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Record Id:
032-002025182
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002025182
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Add MS 34196
Title:

ORIGINAL LETTERS of Henry St. John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke; 1716-1751. Holograph, except a copy at f. 110, and three letters (ff. 151-155) written at his dictation in 1751. Most of the letters are addressed to his sister Henrietta married in 1727 to Robert Knight, cr. Baron Luxborough in 1746 and Earl of Catherlough in 1762) and to her husband; they relate almost entirely to family matters. Only in two (ff. 97, 136) does the writer touch on polities. In the former, 5 Feb. 1736, he discusses the prospect of a lasting peace; and in the latter, writing to R. Knight on 12 June, 1738, he says that he has never coveted a place "in an Administration whose conduct [he] disapproved, or despised, and could not hope to alter," and that, as befits " a man of this temper," he is content " to retire from business to amusement, and from the government of a State to the government of himself," etc. In a letter dated 12 Aug. 1720 (f. 12) he -,peaks of a young friend at the French Court [Abbé Pierre Joseph Mary?] as " perhaps the most extraordinary genius in Europe," adding, " You may judg of his character by this, that they have taken him out of his garret, without any application but that which his merit made for him, to put him about the young king." His last three letters were written a few months before his death (12 Dec. 1751). On 11 April (f. 151) he writes, " The World, dear Sister, may very well spare a man as useless in it as I am, and I do assure you I can as easily spare the World "; and on 16 Aug. (f. 155) he speaks hopefully of being " under a painful and troublesome cure for a cancer," which " has succeeded in a multitude of cases." The volume also contains a few letters (almost all addressed to R. Knight) from Bolingbroke's father (Henry St. John, 1st Viscount St. John), from his brother John (2nd Viscount St. John, 1742), from his nephew Frederick (3rd Viscount St. John, 1749, and 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke, 1751), and from others, whose names are given in the Index. Paper; ff. 160. Folio.

Scope & Content:

Henrietta Knight, 1st wife of Robert Knight, Baron Luxborough and Earl of Catherlough: Letters to, from Lord Bolingbroke: 1718-1751.

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke: Letters to his sister Henrietta and others: 1716-1751.

includes:

  • ff. 1, 110 Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke: Letters to, from Lord Bolingbroke: 1716, 1736.
  • ff. 9 b, 16 b Henrietta Knight, 1st wife of Robert Knight, Baron Luxborough and Earl of Catherlough: Letters to, from the Marquise de Villette: 1719, 1721.
  • ff. 9 b, 16 b Marie Claire Des Champs de Marcilly, widow (1707) of Philippe Le Vallois, Marquis de Villette, and 2nd wife (1720) of Henry St. John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke: Letters to Henrietta St. John: 1719, 1721.: Fr.
  • ff. 37, 57, 59, 66, 68, 73, 76, 91-97, 103, 113, 118-120, 123, 126, 134-136, 143 Robert Knight, Baron Luxborough (1746) and Earl of Catherlough (1762): Letters to, from Lord Bolingbroke: 1727-1742.
  • ff. 83, 85 Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford: Signatures, as Lord Keeper: 1682, 1684.
  • ff. 99, 104, 108, 130 John St. John, 2nd Viscount St. John (1742): Letters to R. Knight: 1736-1737.
  • ff. 99, 104, 108, 130 Robert Knight, Baron Luxborough (1746) and Earl of Catherlough (1762): Letters to, from J. St. John: 1736-1737.
  • ff. 101, 121, 128, 132 Anne St. John, wife of John, 2nd Viscount St. John (1742): Letters to R. Knight: 1736, 1737.
  • ff. 101, 121, 128, 132 Robert Knight, Baron Luxborough (1746) and Earl of Catherlough (1762): Letters to, from Mrs. J. St. John: 1736, 1737.
  • ff. 106, 115, 116 Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke: Correspondence with R. Knight: 1736.
  • ff. 106, 115, 116 Robert Knight, Baron Luxborough (1746) and Earl of Catherlough (1762): Correspondence with Lord St. John: 1736.
  • f. 111 George Paul, King's Advocate: Opinion: 1736.: Copy.
  • ff. 117, 125 Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke: Letters to, from Mrs. Knight: 1736, 1737.
  • ff. 117, 125 Henrietta Knight, 1st wife of Robert Knight, Baron Luxborough and Earl of Catherlough: Letters to Lord St. John: 1736, 1737.
  • f. 137 Sir Dudley Ryder, Chief Justice of KB: Opinion: 1742.
  • ff. 145, 146 Henrietta Knight, 1st wife of Robert Knight, Baron Luxborough and Earl of Catherlough: Correspondence with R. Knight, sen.: 1743.
  • ff. 145, 146 Robert Knight, Baron Luxborough (1746) and Earl of Catherlough (1762): Correspondence with Mrs. R. Knight: 1743.
  • ff. 157, 159 Robert Knight, Baron Luxborough (1746) and Earl of Catherlough (1762): Letters to, from the 2nd Lord Bolingbroke: 1753.
  • ff. 157, 159 Frederic St. John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke: Letters to Lord Luxborough: 1753.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
French
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1716
End Date:
1751
Date Range:
1716-1751
Era:
CE
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Names:
Knight, Henrietta, 1st wife of Robert Knight Baron Luxborough and Earl of Catherlough
Knight, Robert, Baron Luxborough (1746) and Earl of Catherlough (1762)
North, Francis, 1st Baron Guilford, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, 1637-1685
Paul, George, King's Advocate
Ryder, Dudley, Chief Justice of KB
St John, Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
St John, Marie Claire, wife of Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, 1675-1750
St. John, Anne, wife of John, 2nd Viscount St. John (1742)
St. John, Frederic, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke
St. John, John, 2nd Viscount St. John (1742)