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SYDNEY SMIRKE: 286 letters from architects, artists and public figures, mostly to Sydney Smirke (b.1798, d.1877), architect of the British Museum Reading Room; 1793-1872. See also Add. 59847, 60756. Owned by F. R. Jemmett (see inside front cover). Purchased of Winifred A. Myers, Nov. 1979.

Paper; ff. i+377. 201 x 325mm.

Scope & Content:

Sydney Smirke, architect: Letters to Sydney Smirke: 1793-1872.

includes:

f. 1 Sir Jeffrey Wyatt, afterwards Wyatville; architect: Letter to S. Smirke: 1817.
f. 2 Sir Robert Smirke, architect: Joseph Mallord William Turner, RA: Letter to Sir Robert Smirke from Joseph Mallord William Turner: n.d.
f. 3 James Wyatt: Letter: 1793.
f. 4 Richard Westall, RA: Letter to S. Smirke: 1834.
f. 6 Henry Howard, Secretary, Royal Academy: Letter to S. Smirke: 1834.
f. 7 J. B. Bunning: Letter to S. Smirke: 1837.
f. 8 Richard Westmacott, the elder or younger: Letter to S. Smirke: 1834.
f. 10 William Wilkins, of Weymouth St., London: Letter to S. Smirke: 1833.
f. 11 William Daniels: Letter to S. Smirke: circa 1830-1850.
f. 12 Thomas Deane: Letter: 1842.
f. 13 Sir Robert Smirke, architect: Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey, sculptor: Letter to Sir Robert Smirke from Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey: 1838.
f. 14 Joseph Kay: Letter to S. Smirke: 1837.
f. 15 David Roberts, RA: Letter to S. Smirke: 1864.
f. 16 George Jones, RA: Sydney Smirke, architect: Letters to Sydney Smirke from George Jones: 1843-1866.
f. 17 Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, Keeper of the National Gallery; PRA: Sydney Smirke, architect: Letters to Sydney Smirke from Sir Charles Lock Eastlake: 1856-1869.
f. 18 Returonilly: Letter: 1855: Fr.
f. 19 Thomas Rewins: Letter to S. Smirke: 1842.
f. 20 Joseph Woods, botanist: Letter: 1855.
f. 21 Thomas Hopper: Letter: 1842.
f. 22 John Britton, antiquary and topographer: Sydney Smirke, architect: Letters to Sydney Smirke from John Britton: 1853, 1856.
f. 24 George James Welbore Agar- Ellis, 1st Baron Dover: John Deering: John William Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon; 4th Earl of Bessborough: Letter to? John William Ponsonby from John Deering on behalf of Rt. Hon. G. A. Ellis: 1831.
f. 25 Thomas Phillips, RA: Letter to [S. Smirke?]: circa 1808-1845.
f. 26 George Basevi, the younger: Letters to S. Smirke: 1837, circa 1800-1850.
f. 27 Charles Robert Cockerell, architect: Sydney Smirke, architect: Letters to Sydney Smirke from Charles Robert Cockerell: 1833-1860.
f. 29 William Mulready, RA: Letter to S. Smirke: 1854.
f. 30 Charles Barry, President of the RIBA: Sydney Smirke, architect: Letters to Sydney Smirke from Charles Barry: 1841-1857.
f. 31 Anthony Salvin, architect: Letter to [S. Smirke?]: 1847.
f. 32 Sir Robert Smirke, architect: Letter to S. Smirke: 1860.
f. 34 Philip Hardwick, architect: Letter to S. Smirke: 1867.
f. 36 Owen Jones, architect: Sydney Smirke, architect: Letters to Sydney Smirke from Owen Jones: 1859-1866.
f. 38 Sir William Tite, architect: Letters to S. Smirke: 1843 - circa 1870.
ff. 40-43 Edwin Henry Landseer, RA: Letters to S. Smirke: 1868.
f. 44 Sydney Smirke, architect: Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt, architect: Letters to Sydney Smirke from Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt: 1858-1866.
f. 46 John Shaw: Letters to S. Smirke: 1862, 1864.
f. 47 Henry Williams Pickersgill, RA: Letter to S. Smirke: 1860.
f. 51 Thomas Creswick: Letter to S. Smirke: 1860.
f. 52 Richard James Lane, engraver: Letters to S. Smirke: circa 1840-1872.
f. 54 Henry Nelson O'Neil, historical painter: Letter to [S. Smirke?]: circa 1863.
