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Add MS 48216

Record Id:

032-001957767

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001957767

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ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x0003ae

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Add MS 48216

Title:

BELLINGHAM PAPERS. Correspondence and papers of and relating to John Bellingham, executed in 1812 for the murder of the Hon. Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister (see D. Gray, Spencer Perceval, the Evangelical Prime Minister, 1762-1812, 1963, pp. 455-462); 1805-1813. Supplementary to papers of the latter in Add. MSS. 49173-49195. The chief contents are correspondence of Bellingham with the British and Russian authorities concerning the grievances which led him eventually to commit the murder. Also included are a few personal papers (ff. 46-48, 52-55), correspondence with his wife, Mary Ann (ff. 42, 49, 50), and (ff. 59-61b) a sworn statement concerning him by her partner, Miss Mary Stevens. For Bellingham's last letter to his wife, 17 May 1812, see Charles J. Sawyer, cat. no. 276, 1968, item 83. Paper; ff. 63. 1805-1813. Formerly in the possession of Sir Isaac Heard, Garter King of Arms (d. 1822). Sotheby's sale-cat., 23-24 Nov. 1900, lot 365. Presented by Vivian Charles John Buckley, Esq., F. R. G. S.

Scope & Content:

Hon Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister: Correspondence, etc., of his murderer, J. Bellingham: 1805-1812.

John Bellingham, murderer of Spencer Perceval: Correspondence and papers: 1805-1812.: Engl., Germ. and Russ.

includes:

ff. 1 (signed), 15 Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville: Letters to J. Bellingham: 1805, 1807.
f. 10 Reverend B. Beresford, at St Petersburg: Statement of J. Bellingham witnessed by: 1807.
f. 14 Sir Stephen Shairp, Chargé d'Affaires at St Petersburg: Certificate on behalf of: 1807.
f. 14 Alexander Shairp: Certificate signed by: 1807.
ff. 17-22 Alexander I of Russia: Ukase rel. to J. Bellingham: 1807.: Russ., with Germ. and Engl. transl.: Copy.
ff. 20-21, 25 Peter Greck, Russian official translator: English translations written and certified by: 1807, 1808.
f. 21 William Harris, at St Petersburg: Certificate signed by: 1808.
f. 21 Peter Gibb, at St Petersburg: Certificate signed by: 1808.
ff. 21, 25b Henry Krempien, notary, of St Petersburg: Certificates by: 1808.
f. 23 Charles Stuart, Baron Stuart de Rothesay: Letter to J. Bellingham: [1808?].: Imperf.
ff. 24-25b Alexander I of Russia: Petition to, from J. Bellingham: 1808.: Russ., with Engl. transl.: Copy.
f. 29 Passports: Russian passport to J. Bellingham: 1809.: With Germ. transl.
f. 29 Count Nikolai Petrovich Rumyantsov,; Russian Chancellor: Passport signed by: 1809.
ff. 31-37, 41 Richard Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley: Correspondence with J. Bellingham: 1809, 1810.: Copies.
f. 39 Hon Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister: Letter on behalf of, to J. Bellingham: 1810.: Copy.
ff. 42, 49, 50 Mary Ann Bellingham, wife of John Bellingham: Correspondence with her husband: 1812.
f. 44 England; Parliament: Petition by J. Bellingham to the Commons: 1812.: Printed.
ff. 46-48,52-55 Accounts: J. Bellingham: 1812.
f. 57 Sir John Beckett, 2nd Baronet: Letter to -: 1812.
ff. 59-61b Mary Stevens, milliner, of Liverpool: Deposition by: 1812.: Signed.
f. 61b John B. Aspinall, of Liverpool: Signature as witness: 1812.
f. 63 John Wright, painter: Portrait of Lord G. Leveson-Gower engr. after: 1813.
f. 63 Art. Portraits: Lord G. Leveson-Gower; engr. by J. S. Agar, after J. Wright: 1813.
f. 63 John Samuel Agar, engraver: Portrait of Lord G. Leveson-Gower engr. by: 1813.
f. 63 Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville: Portrait: 1813.: Engr.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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032-001957767

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032-001957767

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
German
Russian

Scripts:

Cyrillic
Latin

Start Date:

1805

End Date:

1813

Date Range:

1805-1813

Era:

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Custodial History:

Vivian Charles John Buckley, FRGS: Presented: in 1954.

Sir Isaac Heard, Garter King at Arms: Owned.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Agar, John Samuel, engraver, 1773-1858
Alexander I, of Russia
Aspinall, John B., of Liverpool
Beckett, John, 2nd Baronet
Bellingham, John, murderer of Spencer Perceval
Bellingham, Mary Ann, wife of John Bellingham
Beresford, B., Reverend; at St Petersburg
Buckley, Vivian Charles John, FRGS
Gibb, Peter, of St Petersburg, signatory of a certificate, fl 1808
Gower, Granville, 1st Earl Granville, diplomat, 1773-1846,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000040492055,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/25364007
Greck, Peter, Russian official translator, fl 1807-1808
Harris, William, at St Petersburg
Heard, Isaac, Garter King at Arms
Krempien, Henry, notary, of St Petersburg
Parliament
Perceval, Spencer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1762-1812
Rumyantsov, Nikolai Petrovich, Count, Russian Chancellor
Shairp, Alexander, of Add MS 48216
Shairp, Stephen, Chargé d'Affaires at St Petersburg
Stevens, Mary, milliner, of Liverpool
Stuart, Charles, Baron Stuart de Rothesay, diplomatist, 1779-1845
Wellesley, Richard Colley, 2nd Earl of Mornington, Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, 1760-1842
Wright, John, painter