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Add MS 18204

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AUTOGRAPH letters and signatures of Royal and illustrious persons, chiefly of England and France, of the 19th century. Amongst them is the signature of H.M. Queen Victoria when Princess, dated in the year 1823. The collection is stated to have been formed by Mrs. Cockle, Governess to the children of William IV. when Duke of Clarence. Paper. Folio. [Add. 18,204.]

Scope & Content:

Cockle, Governess to the Fitz-Clarences: Collection of Royal autographs.

Victoria of England: Autograph: 1823.

Autographs English: Royal and illustrious persons: 19th cent.

Autographs French: Royal and illustrious persons: 19th cent.

includes:

f. 3 Charles II of England: Letter to Lady Northumberland: 1679.: Copy.
f. 4 George III of England; Queen Charlotte: Autograph: n.d.
ff. 4 b, 42 Willam Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland: Autograph and countersignature, n.d.: 1800.
f. 6 George IV of England; Caroline: Letter to the Duke of Clarence: ante 1821.
f. 8 George III of England: Letter from Charlotte Augusta Matilda, Princess Royal, to - Chalon: ante 1797.
f. 9 Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany; 2nd son of George III: Autograph: 1784-1827.
f. 9 Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina York and Albany, Duchess of; wife of Frederick, Duke of York and Albany: Autograph: 1791-1820.
f. 9 Leopold George Christian Frederick, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld: Autograph: n.d.
f. 10 William IV of England: Letter to a lady: ante 1830.
f. 11 Kent, Victoria Mary Louisa, Duchess of, widow of Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent: Autograph: 1823.
f. 11 William IV of England: Autograph of Qu. Adelaide, as Duchess of Clarence.
f. 12 Victoria of England: Autograph, as a child: 1823.
f. 13 Victoria of England: Letter to Lady Darnley: ante 1840.
f. 14 Adolphus Frederick, 1st Duke of Cambridge: Letter to -: 1813.
f. 14 Ernest Augustus; King of Hanover; Duke of Cumberland, son of George III of Hanover: Autograph: n.d.
f. 15 George III of England: Letter from Princess Elizabeth to her brother, the Duke of Clarence: 1812.
f. 17 George III of England: Letter from the Princess Mary to Mrs. Orme: 1810.
f. 19 Louis-Philippe of France: Autograph, as Duc d'Orléans: n.d.
f. 19 Louis XVI of France: Autograph: n.d.
f. 20 Louis-Philippe of France: Autograph of Qu. Marie Amélie: n.d.
f. 20 Louise Adelaide dé Orléans, daughter of Louis Philippe,' Egalité', Duke of Orleans: Signature: n.d.
f. 21 Joseph de Weber, Chevalier, fosterbrother of Queen Marie Antoinette: Letter to the Duke of Clarence: 1809 ?: Fr.
f. 22 Count Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo,; Russian diplomatist: Autograph: n.d.
f. 22 Prince Christofor Andreevich Lieven,; Russian Ambassador in London: Letter to: 1827.: Fr.
f. 23 Brandenburg Anspach, Margraves of. Christian: Letter of Elizabeth his wife, to the Duke of Clarence: 1819.
f. 23 Napoleon III of France: Letter to Mrs. Amory: circ. 1825.
f. 24 Camillo Filippo Ludovico Borghese, Prince: Letter to Mrs. Cockle: circ. 1825.
f. 26 Marie Porter, wife of Sir Robert Ker Porter: Letter to Mrs. Cockle: 1828.: Fr.
f. 27 Simon Bolivar y Ponte, 'el Liberador': Autograph: ante 1830.
f. 27 Lagerswärd, Commandeur; Swedish Ambassador to Florence: Letter to Miss Corry: 1822.: Fr.
f. 28 Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine; Lord Chancellor: Letter to Lord Darnley: 1819.
ff. 29, 30 Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson: Letter to Capt. Page, and signature: 1802.
