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AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, etc., from the collection of George Cubitt, 1st Lord Ashcombe (b. 1828, d. l917) ; 1528-1898, as follows 1. Frederic I of Denmark to Francis I of France demanding satisfaction for injuries caused by the inhabitants of Depen [Dieppe] to those of Husem [Husum] ; " in arce nostra Gottorp," 29 Aug. 1528. Lat. Signed. Seal en placard. f. 1.

2. Marie Leczynska, Queen Consort of Louis XV of France, to [Louis François Gabriel] d'Orléans de La Motte, Bishop of Amiens, asking a benefice for a poor curé ; 30 July, [1734-1768]. Fr. Hologr. unsigned. f. 3.

3. Pardon by Frederic V, King of Denmark and Norway, to Halvor Olsen Kirchenoe of Hoff parish in the diocese of Aggershuus in Norway for an offence against Church discipline ; Fredensborg.

30 May 1760. Danish. Signed. Seal en placard. f. 5.

4. Patent by Louis Philippe, Duc d'Orléans, appointing Jacques Julien François Picard Président Lieutenant Général Civil et Criminel au Bailliage d'Estampes; Paris, 17 July 1761. Fr. Signed. Vellum. f. 7.

5. Latin elegiacs written at school by Richard Porson : Romeo and Juliet, act i, sc. 4, Mercutio's speech; with motto "onar ek Dios estin". Porson was at Eton 1774-1778. f. 8.

6. Receipt by Francis Bartolozzi, for twelve guineas from T. Longman for engraving the head of Addison ; 25 Oct. 1777. f. 9.

7. Peter III of Portugal to George III, notifying the death of Maria Anna Victoria, Queen Dowager of Portugal; 15 Jan. 1781. Lat. Signed. Seal en placard. f. 10.

8. Augusta, Duchess of Brunswick (sister of George III), to [Elizabeth Campbell, née Gunning], Duchess of Argyll, concerning the funeral of the Princess Amelia, the abduction by Andrew Robinson Bowes (formerly Stoney) of his wife Mary Eleanor, Countess of Strathmore, etc. ; Brunswick, 26 Dec. 1786. Endorsement by Lady Charlotte Maria Campbell. f. 12.

9. Angelica Kauffman to Messrs. Kuhff and Grellet of Little St. Helen's, London, acknowledging payments; Rome, 12 Aug. 1795. f. 14.

10. Order from Frederic, Hereditary Prince of Würtemberg (husband of the Princess Charlotte), to Sir John Coxe Hippisley to pay £200 to the Baron de Rieger; Hamburg, 24 Mar. 1797. Fr. Signed. f. 16.

11. Notification by [Jean Jacques Régis de] Cambacérès as Minister of Justice to the Régie des Douanes that he has sent documents relating to the appeal of Jacques Leinger from the criminal tribunal of the Dept. of Monttonnerre (on the Rhine) to the revising tribunal at Trèves ; Paris, 3 Brumaire, an 8^e [25 Oct. 1799]. Fr. Signed. f. 17.

12. J[ohn] S[ingleton] Copley, afterwards Baron Lyndhurst, to Messrs. Williams and Brooks, referring to a payment of £100; 10 Jan. 1800. f. 18.

13. T[homas] Gaisford, Student of Christ Church, to Charles Burney, D.D., thanking him for a Junta Aristophanes and referring to Bentley's notes on Hesychius ; Christ Church, Oxford, 15 June [watermark 1803]. f. 20.

14. Princess Amelia, daughter of George III, to Mrs. Bingley, asking for letters about Mary Goodhall; [Windsor, 21 May 1807]. f. 22.

15. J[oseph], Cardinal Fesch , to the Grand Master of the University of Paris, desiring a place for Mr. [Ennius Quirinus?] Visconti ; Paris, 4 May 1808. Fr. Signed. f. 24.

16. Julie, Queen of Spain [Marie Julie, née Clary, wife of Joseph Bonaparte], to the same, thanking him for the nomination of candidates proposed by her for Lycée posts; Paris, 23 Dec. 1809. Fr. Signed. f. 25.

17. Frederic VI, King, of Denmark, to [Niels] Rosenkrantz, Minister of State, etc. [Danish Foreign Secretary], approving a letter to Gustav Adolf [Gustavus IV, dethroned King of Sweden], and undertaking to forward it with a parlementaire ; K[jøbenavn], 7 June 1811. Hologr. Danish. Seal of the royal arms. f. 26.

