Calthorpe, Lords, landed estates
Other Business Names:
- Gough, Sir Richard
- Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
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Property activities
Landed estate management
Notes:
Traces origins to 1717 when estate acquired by the London merchant, Sir Richard Gough. Estate subsequently developed by the Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe families and notably by the Lords Calthorpe. In particular from 1810 developed the Edgbaston component of the estates as a prime residential area for Birmingham's burgeoning business/middle classes. Continues in 2013
Publications:
- 'A working peer making aristocracy work. The case of the third Lord Calthorpe' in S Taylor et al (eds), Hanoverian Britain and Empire by Cannadine, David
- Aristocracy and the Towns in the Nineteenth Century. A case study of the Calthorpes and Birmingham, 1807-1910 by Cannadine, David
- 'The Calthorpes and Birmingham' in D Cannadine, Lords and Landlords. The aristocracy and the towns, 1774-1967 by Cannadine, David
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Gough, Sir Richard
- Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
- Property activities Landed estate management
Notes:
Traces origins to 1717 when estate acquired by the London merchant, Sir Richard Gough. Estate subsequently developed by the Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe families and notably by the Lords Calthorpe. In particular from 1810 developed the Edgbaston component of the estates as a prime residential area for Birmingham's burgeoning business/middle classes. Continues in 2013Publications:
- 'A working peer making aristocracy work. The case of the third Lord Calthorpe' in S Taylor et al (eds), Hanoverian Britain and Empire by Cannadine, David
- Aristocracy and the Towns in the Nineteenth Century. A case study of the Calthorpes and Birmingham, 1807-1910 by Cannadine, David
- 'The Calthorpes and Birmingham' in D Cannadine, Lords and Landlords. The aristocracy and the towns, 1774-1967 by Cannadine, David