f. 55 J. H. Foley, RA: Henry Weekes, RA: Letter to Henry Weekes from J. H. Foley: 1872.
f. 57 Arthur Ashpitel: Letters to S. Smirke from Arthur Ashpitel: 1858, 1863.
f. 58 Daniel Maclise, al 'Alfred Croquis'; RA: John Prescott Knight [, RA]: Letter to [J. P.] Knight from Daniel Maclise: 1868.
f. 59 John Phillip, RA: Letter to [S. Smirke?]: 1860.
f. 60 P. L. Hardwick: Letter to S. Smirke: 1860.
f. 61 Richard Westmacott, the younger; sculptor: Letter to S. Smirke: 1860.
f. 62 Edward Blore, architect and artist: Letter to S. Smirke: 1867?.
f. 63 William Burk: Letter to S. Smirke: 1834.
ff. 64, 118 Thomas Fairbairn: Letters to S. Smirke: 1867, 1869.
f. 68 R. Abraham: Letter to S. Smirke: 1834.
f. 69 Frederick Trevelyan Goodall, RA; son of Edward Goodall: Letter to S. Smirke: 1866.
f. 71 James Clarke Hook, RA: Letter to S. Smirke: 1865.
f. 72 George Richmond, portrait-painter: Letter to S. Smirke: 1868.
f. 73 Sir William Boxall, RA; Director, National Gallery: Letter to [S. Smirke?]: 1869.
f. 74 W. Haywood: Letter to S. Smirke: 1864.
f. 75 Robert Kerr: Letter to S. Smirke: 1864.
f. 76 John Rogers Herbert, RA: Sir Francis Grant, PRA: Letter: 1865.
f. 78 William Calder Marshall, sculptor: Letters to S. Smirke: 1867, 1868.
f. 79 Thomas Bellamy: Letter to S. Smirke: 1864.
f. 80 Charles Landseer, painter: Letter to S. Smirke: circa 1840-1870.
f. 82 S. A. Hart: Letter to S. Smirke: 1857.
f. 83 John Callcott Horsley, painter: Letter to S. Smirke: 1864.
f. 84 William Andrew Nesfield: Letter to S. Smirke: 1859.
f. 85 William Powell Frith, RA: Letter to S. Smirke: 1864.
f. 87 George Edmund Street, RA; architect: Letter to S. Smirke: 1867.
f. 88 Sancton Wood: Letter to S. Smirke: 1864.
f. 89 W. S. Frost: Letter to S. Smirke: 1875.
f. 91 Thomas Hayter Lewis, Professor of Architecture at University College, London: Letter to S. Smirke: 1864.
f. 92 Francis Cranmer Penrose, FRS; writer on classical architecture: Letter to S. Smirke: 1864.
f. 93 George Godwin: Letter to S. Smirke: 1864.
f. 94 Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet; RA: Letter to S. Smirke: 1868.
f. 96 E. W. Cooke: Letter to S. Smirke: 1860.
f. 98 Charles West Cope, RA: Letters to S. Smirke: 1863, 1869.
f. 100 Edward Middleton Barry, architect: Letter to S. Smirke: 1867.
f. 101 Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton; PRA: Letters to S. Smirke: circa 1840-1870.
ff. 103, 370, 374 Sir George Gilbert Scott, RA; architect: Letters to S. Smirke: 1852-1873.
f. 104 Edward Matthew Ward, painter: Sydney Smirke, architect: Letters to Sydney Smirke from Edward Matthew Ward: 1856-1860, n.d.
f. 106 Benjamin Ferrey, architect: Sydney Smirke, architect: Letters to Sydney Smirke from Benjamin Ferrey: 1861-1868.
f. 108 Elizabeth Eastlake, wife of Sir C L Eastlake, PRA: Letter to S. Smirke: 1865.
f. 109 Michael Faraday, scientist: Letter to S. Smirke: 1856.
f. 111 Sir Henry Wentworth Acland, 1st Baronet; Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford: Letter to S. Smirke: 1865.
f. 112 Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st Baronet; geologist: Letters to S. Smirke: 1854-1864.
f. 114 Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story- Maskelyne: Letter to [S. Smirke]: 1862.
ff. 115, 116 Sir Charles Thomas Newton, KCB; archaeologist: Letters to S. Smirke: 1865-1870.
f. 117 Arnot: Note: circa 1840-1870.