18. Patent by the Empress Marie Louise of France, appointing Madame Iselin de Lamans Dame de la Société de la Charité Maternelle ; 9 Dec. 1812. Printed. Fr. Vellum. f. 28.

19. [Karl Robert, Count] Nesselrode to Lord - , making an appointment to meet Sir Gore Ouseley ; Friday, n.y. [1814 ?] f. 29.

20. W[illiam] Collins, R.A. to William Stark, sending a cast of the head of Sharp the murderer ; London, 2 Dec. 1815. f. 30.

21. Princess Charlotte, daughter of George IV, to Lady Charlotte Campbell, inviting her to Claremont ; Friday, [10 Jan. 1817]. f. 32.

22. Lindley Murray to John Fawcett, acknowledging An account of the life and writings of J. Fawcett (his father), 1818; Holdgate, near York, 26 Jan. f. 34.

23. Marie Adelaïde, Duchesse d'Orléans, to - de Villedeuil, asking him to expedite the patent appointing le Sieur Garnier her Secrétaire de Cabinet ; n. d. [bef. 1821]. Fr. f. 36.

24. C[harles] Kemble to Isaac Pocock, asking him to forgo his claim to a 20th night of " Montrose, or the Children of the Mist," and referring to performances of "Julius Caesar " ; 28 Apr. 1822. f. 37.

25. Augustus Pugin to Thomas Cubitt, desiring his office to be painted; 10 Aug. 1827. f. 39.

26. Exercise, in Italian, on Pindar, [by Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles Bonaparte, Duc (le Reichstadt (d. 1832, son of Napoleon 1)], with corrections ; n. d. f. 41.

27. (a) Note by Queen Adelaide, Consort of William IV, admitting the Duke of Saxe Meiningen to the Royal Box at the King's Theatre ; 17 Aug. 1831. Hologr. Signed. f. 42 ;-

(b) Instructions by the same to her coachman, n. d. Hologr. Initialled. f. 43.

28. G[eorge P[aynel R[ainsford] James to a lady, on his movements; Hampton Court, I July 1837. f. 44.

29. George Cruikshank to Messrs. Cunningham and Mortimer, asking for a cheque for ten guineas ; Amwell Street, 28 Feb. 1843. f. 45.

30. Robert Liston, F.R.C.S., to the Rev. James Joyce, on business 30 July 1844. f. 46.

31. S[amuel] G[riswold] Goodrich ["Peter Parley"] to --, on family, literary and political matters ; 15 Dec. 1845. f. 47.

32. John Doyle to Thomas Cubitt, arranging a meeting ; 12 Dec. 1848. f. 49.

33. [Adelaide] Sartoris (daughter of Charles Kemble) to - Waller, asking for the key of Eaton Square ; 26 June [1849 ?]. f. 51.

34. D[aniel] Maclise to Sir Joseph Francis Olliffe in Paris, introducing John Slattery, an Irish artist ; 17 Feb. 1853. f. 52.

35. Certificate of expenses of New Year's gifts to the domestic staff of the École Impériale de Dessin pour les Demoiselles, signed by Rosa Bonheur as Directress; [Paris], 5 Dec. 1853. Fr. f. 53.

36. Pen-and-ink sketch of himself kissing a lady's hand, by W[illiam] P[owell] Frith, with signature ; Scarborough, 29 Sept. 1865. f. 54.

37. H[enry] P[arry] Liddon to the Rev. W. Chadwick, on a point in Rabbi H. N. Adler's Course of sermons on Biblical passages ; Christ Church, Oxford, 27 May 1869. f. 55.

38. J[ohn] L[othrop] Motley to James Anthony Froude, declining an invitation and referring to his historical studies ; London, 20 July 1869. f. 57.

39. Signature, " Napoléon" of the Prince Imperial ; 20 Sept. 1873. f. 59.

40. Sophia, Queen Consort of the Netherlands (d. 1877), to the Countess of Derby, making an appointment ; Thursday, n.y. f. 60.

41. C[harles] H[addon] Spurgeon to [the Rev. E. A. Chichester], declining an invitation ; Paris, 19 Jan. [1880-1884]. f. 61.

42. " Lewis Carroll " [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] to Rev. C[harles] Cubitt, about printing one of his works for the blind ; 5 Jan. 1890. f. 63.

43. [Francis] Bret Harte to Miss - Froude, declining an invitation 4 June 1898. f. 64. Paper and vellum ; ff. 65. Folio. Presented by Henry, Lord Ashcombe.

