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Houghton's archive includes: Cambridge papers, 1827-1830; a voluminous correspondence; literary papers; publications, 1834-1873; political papers, 1837-1880s; business and estate papers; papers relating to travels, 1828-1885, papers relating to clubs and societies; commonplace books, 1838-1865; press cuttings, 1801-1878; diaries of Annabella Hungerford Milnes, Lady Houghton, 1855-1872; papers of Houghton’ father Robert Pemberton Milnes and other members of his family.

Obituaries, press cuttings, verse etc.

Sixteen commonplace books compiled by Lord Houghton, as well as a collection of items with a definite connection to the books, such as stray leaves. Note that many other notes and jottings elsewhere in the collection may have been made with the commonplace books in mind.

Contents of the books include autograph fragments by George Sand, A. C. Swinburne and Coventry Patmore; there are also transcripts - some copied from unpublished originals - of writings by Lord Byron, Robert Burns, Branwell Bronte, Lord Tennyson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Beau Brummell, William Cobbett, the Duke of Wellington and others.

Five albums and one file containing cuttings of miscellaneous articles on politics; social science, literature; art; religious affairs; education; and spiritualism. There are essays and book reviews (some written by Lord Houghton), obituaries and other notices of public figures. There are also reports of addresses to Mechanics Institutions and other cultural bodies, and at events such as the inauguration of the Cambridge Union Society's new rooms in 1866.

Album containing cuttings relating to cause célèbres of the early and mid seventeenth century. These include: Caroline of Brunswick's claim to the title of Queen Consort and the Cato Street conspiracy, both of 1820; the Davidson and Gordon fraud of 1858-1859; various trials and executions, such as those of the forger Henry Fauntleroy and the murderer John Thurtell. The case of William Dove, a Leeds man hanged for poisoning his wife in 1856, aroused much interest in the Milnes family due to the murderer's local connections.

Chiefly Hansard reports of speeches by Richard Monckton Milnes.

Album containing material connected with the Milnes familty to 1831: in particular the brief parliamentary career of Houghton's father Robert Pemberton Milnes. Other reports concern national and historic events, such as the deaths of George III and George IV.

Miscellaneous verses, articles etc.

Notes for political speeches by Richard Monckton Milnes.

Not including except philanthropic causes, constituency and literary requests, for which see other headings.

Including material relating to the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science.