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STRUTT - The Strutt Library - 1533-1961

A - The Strutt Library: books originally stored on Shelf A - 1678-1945

B - The Strutt Library: books originally stored on Shelf B - 1560-1961

C - The Strutt Library: books originally stored on Shelf C - 1577-1906

D - The Strutt Library: books originally stored on Shelf D - 1719-1894

E - The Strutt Library: books originally stored on Shelf E - 1610-1909

1 - Howard Evans, pseudonym: 'Noblesse Oblige''. Our old Nobility Published: London, Political Tract Society Page length: viii, 247p Both editions are Strutt - 1879

2 - Ernest Gaskell: Derbyshire leaders; social and political. - 1900s

3 - Spencer T. Hall: Biographical sketches of remarkable people, chiefly from personal recollection: with miscellaneous papers and poems. Published: London, Simpkin Page length: xii, 450p Frontispiece. Illustrated. Portraits. Strutt and Cockburn - 1873

4 - [Missing as at 2017] Sir Barnard Burke: The rise of great families, other essays and stories. 2nd edition. - 1873

5 - W. R. Holland, editor: Alsop and other charters; transcribed and translated by W. R. Holland. (Reprinted from the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society's Journal, vol.VIII, February 1886.) - 1886

6 - William. H. G. Bagshawe: The Bagshawes of Ford: a biographical pedigree. - 1886

7 - Llewellynn Jewitt: A ''memory'' of the late Thomas Bateman, Esq. Reprinted, for private circulation from the reliquary, quarterly journal, part VI., vol.II for October 1861. - 1861

8 - William and Samuel Beresford: Beresford of Beresford. - 1900s

9 - John Bustard: A memoir of Miss Mary Helen Bingham, who died in the seventeenth year of her age. Published: London, J. Mason Page length: vi, 208p 3rd edition. Strutt Library - 1834

10 - John Birks: Memoir of the Reverend William Birke, of Flagg, Derbyshire. - 1874

11 - John Ford: Fame's memorial: an elegy upon the Earl of Devonshire.Ob.3d.Ap.1606. edited by Joseph Haslewood. - 1819

12 - William Jones: An essay on the life and writings of Mr Abraham Booth, late pastor of the Baptist Church in Little Prescot-Street, Goodman's Fields, London. - 1808

13 - Joseph Bourne: A memorial of the late Mr Bourne; presented to the teachers and scholars of Denby and Street Lane Sunday Schools. - 1862

14 - Samuel Smiles: Lives of the engineers, with an account of their principal works: comprising also a history of inland communication in Britain. - 1862

15 - [Missing as at 2017] Vera Foster, editor: The two duchesses: Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, Elisabeth, Duchess of Devonshire. Family correspondence of and relating to Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire, Elisabeth, Duchess of Devonshire, Earl of Bristol, the Countess of Bristol, [and others]. 1777-1859 - 1898

16 - Joseph Grove: The lives of all the Earls and Dukes of Devonshire, descended form the renowned Sir William Cavendish, one of the privy counsellors to King Henry VIII. Illustrated with reflections and observations on the most striking passages in each life. - 1764

17 - White Kennet: A sermon preach'd at the funeral of the right noble William Duke of Devonshire, in the church of All-Hallows in Derby, on Friday September 5th.MDCCVII. With some memoirs of the family of Cavendish. - 1708

18 - William Nailour: A commemoration sermon, preached at Derby, February 18.1674. For the Honourable Colonel Charles Cavendish, slain in the service of King Charles the First, before Gainsborough in the year 1643. - 1675

19 - Elisabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire: Anecdotes and biographical sketches. - 1863

20 - The Anglo-Saxon review, a quarterly miscellany. - 1899

21 - Grace and Philip Wharton: The queens of society; illustrated by Charles Altamond Doyle and the brothers Dalziel. - c1860

22 - George Wilson: The life of the Honourable Henry Cavendish, including abstracts of his more important scientific papers, and a critical enquiry into the claims of all alleged discoveries of the composition of water. - 1851

