Collection GB 0074 ACC/1795 - FOX-STRANGWAYS FAMILY

Identity area

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GB 0074 ACC/1795

Title

FOX-STRANGWAYS FAMILY

Date(s)

  • c1500 - 1955 (Creation)

Level of description

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Extent and medium

6.61 linear metres.

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Biographical history

The Fox-Strangways family hold the Earldom of Ilchester and their family seat is Melbury House, Dorset. Through Ilchester Estates, the family own and manage many properties in Holland Park, London.

Stephen Fox-Strangways (1704-1776) was given the title Earl of Ilchester in 1756. He was the older brother of Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland (1705-1774), who purchased Holland Park Estate in 1768 from William Edwardes (later Baron Kensington).

Holland Park Estate remained under the ownership of successive Barons Holland until 1874, when it passed to their distant relative Henry Fox-Strangways, 5th Earl of Ilchester.

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/1795 c1500 - 1955 Collection 6.61 linear metres. Fox-Strangways Family

The Fox-Strangways family hold the Earldom of Ilchester and their family seat is Melbury House, Dorset. Through Ilchester Estates, the family own and manage many properties in Holland Park, London.

Stephen Fox-Strangways (1704-1776) was given the title Earl of Ilchester in 1756. He was the older brother of Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland (1705-1774), who purchased Holland Park Estate in 1768 from William Edwardes (later Baron Kensington).

Holland Park Estate remained under the ownership of successive Barons Holland until 1874, when it passed to their distant relative Henry Fox-Strangways, 5th Earl of Ilchester.

Records deposited in 1970, 1982 and 2005.

Records of the Fox-Strangways family (Earls of Ilchester) relating to their estates, including Holland Park Estate. Also contains records inherited by the family in 1874 from the Fox family (Baron Holland) and the Edwardes family (Baron Kensington), who previously owned Holland Park Estate.

The estate records of Holland Park Estate include leases, deeds, mortgages, rental account books and agreements.

The records are arranged as folllows:

ACC/1795/A Holland Park Estate

ACC/1795/B Property outside Holland Park Estate

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

See also records of Drivers Jonas and Company, estate surveyors for Holland Park Estate (LMA/4673/D/09/09).

For more information about the history of Holland Park Estate, please see: 'The Holland estate: To 1874', in Survey of London: Volume 37, Northern Kensington, ed. F H W Sheppard (London, 1973), pp. 101-126. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol37/pp101-126 or 'The Holland estate: Since 1874', in Survey of London: Volume 37, Northern Kensington, ed. F H W Sheppard (London, 1973), pp. 126-150. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol37/pp126-150

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Updated March 2017 Civil law Property ownership Land use Estates (land) Deeds Title deeds Land management Estate management Property Property transfer People People by roles Property owners Information sources Documents Manorial records Secondary documents Inventories Right to property Property law Holland House , Kensington Manor of Abbotts , Kensington Hammersmith and Fulham London England UK Western Europe Europe Hammersmith Surrey Dorset Kensington Kensington and Chelsea Legal systems Land economics Civil and political rights Agricultural economics Law Human rights Primary documents

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Records deposited in 1970, 1982 and 2005.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Fox-Strangways family (Earls of Ilchester) relating to their estates, including Holland Park Estate. Also contains records inherited by the family in 1874 from the Fox family (Baron Holland) and the Edwardes family (Baron Kensington), who previously owned Holland Park Estate.

The estate records of Holland Park Estate include leases, deeds, mortgages, rental account books and agreements.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

The records are arranged as folllows:

ACC/1795/A Holland Park Estate

ACC/1795/B Property outside Holland Park Estate

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

See also records of Drivers Jonas and Company, estate surveyors for Holland Park Estate (LMA/4673/D/09/09).

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Language(s)

  • English

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