ff. 31, 41 Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland; formerly Smithson: Letter to --, and autograph: 1811, n.d.
ff. 32, 33 George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer: Letters to Adm. Page and Rev. R. Page: 1826, 1834.
f. 34 Richard Wellesley, MP: Letter to Lord Darnley: 1819.
f. 36 Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos: Signatures of him and Anne, his wife: n.d.
f. 36 William Orde-Powlett, 2nd Baron Bolton: Signature: n.d.
f. 36 William Carr Beresford, Viscount Beresford: Autograph: n.d.
f. 37 Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh; 2nd Marquess of Londonderry: Signatures, n.d.: 1820.
f. 37 Anne Isabella Byron neé Milbanke, afterwards Noel; wife of George, 6th Baron Byron: Autograph: n.d.
f. 37 Francis Almeric Spencer, 1st Baron Churchill: Signature: circ. 1820.
f. 37 George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron: Autograph: n.d.
f. 37 John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden: Signature: n.d.
f. 37 Robert Dundas Duncan-Haldane, 1st Earl of Camperdown: Autograph: n.d.
f. 37 John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham: Signature: n.d.
f. 38 Richard Charles Francis Christian Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam: Autograph: 19th cent.
f. 38 William Harry Vane, 3rd Earl of Darlington and (1833) 1st Duke of Cleveland: Signature: ante 1827.
f. 38 Alexander Hamilton, Marquess of Douglas; 10th Duke of Hamilton: Autograph: 1805.
f. 38 Lionel Tollemache: Autograph: 1510.
f. 38 Joseph Thaddeus Dormer, 11th Baron Dormer: Autograph: n.d.
f. 38 Charles Sackville-Germain, 5th Duke of Dorset: Signature: circ. 1820.
f. 39 George Henry Fitz Roy, Earl of Euston; 4th Duke of Grafton (1811): Autograph: n.d.
f. 40 James Alexander Erskine-St. Clair, Lord Loughborough, afterwards 3rd Earl of Rosslyn: Autograph: n.d.
f. 40 George Kenyon, 2nd Baron Kenyon: Autograph: n.d.
f. 40 George John Montagu, 6th Earl of Sandwich: Autograph: 18th cent.
f. 41 George Augustus Frederick FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster 1831; natural son of William IV: Autograph: n.d.
f. 41 James Edward Harris, 2nd Earl of Malmesbury: Autograph: n.d.
f. 41 Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville; First Lord of the Admiralty: Autograph: n.d.
f. 41 Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford 1791: Memorandum to R. Blake: 1796.
f. 42 Horace William Pitt-Rivers, 3rd Baron Rivers: Signature: n.d.
f. 42 Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston; Prime Minister: Autograph: n.d.
f. 42 Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth; Prime Minister: Autograph signatures, n.d.: 1813.
f. 42 John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury: Autograph: 19th cent.
f. 43 Richard Wellesley, MP: Autograph, n.d.: 1824.
f. 43 George Byng, 6th Viscount Torrington: Autograph: n.d.
f. 44 Joseph Allen, Bishop of Bristol and (1836) Ely: Autograph: 1834-1836.
f. 44 George Henry Law, Bishop of Bath and Wells: Signature: circ. 1830-1840.
f. 44 Lord John George de la Poer Beresford, Bishop of Raphoe (1807) and (1819) of Clogher; Archbishop of Armagh 1822: Autograph: n.d.
f. 44 Christopher Bethell, Bishop of Bangor: Autograph: n.d.
f. 44 Hugh Percy, Bishop of Rochester and (1827) of Carlisle: Autograph: 1827-1856.
f. 45 William Carey, Prebendary of Westminster, Bishop of Exeter 1820, and St Asaph 1830: Autograph: 1827, 1834.
f. 45 Henry Bathurst, Bishop of Norwich: Autograph: 1805-1837.
f. 45 John Fisher, Bishop of Exeter and afterwards of Salisbury: Autograph: n.d.
