access Restrictions

Unrestricted access

Acquisition Information

Deposited by Lady Warr, R. Reynolds and H.P.R. Rathbone in 1954


Rathbone family (1890-1941)

Reference RP XIX.1
Physical Description 161 items

The Pedigrees of Dickinson of Gildersome and Coalbrookdale, Darby of Coalbrookdale, Salop., Darby of Stoke Court, Bucks., Fowler of Melksham, Wilts., Rathbone of Liverpool / Sandys B. Foster (London: Sandys B. Foster, Dec 1890). (Dec 1890)

Reference RP XIX.1.1
Physical Description 77p. 32 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

With manuscript family tree continued to c. 1925 inserted at end; sheet of notes listing Rathbone names taken from 17th century register of deaths at front


Folder: 'Rathbone Family Records'. [1910]. ([1910])

Reference RP XIX.1.2
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Folder of typescript material for a Rathbone family history [possibly intended for use in 'Records of the Rathbone Family' see XIX.1.5-15], includes historical notes and transcripts of correspondence, journals, obituaries etc from the 17th century to c.1926 on Rathbone family members and friends of the family including Thomas Clarkson, John Dalton , John Audubon, J.S. Ormerod, Samuel Greg etc ; also includes transcribed letters on the 'importation of American Cotton' and business letters of Rathbone Brothers. Partly reproducing original material held at RP I-VI


Papers concerning writing of William Rathbone VI memoir. [1902-1905]. ([1902-1905])

Reference RP XIX.1.3
Physical Description c. 91 items

Scope and Content

Correspondence, drafts etc for Eleanor Rathbone's 'William Rathbone: a memoir'; include typescript drafts of the memoir: see chiefly RP XIX.1.3(1-54); correspondence/memoranda concerning collection of historical information and reminiscences, chiefly RP XIX.1.3(55-80); transcripts of letters and notes of William Rathbone VI, see RP XIX.1.3 (81-90); manuscript notes by Eleanor Rathbone at RP XIX.1.3(91)

Note

Copy of Eleanor Rathbone's 'William Rathbone: a memoir' (London, 1905) is held in the Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool, at CT788.R23.R23


Scrapbook of letters and newscuttings concerning Eleanor Rathbone's 'William Rathbone: a memoir'. 1905. (1905)

Reference RP XIX.1.4
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Scrapbook containing letters of praise for Eleanor Rathbone's memoir of William Rathbone VI and newscuttings of reviews of the book

Note

Copy of Eleanor Rathbone's 'William Rathbone: a memoir' (London, 1905) is held in the Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool, at CT788.R23.R23


Records of the Rathbone Family / Edited by Emily A. Rathbone (Edinburgh) 1913. (1913)

Reference RP XIX.1.5-15
Physical Description 385p. 21 x 14cm

Scope and Content

11 unbound copies of 'Records of the Rathbone Family': illustrated volume sketching history of the Rathbones from 1700 until lifetime of William Rathbone V; including many extracts from correspondence, journals etc


Correspondence concerning the printing of 'Records of the Rathbone Family. Edinburgh; 1913. (1913)

Reference RP XIX.1.16-34
Physical Description 19 items

Scope and Content

Chiefly letters from R.and R. Clark Ltd, printers, of Edinburgh, to Eleanor Rathbone concerning administrative details of printing of 'Records of the Rathbone Family' (ed. Emily A. Rathbone)


Papers concerning Augustine Birrell's account of the Rathbone family. 1904-1905. (1904-1905)

Reference RP XIX.1.35-47
Physical Description 13 items

Scope and Content

Includes correspondence from Augustine Birrell to Emily Rathbone concerning his work on an account of Rathbone family history (basis for 'Records of the Rathbone Family ': Part I); typescript copy of chapter 2: history of Liverpool in 18th century


Papers concerning Rathbones of America. 1910//1923. (1910//1923)

Reference RP XIX.1.48-50
Physical Description 3 items

Scope and Content

Includes letter from C.H. Rathbone, 1923, enclosing two excerpts from genealogical works concerning Rathbone family in America; also letter from H. Rathbone of Washington on the subject, 1910


Papers concerning Rathbones serving in World War I. [1917]. ( [1917])

Reference RP XIX.1.51-60
Physical Description 10 items

Scope and Content

Includes notes/correspondence concerning military careers in World War I of various Rathbone family members; apparently collected by Hugh Reynolds Rathbone


Correspondence and notes concerning various aspects of Rathbone family history. [1914-1941]. ([1914-1941])

