E, F. Patents to Philip [Yorke], Baron Hardwicke, to be Steward of Great Britain (a) at the trial of the Earls of Kilmarnock and Cromartie and Lord Balmerinoch for high treason; 28 July, 20 Geo. 11. [l 746];-(b) at the trial of the Earl of Lovat; 9 March, 20 Geo. II. [1747]. Signed by George II. Vellum, with illuminated border. Great Seal in tin box.
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Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke: Appointments as Lord High Steward: 1746, 1747.
H-J. Full-powers to Robert Keith, British Minister at Vienna, (a) to accede to the Treaty of Alliance made 22 Slay, 1746, between Austria and Russia; 16 Oct. 1749;-(b) to represent Great Britain at a contract of marriage between an Archduke and Maria Riciarda, granddaughter of [Francesco Maria,] Duke of Modena; 30 March, 1753;-(c) for the conclusion with the Empress Maria Theresa of a preliminary convention bearing upon the Barrier Treaty of 1715; 1 March, 1754. Signed by George II. Vellum. ...
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Robert Keith, Ambassador at St Petersburg: Credentials and full powers to, as Envoy at Vienna: 1748-1754.
(III. ff. 191). July, 1804-Jan. 1805. includes: ff. 43-96 Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, composer and music publisher: Chamber sonatas: 1804, 1805. f. 159 Alexander Marsden, Under-Secretary for Ireland: Letter to Admiral Pakenham: 1805.: Copy.
Vol. II. (ff. 315) 1738-1757. Sir Benjamin Keene, KB; diplomatist: Diplomatic papers: 1730-1737.: Copies. includes: f. 70 Arthur Stert, Commissioner under the treaty of Seville: Table of British claims against Spain: 1738.
HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vol. DCCCCXIII. A series of small note-books, containing:- 1. List of the French fleet that sailed from Brest, 30 Dec. 1794, in the hand of Joseph Sydney Yorke, afterwards Vice-admiral, K.C.B., etc. f. 1. 2. Notes by C[harles Philip] Yorke, afterwards Admiral and (1834) 4th...
HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vol. XCV. Letter-book of Sir Joseph Yorke, containing copies of his letters to Sir James Marriott, LL.D., Advocate-General, Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, relating to matters connected with the High Seas, regulations for neutral powers, etc.; 1776-1781. Paper; ff. 130. Q...