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Name George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1683-1760

661. Stowe MS 263

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Stowe MS 263
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TRANSCRIPTS Of letters addressed to Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, Ambassador at St. Petersburg; 1755-1757. The letters give an account of transactions in Parliament, movements of parties and court intrigues immediately before and after the fall of' the Duke of Newcastle's ministry in Nov. 1756, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

662. Stowe MS 295

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Stowe MS 295
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" A PLAN for the more speedy conclusion of the present very bloody and expensive war [with France], in case it shall not be thought expedient to continue it on the present footing in Germany, by Thomas Cole "; circ. 1758. With a dedicatory letter to George II., in which the writer speaks of havi...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1758
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1 item

663. Stowe MS 308

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Stowe MS 308
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CHARACTERS of George I. and II., Qu. Caroline, Sir Robert Walpole, Lords Bath, Hardwicke, Chatham, Holland, Townshend, Granville, Bolingbroke, the Dukes of Bedford and Newcastle, Henry Pelham, and Alexander Pope; by Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield. Copies,some of them in the han...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item

664. Stowe MS 310

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Stowe MS 310
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COLLECTION of engraved political caricatures illustrating the closing years of George II., and more particularly the last Administration of Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle. Among the characters caricatured are the Duke, Robert Darcy, 4th Baron Holdernesse, Philip Yorke, lst Earl of Hardw...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

665. Stowe MS 324

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Stowe MS 324
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MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS chiefly relating to the customs, taxation, etc., 1396-1764; partly collected by Sir Richard Temple, when Commissioner of the Customs, and some of them apparently in his own hand. Among the contents are:- 1. Copy of an entail upon John Furneux and Amicia his wife of the man...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1396-1764
Extent:
1 item

666. Stowe MS 540

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Stowe MS 540
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" RECORDS and papers relating to the Guardianship of the Kingdom as well in the absence of our Kings as in extraordinary emergencies," with documents concerning the custody of the Great and Privy Seals, the proceedings of the Lords Justices, etc.; tempp John-George I. Notes on f. 1 by Thomas Ast...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1788-17 Dec 1788
Extent:
1 item

667. Stowe MS 564

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Stowe MS 564
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Vol. I. ff. 16. Richard Lumley, Lord Lumley, 2nd Earl of Scarborough (1721): Accompts of the Prince of Wales's household signed by: 1717. Household, Royal: Accompt of the cofferer of the Prince of Wales's household: 1717. Sir Robert Eyre, Solicitor-General, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1717
Extent:
1 item

668. Stowe MS 565

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Stowe MS 565
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Vol. II. ff. 18. Richard Lumley, Lord Lumley, 2nd Earl of Scarborough (1721): Accompts of the Prince of Wales's household signed by: 1717. Household, Royal: Accompt of the cofferer of the Prince of Wales's household: 1717. Sir Robert Eyre, Solicitor-General, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1717
Extent:
1 item

669. Stowe MS 566

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Stowe MS 566
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"AN ESTABLISHMENT of ordinary wages, patent fees, allowances, pensions, and other payments yearly allowed by us [George, Prince of Wales] unto our officers and servants of our Council, our chamber, our stables, and our household, as also unto the officers and servants of our dearest consort the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1719
Extent:
1 item

670. Stowe MS 750

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Stowe MS 750
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ORIGINAL LETTERS from lawyers, scholars and others addressed for the most part to Thomas Parker, Lord Chief Justice 1710, Baron Parker 1716, Lord Chancellor 1718, Earl of Macclesfield 1721 (ob. 1732); 1704-1739. A few draft replies of Lord Macclesfield are interspersed (ff. 46, 112, 246, 430, 43...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1704-1739
Extent:
1 item

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