f. 119 Sir Goldsworthy Gurney, inventor: Letter to S. Smirke: 1858.
f. 120 Sir Anthony Panizzi, KCB; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Letters to S. Smirke: circa 1840-1870.
f. 121 William Thomas Brandon: Letter to S. Smirke: 1847.
ff. 122, 125 James Walker: Letters to S. Smirke: 1840.
f. 124 Thomas Joseph Pettigrew, surgeon and antiquary: Letter to [S. Smirke]: circa 1840-1865.
f. 127 Tidd Pratt: Letter to [S. Smirke]: 1860.
f. 128 Sir Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell; painter: Letter to S. Smirke: 1876.
f. 129 Robert Dickson, physician: Letter to S. Smirke: circa 1840-1870.
f. 131 Sir James Clark, 1st Baronet; physician: Letter to [S. Smirke]: circa 1840-1870.
f. 134 N. [H.?] Baillie: Letter to [S. Smirke]: circa 1840-1870.
f. 136 James Alderson, Treasurer, Royal College of Physicians: Letter to S. Smirke: 1865.
f. 138 R. Blagden, physician?: Letter to S. Smirke: [1842].
f. 139 V? Watson: Letter to S. Smirke: 1842.
f. 140 Sir William Fergusson: Sydney Smirke, architect: Letters to Sydney Smirke from Sir William Fergusson: 1869, n.d.
f. 142 General Sir Charles William Pasley, KCB; RE: Letter to [S. Smirke]: 1833.
f. 144 Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist and archaeologist: Letter to Sir Francis —: 1869.
f. 145 Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay: Letter to [S. Smirke]: 1850.
f. 147 E. Benger: Letter to [S. Smirke?]: circa 1840-1870.
f. 149 W. Gregson, Treasurer, Literary Society: Letter to S. Smirke: 1849.
ff. 151, 158 J. M. Hamilton: Letters to S. Smirke: 1834, 1838?.
f. 153 Samuel Carter Hall, author and editor: Letter to S. Smirke: circa 1847-1859.
f. 155 Sir Robert Smirke, architect: Sir Henry Ellis, KH; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Letter to? [Sir R. Smirke?] from Sir Henry Ellis: 1833.
f. 156 William Twopenny: Letter to S. Smirke: 1857.
f. 159 Sir Richard Owen, KCB; naturalist: Letter to S. Smirke: 1861.
f. 161 Henry Gally Knight, MP: Letter to [S. Smirke?]: 1834.
ff. 162, 163 Peter Cunningham, author and critic: Letters to S. Smirke: 1848.
f. 164 Thomas Amyot, antiquary: Letter to S. Smirke: 1841?.
f. 166 H. Bellenden, [the younger?]: Letter to S. Smirke: 1856.
f. 167 Sir Francis Palgrave, formerly Cohen; historian: Letter to [S. Smirke]: 1842.
f. 168 Samuel Lysons, antiquary; brother of D Lysons: Letter to [S. Smirke?]: circa 1840-1870.
f. 169 Allan Cunningham, author: Letter to [S. Smirke]: 1841.
f. 170 Marie Louis Alphonse de Lamartine de Prat, poet: Letter to [S. Smirke]: 1849: Fr.: Engr.
f. 171 John Lindley, botanist and horticulturist: Letter to [S. Smirke]: 1861.
f. 172 Sir Henry Cole, KCB; Secretary, département of Science and Art: Letter to S. Smirke: 1869.
f. 173 John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell; Lord Chancellor: Sir Jonathan Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet; Lord Chief Baron: John Gurney, of Lincoln's Inn Fields: James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger: Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman; KC: John Williams, KC: Thomas Coltman, KC: Nathaniel Goodwin Clarke, KC: Thomas Erskine, KC; judge of CP: Charles Ewan Law, KC; recorder of London: William Walton, KC: Letter to the Board of Works by Thomas Denman, James Scarlett, John Gurney, John Williams, Thomas Coltman, John Campbell, Sir Jonathan Frederick Pollock, Nathaniel Goodwin Clarke, Thomas Erskine, Charles Ewan Law and William Walton: circa 1831-1834?: Signed.
f. 174 Sir Francis Freeling, 1st Baronet; postal reformer: Letter to [S.] Smirke: 1834.
f. 175 Sir John Malcolm: Letter to [R. or S. Smirke]: circa 1820-1833.
