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Name Byng, George, 1st Viscount Torrington

1. Add MS 4205

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TRANSCRIPTS BY BIRCH of state letters and papers. The principal contents are:- (1) 'Memorabilia in the Earl of Strafford's letters', being brief notes of the contents of the two volumes of Letters of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, printed in 1740 by Dr. William Knowler from the origi...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

2. Add MS 4225

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Vol. V. (ff. 111). Miscellaneous, but chiefly prominent historical figures. In narrative form, in Birch's autograph. includes: f. 1 Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham d 1483: Biographical notice: 18th cent. f. 5 Henry VII of England: Biographical notice of Qu. Elizabeth: 18th cent. f. 9 He...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1730-c 1766
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1 item

3. Add MS 22265

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PAPERS relating to the Navy, Trade, etc., 1704-1732; consisting chiefly of lists of vessels, naval estimates, and Admiralty orders. Included are: 1. Original orders, dat. 28 and 29 Dec. 1711; signed by [Sir] G[eorge] Byng [afterwards Viscount Torrington], [Sir] William Drake [Bart.], J[ohn] Aisl...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1704-1732
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 28094

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ROYAL warrants, petitions and miscellaneous political and other papers; 1629-1829. Many are addressed to, endorsed by, or otherwise connected with Thomas Osbourne, 1st Earl of Danby and Duke of Leeds, Lord High Treasurer. Included are:- 1. Commission from [Thomas Wentworth, Viscount] Wentworth...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1629-1829
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1 item

5. Add MS 28154

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Vol. ii., 21 Jan. 171½ 1 Sept. 1716. Otto Krabbe, Danish Minster of State: Letters to Admiral Norris: 1715. includes: ff. 19, 20, 52 George Baillie, Lord of the Admiralty: Appointment of, and instructions to Sir J. Norris: 1714, 1715. ff. 19, 20, 52 George Bubb-Dodington, Baron Melcombe: Comm...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, English, French, German, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
[21 Jan 1712]-1 Sep 1716
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1 item

6. Add MS 31958

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MEMOIRS of Admiral Sir George Byng [created Viscount Torrington in 1721], to the year l705; revised, with additions. Paper; ff. 103. XVIIIth cent. From a fragmenent of a letter of Philip 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, the MS. appears to have belonged to [Richard Owen?] Cambridge. Folio. George Byng, 1s...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

7. Add MS 32687

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Vol. ii. (ff. 562). Home Correspondence; 1724-1732. George I of England: Home correspondence of the Duke of Newcastle, Sec. of State: 1714-1727. George II of England: Correspondence of the Duke of Newcastle, Sec. of State, etc.: 1727 - 1760.: Diplomatic. includes: ff. 1, 22, 28, 36, 40, 151 ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1724-1732
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 34195

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COLLECTION of original letters, warrants, and papers, many of which refer to the expenses of the Tower Establishment and other offices, the repayment of Crown Loans, tho transfer of South Sea Stock, etc.; 1576-1763. On f. 29 is a portrait of Sir Edward Dering, 1st Bart., engraved by Geo. Glover after Corn. Johnson [sc. Janssens] in 1640. Included are:- 1. [Sir] Owen Hopton, Lieutenant of the Tower, to " Good Mr. Peter " [Robert Petre, Teller of the Exchequer], respecting his last quarter's...
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Richard Ingoldsby, Brigadier-General: Expense of his keep - in the Tower: 1698. Sir William Cecil, Baron Burghley 1571; Lord Treasurer 1572: Letter to, from the Dep. Lieutenants of co. Hereford: 1598. London, England: Warrants, accompts, etc., relating to the Tower: 1576-1763. includes: f. 1...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and Latin
Date Range:
1576-1763
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 36127

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(III. ff. 371). 1727. Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford; Prime Minister: Warrants signed by, as Chancellor of the Exchequer: 1721-1733. George II of England: Warrants to Lord Hardwicke signed by: 1727-1760. William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon; Commissioner of the Treasury: Warrants signed ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1727
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 36128

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(IV. ff. 378). 1728-1729. Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford; Prime Minister: Warrants signed by, as Chancellor of the Exchequer: 1721-1733. George II of England: Warrants to Lord Hardwicke signed by: 1727-1760. William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon; Commissioner of the Treasury: Warrants sig...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1728-1729
Extent:
1 item