Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos: Huntington Library: STG Stowe-Temple-Grenville

The Stowe-Temple-Grenville collection at the Huntington is extensive, about 300,000 documents. It is catalogued on a card index and in a folder, STG Lists. The following table is based on a mix of sources, including my own notes. It is intended to be indicative of the scope of the collection, rather than an accurate description.

Category	Call name	Boxes	Docs (c.)	Details	Date (c.)
Grenville accounts and personal papers	STG Accounts	198	225,000	Grenville Accounts	1705–1920
Grenville Correspondence	STG Correspondence	492	30,000	Personal, political & business	1572-1919
Grenville Inventories, Lists & Catalogues	STG CL&I	15	500	Art, books, wine, plate, furniture,, clothing, guest lists, jewellery, valuations, etc.	1586-1921
Stowe Grenville Legal	STG Legal		750	Deeds, etc.	1425 to 1856
Grenville Manorial & Local Affairs	STG Manorial	60	32,000	With index by place for boxes 1–39 (Buckinghamshire). Subsequent boxes organised by county & country	1209-1918
Grenville Personal Family Papers	STG Personal	39	1,400	Wills, probates, estate lists, marriage settlements, etc. STG Personal Box 38 has c. 200 Grenville genealogy documents (1639-1900)	1419–1918
Grenville Bucks Militia	STG Military	8	800	Accounts, orderly books, misc. papers, etc. for Bucks Militia, Bucks Yeomanry & Hussars & Bucks Volunteer	1619–1889
Grenville Elections	STG Elections	11	3,400	Mostly accounts; also canvasses, poll results, printed material, etc.	1679–1878
Grenville Art & Literature	STG Arts & Literature	10	300	Art work by the Grenville family, including watercolours, music and historical and fictional literature	1519–1975
Grenville India	STG India	3	180	Letterbooks, letters & cuttings	1858–1885
Grenville Parliament	STG Parliament	3	100		1661–1888
Grenville Religious Affairs	STG Religious Affairs		60	November 2003: marked ‘to be revised’	1758-1915
Grenville Schools & Education	STG Schools & Education	2	420	Mostly Mary Campbell and Richard Grenville	C17-1879
Grenville Transport	STG Transport	17	2,700	Wotton Tramway, canals, railways, etc	1773–1889