f. 176 Robert Willis, professor of mechanism and archaeologist: Letter to [S. Smirke]: 1851?.
f. 177 Prosper Mérimée, French author: Letter to [S. Smirke]: 1857: Fr.
ff. 178, 225 Thomas Emerson Headlam, PC; MP: Letters to S. Smirke: circa 1840-1870.
f. 179 Albert Way, FSA: Letter to [S. Smirke]: 1861.
f. 180 Sir Henry Ellis, KH; Principal Librarian, British Museum: John Gough Nichols, printer and antiquary: Letter to John Gough Nichols from Sir Henry Ellis: circa 1840-1870.
f. 181 Sir Walter Scott, Baronet; author: Samuel Parker, bookseller, of 12 Argyll St., London: Letter to — from Sir Walter Scott, sold with a note by Samuel Parker: circa 1810-1832: Facs.
f. 182 Hudson Gurney, antiquary and poet: Letter to S. Smirke: 1829.
f. 183 Sir Henry Ellis, KH; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Letter to S. Smirke: circa 1840-1869.
ff. 184-192 V. R. Brunck: Letters to S. Smirke: 1848.
f. 193 Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet; astronomer: Letter to S. Smirke: 1854.
f. 194 Frederick Accum, introducer of gas to London: Letter to [S. Smirke?]: circa 1840-1870.
f. 195 William Buckland, geologist: Letter to S. Smirke: 1849.
f. 196 James Fergusson, writer on architecture: Letter to S. Smirke: 1867.
f. 198 Henry Howhitte: Letter to S. Smirke: 1858.
f. 200 Thomas Frognall Dibdin, DD; bibliographer: Letter to S. Smirke: circa 1840-1847.
f. 202 Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Dean of Westminster: Letter to [S. Smirke]: 1869.
f. 204 John Prideaux Lightfoot, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University: Letter to [S. Smirke]: 1864.
f. 205 Henry George Liddell, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford; lexicographer: Letter to S. Smirke: 1868.
f. 206 Charles James Blomfield, Bishop of London: Letter to S. Smirke: 1835.
f. 207 George Croly, author and divine: Letter to S. Smirke: 1855.
f. 209 Hon Edward Venables Vernon, afterwards Harcourt; Archbishop of York: Letter to R. Smirke: circa 1807-1847.
f. 210 Mrs Keeley, of the Lyceum Theatre: Walford: Letter to — Walford from Mrs — Keeley: 1844.
f. 211 Robert William Elliston, actor-manager: Letter to S. Smirke: 1820.
f. 214 Daniel Terry, actor and playwright: Letter to [S. Smirke?] from Daniel Terry: 1821.
ff. 215-220 Theodore Edward Hook, novelist: Letters to S. Smirke: 1821.
f. 221 William? Harley: J. Rayson, the younger: Letter to J. Rayson from [W?] Harley: 1814.
f. 223 Samuel H. Warren, of Dulverton: Letter to S. Smirke: 1868.
ff. 224, 227 Major-General Sir Benjamin Charles Stephenson, GCH; Surveyor-General of the Works: Sir John Leach, Master of the Rolls: Letters to Maj.-Gen. Sir Benjamin Charles Stephenson from Sir John Leach: 1829, 1832.
f. 226 Henry Alworth Merewether, Recorder of Devizes; son of H A Merewether, Town Clerk of London: Letter to [S. Smirke]: 1868.
f. 228 C. Messen Sutton: Letter to [S. Smirke?]: 1830.
ff. 231, 368 Sir Robert Smirke, architect: Edward Augustus Kent, Duke of; son of George III: Letters to Sir Robert Smirke from the Duke of Kent: 1816.
f. 232 James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose: Letter to — from the Duke of Montrose: 1855?.
ff. 233, 236 William Lowther, Viscount Lowther; 2nd Earl of Lonsdale: Letters to [S. Smirke?]: 1842, n.d.
f. 237 James Brownlow William Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury: Letter: 1837.
f. 241 Charlotte Florentia Percy, wife of Hugh, 3rd Duke of Northumberland: Sir John Malcolm: Letter to Sir John Malcolm from Charlotte Florentia Percy: circa 1817-1833.
f. 244 George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen; formerly Gordon; Prime Minister: Signature: circa 1801-1860.
f. 245 Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood: Letter to S. Smirke: 1840.
f. 246 Edward Boscawen, 1st Earl of Falmouth 1821: Peach: Letter to — Peach from Lord Falmouth: 1833.
