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Add MS 27915
- Record Id:
- 032-002019197
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002019197
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000037.0x00010c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 27915
- Title:
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ORIGINAL letters to Francis Godolphin Osborne, Marquess of Carmarthen and Duke of Leeds, from- George Colman; London, 10 Nov. 1784, f. 1. Lord George Gordon; London, 14 May, 1785. With seal. f. 9. With copy of answer; London, 15 May, 1785, f. 11. Hon. William Pitt, Prime Minister; London, Addiscombe 24 Oct. 1786, 21 Nov. 1790, 31 Jan. [1791]. ff. 15, 20, 22. Eliz[abeth, wife of William Craven, 6th Baron] Craven; Paris, Anspach, 25 Dec. 1786, 12 Sept. 1789. With seal. ff. 16, 18. George Steevens; Hampstead Heath, 17 July, 1793. f. 24. Joseph Warton; Wickham by Fareham, 10 July, 1796, 23 May, 1798, ff. 28, 30.
Interspersed are:-
Edward Thomas Hovell Thurlow, Baron Thurlow, Lord Chancellor, to the Hon. W. Pitt; [27 Nov. 1784]. With draft of his opinion on a peace with Spain. ff. 3, 5. Sir Richard Worsley to the Duke of Chandos; Constantinople, 25 Nov. 1785, f. 13. A. [? Frances, wife of George Bussey Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey to Caroline, Princess of Wales; 29 June, 1796. Copy. f. 26.
Paper. Folio.
- Scope & Content:
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Francis Godolphin Osborne, Marquess of Carmarthen; 5th Duke of Leeds: Letters to, from W. Pitt and others: 1784-1798.
George III of England: Letters and papers of the 5th Duke of Leeds, Secretary of State: 1771-1798.
includes:
- f. 1 George Colman, Manager of Covent Garden Theatre: Letter to Lord Carmarthen: 1784.
- ff. 3, 5 Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow; Lord Chancellor: Letter, with draft of opinion, to W. Pitt: 1784.
- ff. 3, 5 William Pitt, 2nd son of Lord Chatham, Prime Minister: Letter to Lord Thurlow: 1784.
- ff. 9, 11 Lord George Gordon, 3rd son of George, 3rd Duke of Gordon: Correspondence with Lord Carmarthen: 1785.
- f. 13 Sir Richard Worsley: Letter to the Duke of Chandos: 1785.
- ff. 15, 20, 22 William Pitt, 2nd son of Lord Chatham, Prime Minister: Letters to the 5th Duke of Leeds: 1784-1791.
- ff. 16, 18 Elizabeth Craven, wife of William, 6th Baron Craven; afterwards wife of Karl Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Anspach: Letters to Lord Carmarthen: 1786, 1789.
- f. 24 George Steevens: Letters to Lord Carmarthen: 1793.
- f. 26 Frances Villiers, wife of George Bussey, 4th Earl of Jersey: Letter to the Princess of Wales: 1796.: Copy.
- f. 26 George IV of England; Caroline: Letter to, from Lady Jersey: 1796.: Copy.
- ff. 28, 30 Joseph Warton, Head Master of Winchester College (1766): Letters to Lord Carmarthen: 1796, 1798.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002019197
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002019197
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1783
- End Date:
- 1789
- Date Range:
- 27 Dec 1783-6 May 1789
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
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- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Caroline, Queen consort of George IV, 1768-1821
Colman, George, Manager of Covent Garden Theatre
Craven, Elizabeth, wife of William 6th Baron Craven, afterwards wife of Karl Alexander Margrave of Brandenburg-Anspach
George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1738-1820
Gordon, George, politician, 1751-1793
Osborne, Francis Godolphin, Marquess of Carmarthen, 5th Duke of Leeds
Pitt, William, Prime Minister, called 'the younger', 1759-1806
Steevens, George, of Add MS 20082
Thurlow, Edward, 1st Baron Thurlow, Lord Chancellor
Villiers, Frances, wife of George Bussey, 4th Earl of Jersey
Warton, Joseph, Head Master of Winchester College (1766)
Worsley, Richard, of Add MS 27915