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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 1022 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Surtees family records

Covering Dates: 1771-1989

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  • Miscellaneous documents
    • Robert Surtees, the Elder (1737-1802) (Ref: D/X 1022 213)
    • Robert Surtees, the Younger, author of The History of Durham, (1779-1834) (Ref: D/X 1022 214-216)
    • Brigadier-General Sir Herbert Conyers Surtees (1858-1933) (Ref: D/X 1022 220-225)
    • Evangeline Bell, daughter of Edward Bell, (1914-1995) (Ref: D/X 1022 226)
    • David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce, (1898-1977), U.S. Ambassador to London, 1961-1969, married Evangeline Bell, 1945 (Ref: D/X 1022 227-229)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: D/X 1022 230)

Catalogue Description

Records of the family of Surtees,

deposited on long-term loan
7 October 1971 Acc: 607(D)
28 October 1975 Acc: 865(D)
26 September 1977 Acc: 1020(D)
1 November 1978 Acc: 1106(D)
9 November 1981 Acc: 1344(D)
10 November 1992 Acc: 2097(D)
4 November 1996 Acc: 2402(D)

Tenth Deposit

(Acc: 2402(D)

Catalogue Contents

Robert Surtees, the Elder (1737-1802) (Ref: D/X 1022 213)Ref: D/X 1022 213

Copy letters from Robert Surtees to Ralph Hopper of Middleham regarding Middleham township [inclosure] award, 1771 and 1777, and notes regarding custody of the award in the 18th c., [20th c.]
(1 paper)

Robert Surtees, the Younger, author of The History of Durham, (1779-1834) (Ref: D/X 1022 214-216)Ref: D/X 1022 214

Copy extracts from Letters of Sir Walter Scott, ed. H.J.C. Grierson, 1932, containing references to [Robert] and Mrs. Surtees, 1809 and 1827; copy made 20th c.
(2 papers)

Ref: D/X 1022 215

Copy speech made by Robert Surtees to second the proposal that John Bowes of Streatlam Castle be adopted as parliamentary candidate for the southern division of Durham county in 1832, [20th c.]
(2 papers)

Ref: D/X 1022 216

Copy notes (incomplete), relating to the Red House School papers, which form a substantial part of the text for Robert Surtees' History, published 1840, [20th c.]
(2 papers)

(Ref: D/X 1022 217-219)

Papers relating to the Surtees Society, founded as a memorial
to Robert Surtees

Ref: D/X 1022 217

Copy letter from Thomas Surtees Raine to James Raine supplying a list of names of possible members of the proposed Surtees Society, 21 April 1834, [20th c.]
(2 papers)

Ref: D/X 1022 218

Copy letter from John Bowes of Streatlam in reply to Rev. James Raine's circular regarding the foundation of the Surtees Society, 19 May 1834, [20th c.]
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1022 219

Copy letters concerning the foundation of the Surtees Society, written to Rev. James Raine by Thomas Surtees Raine, William Raine and Richard Crosier Sherwood, 12 May 1834 - 21 July 1835, [20th c.]
(5 papers)

Brigadier-General Sir Herbert Conyers Surtees (1858-1933) (Ref: D/X 1022 220-225)Ref: D/X 1022 220

Copy of inscription on memorial tablet to Sir Herbert Conyers Surtees in the cloisters of Durham cathedral, [1933]
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1022 221

Copy obituary notice for Brig.-General Sir Herbert Conyers Surtees, written by the Dean of Durham, [1933]
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1022 222

Copy extracts from the journals of Hensley Henson (bishop of Durham 1920-1939), relating to the death, funeral, and dedication of a memorial tablet to General Surtees, 1933-1937, with covering letter from Owen Chadwick, November 1979
(4 papers)

Ref: D/X 1022 223

Photograph of the arms granted to Brigadier-General Sir Herbert Conyers Surtees, n.d. [early 20th c.]
(1 photograph, black and white, 8 cm. x 13 cm.)

Ref: D/X 1022 224

Note of two of Brig.-General H. Conyers Surtees' books at the British Library, n.d. [20th c.]
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1022 225

Order of service to commemorate Madeleine Augusta Surtees of Mainsforth, widow of H.C. Surtees, (died 31 March 1948), held at St. Michael's church, Bishop Middleham, 21 April 1948
(1 booklet, printed)

Evangeline Bell, daughter of Edward Bell, (1914-1995) (Ref: D/X 1022 226)Ref: D/X 1022 226

Newspaper obituaries of Evangeline Bruce (née Bell) ambassadress and author, 1995
(4 papers)

David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce, (1898-1977), U.S. Ambassador to London, 1961-1969, married Evangeline Bell, 1945 (Ref: D/X 1022 227-229)Ref: D/X 1022 227

Order of service for the funeral of David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce, held at St. John's Church, Lafayette Square, [Washington, U.S.A.], 9 December 1977
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/X 1022 228

Newspapers obituaries of David K.E. Bruce, American diplomat, December 1977
(9 papers, printed)

Ref: D/X 1022 229

Order of service in memory of the Hon. David Bruce, held at Westminster Abbey, 23 February 1978
(1 booklet, printed)

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/X 1022 230)Ref: D/X 1022 230

English Heritage guide to Bessie Surtees' House, Sandhill, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and coloured postcards of the interior and exterior, 1989 See also: D/X 332/613
(1 booklet, printed, and 2 postcards)



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