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D461 - Colvile family of Lullington - 17th-20th cent

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D461
Title	Colvile family of Lullington
Date	17th-20th cent
Description	Papers of the Colvile family of Lullington, and their connections by marriage. Includes papers of Major-General Henry Edward Colvile re military activities in Egypt, Sudan, Uganda, Nigeria and re Boer War, late 19th-early 20th cent; publications by John Asgill on the constitution; account of Captain Asgill's imprisonment and release after American War of Independence; 'A record of the Voluntary Cavalry' by Lt Col C R Colvile 1868; family pedigrees, title deeds, 17th-20th century. The deeds relate to property mainly in Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Cambridgeshire between the 17th and 20th centuries. The Colvile family came from Newton Colvile in Cambridgeshire. Much of the property in these deeds, particularly in and around Duffield, belonged to the Bonell family and came to the Colviles on the marriage of Sir Charles Henry Colvile to Harriet Anne Bonell in 1818. Their son, Charles Robert Colvile, bought Lullington in 1840 from the executors of Sir Roger Gresley. The papers of Major General Henry Edward Colvile of the Grenadier Guards, son of Charles Robert Colvile, relate to his military activities in Egypt, Sudan, Uganda and the Boer War. They include intelligence material, diaries, photographs and publications.
Extent	17 boxes
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	Colvile family of Lullington
Administrative History	The Colvile family bought Lullington Hall and Park in 1837. The original hall was built in the early 18th century as a substantial farmhouse, which was then extended in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The Colvile family further extended the building in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Custodial History	These papers were deposited by members of the Colvile family in 1967 and 1973.
Organisation Sub-Type	Family and estate

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Lullington

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