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Add MS 88906/8/2
- Record Id:
- 040-000584486
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000583799
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000938.0x00034e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88906/8/2
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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Royal correspondence and related papers. Contents as follows:
ff. 1-18. Letters to Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, from King William IV; 1831-1832. Copies, with one draft in Lansdowne's hand.
ff. 19-20. Legal opinion by Lord Brougham, Thomas Denman, attorney-general, and William Horne, solicitor-general, on the right of the House of Commons to regulate the king's expenditure; 1831. Copy.
ff. 21-100. Correspondence of King William IV with William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, including letters from Sir Robert Peel and the Duke of Wellington; 1832-1834. Copies.
ff. 101-102. 'Draft of Address to the King on state of Ireland'; n.d.
ff. 103-112. Memoranda by Prince Albert on the affairs of Germany and Austria; [1850?]. Copies.
ff. 113-116. Letter to Prince Albert from the maids of honour of Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, widow of King William IV; 1850. Copy.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000583799
033-000584471
036-000584478
040-000584486 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88906 : The Bowood Papers
Add MS 88906/8-11 : Papers of Sir Henry Petty (Petty-FitzMaurice after 1818), 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (1780-1863); statesman.
Add MS 88906/8 : Royal correspondence
Add MS 88906/8/2 : Royal correspondence and related papers. Contents as follows:ff. 1-18. Letters to Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, from King William… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000583799[0002]/033-000584471[0001]/036-000584478[0002]/040-000584486
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88906
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folder
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1831
- End Date:
- 1850
- Date Range:
- 1831-1850, nd
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- ff. 116
- Former External References:
- Lansdowne 3/56
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)