23 - Sir Henry Wotton: The characters of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex; and George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, compared and contrasted. - 1814

24 - Henry Leach: The Duke of Devonshire; a personal and political biography; with twelve illustrations. - 1904

25 - John Dunton: The hazard of a death-bad-repentance, further argued, from the late remorse of W[illiam] late D[uke] of D[evonshire], with serious reflections on his adulterous life; being a second answer to Dr. K--'s sermon, preached at the D[uke's] funeral… - 1708

26 - R. Adair: Sketch of the character of the late Duke of Devonshire. - 1811

27 - A. W. G.: A sketch of the life of the sixth Duke of Devonshire. - 1861

28 - Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle: De vita et rebus gestis nobiliseimi illustrissimique Principis, Guilielmi, Ducis Novo-Castrensis. Londonini. - 1668

29 - In Memorium,- memorials of the Reverend J. Chancellor, and the Reverend C. H. Prance, vicars of St. John's, Derby. - 1889

30 - [Missing as at 2017] Chantrey and his bequest: a complete illustrated record of the purchases of the trustees, with a biographical note, text of the will, etc. - 1904

31 - John Holland: Memorials of Sir Francis Chantrey, R. A. sculptor, in Hallamshire and elsewhere. - 1851

32 - George Jones: Sir Francis Chantrey, R. A. Recollections of his life, practice, and opinions. - 1849

33 - Sutton Estate: "For Edward Baker, Esq., from Mr. & Mrs. Clarke. To prevent misrepresentations of a letter written by Mrs. Clarke to Mr. Kynnersley sometime since, it has been recommended to her and Mr. Clarke to lay the transactions at large before the friends and tenants of Mr. Clarke."

34 - James Clegg: Extracts from the diary and autobiography of the Reverend James Clegg, Non conformist Minister and Doctor of medicine, A.D. 1679 to 1755; edited, with explanatory notes and introductory chapter, by Henry Kirke. - 1899

35 - Andreas Edward Cockayne: Cockayne memoranda: collections towards a historical record of the family of Cockayne; to which is added a pedigree (complied by G. E. Adams) showing the descent from Edward 1, of the several alliances made in several consecutive generations by the family of Cockayne... also a history of Cockayne Hatley Church by Robert...

36 - Andreas Edward Cockayne: Some notes on the Cockayne family: including a reprint of A treatise of hunting, by Sir. Thomas Cockayne. - 1880s

37 - John Talbot Coke: Coke of Trusley, in the county of Derby, and branches therefrom: a family history. - 1880

38 - Lady Jane Coke: Letters from Lady Jane Coke to her friend Mrs. Eyre at Derby, 1747-1758; edited, with notes, by Mrs. Ambrose Rathborne. - 1899

39 - John Dowson: Erasmus Darwin: philosopher, poet, and physician; a lecture to the Literary and Philosophical Society of Whitby, with many additions, and an appendix on the origin of species. - 1861

40 - Ernst Krause: Erasmus Darwin, translated from the German by W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. - 1879

41 - Anna Seward: Memoirs of the life of Dr. Darwin, chiefly during his residence at Lichfield, with anecdotes of his friends, and criticisms on his writings. - 1804

42 - Lord Thomas Denman: Addresses presented to Lord Denman and his Lordship's answers: with the proceedings on his first accession to office. - 1850

43 - T. B.: The boy inventor; a memoir of Matthew Edwards, mathematical-instrument maker. - 1860

44 - Rose Elverson: Home memories of William Elverson, of Stapenhill, Derbyshire. - 1891

45 - George Goodwin, comp.: Evans of Derbyshire, (pedigree of). - 1899

46 - George Goodwin, editor: Pedigree of Eyre of Derbyshire, and descendants; compiled by George Goodwin. - 1899

47 - A catalogue of the Earles of Nottingham and Derby. Together with their severall armes, wives, and issue. - 1610

