MS 681 16

Reference code

MS 681 16

Title

Moulton-Barrett family papers: Papers and portraits of Alfred Price (Daisy) Moulton-Barrett (1820-1904)

Level

Series

Administrative / Biographical history

Alfred Price Moulton-Barrett (1820-1904) was the tenth child of Edward and Mary Moulton-Barrett. Educated at University College London, he was also an amateur artist. In 1855, he married his cousin Georgiana Elizabeth (Lizzie) Barrett (1833-1918) in Paris. Like his sisters Elizabeth and Henrietta, Alfred was disinherited by their father for marrying against his wishes. Throughout the 1850s, Alfred kept close contact with his sister Elizabeth and Robert Browning.

Alfred travelled to Jamaica and Madeira (1856), and Hong Kong (1857), but did not hold a formal occupation. He and Lizzie lived mainly on her family inheritance until Alfred inherited property after his brother George’s death in 1895.
The couple had four children: Edward Alfred, Alice Elizabeth, George Goodin, and Mary Ethel. They later lived in France and Belgium. Alfred died in 1904 at Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France.

Date

1659-1923

Extent & medium

11 files and 23 items

Content description

Alfred Moulton-Barrett’s papers comprise family correspondence, personal papers, family history and genealogical papers, sketchbooks, scrapbooks, drawings and images. Some of his papers have been worked on by and merged with the papers of his descendants.

Arrangement

Papers of Alfred Moulton-Barrett have been divided into the following sub-series reflecting aspects of his affairs:

01 Family correspondence
02 Personal papers
03 Barrett family history and genealogical papers
04 Portraits
05 Sketchbooks and scrapbooks

Associated material

For other papers relating to Alfred, see his wife Georgiana Elizabeth (Lizzie) Moulton-Barrett’s papers at MS 681 17; and also his brother-in-law Edward George Barrett's papers at MS 681 18 07

Publication note

Some of these papers have been published or cited in Kelley, Hudson et al.: The Brownings’ Correspondence Vols 1-31, 1809-1865 - as Letter numbers or ‘Supporting Documents’ (SDs) Nos. Also, transcripts of some letters and documents have been published online at www.browningscorrespondence.com