Reference RP XIX.1.61-80
Physical Description 20 items

Scope and Content

Includes letters from New Zealand Rathbone; letter and cutting re meaning of the name Rathbone; notes and lists of dates concerning Rathbone births, marraiges, deaths and wills; newscuttings on 'Old Business Houses' of Liverpool and Lady Willoughby's diary (by Hannah Mary Rathbone II)


Booklet: 'Herbert Reynolds Rathbone' 1862-1930 1931. (1931)

Reference RP XIX.1.81
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Collected reminiscences of life of Herbert Reynolds Rathbone produced as privately printed booklet


Other families (1825-1914)

Reference RP XIX.2
Physical Description 10 items

Genealogical table of Greg family 1877. (1877)

Reference RP XIX.2.1
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Genealogical table of the Greg family c. 1550-1870


Genealogical table of Henry family [1825]. ([1825])

Reference RP XIX.2.2
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Genealogical table of the Henry family c. 1661-1825


Genealogical tables of the Johnson and Hughes families. [1895]. ( [1895])

Reference RP XIX.2.3-4
Physical Description 2 items

Scope and Content

Printed genealogical tables of the Thompson and Hughes families c.1739-1895


Biographical notes concerning friends of the Rathbone family. n.d.. ( n.d.)

Reference RP XIX.2.5-8
Physical Description 4 items

Scope and Content

Notes giving brief biographical details of notable friends and connections of the Rathbone family ; including Eleanor Warre, William Scoresby, Joseph Blanco White, Frances Fry, Henry Charley etc


Genealogical notes concerning families connected to the Rathbones. n.d.. (n.d.)

Reference RP XIX.2.9
Physical Description 5 items

Scope and Content

Notes giving genealogical details of families connected to the Rathbones; chiefly the Lyles and the Reynolds


Family records begun by Eleanor Acheson Lyle, Londonderry (January 6 1914)

Reference RP XIX.2.10
Physical Description File of notes, 21pp.

Scope and Content

"The family of my father, James Acheson Lyle, also of my mother [Elizabeth Ida Ruttledge].". Showing relationships with Warres, Gregs, Batts, Rathbones, Ross Smythe, Bruens, Knoxs, Lamberts, Gores. Also "Stories, incidents, names of old servants, favourite animals, and other matters connected with these families". With copies of letters 1813, and 1869, and account of 1866 fire at The Oaks.


Joy Robinson deposit (1895-1914)

Reference RP XIX.3
Physical Description 25 items

Acquisition Information

Deposited by Joy Robinson on 24 Apr 1991


Photocopied draft of Relatively Rathbone. 1990 (1990)

Reference RP XIX.3. 1
Physical Description 73p

Scope and Content

Photocopy of the draft of Joy Robinson's history of certain Rathbone family members


Photocopy of scrapbook of Rathbone family history. Brill; n.d. 1985. (n.d. 1985)

Reference RP XIX.3. 2
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Photocopy of scrapbook compiled by Joy Robinson containing notes, newscuttings, photographs, genealogical tables etc concerning the Rathbone's family history; dating from c.1739-1985


Photocopy of a few reminiscences of my life that may interest my children. n.d.. (n.d.)

Reference RP XIX.3. 3
Physical Description 309p

Scope and Content

Photocopy of privately printed book of autobiographical recollections of Alice Briggs (née Steward), (some pages missing)


Photocopy of Recollections of Jane S. Rathbone. 1895. (1895)

Reference RP XIX.3. 4
Physical Description 107p

Scope and Content

Photocopy of privately printed book of autobiographical recollections


Folder of photocopied letters and extracts relating to Theodore Woolman Rathbone. (n.d.)

Reference RP XIX.3. 5
Physical Description c.100p

Scope and Content

Folder of photocopied material compiled by [Joy Robinson]: include typed extracts from letters (c.1796-1849) to Theodore Woolman Rathbone from family members and friends, and between other family members, including his brothers, William Rathbone V and Richard, his sister, Hannah Mary and mother Hannah Mary I; with annotations made by [ Joy Robinson]: commentary, biographical notes etc


Folder of photocopies of letters from Hannah Mary Reynolds to Theodore Woolman Rathbone. (n.d.)

Reference RP XIX.3. 6
Physical Description 10 letters

Scope and Content

Folder of photocopied material compiled by[ Joy Robinson]: personal letters (c.1847-1853), some dated by compiler; copies are unclear in some places; also inlcudes copy of letter from ?H.R. Leicester, Vicar of Woolton, concerning the use of the Athenesian Creed


Folder of photocopies of letters to and from Theodore Woolman Rathbone as a child. (n.d.)

