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032-002055514

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032-002055514

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Add MS 36995

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CORRESPONDENCE Of Major-General (afterwards Field-Marshal) Studholme Hodgson, when in command of the expedition against Belleisle in 1761, chiefly with Williain Pitt and [Charles Windham, Earl of] Egremont, Secretaries of State, and Charles Townshend, Secretary at War, together with other letters addressed to him, to his son General John Hodgson (d. 1846), and to his grandson General John Studholme Hodgson (d. 1870), and various papers relating to them; 1757-1857. The letters to J. S. Hodgson, 1849- 1857, are mainly connected with his services in India, the writers including the Marquis of Dalhousie, Governor-General, Sir Charles James Napier, and Henry and John Lawrence. At f. I is a MS. plan of the battle of Culloden, 16 Apr. 1746. Paper; ff. 109. Folio. Bequeathed by the same.

Scope & Content:

Lieutenant-Colonel John Studholme Hodgson, of the Bengal Army; Major -General 1861: Letters to: 1757-1794.

includes:

f. 1 Army; England: Order of the battle of Culloden: 1746.
f. 1 Battle of Culloden: Account of, with dispositions of troops: 1746.
f. 1 Maps and Plans: Order of the battle of Culloden: 1746.
ff. 2, 52, 54 George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle: Letter to General Hodgson: 1757, 1762.
f. 4 General Robert Napier: Letter to Col. Hodgson: 1757.
f. 7 William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland; son of George II: Appointment signed by, as Lord Warden of Windsor Forest: 1761.
ff. 7, 62 Lieutenant-Colonel John Studholme Hodgson, of the Bengal Army; Major -General 1861: Appointment to a rangership in Windsor forest: 1761, 1766.
ff. 8, 22 General John Craufurd: Letters to Gen. Hodgson: 1761.
ff. 8-50 George III of England: Letters and papers relating to the capture of Belleisle: 1761.
ff. 8-50 Island of Belleisle: Letters and papers relating to the capture of: 1761.
ff. 10, 13, 19, 20, 25-32, 34, 38, 39, 42, 43, 44 William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham; Prime Minister: Correspondence with General Hodgson: 1761.
f. 11 George III of England: Secret instructions to Gen. Hodgson: 1761.: Signed.
f. 11 Lieutenant-Colonel John Studholme Hodgson, of the Bengal Army; Major -General 1861: Instructions to, for a secret expedition: 1761.
ff. 14, 36, 51 Hon Charles Townshend, Secretary at War: Letters to Gen. Hodgson: 1761-1762.
f. 24 William Pulteney, Viscount Pulteney: Letter to Gen. Hodgson: 1761.
f. 33 James Bramham, engineer: Report on the citadel of Palais, Island of Belleisle: 1761.
f. 40 Army; England: Return of the forces employed in the expedition to Belleisle: 1761.
ff. 45-50 Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont: Correspondence with Gen. Hodgson: 1761.
f. 56 General John Louis Ligonier, afterwards Earl Ligonier: Letter to Gen. Hodgson: 1762.
ff. 57, 59 Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham; Prime Minister: Letters to Gen. Hodgson: 1764.
f. 62 Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany; brother of George III: Appointment signed by, as Lord Warden of Windsor Forest: 1766.
f. 63 Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst: Letter to Gen. Hodgson: 1793.
f. 64 William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, Duke of Portland: Letter to Gen. Hodgson: 1794.
f. 65 Lieutenant-Colonel John Hodgson: Certificate of his admission to a masonic lodge in Canada: 1796.
f. 65 Freemasonry: Admission of Col Hodgson to a lodge in Canada: 1796.
f. 66 Lieutenant-Colonel John Hodgson: Exchange of, when prisoner in France: 1798.
f. 66 Joseph Amable Humbert, Général de Divisions: Exchange of, when prisoner in England: 1798.
f. 67 Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst: Letter to Gov. Hodgson: 1814.
f. 68 Herbert Taylor, Lieutenant -General 1825; GCB 1834; Secretary to George III and William IV: Letter to Gen. Hodgson: 1835.
ff. 69, 71 Freemasonry: Admission of J. S. Hodgson to various degrees: 1839, 1841.
ff. 69, 71 Lieutenant-Colonel John Studholme Hodgson, of the Bengal Army; Major -General 1861: Certificates of his admission to the 3rd degree, etc.,in Freemasonry: 1839, 1841.
f. 72 Sussex, d 1843 Augustus Frederick, Duke of: Certificate signed by, as Grand Master of Freemasons: 1841.
ff. 73, 77, 82, 87 James Andrew Ramsay, 10th Earl of Dalhousie: Letters to Col. J. S. Hodgson: 1849-1851.
ff. 73-107 Lieutenant-Colonel John Studholme Hodgson, of the Bengal Army; Major -General 1861: Letters to: 1849-1857.
ff. 75, 79, 92 Lieutenant-General Sir Charles James Napier, GCB: Letters to Col. J. S. Hodgson: 1850, 1853.
ff. 80, 89 Brigadier-General Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence, KCB; Resident at Lahore: Letters to Brigr. J. S. Hodgson: 1850, 1851.
ff. 91, 94-100 John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence: Letters to Brigr. J. S. Hodgson: 1853.
f. 102 Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue: Letter to Col. Hodgson: 1854.
ff. 104-107 Edward Law, Baron Ellenborough: Letters to Col. J. S. Hodgson: 1857.
f. 108 George Keppel: Letter to -Seymour: n.d.

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Record Type (Level):

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Languages:

English

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Latin

Start Date:

1757

End Date:

1857

Date Range:

1757-1857

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Custodial History:

William Arnold Sandby: Bequeathed: in 1904.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Amherst, Jeffrey, 1st Baron Amherst, army officer, 1717-1797
Army of England
Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, 6th son of George III, 1773-1843
Bathurst, Henry, 3rd Earl Bathurst, politician, 1762-1834
Bentinck, William Henry Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Portland, prime minister, 1738-1809
Bramham, James, engineer
Craufurd, John, General
Cumberland, William Augustus, Duke of, son of George II
Fortescue, Hugh, 2nd Earl Fortescue
George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1738-1820
Hodgson, John Studholme, Lieutenant-Colonel; of the Bengal Army; Major -General 1861
Hodgson, John, Lieutenant-Colonel
Humbert, Joseph Amable, Général de Divisions
Keppel, George, 3rd Earl of Albemarle
Keppel, George, of Add MS 36995
Law, Edward, Baron Ellenborough
Lawrence, Henry Montgomery, Knight, Army Officer, East India Company, 1806-1857
Lawrence, John Laird Mair, 1st Baronet Lawrence, 1811-1879
Ligonier, John Louis, General afterwards Earl Ligonier
Napier, Charles James, Lieutenant-General GCB
Napier, Robert, General; of Add MS 36995
Pitt, William, 1st Earl of Chatham, Prime Minister, called 'the elder', 1708-1778
Pulteney, William, Viscount Pulteney
Ramsay, James Andrew, 10th Earl of Dalhousie
Sandby, William Arnold
Taylor, Herbert, Lieutenant -General 1825; GCB 1834; Secretary to George III and William IV, fl 1825-1834
Townshend, Charles, Secretary at War
Watson-Wentworth, Charles, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Prime Minister
Wyndham, Charles, 2nd Earl of Egremont
York and Albany, Edward Augustus, Duke of, brother of George III

Places:

Belle Ile, France