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The Duke of Sutherland and North Staffordshire Politics

As the major landowner in the parishes of Trentham, Longton and Blurton, the Leveson-Gower family were influential figures in the urban politics of North Staffordshire at the turn of the twentieth century. In 1895-6 Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1851-1913), the fourth Duke of Sutherland, served as the Mayor of Longton and throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries he was instrumental in campaigns for improved provision of municipal and educational facilities in North Staffordshire. The fourth Duke also played a prominent role in negotiations towards the Federation of the six Potteries towns of North Staffordshire in 1910 to create the County Borough of Stoke on Trent.

Click here to see documents relating to North Staffordshire Politics in the Sutherland Papers
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