Reference RP XIX.3. 7
Physical Description 4 items

Scope and Content

Folder of photocopied material compiled by [Joy Robinson]: include copy of letter from Theodore Rathbone to his mother, Nov 1810; and two letters from Theophilus Houlbrooke to Theodore, Oct 1904 and Oct 1909: personal news; also includes sheet of typed extracts of biographical notes on Theophilus Houlbrooke, John Rogers, Professor Mylne and Angelie Dejean made by Theodore Woolman Rathbone to preface lettes kept for his children


Wherein has popular education failed? / Herbert Reynolds Rathbone (Manchester: John T. Coles). (5 October 1905)

Reference RP XIX.3. 8
Physical Description 8p 211x140mm

Scope and Content

Paper read by Herbert Reynolds Rathbone at the sixty-sixth annual meeting of the Union of Lancaster and Cheshire Institutes, held at Preston 5 Oct 1905: suggestions for improvements in popular education


Herbert Reynolds Rathbone: 1862-1930 / Edited by Winifred Rathbone (Liverpool: Private, 1901). (1901)

Reference RP XIX.3. 9
Physical Description 41p 255x190mm

Scope and Content

Biographical history, several contributors


Funeral address 13 Jan 1989. (13 Jan 1989)

Reference RP XIX.3. 10
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Copy of funeral address given by Hugh Marshall at the funeral of Philip Rathbone


Photocopy of cartoon. 29 Oct 1914. (29 Oct 1914)

Reference RP XIX.3. 11
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Photocopy of sketch of satirical war-time cartoon with inscription 'our jewels which shall go first'; showing family of four, possibly Herbert Reynolds Rathbone, Winifred Rathbone and two children with ?Liverpool street and waterfront in background


Photocopy of extract from Jane Rathbone's Recollections of 1896. 1896. (1896)

Reference RP XIX.3. 12
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Extract relates to Edgar Rathbone's time in South Africa


Photocopy of diary. [1907]. ([1907])

Reference RP XIX.3. 13
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Photocopy of notes made by Winifred Evans on her impressions of various members of the Rathbone family during her 'tour' of the family prior to her marriage to Herbert Reynolds Rathbone in 1908; copies of photographs of the family members described have been added by Joy Robinson


Newscuttings (1993 & 1996)

Reference RP XIX.4
Physical Description 5 items

Acquisition Information

Added to the Rathbone papers by library staff


"White lady riddle in ghost hunt", Liverpool Echo (Liverpool), 23 Sep 1993. (23 Sep 1993)

Reference RP XIX.4. 1
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Article on ghost sightings at Greenbank


"A family legacy", Guardian (London), 7 Feb 1996. (7 Feb 1996)

Reference RP XIX.4. 2
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Article by Frank Field arguing the importance of remembering achievements of Eleanor Rathbone on 50th anniversary of her death


"In memory of Eleanor", Liverpool Echo (Liverpool), 26 Apr 1996. (26 Apr 1996)

Reference RP XIX.4. 3
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Article by Neil Roberts concerning campaign of Frank Field, M.P. to erect statue of Eleanor Rathbone in House of Commons


"MPs in plea for picture tribute", Liverpool Echo (Liverpool ), [1996]. ([1996])

Reference RP XIX.4. 4
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Article by Alex Hunt concerning appeal by Frank Field for painting of Eleanor Rathbone to hang in House of Commons


"Minister backs call for Rathbone tribute", Liverpool Echo ( Liverpool), 11 Jul 1996. (11 Jul 1996)

Reference RP XIX.4. 5
Physical Description 1 item

Scope and Content

Article concerning William Waldegrave's support for appeal by Frank Field for Eleanor Rathbone memorial in House of Commons


Rathbone Papers. Property Records. (1776, 1788, 1856-1953)

Reference RP XX
Physical Description 112 items

Scope and Content

RP XX - PROPERTY RECORDS include:

  • RP XX.1 - BUILDINGS AND LAND - records relating to Rathbone family houses and land, chiefly Greenbank
  • RP XX.2 - PERSONAL POSSESSIONS - a small group of papers concerning some Rathbone family possessions

Access Restrictions

Unrestricted access

Acquisition Information

Deposited by Lady Warr, R. Reynolds and H.P.R. Rathbone in 1954