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Record Id:
032-002103034
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002103034
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Add MS 46916
Title:

ALBUM OF MARIANNE SPENCER STANHOPE, Containing copies in her hand of verses and a few letters, etc.; compiled circ. 1812-circ. 1823. The compiler was the daughter of Walter Spencer Stanhope, M.P., of Cannon Hall, W.R., co. York, and married in 1828 Robert Hudson, of Tadworth Court, co. Surrey. She was the author of Almack's, a novel, published anonymously in 1826. For details of her and her family see A. M. W. Stirling, The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope, 1913. As well as pieces by the compiler's friends and members of her family, the album includes verses by or attributed to various literary and social celebrities of the day, including Byron, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, Charles James Fox, and Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Two short poems attributed to the last-named (ff. 8, 22) are not included in R. C. Rhodes, The Plays & Poems of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1928, and a number of other pieces by eminent persons appear to be unpublished. The Index to the present Catalogue contains the names of the more important writers, where it appears that some or all of the poems attributed to them have not been copied from printed editions of their works or other wellknown printed sources. There are pieces in French and Italian passim and a few (ff. 43b, 113, 113b) in Spanish. Paper; ff. i+117. Quarto. XIX cent. Binding of green morocco, tooled; the words 'M. A. S. Stanhope' stamped on the back cover. Book-plate at f . i, 'Marianne Hudson, Tadworth Court'. Presented by Wilfred Joseph Jeffery, Esq., formerly of the Department of Manuscripts.

Scope & Content:

Poetry FRENCH: Verses collected by Miss M. S. Stanhope: early 19th cent.

Poetry ENGLISH: Album compiled by Miss M. S. Stanhope: early 19th cent.

Poetry ITALIAN: Verses collected by Miss M. S. Stanhope: early 19th cent.

Bindings ENGLISH: Tooled green morocco: early 19th cent.

Marianne Spencer Stanhope, afterwards Hudson; authoress of 'Almack's': Album of verses, etc., compiled by: circ. 1812 - circ. 1823.

includes:

  • f. i Bookplates and Book-stamps: Hudson née Stanhope (Marianne Spencer).
  • f. i Marianne Spencer Stanhope, afterwards Hudson; authoress of 'Almack's': Bookplate.: n.d.
  • f. 2 b Giuseppe Naldi, Italian bass: Verses, 'Il Teatro del Panteon': 1812.: Ital.: Copy.
  • ff. 7-8, 10b, 42, 42b, 62b-65b Georgiana Cavendish, 1st wife of William, 5th Duke of Devonshire: Verses by and rel. to.: Ital., Fr. and Engl..: Copies, early 19th cent.
  • ff. 8, 8b, 22 Richard Brinsley Sheridan, MP; dramatist: Verses by: n.d.
  • f. 9 John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey of Ickworth: Verses by, on his sister, Lady Elizabeth Hervey.: early 19th cent.: Copy.
  • f. 9 b Thomas Law, of Washington, USA: Lines by (?), addressed to Sir W. Jones.: Copy, early 19th cent.
  • ff. 9b-10b Sir William Jones, orientalist and jurist: Verses by, and rel. to.: Copies, early 19th cent.
  • f. 11b St Anne's Hill, Surrey: Verses inscribed on the Temple of Friendship at, by Gen. R. Fitzpatrick.: early 19th cent.: Copy.
  • ff. 11, 12, 23, 41b-43 Charles James Fox, Secretary of State: Verses by and rel. to.: Copies, early 19th cent.
  • ff. 11, 16b, 114b Baroness Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein,; alias Madame Staël: Verses by: 1815, n.d.: Fr.: Copies, early 19th cent.
  • ff.11b, 76b General Richard Fitzpatrick: Verses by: n.d.: Copies, early 19th cent.
  • ff. 12 b, 65 b-71 b, 77-88 b Walter Spencer Stanhope, of Cannon Hall, county Yorkshire; MP: Verses by: n.d.: Copies, early 19th cent.
  • ff. 13-15b, 38, 44b, 45 George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron; poet: Verses by: n.d.: Copies, early 19th cent.
  • f. 17b John Wilson Croker, PC; MP: Verses by (?),'To him who despairs of Spain',: 1800.: Copy, early 19th cent.
  • f. 20 Renishaw, Derbyshire: Lines written in the Hermitage at,: n.d.: Copy, early 19th cent.
  • ff. 20b, 21, 53b, 90 Joseph Jekyll, wit: Verses by (?).: Copies, early 19th cent.
  • f. 23b George III of England: Letter to Lord Grenville rel. to Catholic Emancipation: n.d.: Copy, early 19th cent.
  • f. 23b Frances Stewart, 2nd wife of Robert, 1st Marquess of Londonderry: Letter to her step-son, Lord Castlereagh,: 1805.: Copy early 19th cent.
  • ff. 23, 42b Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle: Verses by and rel. to.: Copies, early 19th cent.
  • f. 28 Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet: Verse epitaph on his sister, Mary Eleanora Burdett,: 1797.: Copy , early 19th cent.
  • f. 30b James Lambert, Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge University: Verses by (?): Copy, early 19th cent.
  • ff. 43b, 113, 113b Poetry SPANISH: Verses collected by Miss M. S. Stanhope: early 19th cent.
  • f. 46 John Bacon Sawrey Morritt, MP; classical scholar: Verses by (?).: n.d.: Copy, early 19th cent.
  • f. 51 Richard Barry, 6th Earl of Barrymore: Verses rel. to: 1767.: Copy, early 19th cent.
  • f.88b William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham; Prime Minister: Letter to T. Cholmondeley,: 1764.: Copy, early 19th cent.
  • f. 89b Walter Hussey Burgh, Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer: Verses by: n.d.: Copy, early 19th cent.
  • f. 114b David Garrick, actor: Verses addressed to Lady Glyn.: Copy, early 19th cent.

Collection Area:
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
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Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
French
Italian
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1807
End Date:
1828
Date Range:
c 1812-c 1823
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Wilfred Joseph Jeffery, of the département of MSS., British Museum: Presented: in 1950.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Barry, Richard, 6th Earl of Barrymore, 1745-1773
Burdett, Francis, 5th Baronet, politician, 1770-1844
Burgh, Walter Hussey, Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer
Byron, George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron, poet, 1788-1824
Cavendish, Georgiana, 1st wife of William, 5th Duke of Devonshire
Croker, John Wilson, PC, MP, 1780-1857
Fitzpatrick, Richard, army officer and poet, fl 19th century
Fox, Charles James, politician, 1749-1806
Garrick, David, actor and playwright, 1717-1779,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121171982,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/24563
George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1738-1820
Hervey, John, 2nd Baron Hervey of Ickworth
Howard, Frederick, 5th Earl of Carlisle
Jeffery, Wilfred Joseph, of the département of MSS., British Museum
Jekyll, Joseph, wit
Jones, William, orientalist and jurist
Lambert, James, Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge University
Law, Thomas, of Washington, USA
Morritt, John Bacon Sawrey, MP; classical scholar
Naldi, Giuseppe, Italian bass
Pitt, William, 1st Earl of Chatham, Prime Minister, called 'the elder', 1708-1778
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, MP, dramatist
Stanhope, Marianne Spencer, afterwards Hudson; authoress of 'Almack's'
Stanhope, Walter Spencer, of Cannon Hall, county Yorkshire; MP
Staël-Holstein, Anne Louise Germaine de, Baroness al Madame Staël
Stewart, Frances, 2nd wife of Robert, 1st Marquess of Londonderry
Places:
Renishaw, Derbyshire
St Anne's Hill, Surrey