f. 45 John Kaye, Bishop of Lincoln: Autograph: n.d.
f. 46 Sir William Henry Ashhurst, Justice of the King's Bench: Signatures to briefs, etc.: n.d. 1777.
f. 46 Edward Venables Vernon Harcourt, Archbishop of York: Autograph: n.d.
f. 46 Thomas Burgess, Bishop of St David's and (1825) of Salisbury: Autograph: n.d.
f. 46 Frances D'Arblay: Autograph: 19th cent.
ff. 47, 49 Joanna Baillie, dramatist: Letters to Mrs. Cockle and Sir H. Davy: 1816, n.d.
f. 51 Sarah Smith, Actress, of Drury Lane Theatre: Autograph: 19th cent.
f. 51 Sarah Bartley: Autograph: n.d.
ff. 52-54 Bernard Barton, poet: Letters to J. Raw, with verses: 1820, 1823.
f. 55 Thomas Haynes Bayly, writer: Autograph: n.d.
ff. 55, 56 Thomas Beddoes, Physician and Author: Letters to -: 1804, n.d.
f. 56 Elizabeth Ogilvy Benger, author: Letter to Mrs. Cockle: n.d.
f. 57 Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Egyptian Traveller: Letter to Ullerson: 1821.
f. 59 Thomas Edward Bowdich, Traveller: Autograph: n.d.
f. 59 Henrietta Maria Bowdler, Authoress: Letter to Mrs. King: 1815.
f. 59 b Richard Boyle Bernard, formerly M P for Bandon Bridge Town, county Cork: Autograph: 1815.
f. 60 George Bridges, Lord Mayor of London: Letter to: 1820.
f. 61 Brian Broughton, Rector of Long Ditton: Letter to Mrs. Cockle: n.d.
ff. 62, 151 Anna Maria Porter, novelist; sister of Sir R K Porter: Verses by, with letter to Mrs. Cockle: 19th cent.
f. 63 Sir Thomas Charles Bunbury, 6th Baronet: Quotation from a speech of W. Pitt: 1794.
f. 64 Charles Burney, DD; classical scholar: Letter to -: 1815.
f. 65 Lady Eleanor Butler, recluse of Llangollen: Letter to Lady Darnley: 1813.
f. 67 Robert Nicolas Charles Bochsa, composer and harpist: Autograph: n.d.
f. 67 Miss S- Beffin: Autograph: n.d.
f. 67 Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, composer: Autograph: n.d.
f. 67 John Bannister, actor: Autograph: n.d.
f. 67 Anne Letitia Barbauld, wife of Reverend R Barbauld: Autograph: n.d.
f.67 Admiral Sir Richard Bickerton, 2nd Baronet: Autograph: n.d.
f. 68 William Lisle Bowles, Poet; Canon of Salisbury Cathedral: Autograph: n.d.
f. 68 Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet: Autograph: n.d.
f. 68 James Buller, Secretary to the Privy Council: Autograph: n.d.
f. 68 Rear-Admiral Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, Baronet: Autograph: n.d.
f. 69 George Canning, Prime Minister: Letter to Lord Darnley: 1825.
f. 69 Antonio Canova, sculptor: Autograph: n.d.
f. 70 Catharine Cappe, wife of Newcome Cappe: Letter to: 1817.
f. 71 Major John Cartwright: Letter to J. Losh: n.d.
f. 72 Alexander Chalmers, Economist, etc: Letters to G. Woodfall: 1814, 1817.
f. 73 William Cobbett, MP: Letter to -: 1823.
f. 74 John Dundas Cochrane, Captain, RN: Letter to -: 1821.
f. 76 Mrs M- Cockle: Verses: 1828.
f. 77 George Colman, Manager of Covent Garden Theatre: Letter to -: n.d.
f. 78 Sir Astley Paston Cooper, surgeon to the king: Letter to W. Lucas: n.d.
f. 79 Margaret Cullen, Authoress: Letter to Mrs. Cockle: 1821.
f. 80 Thomas Clarkson, philanthropist: Autograph: n.d.
ff. 80, 84 Thomas Frognall Dibdin, DD; bibliographer: Letter to Mrs. Cockle, and signature: 1822, n.d.
f. 81 Mary Dixon, 'Corinna,' daughter of J Smeaton, and wife of J Dixon, Mayor of Leeds: Autograph memoranda: ante 1820.
f. 82 George D'Oyly, Rector of Lambeth: Letter to Dr. Burney: n.d.
f. 83 Sir Humphry Davy, natural philosopher: Autograph: n.d.
f. 83 Dr Nathan Drake, Author of 'Literary Hours': Letter to - Raw: n.d.
f. 84 Dixon Denham, Colonel, Traveller in Africa: Autograph: n.d.
