Offer of the Presidency to the Marquis of Lansdowne
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Contains a letter from William Petty, Marquess of Lansdowne, apologetically declining the presidency of the Literary Fund on the grounds of his health.
Contains a letter from Caleb Whitefoord stating that John Stuart, Marquess of Bute, had accepted the presidency of the Literary Fund ‘provided it was not a troublesome office’ and a letter from Bute communicating the same.
Contains a letter from Edward Adolphus St. Maur, Duke of Somerset, resigning from the Presidency of the Literary Fund, a second letter stating his willingness to receive a deputation from the Committee and a later correspondence between the Duke and Octavian Blewitt in which Blewitt thanks the D...
Contains a correspondence between Philip Henry Stanhope, Earl Stanhope, and Octavian Blewitt relating to the former’s election as President of the Literary Fund.
Contains correspondence from 1875 and 1876 from William Smith and Sir William Frederick Pollock concerned with the election of Edward Henry Stanley, Earl of Derby, as President of the Literary Fund. Also contains letters from William Smith and Howard Smith detailing various candidates proposed ...
Contains correspondence relating to vice-presidential invitations made by the Literary Fund Committee to Owen Williams, George John Spencer, Earl Spencer, and Arthur Annesley, Earl of Mountnorris.
Contains correspondence relating to vice-presidential invitations made by the Literary Fund Committee to Francis Basset, Baron de Dunstanville, Lord John Russell, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of Lansdowne, Frederick John Robinson, Viscount Goderich, Edward Law, Baron Ellenborough, George Jo...
Contains correspondence relating to vice-presidential invitations made by the Literary Fund Committee to Robert Henley Eden, Robert Peel, Henry Peter Brougham, [?]. Baron Brougham and Vaux, Sir John Soame, Sir John Swinburne, Sir John Malcolm, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, [Henry Thomas?] Hope, Const...