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Haines/ Stonor Papers: contents of an autograph album, with some loose material, consisting of letters, letter covers and signatures of British statesmen, peers, politicians and bishops, etc.; circa 1816?-1900, n.d.;

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Partly imperfect. Apparently collected by W. H. Haines, a Clerk in the House of Lords. Many of the letters are addressed to him or to another Clerk, Francis Stonor, and some bear annotations, possibly by Haines. One letter cover is addressed to T. W. N. Birch, Clerk Assistant to the House of Lords (f. 127), and there are one or two other items addressed to other probable Clerks. Many of the letters refer to the routine work of the Clerks of the House of Lords, particularly to committee work. Some dozen of the letters, circa 1827 - circa 1844, are addressed to the Lord Chancellor, Lord Lyndhurst, including letters from Canning, Wellington, Aberdeen, Brougham, Ellenborough, and William IV. There are also a few letters from or to Lord Chancellors Brougham and Campbell in the collection, including letters from Lords Althorp and Durham. Other letters are addressed to Lord Redesdale, Chairman of Committees 1851-1886, to other peers, several of them House of Lords officials, and to Stonor and Haines; other letters were clearly collected as autographs either by Stonor, or, more likely, Haines, for instance a letter of Sheridan [ bef. 1817 ] ( f. 37 ), and, at the end of the material, letters from actors and actresses, including one of Charles Kean the Younger (f. 104; imperfect ). Two letters of Sir Charles Barry to Lord Clanricarde refer to the glass and lighting of the House of Lords (1854) (ff. 136-137v). There is also a letter to Stonor from Caroline Norton, n.d., (f. 116). A general invitation to a dinner for cabinet ministers, from Lord Lyndhurst (f. 7; [1844-1845?]), is signed or initialled by Wellington, Gladstone, Aberdeen, Graham and others. Later letters include one from Lord Salisbury (1884), concerning legislation affecting the housing of the poor (ff. 144-145v). At f. 109 is a MS index, incomplete, with some of the items listed no longer with the collection. Folios 110-170 are material originally found loose with the album. The items consist partly of leaves with their original letters stuck on, cut out of the album at some stage (ff. 110-135), and letters and signatures intended for the album, or for another, but which were never tipped in (ff. 136-170). Purchased from Miss C. Haines, 28 March 1995.

Paper; ff. 170 + 98*.

includes:

f. 2 John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst: John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham: Letter to Lord Lyndhurst from Lord Durham: 1834.
f. 3 John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst: John Charles Spencer, Viscount Althorp; 3rd Earl Spencer: Letter to Lord Lyndhurst from Lord Althorp: 1833.
f. 4 John Russell, 1st Earl Russell; Prime Minister: Signature: [1861-1878].
f. 5 Henry George Grey, Viscount Howick; 3rd Earl Grey: Letter to W. H. Haines: 1873.
f.6 Thomas Aubrey Spring Rice, 3rd Baron Monteagle of Brandon: Letter to —: [1839-1866].
f. 7 John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst: Invitation to cabinet dinner from: [1844-1845?]: Signed, etc., by cabinet members.
f.8 James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess and (1868) 1st Duke of Abercorn: Request for ticket for St Paul's Cathedral: 1872.
f. 9 James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose: Letter to W. H. Haines: 1872.
f. 11 John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst: Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough; Governor-General of India: Letter to Lord Lyndhurst from Lord Ellenborough: 1833.
f. 12 Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Gough, Baronet; 1st Viscount Gough: Letter to —: 1852.
f. 14 Field-Marshal Sir Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge Governor-General of India: Letter to — Waterfield: 1848.
f. 15 Field-Marshal Sir Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge Governor-General of India: Signature and letter fragm.: n.d.
f. 16 George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll: Letter to —: 1853.
f. 18 John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst: George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen; formerly Gordon; Prime Minister: Letter to Lord Lyndhurst from Lord Aberdeen: 1844.
f. 19 Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby; Lord Stanley: John Thomas Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale 1830; 1st Earl of Redesdale 1877; formerly Mitford: Letter to Lord Redesdale from Lord Derby: 1867.
f. 20 James Brownlow William Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury: Hon Francis Stonor, Clerk to the House of Lords: Letter to F. Stonor from Lord Salisbury: [1872].
f. 21 John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst: Letter to —: [1840?].
f. 22 Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield; Prime Minister: Envelope addressed to his brother Ralph: [1876-1881]: Signed "Beaconsfield".
f. 23 James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury: Letter to the Hon. Francis Stonor: 1872.
f. 25 Cropley Ashley Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury: James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, Marquess of Dalhousie; formerly Ramsay; Governor-General of India: Railways; Wilts and Somerset Railway: Letter, concerning the Wilts and Somerset Railway Bill, to Lord Shaftesbury from Lord Dalhousie: 1845.
f. 26 Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton and Winton: Letter to — Parratt: 1848.
ff. 27-28, 73 Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster: Letters to F. Stonor: 1872-1878.
ff. 29-30, 63 William Connor Magee, Archbishop of York: Letters as Bishop of Peterborough to F. Stonor: 1872-1878.
f. 31 Harvey Goodwin, Bishop of Carlisle: Letter to —: n.d.: Imperf.
ff. 32, 93-94 John Robert Townshend, Earl Sydney: Letters to W. H. Haines: [1875?]-1879.
f. 33 Sir Gilbert Henry Heathcote, 2nd Baron Aveland: Letter to W. H. Haines: 1878.
f. 34 Richard Airey, Baron Airey: Signature: n.d. [bef. 1876].
ff. 35, 43 William IV of England: Correspondence of William IV with Lord Brougham: 1830-1831.
ff. 35, 43 Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux: Correspondence with William IV: 1830-1831.
f. 36 George IV of England: Signature of George IV: n.d.
f. 37 Richard Brinsley Sheridan, MP; dramatist: Letter to [H.F.?] Greville [?]: n.d.
f. 38 George Canning, Prime Minister: Letter to Lord Lyndhurst: [1827?]: Imperf.
f. 39 Sir Roundell Palmer, 1st Baron and 1st Earl of Selborne; Lord Chancellor: Letter to Sir W. Piers: n.d.: Imperf.
f. 40 Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns: Letter to [F. Stonor?]: 1872.
f. 41 Charles Christopher Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham: Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman; KC: Letter to Lord Cottenham from Lord Denman: 1838.
f. 45 John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst: Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux: Letter to Lord Lyndhurst from Lord Brougham: [1837]: Imperf.
f. 46 John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell; Lord Chancellor: Letter to [Lord Shaftesbury?]: 1848: Imperf.
f. 47 James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger: Signature: [bef. 1835].
f. 48 Sir William Garrow, Attorney-General: Letter to —: n.d.
f. 49 Charles Shaw-Lefevre, Viscount Eversley: Letter to W. H. Haines: [bef.1887].
f. 51 John Thomas Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale 1830; 1st Earl of Redesdale 1877; formerly Mitford: Letter to W. H. Haines: 1867.