48 - Sir F. Madden: Pedigree of the Frencheville and Musard families, with proofs and illustrative documents, found on the collections of Adam Wolley, Esq., in the British Museum, with numerous additions and corrections. - 1836

49 - Richard Furness: The poetical works of the late Richard Furness, with a sketch of his life, by G. Calvert Holland. - 1858

50 - Emma Nixon: A brief memoir of the life of John Gisborne…, to which are added extracts from his diary. - 1852

51 - George Goodwin: Greaves of Greaves, Derbyshire, (pedigree of.) - 1898

52 - Falconer Madan: The Gresleys of Drakelow; an account of the family, and notes of its connexions by marriage and descent from the Norman Conquest to the present day. - 1899

53 - W. H. St. John Hope: The stall plates of the Knights of the order of the Garter, 1348-1485; a series of ninety full-sized coloured facsimiles with descriptive notes and historical introductions. - 1901

54 - Edith Maud Hastings, Countess of Loudoun: Case on behalf of… Edith Maud, Countess of Loudoun, (in the Peerage of Scotland,) a co-heiress to the baronies of Botreaux, Hungerford, De Molyns and Hastings, in the Peerage of England. - 1870

55 - Evelyn Dawsonne Heathcote: An account of some of the families bearing the name Heathcote which have descended out of the county of Derby. - 1899

56 - The cabinet portrait gallery of British worthies vol. VIII. (Containing portraits and lives of… Thomas Hobbes…) - 1846

56A - [Missing as at 2017] Rad. Bathurst, editor: Thomas Hibbs, Angli, Malmesburiensis Philosophi vita. Caropoli, Eleutherium Anglicum. - 1681

57 - Sir Leslie Stephen: Hobbes. - 1904

58 - Joseph Thorpe Milner: Memoirs of the Reverend Joseph Hollingworth, Wesleyan minister; with notices of Dale Abbey, etc. - 1836

59 - Llewellynn Jewitt: The life of William Hutton, and the history of the Hutton family, edited from the original manuscripts, with the addition of numerous illustrative notes, original matter, examples of Hutton's poetical productions, and notices of all his works, etc., etc. - 1872

60 - William and Catherine Hutton: The life of William Hutton, F.A.S.S. including a particular account of the riots at Birmingham in 1791; to which is subjoined, the history of his family, written by himself, and published by his daughter, Catherine Hutton. - 1816

61 - William Bland, editor: Reverend J. Horner Jenkins, first vicar of Hazelwood; a brief sketch of his pastoral work, with fragmentary notes of some of his sermons and addresses, etc. 2nd edition. - c1889

62 - William Henry Goss: The life and death of Llewellynn Jewitt, with fragmentary memoirs of some of his famous literary and artistic friends, especially of Samuel Carter Hall. - 1889

63 - William Hussey: The "virtuous woman", illustrated in a memoir of the late Mrs. Sarah Jones, of Derby; with extracts from her journal and correspondence. - 1800s

64 - Number not used

65 - W. M. Torrens: Memoirs of the right honourable William second Viscount Melbourne. 2nd edition. - 1879

66 - Janetta Manners, Duchess of Rutland: The collected writings of Janetta Duchess of Rutland. - 1901

67 - Mosse: Reminiscences of the life-work and influence of the Reverend Henry Moore Mosse, by his children. - 1889

68 - Emily Mundy, editor: Varieties of many years: edited by Emily Mundy, Markeaton Hall. - 1909

69 - William Lister Newcombe: An address to William Lister Newcombe, Goods Manager, Midland Railway. Presented at the Royal Hotel, Matlock Bath, on Tuesday, March 15th, 1887. - 1887

70 - Lady Hester Newdigate: The Cheverels of Cheverel Manor; with illustrations from family portraits. - 1898

71 - John Baillie: A memoir of Adelaide Leaper Newton. 13th edition. - 1861

72 - Eliza F. Pollard: Florence Nightingale the wounded soldier's friend. - 1800s

73 - Statements exhibiting the voluntary contributions received by Miss Nightingale, for the use of the British war hospitals in the east, with the mode of their distribution in 1854, 1855, 1856. - 1857

