Strong, S. Arthur, Mr (Sandford Arthur), 1863-1904 (British art historian and librarian)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1863 - 1904
Parallel Names
- Strong, Sandford Arthur, 1861-1904
Biography
Art historian and country house librarian. Strong was variously librarian to the Duke of Portland at Welbeck Abbey, the Earl of Pembroke at Wilton House, Lord Wantage at Lockinge, the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth House (1895-1904, his death), and the House of Lords (1897-1904, his death).
Gender
- male
Functions
Occupations
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Art historians
- Note: Art historian and country house librarian. Strong was variously librarian to the Duke of Portland at Welbeck Abbey, the Earl of Pembroke at Wilton House, Lord Wantage at Lockinge, the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth House (1895-1904, his death), and the House of Lords (1897-1904, his death). Married Eugénie Sellers, later Assistant Director of the BSR, at Westminster in June 1897.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Chatsworth papers, circa 1885-1910
Sub-Series
Chatsworth papers, circa 1885-1910
Reference number: ES-PP/04
Scope and Contents
This sub-series comprises material relating to ES's time as Librarian to the Dukes of Devonshire (1904-1909) and, before that, her husband S. Arthur Strong's time in the post (1895-1904, his death). It also includes a small amount of correspondence which predates Arthur's librarianship, including periods in the 1880s in which the 7th Duke of Devonshire's daughter Lady Louisa Egerton (1835-1907) was acting as librarian and family archivist. The materials in this sub-series include...
Dates:
circa 1885-1910