Scope & Content:

George Cubitt, 1st Baron Ashcombe: Autographs collected by.

includes:

f. 1 Frederick I; King of Denmark: Letter to Francis I of France: 1528.: Lat.: Signed.
f. 1 Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure: Complaint of injuries to Danish subjects by inhabitants of: 1528.: Lat.
f. 1 Town of Husum, Denmark: Complaint of injuries done by French subjects to inhabitants of: 1528.: Lat.
f. 1 Francis I of France: Letter to, from Frederick I of Denmark: 1528.: Lat.
f. 3 Louis François Gabriel d' Orléans de la Motte, Bishop of Amiens: Letter to, from Qu. Marie Leczynska: [1734-1768].: Fr.
f. 3 Louis XV of France: Letter from Qu. Marie Leczynska to the Bp. of Amiens: [1734-1768].: Fr.
f. 5 Frederick V; King of Denmark: Pardon by: 1760.: Danish.: Signed.
f. 5 Halvor Olsen Kirchemoe, of Hoff parish, in Norway: Pardon to: 1760.: Danish.
ff. 6 b, 7 Jacques Julien François Picard: Appointment of, as " Président Lieutenant-général civil et criminel " of the bailliage of Étampes: 1761.: Fr.
ff. 6 b, 7 Bailliage of Étampes, France: Appointment by the Duc d'Orléans of a " Président Lieutenant-général civil et criminel": 1761.: Fr.
f. 7 Orléans, Louis Philippe, Duc d': Deed of appointment by: 1761.: Fr.: Signed.
f. 8 Richard Porson: Mercutio's speech transl. at school by, into Latin elegiacs: [1774-1778].: Lat.
f. 8 Poetry LATIN: Elegiacs by R. Porson: [1774-1778].
f. 8 William Shakespeare: Mercutio's speech (Romeo and Juliet, i. 4) transl. into Latin elegiacs by R. Porson.: [1774-1778].: transl. into Latin.
f. 9 Francesco Bartolozzi, RA; engraver: Receipt signed by: 1777.
f. 9 Joseph Addison: Bartolozzi's receipt for payment for an engr. portrait of: 1777.
f. 10 George III of England: Letter to, from Peter III of Portugal: 1781.: Lat.
f. 10 Peter III of Portugal: Letter to George III, notifying the Queen-dowager's death: 1781.: Lat.: Signed.
f. 12 Elizabeth Campbell, née Gunning; wife of John, 5th Duke of Argyll: Letter to, from the Duchess of Brunswick: 1786.
f. 12 Amelia Sophia Eleanor, Princess; daughter of George II: Letter from the Duchess of Brunswick conc. funeral of: 1786.
f. 12 Mary Eleanor Bowes, widow, of John, 9th Earl of Strathmore (d.1776), wife (1777) of A R Bowes formerly Stoney: Letter rel. to the abduction of, by her second husband: 1786.
f. 12 Augusta Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of. Wife of Duke Charles William Ferdinand: Letter to the Duchess of Argyll: 1786.
f. 13 b Lady Charlotte Susan Maria Campbell, wife of Reverend EJ Bury (1818): Endorsement by.
f. 14 Maria Anna Angelica Catherina Kauffmann, RA: Letter to Kuhff and Grellet: 1795.
f. 16 Sir John Coxe Hippisley, 1st Baronet: Draft on, by Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Würtemberg: 1797.: Fr.
f. 16 Rieger, Baron de: Draft in favour of: 1797.: Fr.
f. 16 Frederick I; King of Württemberg: Draft by, as Hereditary Prince, on Sir J. C. Hippisley: 1797.: Fr.: Signed.
f. 17 Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, Duc de Parme 1808; afterwards Prince: Notification signed by, as French Minister of Justice: 1799.
f. 17 Jacques Leinger: Note rel. to appeal of: 1799.: Fr.
f. 18 John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst: Letter to Messrs. Williams and Brooks: 1800.
f. 20 Thomas Gaisford, Regius Professor of Greek, Oxford University: Letter, as Student of Christ Church, to Dr. C. Burney: n.d.[aft.1802].
f. 22 Amelia, Princess; daughter of George III: Letter to Mrs. Bingley: 1807.
f. 24 ? Ennius Quirinus Visconti: Recommendation of, for a post in Paris University: 1808.: Fr.
f. 24 Joseph Fesch, Cardinal: Letter to the Grand Master of Paris University: 1808.: Fr.: Signed.
