DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vols. III, IV. Letters to Grenville from his brother Thomas Grenville, M.P.; 1786-1831. Together with one letter from Grenville, 1 Feb. 1814. Printed in part in H.M.C. Fortescue, IX, X. Supplementing Add. 41852, 41853, 42058, 58880-58890. Two volumes.
DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vols. V, VI. Correspondence of Lord and Lady Grenville with Thomas Pitt, 1st Baron Camelford, and his wife Anne; 1787-1802, n.d. Followed in Add. 69043 by correspondence of George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham, and his wife, Mary, with Lord and Lady Camelford; 1783-1792, n.d.
DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vols. XI, XII. Letters to Lady Grenville from William and Eleanora Wickham and their daughter Anne; 1793-1840, n.d. Followed (in Add. 69049) by letters to Lady Grenville and Thomas Grenville from the Wickhams' son, Henry L. Wickham; 1820-1840, n.d. Two volumes.
DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vols. XIII-XXVII. Correspondence of Lady Grenville with her nephew George Matthew Fortescue and his wife Louisa; [1806-1807?]-1864. Including (in Add. 69051) correspondence of Fortescue with William Chisholme, attorney, on Lady Grenville's behalf concerning her late husband's affairs, with two earlier related letters; 1824-1834. See also Add. 69373. Fifteen volumes.
Scope & Content:
Lady Louisa Elizabeth Fortescue, wife of G M Fortescue: George Matthew Fortescue, son of Hugh, 1st Earl Fortescue: Correspondence of Lady Grenville with George Matthew Fortescue and his wife, Louisa: [1806-1807?]-1864.
DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vols. XXVIII-XXXIII. General political correspondence of Lord Grenville; 1757, 1783-1833, n.d. The first item in Add. 69065 is a letter from Voltaire to an unidentified correspondent, 2 Jan. 1757, concerning the Byng affair. The correspondence for 1788 to 1805 was almost entirely taken out of the main part of the Dropmore correspondence by J. W. F[ortescue], 30 July 1905. Six volumes.
DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vols. LIV-LXII. Political papers of Lord Grenville, mostly relating to foreign affairs, together with some papers of his father, George Grenville; 1765-1806. Partly copies. See also Add. 69145. Nine volumes.
DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vols. LXIV-LXVII. Correspondence relating to the election; 1809. Add. 69104 also contains a few letters of congratulation. Four volumes.
Scope & Content:
University of Oxford: Correspondence and papers rel. to Lord Grenville's election as Chancellor,: 1809.
DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vols. LXXI, LXXII. Correspondence of Grenville with John Cole, Rector of Exeter College and Vice-Chancellor (1810-1814); 1809-1815. Followed in Add. 69109 by correspondence with Cole, Lee, Copleston and others concerning a proposed Address to the Prince Regent; Dec. 1813-March 1814.