Letters and copy letters (21 Jun – 4 Aug, 1827) between G. Canning and various individuals concerning ecclesiastical preferments and other church matters.
Correspondence and Papers regarding Ecclesiastical Preferments
Scope & Content:
1. Letters, copy letters and a memorial (6 March – 10 July, 1827) between [G. Canning?] and Anne Fuller including a ‘Memorial to the King praying for Preferment in the Church for her son’. 2. Letters and copy letters (12 April – 14 July, 1827) between G. Canning and Elizabeth Grey. Includes a l...
Correspondence and Papers regarding Ecclesiastical Preferments
Scope & Content:
Letters, a memorial, a memorandum and lists (24 May - 19 July, 1827) concerning ecclesiastical preferments. Includes: 1. Letters (24 May – 10 July, 1827) between George Canning and Augustus Stapleton, Lord Sondes and The Archbishop of Canterbury concerning the appointment to the ‘Living of Kett...
Alphabetical index of recommendations for church dignitaries. Entries under each letter of the alphabet for which there are entries record the names of candidates recommended, who they were recommended by, the dates of the recommendations, the position they were recommended for, and sometimes th...
Alphabetical index of recommendations for church livings. Entries under each letter of the alphabet for which there are entries record the names of candidates recommended, who they were recommended by, the dates of the recommendations, the livings they were recommended for, and sometimes the dat...
Alphabetical index of recommendations for titles of honour. Entries under each letter of the alphabet for which there are entries record the names of candidates recommended, who they were recommended by, the dates of the recommendations, the titles of honour they were recommended for, and someti...
Alphabetical index of recommendations for situations for gentlemen. Entries under each letter of the alphabet for which there are entries record the names of candidates recommended, who they were recommended by, the dates of the recommendations, the situations they were recommended for, and some...
Correspondence relating to trade and commerce. Includes: Letter (9 November, 1807). Draft and actual letter addressed to George Perceval. Draft letter has significant corrections made in ink and pencil. Draft order (December, 1808). ‘Draft of a proposed Order of Council’. ‘Remarks on the late...
‘Most Secret Minutes of Cabinet’ (21 April, 1807 – 24 February, 1809). Cabinet minutes and circulars written on the whole by George Canning with some additional comments by Earl of Camden, Lord Bathurst and Lord Eldon. Includes: 1. Letter from Prince Castelicala, Sicilian envoy complaining abo...
Letters and copy letters (26 July – 22 December, 1811) to G. Canning from Lord Granville Leveson Gower, Charles Bagot, W. Taylor and George Ellis. Includes a cover note which, in part, reads ‘To be burned. GC’.