f. 249 John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst: Letter to [S. Smirke?]: 1831.
f. 258 Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere; formerly Leveson-Gower: Letter: 1852.
f. 269 Sir George Nayler, Garter King of Arms: Permit to S. Smirke to attend Coronation: 1831: Signed.
f. 273 Henry Pelham Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle: Letter to S. Smirke: 1840.
f. 275 Cropley Ashley Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury: Letter: 1837.
f. 277 Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet; Prime Minister: Sydney Smirke, architect: Letters to Sydney Smirke from Sir Robert Peel: 1844-1850.
f. 281 Edward James Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis 1848: Letter to [S. Smirke]: 1852.
f. 282 Edward Herbert, Viscount Clive; 2nd Earl of Powis; formerly Clive: Letter to [S. Smirke?]: 1843.
f. 283 Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury: Letter to [S. Smirke]: 1852.
f. 286 George William Frederick Howard, Viscount Morpeth; 7th Earl of Carlisle: Letter to S. Smirke: 1850.
f. 291 Thomas Frankland Lewis, MP: Letter to [R. or S. Smirke]: circa 1800-1855.
f. 292 Major-General Sir Benjamin Charles Stephenson, GCH; Surveyor-General of the Works: Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden: Letter to Maj.-Gen. Sir Benjamin Charles Stephenson from Charles Abbott: 1830.
f. 293 Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham: Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans: T. R. Downes: Sydney Smirke, architect: Commission in Office of Works to Sydney Smirke signed by Francis, Marquess Conyngham, Edward Granville Eliot and T. R. Downes: 1829.
f. 294 Henry Goulburn, PC; MP: Letter to S. Smirke: 1850.
f. 296 Henry M. Hope: Letter to [S. Smirke?]: circa 1800-1850.
f. 298 Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 2nd Baronet; MP: Letter to S. Smirke: 1851.
f. 299 Nathan Mayer Rothschild and Sons; bankers: Sir John Read: Letter recommending S. Smirke to Sir John Read from Nathan Mayer Rothschild and Sons (bankers): 1837.
f. 304 Sir David Dundas, statesman: Letter to [S. Smirke]: 1859.
f. 305 John James Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn: Letter to [R. Smirke?]: 1815.
f. 307 Field-Marshal Sir Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere afterwards Stapleton-Cotton: Letter to [S. Smirke]: 1815.
ff. 309, 310 Sir John Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley: Letters to S. Smirke: 1843, n.d.
f. 311 George Frederic D'Arcy Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham: Letter to [S. Smirke]: circa 1840-1877.
f. 312 Philip Henry Stanhope, Viscount Mahon; 5th Earl Stanhope: Letter to S. Smirke: circa 1855-1870.
f. 315 Sir Edward Cust, general and military historian: Letter to S. Smirke: 1834.
f. 317 Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, Viscount Folkestone; 4th Earl of Radnor: Letter to S. Smirke: 1866.
f. 318 Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster: Letter to [S. Smirke]: circa 1845-1869.
f. 319 Sir Henry Ellis, KH; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Edward Adolphus Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset; afterwards St Maur: Letter to Sir Henry Ellis from Lord Seymour: 1853.
f. 322 George Arthur Philip Stanhope, 7th Earl of Chesterfield; alias George Philip Cecil Arthur: Letter to S. Smirke: 1867.
f. 323 Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter: Letter to [S. Smirke]: 1843.
ff. 331, 333 John James Robert Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland; Lord John Manners: Sir Francis Grant, PRA: Letters to Sir Francis Grant from Lord John Manners: 1866, 1868.
f. 334 Thomas Philip Weddell, 2nd Earl de Grey; formerly Robinson afterw. De Grey: Letter to S. Smirke: circa 1833-1859.
f. 335 General Hon Charles Grey, private Secretary to Prince Albert and to Queen Victoria: Letter to S. Smirke: 1856.
f. 346 John Wilson Croker, PC; MP: Letter to S. Smirke: 1834.
f. 348 Colonel Evans: Letter to S. Smirke: circa 1830-1872.
f. 350 General Sir Frederick William Trench, KCH: Letter to S. Smirke: circa 1832-1854.
f. 351 W. Cowper: Letter to S. Smirke: 1866.
f. 353 Sir Robert Smirke, architect: Matthew Prime Lucas: Letter to Sir Robert Smirke from Matthew Prime Lucas: circa 1800-1867.
