Manuscript relating to Lord Clifford of Ugbrooke Park, c1829

Component identifier:

Item 45

Content Summary:

Manuscript relating to The Right Honourable Lord Clifford's return to Ugbrooke Park. Not dated but probably written around 1829. Bound qtr roan. Comprises verses celebrating Lord Clifford's return from The House of Lords, where he was one of the first three Peers to take their seats after the repeal of the laws disabling Roman Catholics.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The collection was purchased by the National Library of Australia from the estate of the 11th Baron Clifford in November 1963. It reached Canberra in April 1964. The Chertsey Cartulary (item 65), possibly the most important medieval manuscript held in Australia due to the fact that it is one of only three extant from the 14th century and the only one held outside the UK, was received in 1975, following the granting of an export licence by the British Government.

Names:

Clifford, Hugh, Colonel Hon.

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