f. 52 Thomas Pemberton-Leigh, Baron Kingsdown: Letter to W. H. Haines: [bef. 1859].
f. 53 George Frederick Samuel Robinson, Viscount Goderich; 2nd Earl of Ripon and 3rd Earl De Grey of Wrest; 1st Marquess of Ripon: Letter to F. Stonor: 1877.
f. 54 John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst: William Best, 1st Baron Wynford: Letter to Lord Lyndhurst from Lord Wynford: [1837].
f. 56 Sir FitzRoy Edward Kelly, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer: Letter to —: [1848?].
f. 57 Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford and (1869) of Winchester: Letter to F. Stonor: [1872].
f.58 Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford and (1869) of Winchester: Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon: Letter to Lord Monteagle from the Bishop of Oxford: 1848.
f.58 Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon: Note to J. Shaw-Lefevre: 1848.
f. 59 Samuel Hinds, Bishop of Norwich: Ticket of admittance to the House of Lords signed by: 1850: Imperf.
f. 60 Henry Phillpotts, Bishop of Exeter: Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre, KCB; Clerk of the Parliaments: Letter to J. Shaw-Lefevre from the Bishop of Exeter: 1852.
f. 61 Richard Whateley, Archbishop of Dublin: Envelope signed by: 1854.
f. 62 Charles James Blomfield, Bishop of London: Henry Phillpotts, Bishop of Exeter: Letter to the Bishop of Exeter from the Bishop of London: 1847: Imperf.
f. 64 Charles Thomas Longley, Archbishop of Canterbury: Note as Bishop of Ripon: 1862.
f. 65 John Fielder Mackarness, Bishop of Oxford: Letter to F. Stonor: 1872.
f. 66 Robert Bickersteth, Bishop of Ripon: Letter to [F. Stonor?]: 1872.
f. 67 Edward Denison, Bishop of Salisbury: Letter to — Green?: 1850.
f. 69 John Jackson, Bishop of Lincoln and (1868) of London: Letter to W. H. Haines: 1870.
f. 70 Christopher Wordsworth, Bishop of Lincoln: Letter to —: 1849.
f. 71 Frederick John Robinson, Viscount Goderich; 1st Earl of Ripon: Envelope addressed to F. Stonor: n.d. [bef. 1860]: Signed.
f. 72 Henry Charles Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort: Envelope addressed to W. H. Haines: 1835: Signed.
f. 77 George Robert Charles Herbert, 13th Earl of Pembroke: Letter to W. H. Haines: 1875.
f. 78 Miles Thomas Stapleton, 1st Baron Beaumont: Letter to W. H. Haines: 1848.
f. 79 Francis Richard Charteris, 8th Earl of Wemyss; formerly Wemyss-Charteris-Douglas; Lord Elcho: Letter to —: 1868.
f. 81 Henry John Reynolds-Moreton, 3rd Earl of Ducie: Letter to W. H. Haines: n.d.
f. 82 George William Fox Kinnaird, 9th Baron Kinnaird: Letter to —: 1848.
f. 83 John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence: Letter to F. Stonor: 1872.
f. 85 John Charles Herries, statesman: Letter to —: n.d. [bef. 1852?]: Imperf.
f. 86 Robert Adam Philips Haldane Haldane-Duncan, 3rd Earl of Camperdown: Letter to W. H. Haines: n.d.
f. 87 Albert Edmund Parker, 3rd Earl of Morley: Letter to —: n.d.: Imperf.
f. 88 Sir Jacob Astley, 16th Baron Hastings: Letter to Lord Portman: 1848.
f. 89 Thomas Stonor, 3rd Baron Camoys: Signature: n.d.
f. 90 Charities: Roman Catholics: Henry Granville Fitzalan Howard, 14th Duke of Norfolk: Letter to F. Stonor, referring to the Roman Catholic Charities Bill: 1857.
f. 92 George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan: Letter to the Clerk of the Schools Committee, House of Lords: c.1848.
f. 96 Charles Noel Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough: Letter to —: 1848.
f. 97 Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare: Letter to F. Stonor: 1879.
f. 98 William Basil Percy Fielding, 7th Earl of Denbigh: Request for a House of Lords Proxy: 1849.
f. 99 James Clark, of Brook Street, London: Letter to W. H. Haines: 1848.
f. 100 Admiral Henry John Rous: Letter to F. Stonor: 1873.
f. 101 Mrs Priscilla Reed, actress; wife of German Reed: Quotation from Shakespeare by: 1862.
f. 102 Alfred Sydney Wigan, actor: Letter [to W. H. Haines?]: n.d.
f.103 Maria Foote, Countess of Harrington; actress: Letter to —: [1831-1867].
f. 104 Charles John Kean, actor: Letter to —: n.d.
f. 105 Drama ENGLISH: Sir Squire Bancroft Bancroft, formerly Butterfield; actor-manager: Letter of S. B. Bancroft to W. H. Haines, concerning the play, "Diplomacy": n.d. [1870s?].
f. 107 John Hare, alias Fair; actor; Knight 1907: Letter to [W. H. Haines?]: n.d.
f. 108 John Alfred Calthrop, called 'John Clayton'; actor: Letter to W. H. Haines: 1884.
f. 109 Sir Julius al. Jules Benedict, composer and conductor: Letter to Mrs Rowe: 1873.
f. 110 Samuel Rogers, poet: Letter to Lady Lyndhurst: 1827.
f. 112 Archibald Alison, DCL; FRS: Letter to —: 1848.
f. 113 Peter Cunningham, FSA: Letter to [W. J.?] Thoms: circa 1850.
f. 115 William Shakespeare, dramatist and poet: Drama ENGLISH: John Wilson Croker, PC; MP: Letter from J. W. Croker to —, referring to the latter's "Dissertation" on "The Taming of the Shrew": n.d. [bef. 1858]: Imperf.
f. 116 Mrs Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton, poet: Letter to F. Stonor: n.d.
f. 117 Tom Taylor, called 'John Roakes', dramatist and editor of 'Punch': Letter to W. H. Haines: n.d.