f. 354 S. Martin Peld: Letter to S. Smirke: 1868.
f. 355 John Wood, of the Excise: Letter to S. Smirke: 1848.
f. 361 Susanna Stephania Innes-Ker, widow of James, 6th Duke of Roxburghe: Sir Francis Grant, PRA: Letter to Sir Francis Grant from the Duchess of Roxburghe: circa 1861-1870.
f. 363 Anne Stewart-Murray, née Home-Drummond; wife of George, 6th Duke of Atholl: Sir Francis Grant, PRA: Letter to Sir Francis Grant from the Duchess of Atholl: 1870.
f. 364 F. R. Jemmett: Charles John Vaughan, Dean of Llandaff: Letter to F. R. Jemmett from Charles John Vaughan: 1877.
f. 365 Henry Hart Milman, Dean of St Paul's: Letter to S. Smirke: 1857.
f. 371 Major-General Sir Benjamin Charles Stephenson, GCH; Surveyor-General of the Works: Letter to S. Smirke: 1834.
f. 372 Baron de Triquetin: Letter to [S. Smirke?]: circa 1830-1872.
f. 376 J. Woolner: Letter to [S. Smirke]: 1873.

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Names:

Abbott, Charles, 1st Baron Tenterden
Abraham, R
Accum, Frederick, introducer of gas to London
Acland, Henry Wentworth, 1st Baronet, physician, 1815-1900
Alderson, James, Treasurer Royal College of Physicians
Amyot, Thomas, antiquary
Arnot, —
Ashpitel, Arthur
Baillie, N., correspondent of Sydney Smirke, fl 1840-1870
Barry, Charles, Knight, architect, 1795-1860
Barry, Edward Middleton, architect, 1830-1880
Basevi, George, the younger; architect, 1794-1845
Bellamy, Thomas
Bellenden, H, the younger?
Benger, E
Blagden, R, physician?
Blomfield, Charles James, Bishop of London, 1786-1857
Blore, Edward, architect and artist, 1787-1879
Boscawen, Edward, 1st Earl of Falmouth, politician, 1787-1841
Boxall, William, RA, Director National Gallery
Brandon, William Thomas
Britton, John, antiquary and topographer, 1771-1857
Brunck, V R
Buckland, William, Dean of Westminster, geologist and palaeontologist, 1784-1856
Bunning, J B
Burk, William
Campbell, John, 1st Baron Campbell, Lord Chancellor
Cecil, Brownlow, 2nd Marquess of Exeter
Cecil, James Brownlow William, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury
Chantrey, Francis Legatt, Knight, sculptor, 1781-1841
Clark, James, 1st Baronet, of St George's Hanover Square, physician, 1788-1870
Clarke, Nathaniel Goodwin, KC
Cockerell, Charles Robert, architect, 1788-1863
Cole, Henry, Knight, civil servant, 1808-1882
Collier, Robert Porrett, 1st Baron Monkswell, painter
Coltman, Thomas, KC
Conyngham, Francis Nathaniel, 2nd Marquess Conyngham
Cooke, E W
Cooper, Anthony, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, philanthropist and politician, 1801-1885
Cooper, Cropley, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury, politician, 1768-1851
Cope, Charles West, RA
Copley, John Singleton, 1st Baron Lyndhurst
Cotton, Stapleton, 1st Viscount Combermere, army officer, 1773-1865
Cowper, W
Creswick, Thomas
Croker, John Wilson, PC, MP, 1780-1857
Croly, George, author and divine
Cunningham, Allan, author
Cunningham, Peter, author and critic
Cust, Edward, general and military historian
Daniels, William
Deane, Thomas, correspondent of Sidney Smirke, fl 1842
Deering, John, correspondent of John William Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon, fl 1831
Denman, Thomas, 1st Baron Denman, lawyer, judge and politician, 1779-1854
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, clergyman and antiquary, 1776-1847
Dickson, Robert, physician, 1804-1875
Downes, T R, commissioner of a project by Sydney Smirke, fl 1829
Dundas, David, Knight, advocate, politician and scholar, 1799-1877
Eastlake, Charles Lock, Knight, painter and art administrator, 1793-1865
Eastlake, Elizabeth, née Rigby; journalist and art writer; wife of Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, 1809-1893
Egerton, Francis, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, formerly Leveson-Gower, politician, writer, traveller and patron of the arts, 1800-1857