ff. 24, 25 University of Paris: Letters to the Grand Master from Card. Fesch and Qu. Julie: 1808, 1809.: Fr.
f. 25 Joseph Bonaparte of Spain: Letter from his wife Marie Julie to the Grand Master of Paris University: 1809.: Fr.: Signed.
f. 26 Frederick VI; King of Denmark: Letter to N. Rosenkrantz: 1811.: Danish.
f. 26 Niels Rosenkrantz, Danish statesman: Letter to, from Frederick VI: 1811.: Danish.
f. 28 Madame Iselin de Lamans: Appointment of, as Dame de la Société de la Charité Maternelle: 1812.: Fr.
f. 30 William Collins, RA; painter: Letter to W. Stark: 1815.
f. 32 Charlotte Augusta, Princess; daughter of George, Prince of Wales, afterwards George IV: Letter to Lady C. Campbell: 1817.
f.32 Lady Charlotte Susan Maria Campbell, wife of Reverend EJ Bury (1818): Letter to, from Princess Charlotte: 1817.
f. 34 John Fawcett: Letter to, from L. Murray: 1819.
f. 34 Lindley Murray, grammarian: Letter to J. Fawcett: 1819.
f. 36 Louise Marie Adélaéde Orléans, widow of Louis Philippe Joseph (' Philippe Égalité '), Duc d': Letter to - de Villedeuil: [bef. 1821].: Fr.
f. 37 Isaac Pocock: Letter to, from C. Kemble: 1822.
f. 37 Charles Kemble, actor: Letter to I. Pocock: 1822.
f. 39 Augustus Charles Pugin, architect: Letter to T. Cubitt: 1827.
ff. 39, 49 Thomas Cubitt, builder; father of George, 1st Baron Ashcombe: Letters to: 1827, 1848.
f. 41 Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles Bonaparte, Duc de Reichstadt; titular Napoleon II: Exercise by, on Pindar: n.d.: Ital.
f. 41 Pindar: Exercise on, by Napoleon F. J. C. Bonaparte, Duc de Reichstadt: n.d.: Ital.
f. 42 William IV of England: Admission by Qu. Adelaide to the Royal Box at the King's Theatre, Haymarket: 1831.: Hologr. Signed.
f. 43 William IV of England: Instructions by Qu. Adelaide to her coachman: n.d.: Hologr. Initialled.
f. 44 George Payne Rainsford James, novelist: Letter to -: 1837.
f. 45 George Cruikshank, artist and caricaturist: Letter to Messrs. Cunningham and Mortimer: 1843.
f. 46 Robert Liston, FRCS: Letter to Rev. J. Joyce: 1844.
f. 46 Reverend James Joyce: Letter to, from R. Liston: 1844.
f. 47 Samuel Griswold Goodrich, alias ' Peter Parley', American author: Letter to -: 1845.
f. 49 John Doyle, caricaturist: Letter to T. Cubitt: 1848.
f. 51 Adelaide Sartoris, née Kemble; singer; daughter of Charles Kemble: Letter to - Waller: [1851 or 1856].
f. 52 Daniel Maclise, al 'Alfred Croquis'; RA: Letter to Sir J. F. Olliffe: 1853.
f. 52 John Slattery, Irish art student: Introduction for, to Sir J. F. Olliffe in Paris: 1853.
f. 52 Sir Joseph Francis Olliffe, MD: Letter to, from D. Maclise: 1853.
f. 53 Marie Rosalie Bonheur, French painter; d.1899: Certificate signed by: 1853.
f. 53 City of Paris: Cost of New Year's gifts to servants of the École Impériale de Dessin pour les Demoiselles: 1853.: Fr.
f.54 William Powell Frith, RA: Sketch of himself: 1865.: Signed.
f. 55 Henry Parry Liddon, Canon of St Paul's: Letter to Rev. W. Chadwick: 1869.
f. 57 John Lothrop Motley, historian: Letter to J. A. Froude: 1869.
f.57 James Anthony Froude, historian; d.1894: Letter to, from J. L. Motley: 1869.
f. 59 Napoleon III of France: Autograph of the Prince Imperial: 1873.
f. 60 William III of the Netherlands: Letter from Qu. Sophia to Lady Derby: bef. 1878.
f. 61 Charles Haddon Spurgeon, evangelical preacher: Letter to Rev. E. A. Chichester: n.d.
f. 63 Reverend Charles Cubitt: Letter to, from Rev. C. L. Dodgson: 1890.
f.63 Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, alias 'Lewis Carroll'; author: Letter, as " Lewis Carroll," to Rev. C. Cubitt: 1890.
f. 64 Francis Bret Harte, American author: Letter to Miss Froude: 1898.
f. 64 Margaret Froude, daughter of J A Froude: Letter to, from F. Bret Harte: 1898.

