IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0097 COLL MISC 0569
Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science
Title: AMHERST, Margaret Susan, Tyssen-, 1835-1919, Baroness Amherst and the Primrose League
Date(s): 1885-1887
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: Two folders
Name of creator(s): Amherst | Margaret Susan | Tyssen- | 1835-1919 | nee Mitford wife of 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney
Primrose League
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Margaret Tyssen-Amherst (1835-1919) was the only child of Admiral Robert Mitford (d 1870). She married William Tyssen Amherst in 1856, who was created 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney in 1892. They had six daughters. Her book A Sketch of Egyptian History was published in 1904. She was also a member of the Ladies' Grand Council of the Primrose League. The League was founded in 1883 to commemorate the work of Benjamin Disraeli. Its aim was the maintenance of religion, the monarchy, the constitution, the unity of the commonwealth and the improvement of the condition of the people.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Published circulars, accounts membership lists, and correspondence of the Primrose League.
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Language/scripts of material: English
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Two folders
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OPEN
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Archivist's note: Output from CAIRS using template 14 and checked by hand on May 8, 2002
Date(s) of descriptions: 8 May 2002