Eliot, Edward Granville, 3rd Earl of St Germans
Ellis, George James Welbore, 1st Baron Dover, politician and patron of art, 1797-1833
Ellis, Henry, Knight, Principal Librarian, British Museum, 1777-1869
Elliston, Robert William, actor and theatre manager, 1774-1831
Erskine, Thomas, judge, 1788-1864
Evans, —, Colonel
Fairbairn, Thomas, correspondent of Sydney Smirke, fl 1867-1869
Faraday, Michael, natural philosopher, scientific adviser, and Sandemanian, 1791-1867
Fergusson, James, architectural historian, 1808-1886
Fergusson, William, 1st Baronet, surgeon, 1808-1877
Ferrey, Benjamin, architect, 1810-1880
Foley, John Henry, sculptor, 1818-1874
Freeling, Francis, 1st Baronet, postal reformer, 1764-1836
Frith, William Powell, RA
Frost, W S
Godwin, George, architect and journal editor, 1813-1888,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000115873224
Goodall, Frederick, artist; son of Edward Goodall, 1822-1904
Gordon, George, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, statesman, politician, diplomat and landowner, 1784-1860
Goulburn, Henry, politician, 1784-1856
Graham, James, 4th Duke of Montrose, politician, 1799-1874
Grant, Francis, Knight, portrait and sporting painter, 1803-1878
Gregson, W, correspondent of Sydney Smirke, fl 1849
Grey, Charles, army officer, politician and courtier, 1804-1870
Grey, Thomas Philip, 2nd Earl de Grey, politician, 1781-1859
Grosvenor, Hugh Lupus, 1st Duke of Westminster, politician, landowner and racehorse owner, 1825-1899
Gurney, Goldsworthy, Knight, inventor, surgeon, architect and lecturer, 1793-1875
Gurney, Hudson, antiquary, poet and politician, 1775-1864
Gurney, John, of Lincoln's Inn Fields, correspondent of Joseph Jekyll, fl 1826
Hall, Samuel Carter, author and editor, 1800-1889
Hamilton, J M
Hamilton, John James, 1st Marquess of Abercorn
Hardwick, P L
Hardwick, Philip, architect
Harley, William?
Hart, S A
Haywood, W
Headlam, Thomas Emerson, PC, MP
Herbert, Edward James, 3rd Earl of Powis 1848
Herbert, Edward, formerly Clive Viscount Clive, 2nd Earl of Powis
Herbert, John Rogers, RA
Herschel, John Frederick William, 1st Baronet, mathematician and astronomer, 1792-1871
Hook, James Clarke, RA
Hook, Theodore Edward, novelist
Hope, Henry M
Hopper, Thomas, architect and surveyor, 1776-1856
Horsley, John Callcott, painter, 1817-1903
Howard, George William Frederick, Viscount Morpeth, 7th Earl of Carlisle
Howard, Henry, Sec Royal Academy
Howhitte, Henry
Inglis, Robert Harry, 2nd Baronet, MP, 1786-1855
Innes-Ker, Susanna Stephania, widow of James 6th Duke of Roxburghe
Jemmett, F R
Jones, George, army officer and painter, 1786-1869
Jones, Owen, architect
Kay, Joseph
Keeley, —, Mrs of the Lyceum Theatre
Kent, Edward Augustus, Duke of, son of George III
Kerr, Robert
Knight [, John Prescott, RA
Knight, Henry Gally, MP, writer on architecture, 1786-1846
Lamartine de Prat, Marie Louis Alphonse de, poet
Lambton, George Frederic D'Arcy, 2nd Earl of Durham, landowner, 1828-1879
Landseer, Charles, painter
Landseer, Edwin Henry, Knight, animal painter, 1802-1873
Lane, Richard James, engraver
Lascelles, Henry, 2nd Earl of Harewood
Law, Charles Ewan, KC, recorder of London
Layard, Austen Henry, GCB, archaeologist and politician, 1817-1894
Leach, John, Master of the Rolls
Leighton, Frederic, Baron Leighton, PRA
Lewis, Thomas Frankland, MP
Lewis, Thomas Hayter, Professor of Architecture at University College London
Liddell, Henry George, Dean of Christ Church Oxford, lexicographer
Lightfoot, John Prideaux, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University
Lindley, John, botanist and horticulturist, 1799-1865
Lowther, William, Viscount Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale
Lucas, Matthew Prime
Lysons, Samuel, antiquary, brother of D Lysons
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, Baron Macaulay