f. 84 Lewis Weston Dillwyn, Naturalist: Autograph: n.d.
f. 84 Sir Frederick Morton Eden, 2nd Baronet of Maryland; political economist: Verses: n.d.: Autogr.
f. 85 Maria Edgeworth, novelist: Letter to Mrs. Douglas: 1822.
f. 87 Richard Lovell Edgeworth: Autograph: n.d.
f. 87 Robert William Elliston, Dramatist: Letter to a lady: n.d.
f. 88 Peter Elmsley, Critic: Autograph: n.d.
f. 89 Ugo Foscolo: Autograph: n.d.: Fr.
f. 89 Benjamin Franklin, MD: Autograph: n.d.
f. 89 Pamela Fitzgerald, wife of Lord Edward Fitzgerald: Autograph: n.d.: Fr.
f. 90 William Frend, Author: Letter to J. Losh: 1810.
f. 92 Elizabeth Fry, prison reformer: Letter to -: 1823.
f. 93 William Gifford, Editor, 'Quarterly Review': Letter to -: 1809.
f. 95 Anne Grant, widow of Reverend J Grant, of Laggan: Letter to -: n.d.
f. 95 Reverend Joseph Goodall, Provost of Eton: Autograph: 1824.
f. 96 Elizabeth Hamilton, Irish Authoress: Letter to -: 1803.
f. 97 Mary Hays, Author of 'The Female Plutarch': Letter to Mise Lydiard: 1822.
f. 99 William Hayley: Autograph and letter to -, n.d.: 1805.
f. 99 Reginald Heber, Bishop of Calcutta: Letter to Mrs. Atkinson: n.d.
ff. 100, 102 Margaret Hodson, Authoress: Letters to Mrs. Cockle: n.d.
f. 103 Henry Parkins Hoppner, Captain RN: Letter to Dr. Burney: n.d.
f. 104 Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt,; naturalist: Letter to Lord Darnley: n.d.: Fr.
f. 105 Felicia Dorothea Hemans, née Browne; poet: Autograph: n.d.
f. 105 Amelia Heber, wife of Bishop Heber: Autograph: 1830.
f. 106 Elizabeth Inchbald: Autograph: circ. 1820.
f. 107 Samuel William Henry Ireland: Specimens of Shakespeare forgeries: n.d.
f. 107 Washington Irving, American author: Letter to: n.d.
f. 107 William Shakespeare: Specimens of Ireland's forgeries: 19th cent.
f. 108 François d' Ivernois, French Economist and Writer: Letter to Mrs. Cockle: 1807.: Fr.
f. 110 Dorothea Jordan, Actress: Letter to Mrs. Cockle: ante 1811.
f. 111 Mary Anne Kelty, Authoress: Letter to a publisher: n.d.
f. 112 John Philip Kemble: Letter to a lady: n.d.
f. 113 Fiances Elizabeth King, wife of Reverend R King: Letter to Mrs. Cockle: 1821.
f. 115 Fiances Elizabeth King, wife of Reverend R King: Biographical notice of: 1822.
f. 117 William Kirby, Naturalist: Letter to Mrs. Roope: n.d.
f. 117 James Sheridan Knowles, Irish dramatist: Autograph: n.d.
f. 118 Caroline Lamb, wife of William, 2nd Viscount Melbourne: Letter to -: n.d.
f. 119 Alphonse de Lamartine: Letter to -: n.d.: Fr.
ff. 120, 122 Walter Savage Landor: Letters to Mrs. Cockle: n.d.
f. 124 Alicia Lefanu: Letter to Miss Porter: n.d.
f. 124 Sir Thomas Lawrence, PRA: Letter to -,: 1822.
f. 125 Dr John Lettice, Vicar of Peasmarsh, Sussex: Letter to: 1812.
f. 126 Louis Pierre Marie François Baour-Lormian, Membre de I'Institut: Letter to -: n.d.: Fr.
f. 126 Capel Lofft: Letter to --Raw: 1814.
f. 127 James Losh: Letter to Mrs.Cockle: 1821.
f. 128 John Lempriere: Signature.
f. 129 Charles Mathews, the elder; actor: Letter to Mrs. Vivian: n.d.
f. 130 Isabella Mattocks: Letter to Mrs. Pearkes: circ. 1810.
ff. 133, 134 Reverend John Mitford, of Benhall: Poems: 1823.
f. 138 Thomas Moore, poet: Letter to Mrs. Cockle: 1825.
f. 139 Hannah More: Letter to Mrs. King: n.d.
f. 140 James Morier, Author: Letter to Mrs. Porter: n.d.
f. 143 James Northeote, Portrait Painter: Letter to Mrs. Prade: 1823.
ff.144-147 Amelia Opie: Letters to Mrs. Cockle, with verses: 1819, 1821.
f. 148 Admiral Sir William Edward Parry, Arctic explorer: Letter to his aunt: 19th cent.: Fragment.
f. 149 Filippo Pistrucci, poet and dramatist: Autograph: n.d.: Ital.
