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032-002018795

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KNIGHT PAPERS. Family correspondence and papers of Robert Knight, M.P., b. 1702, d. 1772, of Barrells, co. Warw., created Baron Luxborough 1745 and Earl of Catherlough 1763; 1734-1771, n.d. Knight, who was a son of Robert Knight, the absconding cashier of the South Sea Company, married in 1727 Henrietta St John, d. 1756, half-sister of Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, from whom he became separated in 1736. The first part of the present correspondence deals, among other matters, with the arrangement of this separation, and includes letters from Bolingbroke to his sister and to Knight, supplementing those in Add. MS. 34196. The remainder relates chiefly to the affairs of Knight's daughter, Maddalena Henrietta, who was divorced from her first husband, Charles Wymondesold, in 1754, and subsequently married the Hon. Josiah Child, brother of John, 2nd Earl Tylney; on the latter's death in 1761, she married thirdly the Comte du Roure, by whom she had a son who achieved some notoriety in the French Revolution. Paper; ff. 170. Folio. 1743-1771, n.d. Presented, through the Friends of the National Libraries, by Lord Catherlough's great-great-granddaughter, Mrs Catharine Octavia Higgon.

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includes:

f. 1 Robert Knight, formerly Cashier to the South Sea Co.; father of Robert Knight: Letter to his daughter-inlaw, Lady Luxborough: 1734.
f. 3 Robert Knight, formerly Cashier to the South Sea Co.; father of Robert Knight: Letter to Lord Bolingbroke: 1736.
f. 5 Robert Knight, formerly Cashier to the South Sea Co.; father of Robert Knight: Letter to his son, Robert: 1736.
ff. 7-15, 30, 48, 56, 62 Henrietta Knight, 1st wife of Robert Knight, Baron Luxborough and Earl of Catherlough: Correspondence with her husband: 1736-1751.
ff. 7-15, 30, 48, 56, 62 Robert Knight, Baron Luxborough; Earl of Catherlough 1763: Correspondence with his wife, Henrietta: 1736-1751.
f. 17 Henrietta Knight, 1st wife of Robert Knight, Baron Luxborough and Earl of Catherlough: Letter to her father, Lord St John: 1736.
ff. 18, 20, 34-46 Henrietta Knight, 1st wife of Robert Knight, Baron Luxborough and Earl of Catherlough: Letters to, from her half-brother Lord Bolingbroke: 1736-1738.
ff. 18, 20, 34-46 Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke: Letters to his sister, Henrietta: 1736-1738.
ff. 22, 24, 32 Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke: Letters to his brother-in-law, R. Knight: 1736.
f. 26 John St. John, 2nd Viscount St. John (1742): Letter to his brother-in-law, R. Knight: 1736.
f. 28 John St. John, 2nd Viscount St. John (1742): Letter to his sister, Henrietta: 1736.
f. 53 Robert Knight, formerly Cashier to the South Sea Co.; father of Robert Knight: Letter to his grandson, H. Knight: 1742.
f. 54 Paolo Antonio Rolli, Italian author: Letter to Mme -: 1742.: Ital.
f. 59 Henry Knight, son of Henrietta Knight: Agreement with his sister, Maddalena, and her husband, C. Wyrnondesold: 1750.: Signed.
ff. 59, 66, 70-74b, 91 Charles Wymondesold: Papers rel. to his divorce from his wife Maddalena: 1750-1754.
ff. 59 (signed), 66, 70-74b, 91 Maddalena Henrietta Wymondesold, née Knight; wife of (1) C Wymondesold, (2) J Child, (3) the Comte du Roure: Papers rel. to her divorce from her first husband: 1750-1754.
ff. 61, 64, 65 Henrietta Knight, 1st wife of Robert Knight, Baron Luxborough and Earl of Catherlough: Letters to her daughter, Maddalena: 1751.
f.66 Lieutenant Josiah Child, son of Richard, 1st Earl Tylney: Evidence in Wymondesold v. Child in Court of K.B.: 1753.
f. 68 Lieutenant Josiah Child, son of Richard, 1st Earl Tylney: Letter to -: 1753.
f.74 Charles Pinfold, LLD, of Doctors' Commons: Opinion by: 1753.: Copy.
ff. 94, 108 Lieutenant Josiah Child, son of Richard, 1st Earl Tylney: Letters to his father-in-law, Lord Catherlough: 1754, 1756.
ff. 96-105, 110, 116, 119b-129, 136, 139 Maddalena Henrietta Wymondesold, née Knight; wife of (1) C Wymondesold, (2) J Child, (3) the Comte du Roure: Letters to her father, Lord Luxborough: 1754-1763.
f. 114 Comtesse--de Nostitz, née Metsch: Letter to Mrs M. H. Child: 1758.: Fr.
f. 115 Lieutenant Josiah Child, son of Richard, 1st Earl Tylney: Letter to his wife, Henrietta: 1758.
ff. 118, 131 Camp, agent in Lyons, partner of - Tronchin: Tronchin. Letters to Lord Luxborough: 1760.: Fr.
ff. 134, 134b Jean François Dutour, coach driver: Receipts by: 1760.: Fr.
ff.134,134b Lieutenant Josiah Child, son of Richard, 1st Earl Tylney: Receipts for the conveyance of his body from Lyons: 1760.: Fr.
f. 137 Francis Mannyng: Letter to Lord Luxborough: 1762.
ff. 143, 144, 147, 151 Robert Knight, Baron Luxborough; Earl of Catherlough 1763: Correspondence with his daughter-in-law, Frances: 1763-1767.
ff. 143, 144, 147, 151 Frances Knight, afterwards Scott; widow of H Knight; wife (1763) of Henry, 4th Earl of Delorain: Correspondence with her father-in-law, Lord Catherlough: 1763-1767.
ff. 145, 149 Elizabeth Scott, wife of Henry, 3rd Earl of Deloraine: Correspondence with Lord Catherlough: 1763.
f. 150 Comte Louis Henri Scipion Grimoard-Beauvoir Du Roure: Birth certificate: 1763.: Fr.: Copy 1765.
ff. 153, 154 Josiah Child, son of Lieutenant Josiah Child: Birth certificate: 1754.: Fr.: Copies, 1770.
f. 155 John Madocks, of Lincoln's Inn: Opinion on a tontine of Countess DuRoure: 1770.
f.157 Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Burrard, 1st Baronet: Letter to Lord Catherlough: 1770.
ff. 159, 160 Banquet et Pache; bankers, Paris: Correspondence with Lord Catherlough: 1770.: Fr.
ff. 159, 160 Robert Knight, Baron Luxborough; Earl of Catherlough 1763: Correspondence with Banquet et Pache: 1770.: Fr.
ff. 161, 163 Josiah Child, son of Lieutenant Josiah Child: Correspondence with his grandfather, Lord Catherlough: 1771.
ff. 161,163 Robert Knight, Baron Luxborough; Earl of Catherlough 1763: Correspondence with his grandson, J. Child: 1771.
f. 164 David Stodart, agent of the Bishop of St Asaph: Letter to E. Davies: 1771.
ff. 165-170 Medicine and Surgery: Recipes: 15th cent.-1817.