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Languages:

Danish
English
French
Italian
Latin

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Latin

Start Date:

1528

End Date:

1898

Date Range:

1528-1898

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Custodial History:

Henry Cubitt, 2nd Baron Ashcombe 1917: Presented: in 1917.

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Names:

Addison, Joseph, of Add MS 39577
Amelia Sophia Eleanor, Princess, daughter of George II
Amelia, Princess, daughter of George III
Bartolozzi, Francesco, engraver, 1728-1815,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121196776,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/7656202
Bonaparte, Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles, Duc de Reichstadt, titular Napoleon II
Bonheur, Marie Rosalie, French painter, d1899
Bowes, Mary Eleanor, widow, of John, 9th Earl of Strathmore (d.1776), wife (1777) of A R Bowes formerly Stoney
Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, Augusta, Duchess of Wife of Duke Charles William Ferdinand
Cambacérès, Jean Jacques Régis, Duc de Parme 1808, afterwards Prince
Campbell, Charlotte Susan Maria, wife of Reverend EJ Bury (1818)
Campbell, Elizabeth, née Gunning; wife of John, 5th Duke of Argyll
Charlotte Augusta, Princess, daughter of George, Prince of Wales, afterwards George IV, 1796-1817
Collins, William, RA, painter
Copley, John Singleton, 1st Baron Lyndhurst
Cruikshank, George, artist and caricaturist
Cubitt, Charles, Reverend
Cubitt, George, 1st Baron Ashcombe
Cubitt, Henry, 2nd Baron Ashcombe 1917
Cubitt, Thomas, builder; father of George, 1st Baron Ashcombe
Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, alias 'Lewis Carroll', author and mathematician, 1832-1898
Doyle, John, alias HB, caricaturist, cartoonist and painter, 1797-1868
Fawcett, John, correspondent of Lindley Murray, fl 1818
Fesch, Joseph, priest and diplomat, 1763-1839
Francis I, of France
Frederick I, King of Denmark
Frederick I, King of Württemberg
Frederick V, King of Denmark, of Add MS 39577
Frederick VI, King of Denmark
Frith, William Powell, RA; of Add MS 39577
Froude, James Anthony, historian, d1894
Froude, Margaret, daughter of J A Froude
Gaisford, Thomas, classical scholar, 1779-1855
George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1738-1820
Goodrich, Samuel Griswold, alias 'Peter Parley', author and politician, 1793-1860
Harte, Francis Bret, American author
Hippisley, John Coxe, 1st Baronet
Iselin de Lamans, Madame
James, George Payne Rainsford, novelist
Joseph Bonaparte, of Spain
Joyce, James, Reverend
Kauffmann, Maria Anna Angelica Catherina, RA
Kemble, Charles, actor
Kirchemoe, Halvor Olsen, of Hoff parish, in Norway
Leinger, Jacques
Liddon, Henry Parry, Canon of St Paul's
Liston, Robert, FRCS
Louis XV, of France, 1710-1774
Maclise, Daniel, alias 'Alfred Croquis', RA
Motley, John Lothrop, historian
Murray, Lindley, grammarian
Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873
Olliffe, Joseph Francis, MD
Orléans de la Motte, Louis François Gabriel, Bishop of Amiens
Orléans, Louis Philippe, Duc d'
Orléans, Louise Marie Adélaéde, widow of Louis Philippe Joseph (' Philippe Égalité '), Duc d'
Peter III, of Portugal
Picard, Jacques Julien François
Pindar, lyric poet, 518 BC-c 446 BC
Pocock, Isaac, of Add MS 39577
Porson, Richard, of Add MS 39577
Pugin, Auguste Charles, artist and architectural draughtsman, 1760s-1832,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/46833997
Rieger, Baron de
Rosenkrantz, Niels, Danish statesman
Sartoris, Adelaide, née Kemble singer, daughter of Charles Kemble
Shakespeare, William, of Add MS 39302
Slattery, John, Irish art student
Spurgeon, Charles Haddon, evangelical preacher
University of Paris
Visconti, ? Ennius Quirinus
William III, of Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
William IV, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1765-1837

Places:

Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure
Husum, Denmark
Paris, France
Étampes, Bailliage of, France