f. 150 Sir Robert Ker Porter, painter and traveller: Letter to -: 1809.
f. 152 Jane Porter, sister of Sir R Ker Porter; novelist: Letter to Mrs. Cockle: n.d.
f. 153 Bryan Waller Procter, alias 'Barry Cornwall'; poet: The World is saved from Deluge: verses by: n.d.: Autogr.
f. 154 Sir Richard Perryn, Baron of the Exchequer: Opinion, signatures, etc.: 1769-1787.
f. 154 Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet; Prime Minister: Autograph: 1835.
f. 154 Admiral Benjamin William Page: Autograph: 19th cent.
f. 155 Admiral Peter Rainier, RN: Letter to-,: 1789.
f. 156 Clara Reeve: Elegy: n.d.: Autogr.
f. 158 Samuel Rogers, poet: Letter to Lady E. Bligh: n.d.
f. 159 Benjamin Thompson Rumford, Count: Letter to: 1798.
f. 160 Emma Roberts, Authoress: Signature: 19th cent.
f. 160 Thomas Roscoe Author: Signature: n.d.
f. 161 Anna Seward: Verses,: n.d. 1802.
f. 162 Sir Walter Scott, Baronet; author: Letter to Mrs. Maclaren: n.d.
f. 165 Richard Sharp, known as 'Conversation Sharp'; MP: Letter to -: 1803.
f. 166 Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet: Autograph: n.d.
f. 167 Moyle Sherer, Captain: Letter to Miss Porter: 19th cent.
f. 169 Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith, GCB: Letter to Capt. B. W. Page: 1801.
f. 170 William Sotheby, poet: Letter to Mrs. -: circ. 1810.
f. 171 Robert Southey: Letter to J. Adamson: 1811.
f. 172 Hester Lucy Stanhope, eccentric; eldest daughter of Charles, 3rd Earl Stanhope: Autograph: circ. 1820.
f. 172 Percival Stockdale, Naval chaplain, political writer: Letter to -: 1809.
f. 173 Baroness Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein,; alias Madame Staël: Autograph: 1813, n.d.: Fr.
f. 174 Henry Swinburne, traveller: Letter to-: 1799.
f. 175 Louisa Henrietta Sheridan, afterwards wife of Sir H Wyatt: Autograph: 19th cent.
f. 176 Elizabeth Spence: Autograph: 19th cent.
f. 176 François Joseph Talma, Actor: Autograph: 19th cent.: Fr.
f. 177 Reverend John Horne-Tooke: Letter to - Clarke: 1786.
f. 178 Sarah Trimmer: Letter to Mrs. Cockle: 1807.
f. 180 Sir Thomas Troubridge, 1st Baronet; Captain, afterwards Admiral: Autograph: n.d.
f. 180 Ernestine de Ulmenstein, Baronne: Letter to Mrs. Cockle: n.d.
f. 181 S- E- Utterson: Letter to Miss Porter: n.d.
f. 183 François Marie Arouet de Voltaire: Autograph: n.d.
f. 183 Jean Baptiste Viotti, violinist: Signature: n.d.
f. 183 Giovanni Paolo? Vieusseux: Autograph: n.d.
f. 184 Charlotte A- Waldie, afterwards Mrs. Eaton: Letter to-: 1819.
f.186 Reverend Richard Warner, Rector of Chelwood: Letter to -: n.d.
f. 187 Jane Loudon, Authoress, wife of John Claudius Loudon: Autograph: 19th cent., n.d.
f. 187 Thomas Warton: Letter to Mr. Burney: n.d.
f. 188 S- Wesley, daughter of C Wesley: Letter to Miss M. A. Porter: 1819.
f. 189 Renjamin West, President of the Royal Academy: Letter to Dr. Burney: 1805.
f. 190 John Whishaw, of Lincoln's Inn: Letter to -- Losh: 1800.
f. 191 William Hyde Wollaston, MD: Letter to-: ante 1828.
f. 192 Sir Ralph James Woodford, 2nd Baronet; Govenor of Trinidad: Letter to-: n.d.
f. 193 William Wordsworth, poet: Letter to J. Losh: 1798.
f. 195 Richard Wroughton, of Drury Lane Theatre: Letter to Mrs. Cockle: 1804.
f. 196 Ann Yearsley, poet: Letter to Rev.-: 1787.
f. 196 Priscilla Wakefield, Authoress: Signature: 1822.
f. 196 Sir Thomas Bernard, Baronet: Letter to his sister: 1813.
f. 199 John Philpot Curran, MP, Master of the Rolls in Ireland: Autograph: circ. 1800.

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1800

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1899

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