Denison of Ossington Collection
JISC (Non Formula Funding) award to support cataloguing, 1995
The Denison of Ossington Collection is made up of a number of separate groups of family papers, of which the first was received in 1947. There have been several subsequent accruals.
The collection is particularly known for the strength of its 19th-century political content, resulting from the life and career of John Evelyn Denison, Viscount Ossington (1800-1873), who was Speaker of the House of Commons from 1857 to 1872.
The project enabled the conversion and extensive enhancement of the original brief catalogues, with a focus on the political papers.
A general collection level description provides more background information and access to the online resource.
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