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Western Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

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Languages:

English
French
Italian

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1734

End Date:

1771

Date Range:

1734-1771

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Custodial History:

Mrs Catherine Octavia Higgon: Presented: in 1943.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Banquet et Pache, bankers, Paris
Burrard, Harry, 1st Baronet, Lieutenant-General
Camp, agent in Lyons, partner of - Tronchin
Child, Josiah, Lieutenant; son of Richard, 1st Earl Tylney
Child, Josiah, son of Lieutenant Josiah Child
Dutour, Jean François, coach driver, fl 1760
Higgon, Catherine Octavia, Mrs
Knight, Frances, afterwards Scott; widow of H Knight; wife (1763) of Henry, 4th Earl of Delorain
Knight, Henrietta, 1st wife of Robert Knight Baron Luxborough and Earl of Catherlough
Knight, Henry, son of Henrietta Knight
Knight, Robert, Baron Luxborough; Earl of Catherlough 1763
Knight, Robert, formerly Cashier to the South Sea Co.; father of Robert Knight
Madocks, John, of Lincoln's Inn
Mannyng, Francis
Nostitz, Comtesse--de, née Metsch
Pinfold, Charles, LLD, of Doctors' Commons
Rolli, Paolo Antonio, Italian author
Roure, Louis Henri Scipion de Grimoard de Beauvoir, Comte du Roure, adventurer, revolutionary and politician, 1763-1822
Scott, Elizabeth, wife of Henry, 3rd Earl of Deloraine
St John, Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
St. John, John, 2nd Viscount St. John (1742)
Stodart, David, agent of the Bishop of St Asaph
Wymondesold, Charles
Wymondesold, Maddalena Henrietta, née Knight; wife of (1) C Wymondesold, (2) J Child, (3) the Comte du Roure