74 - Sarah A. Tooley: The life of Florence Nightingale. - 1904

75 - Joseph Hunter: A true account of the alienation and recovery of estates of the Offleys of Norton, in 1754: with remarks on the version of the story, by the author of "Tremaine" and "De Vere". - 1841

76 - Henry Sacheverell, defendant: The tryal of Dr. Henry Sacheverrell… for high crimes and misdemeanours… Begun… the 27th day of February, 1709/10,,, until the 23rd day of March following. - 1710

77 - Michael Thomas Sadler: Memoirs of the life and writings of Michael Thomas Sadler. - 1848

78 - John G. Sargent: Selections from the diary and correspondence of John G. Sargent, a minister of the Society of Friends: containing an account of his labours and travels in the service of the gospel. - 1885

79 - Melville Scott: The force of love: being a memoir of Ven. Melville Horne Scott, Archdeacon of Stafford and residentiary Canon of Lichfield Cathedral. - 1899

80 - William Henry Shawcross: A brief of a lineage of the very ancient family and surname of Shallcross, or Shawcross, of that manor, in the High Peak, co. Derby; illustrating to the memory of posterity the connection of that house with equestrian, noble, and royal families; attempted, MDCCCXCVI., incompletely, by a scion of the family. - 1896

81 - W. H. Shawcross, editor: Shallcross pedigrees, edited by W. H. Shawcross, alias Shalcross, assisted by William Gilbert; the index by Muriel Wilson. - 1908

82 - Evelyn Philip Shirley: Stemmata Shirlaiana; or the annals of the Shirley family, Lords of Nether Etindon in the county of Warwick, and of Shirley in the county of Derby. 2nd edition. - 1873

83 - Thomas Hill, editor: Letters and memoir of the late Walter Augustus Shirley, Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man. - 1849

84 - J. Buckley: Recollections of the late John Smedley, founder of the Smedley system of hydropathy, as practised at Matlock and elsewhere. - 1888

85 - Julia Frankau: John Raphael Smith: his life and works: an eighteenth century artist & engraver. - 1902

86 - Herbert Spencer: An autobiography. - 1904

87 - A survey of the history, commerce and manufactures of Lancashire; together with extracts, reproduced by request, from "The home trade of Manchester"; and a bibliographical sketch of Reuben Spencer; including Jubiles demonstrations. - 1897

88 - Edward Strutt: Address presented to the Right Honourable Edward Strutt by the electors of Derby on the occasion of his retiring from the representation of the Borough. - 1848

89 - Historical memoirs of the house of Vernon. - c1861

90 - T. Henry Freer and C. J. Hamilton: Two sermons preached in Sudbury Church, Derbyshire, on Sunday, May 6th, 1883, by 1.-Reverend T. Henry Freer, Rector of Sudbury. 11.-Reverend C. J. Hamilton, Vicar of Doveridge. In loving remembrance of the late Lord Vernon. - 1883

91 - John Wilmot: Memoirs of the life of… Sir John Eardley Wilmot,… late Lord Chief Justice of the court of common pleas, and one of His Majesty's most honourable Privy Council; with some original letters. 2nd edition. - 1811

92 - Gerard Smith, editor: Recollections of the late Francis Wright, Esq., of Osmaston Manor, Derbyshire. - 1873

93 - William Bemrose: The life and works of Joseph Wright, A.R.A., commonly called "Wright of Derby". - 1885

94 - William Hayley: Ode to Joseph Wright, Esq. of Derby. From an old M.S. - 1800s

F - The Strutt Library: books originally stored on Shelf F - 1808-1909

G - The Strutt Library: books originally stored on Shelf G - 1533-1930

O - The Strutt Library: Oversize materials including prints - 1733-1895

P - The Strutt Library: Pamphlets - 1655-1974

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

Tweets by DRO

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

National Coal Board

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

Horace John Rylands (1886-1961) of Bakewell, First World War soldier

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