Maclise, Daniel, alias 'Alfred Croquis', RA
Malcolm, John, Knight, diplomat and administrator, 1769-1833
Manners, John James Robert, Lord John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland
Marshall, William Calder, sculptor
Maskelyne, Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story-, minerologist, politician and photographer, 1823-1911
Merewether, Henry Alworth, Recorder of Devizes, son of H A Merewether Town Clerk of London
Millais, John Everett, 1st Baronet, painter, 1829-1896
Milman, Henry Hart, Dean of St Paul's
Mulready, William, RA
Murchison, Roderick Impey, 1st Baronet, geologist, 1792-1871
Myers, Winifred A, dealer in manuscripts, of London
Mérimée, Prosper, French author, 1803-1870,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121302532
Nathan Mayer Rothschild and Sons, bankers
Nayler, George, Garter King of Arms, 1764?-1831
Nesfield, William Andrew
Newton, Charles Thomas, KCB, archaeologist
Nichols, John Gough, printer and antiquary
O'Neil, Henry Nelson, historical painter
Owen, Richard, KCB, naturalist
Palgrave, Francis, Knight, archivist and historian, 1788-1861
Panizzi, Anthony, Knight, librarian at the British Museum, 1797-1879,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000080764385
Parker, Samuel, bookseller of 12 Argyll St London
Pasley, Charles William, General KCB, RE
Peach, —
Peel, Robert, 2nd Baronet, Prime Minister, 1788-1850
Peld, S Martin
Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham, 4th Duke of Newcastle
Penrose, Francis Cranmer, FRS, writer on classical architecture
Percy, Charlotte Florentia, née Clive, governess to Queen Victoria, wife of 3rd Duke of Northumberland, 1787-1866
Pettigrew, Thomas Joseph, surgeon and antiquary
Phillip, John, RA
Phillips, Thomas, RA
Pickersgill, Henry Williams, RA
Pleydell-Bouverie, Jacob, Viscount Folkestone, 4th Earl of Radnor
Pollock, Jonathan Frederick, 1st Baronet, Lord Chief Baron
Ponsonby, John William, 4th Earl of Bessborough, politician and statesman, 1781-1847
Pratt, Tidd
Rayson, J, the younger
Read, John
Returonilly, —
Rewins, Thomas
Richmond, George, portrait-painter
Roberts, David, RA
Salvin, Anthony, architect
Scarlett, James, 1st Baron Abinger
Scott, George Gilbert, RA, architect
Scott, Walter, Baronet, author, 1771-1832,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121441874
Seymour, Edward Adolphus, afterwards St Maur 12th Duke of Somerset
Shaw, John
Smirke, Robert, architect
Smirke, Sydney, architect
Stanhope, George Arthur Philip, 7th Earl of Chesterfield alias George Philip Cecil Arthur
Stanhope, Philip Henry, Viscount Mahon, 5th Earl Stanhope
Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn, Dean of Westminster
Stanley, John Thomas, 1st Baron Stanley
Stephenson, Benjamin Charles, Major-General GCH, Surveyor-General of the Works
Stewart-Murray, Anne, née Home-Drummond wife of George 6th Duke of Atholl
Street, George Edmund, RA, architect
Sutton, C Messen
Terry, Daniel, actor and playwright
Tite, William, architect
Trench, Frederick William, General KCH
Triquetin, Baron de
Turner, Joseph Mallord William, landscape and history painter, 1775-1851
Twopenny, William
Vaughan, Charles John, Dean of Llandaff
Vernon, Edward Venables, afterwards Harcourt Archbishop of York
Walford, —
Walker, James
Walton, William, KC
Ward, Edward Matthew, painter
Warren, Samuel H, of Dulverton
Watson, V?
Way, Albert, antiquary, 1805-1874
Weekes, Henry, RA
Westall, Richard, RA
Westmacott, Richard, the elder or younger
Westmacott, Richard, the younger, sculptor
Wilkins, William, of Weymouth St London
Williams, John, KC
Willis, Robert, professor of mechanism and archaeologist
Wood, John, of the Excise
Wood, Sancton
Woods, Joseph, botanist
Woolner, J
Wyatt, James
Wyatt, Jeffrey, afterwards Wyatville architect
Wyatt, Matthew Digby, Knight, architect and art historian, 1820-1877