Letters and copy letters (25 November, 1802 – August, 1815) between G. Canning and George Rose. Includes: 1. Letter (28 August, 1806) to G. Canning from George Rose along with an enclosed letter (25 August, 1806) containing separate texts, in different hands, marked as A and B. 2. Letter (19 J...
Various poems and verse, including drafts and fair copies, concerning a variety of topics including politics. Includes: Poems and verse (27 June, 1784 – 1813) from G. Canning to Reverend William Leigh. Verse (23 November, 1822). ‘On the Rt. Honble. George Canning’. 13 pages of text on parchment.
Correspondence with various Irish representatives: 1. Letter (25 February, 1826) to G. Canning from the Bishop of Derry includes printed diagrams on the architectural development of Derry Cathedral numbered 1-6 in order to ‘vindicate his conduct in regard to the Cathedral of Derry’. 2. Letter ...
Registers of Dispatches and Correspondence to and from Canning as Ambassador to Lisbon
Scope & Content:
Consists of register volumes, which include: copies of dispatches sent from George Canning, as Ambassador to Lisbon, to the British Foreign Secretary Viscount Castlereagh, and copies of enclosures to the dispatches; and copy correspondence between George Canning as Ambassador to Lisbon and vario...
Letters and copy letters (14 October, 1822 – 20 May 1827) between G. Canning and William Hill. Includes: 1. ‘Extract of a private Letter from M[r] H. to M[r] Forster at Copenhagen’ (30 May, 1822). 2. ‘Memorandum regarding my connection with Lord W[m] Bentinck & the Court of Naples …’ [c 18...
1. Copy letter (13 March, 1808) from ‘Mr Hamilton’ to ‘Vice Admiral Sir John Duckworth’. 2. Letter (27 January, 1808) from Charles Fraser to Lord Castlereagh. ‘On American Affairs’. 3. Three draft letters (15 and 20 October, 1807) from [G. Canning?] to ‘Messrs Monroe & Pinckney’. 4. Draft...
Letters and copy letters (5 January, 1823 – 5 June, 1826) from G. Canning to Count Lieven. Includes: Letter (23 May, 1824) from G. Canning to Count Lieven along with an extract of a letter (27 April, 1824) to Canning from Lord Strangford. Copy letter (1 March, 1826) from G. Canning to Sir Will...