f. 118 John Rogers Herbert, RA: Letter to L. Edmunds: n.d.: Imperf.
f. 119 Richard Doyle, artist: Letter to F. Stonor: n.d.
f. 120 Edward Berkeley Portman, Baron Portman; Viscount Portman 1873: Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre, KCB; Clerk of the Parliaments: Letter to Sir J. G. Shaw-Lefevre from Lord Portman: 1874.
f. 121 Comte Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d' Orsay: Letter to —: n.d. [bef. 1850]: Fr.: Imperf.
f. 122 John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst: Charles Grant, Baron Glenelg: Letter to Lord Lyndhurst from Lord Glenelg: 1839.
f. 123 Sir William Rose, KCB; Clerk of the Parliament: Letter to W. H. Haines: 1877.
f. 125 Charles Shaw-Lefevre, Viscount Eversley: Letter to W. H. Haines: [1880?].
f. 127 T.W.N. Birch, Clerk, House of Lords(?): Envelope addressed to, by Lord Brownlow: n.d.
f. 128 John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington: Letter to Lord Lyndhurst from the Duke of Wellington: 1833.
f. 129 Catherine Sarah Dorothea Wellesley, wife of Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington: Letter cover addressed by, to W. Courtney: n.d. [bef. 1832]: Imperf.
f. 130 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne; formerly Petty: Archibald Alison, DCL; FRS: Letter to A. Alison from Lord Lansdowne: n.d. [1848?].
f. 131 John Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 2nd Baron Wharncliffe: Letter to the Clerk of the Committee on the rating of Irish lessors: 1848.
f. 133 Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, Marquess of Chandos; 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos: Note to the Private Bills Office, House of Lords: 1858.
f. 134 Reverend Erskine Neale, Rector of Kirton, county Suffolk: Signature, with letter fragm.: 1850.
f. 135 Albert Way, FSA: Signature with letter fragm. by: n.d.: Imperf.
ff. 136-137 England; Parliament: Ulick John De Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde: Sir Charles Barry, architect: Letters concerning proposed new glass in the windows of the House of Lords to Lord Clanricarde from Sir C. Barry: 1854.
f. 138 Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford and (1869) of Winchester: Letter to —: 1850.
f. 140 Maria Elizabeth Brudenell-Bruce, widow of Charles, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury: Letter to F. Stonor: [1872].
f. 141 Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville: Letter to [Sir William?] Rose: 1875.
f. 142 John William Maule-Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie: Letter to W. H. Haines: 1881.
f. 143 Marie Taglioni, dancer; afterwards Comtesse Gilbert de Voisins: Letter to — Mitchell: 1879: Fr.
ff.144-145v Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 3rd Marquess of Salisbury; Prime Minister: Letter to —: 1884.
f. 146 Sir Henry John Lowndes Graham, KCB; Clerk of Parliaments: Letter to W. H. Haines: 1885.
f. 148 Gathorne Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook; afterwards Gathorne-Hardy: Letter to [W. H. Haines?]: 1886.
f. 149 Sir Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell; painter: Letter to [W. H. Haines?]: 1886.
f. 150 Sir Theodore Martin, KCB, Parliamentary agent and translator: Letter to W. H. Haines: 1886.
f. 151 Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton: Letter to [W. H. Haines?]: 1886.
f. 153 Field-Marshal Sir Garnet Joseph Wolseley, Viscount Wolseley: Letter to W. H. Haines: 1886.
f. 154 Richard Durnford, Bishop of Chichester: Letter to — Walker: [1886].
f. 155 William Dalrymple Maclagan, Bishop of Lichfield; Archbishop of York 1891: Letter to W. H. Haines: 1887.
f. 156 Field-Marshal Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala: Letter to W. H. Haines: 1889.
f. 158 Sir Frederick Joseph Bramwell, Baronet; engineer: Letter to [H. J. L.] Graham: 1889.
f. 159 Albert Edmund Parker, 3rd Earl of Morley: Letter to Miss Haines: 1900.
f. 161 George Robert Canning Harris, 4th Baron Harris: Letter to W. H. Haines: n.d. [1886?].
f. 162 George Robert Canning Harris, 4th Baron Harris: Letter to H. J. L. Graham: n.d. [aft. 1885].
f. 163 John Maddison Morton, dramatist: Letter to F. Gale: n.d.
f. 164 Admiral Sir Robert Spencer Robinson, KCB: Letter to [W. H. Haines?]: n.d.
f. 166 Sir Roundell Palmer, 1st Baron and 1st Earl of Selborne; Lord Chancellor: Letter to —: n.d.: Imperf.
f. 167 Charities: London; Secular Institutions. Hospitals and Charitable Institutions. Westminster Hospital: Howard Paul, of Montague Place, Russell Square: Letter to —, concerning the poor "Sandwich Men": n.d.
f. 167 Charities: Howard Paul, of Montague Place, Russell Square: Letter to —, concerning the poor "Sandwich Men": n.d.: Partly printed.
f. 168 Horace Davey, Baron Davey: Letter to the Lord Chancellor: n.d.: Fragm.
f. 169 Professor Sir John Robert Seeley, KCMG: Signature: n.d.
f. 170 Philip Henry Stanhope, Viscount Mahon; 5th Earl Stanhope: Envelope addressed by: n.d.

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1811

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1900

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c 1816?-1900

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