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032-002103772

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CANNINC-CLANRICARDE PAPERS. Family correspondence of Harriet, wife of Ulick John de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde, with other material; 1739-1874. Supplementary to the Harewood MSS. deposited with Leeds Central Library. The principal contents comprise:-

(1) Letters, etc., on classical subjects from Richard Tighe, of Trinity College, Dublin, to John Boyle, 5th Earl of Orrery (5th Earl of Cork 1753); 28 Aug.-21 Nov. 1739. ff. 1-18.

(2) Copy of a draft of a letter from George Canning, 27 Sept. 1799, to Lady Jane [Jean] Dundas, wife of Henry Dundas (lst Viscount Melville 1805), relating to Canning's intended marriage, not noted in D. Marshall, The Rise of George Canning, 1938, pp. 194-218. ff. 19-26.

(3) Letters to Lady Clanricarde from or relating to her brother, Charles John Canning, Earl Canning (d. 17 June 1862), and his wife Charlotte (d. 18 Nov. 1861), partly while on a voyage to the Levant, 12 Sept. 1840-11 Feb. 1841 (ff. 27-51b), but also later, mostly while Lord Canning was Governor- General of India, 10 Oct. 1854-23 Dec. 1861 (ff. 52-146b passim). Followed (ff. 153-238b) by letters to Lord and Lady Clanricarde from their son, Ulick Canning de Burgh, Lord Dunkellin, mostly written while he was serving in the Crimea; [14 Sept. 1854?]-3 July 1856. A single letter of Lord Canning to Lord Clanricarde is included at f. 63. Ff. 127-152 comprise correspondence and papers relating to the deaths of Lord and Lady Canning, 1861-1862. Letters of Lord and Lady Canning and Lord Dunkellin at ff. 7Ib-72, 94b, 98-99, and 225-232 are printed in part, with minor inaccuracies, by M. Maclagan, Clemency Canning, 1962, pp. 56-58, 106 and 234. ff. 27-238b.

(4) Letters, in French, some imperfect, evidently from a Frenchwoman, to a man living in Bolton Street, London, giving eyewitness accounts of events in Paris immediately following the overthrow of Louis Philippe; circ. 23 Feb.-[June?l 1848, n.d. Wrongly stated by Maclagan, op. cit., p. 355, to have been written by Lady Canning's sister Louisa, wife of Henry de la Poer Trench, 3rd Marquess of Waterford. ff. 239-289b. Paper; ff. 297. Folio. 1739-1874. Belonged, in 1936, to Robert John Lascelles Boyle, 11th Earl of Cork and Orrery. Presented by P. K. Hodgson, Esq., C. M. G., C. V. O., O. B. E., great-grandson of Lady Clanricarde.

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ff. 1-18b John Boyle, 5th Earl of Orrery: Letters to, from R. Tighe: 1739.
ff. 1-18b Richard Tighe, of Trinity College, Dublin: Letters, etc., to Lord Orrery: 1739.: Engl. and Lat.
f. 19 George Canning, Prime Minister: Letter to Lady J. Dundas: 1799.: Draft.
ff. 27, 36-42b, 47-62b, 98, 131 (?), 145 Charles John Canning, 2nd Viscount and (1859) Earl Canning: Letters, etc., to his sister, Lady Clanricarde: 1840-1861.
ff. 27-238b Harriet De Burgh, wife of Ulick, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde: Letters mostly to: 1840-1862.
ff. 32, 43, 70-97b, 105-126b Charlotte Canning, wife of Charles, Earl Canning: Letters to Lady Clanricarde: 1840-1861.
f. 63 Charles John Canning, 2nd Viscount and (1859) Earl Canning: Letter to Lord Clanricarde: 1858.
ff. 127-148 Charlotte Canning, wife of Charles, Earl Canning: Letters, etc., rel. to her death: 1861-1862.
f. 135 Poetry: Verses on the death of Lady Canning: 1861.: Printed.
f. 136 Charlotte Canning, wife of Charles, Earl Canning: Lock of her hair: 1861.
ff. 137-141 b, 144 Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville: Correspondence with Lady Clanricarde: 1861.
ff. 137-141b, 144 Harriet De Burgh, wife of Ulick, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde: Correspondence with Lord Granville: 1861.
f. 142 J. Louisa Pughe, wife of Major -General J R Pughe: Letter to Lord Canning: 1861.
ff. 149-150 Harriet De Burgh, wife of Ulick, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde: Correspondence with Qu. Victoria: 1862.
ff. 149-150 Victoria of England: Correspondence with Lady Clanricarde: 1862.: Copies.
ff. 149-152 Charles John Canning, 2nd Viscount and (1859) Earl Canning: Correspondence, etc., rel. to his death: 1862.: Copies.
f. 150b Victoria of England: Letter to Lord Granville: 1862.: Copy.
ff. 153-238b Ulick Canning De Burgh, Lord Dunkellin: Letters to his parents, Lord and Lady Clanricarde: 1854-1856.
ff. 203-203b George Canning, Prime Minister: Verses, 'To Mrs Leigh', on a pair of shooting-breeches: 18th-19th cent.: Copy, circ. 1848.
f. 204 George Canning, Prime Minister: 'Charade', 18th-19th cent.: circ. 1848.: Copy.
ff.239-289b France; Sovereigns of, and transactions in particular reigns. Second Republic: Letters rel. to political affairs at Paris after the revolution: 1848.: Fr.: Partly imperf.
ff. 290, 291 Poetry: G. Canning: 'To Mrs Leigh' and 'Charade': 18th-19th cent.: Copies, circ. 1848.
ff. 292-295 Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, 12th Baronet; Lord Chief Justice: Latin translation of T. Gray's 'Elegy': [1871?].
ff. 292-295 Poetry LATIN: Sir A. J. E. Cockburn: transl. of T. Gray's 'Elegy': [1871?].
f. 296 Denis St George Daly, 2nd Baron Dunsandle: Letter to Lady Clanricarde: 1874.

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Languages:

English
French
Latin

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Latin

Start Date:

1739

End Date:

1874

Date Range:

1739-1874

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Custodial History:

Robert John Lascelles Boyle, 11th Earl of Cork: Owned: in 1934.

Patrick Kirkman Hodgson, acting private Secretary to Queen Mary: Presented: in 1951.

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Names:

Boyle, John, 5th Earl of Orrery
Boyle, Robert John Lascelles, 11th Earl of Cork
Burgh, Harriet, Marchioness of Clanricarde, daughter of George Canning, 1804-1876
Burgh, Ulick Canning, Baron Dunkellin, army officer and politician, 1827-1867
Canning, Charles John, 1st Earl Canning, statesman and Governor-General of India, 1812-1862
Canning, Charlotte Elizabeth, artist and vicereine of India; wife of Charles, 1st Earl Canning, 1817-1861
Canning, George, Prime Minister, 1770-1827
Cockburn, Alexander James Edmund, 12th Baronet, Lord Chief Justice
Daly, Denis St George, 2nd Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal, 1810-1893
Gower, Granville George, 2nd Earl Granville, statesman and diplomat, 1815-1891,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000118731600,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/13068670
Hodgson, Patrick Kirkman, acting private sec to Queen Mary
Pughe, J. Louisa, wife of Major -General J R Pughe
Second Republic of France
Tighe, Richard, of Trinity College, Dublin
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1819-1901,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121443562

Related Archive Descriptions:

Mss Eur F699