Add MS 61467

BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vol. CCCLXVII (ff. 209).

(1) Letters from George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, secretary to Frederick, Prince of Wales; [173-?]-1737. Including copies of correspondence between George II, Queen Caroline, and the Prince and Princess of Wales, and (ff. 20-21b) of 'A Character of Her Highness the Princess [Augusta]', infant daughter of the Prince of Wales; 1737. ff. 1-21b.

(2) Letters from John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair; 1715-[1742?]. Partly signed. Further correspondence is in Add. MS. 35455, f. 48; Opinions of Sarah, Duchess-Dowager of Marlborough, ed. Sir D. Dalrymple, Lord Hades, 1788 (excerpts under subject-headings from letters now in the Osborn Collection, Yale University Library); The Letters of Horace Walpole, ed. P. Cunningham, 1858, I, pp. cxlvii-clv; and J. M. Graham, Annals and Correspondence of the Viscounts and First and Second Earls of Stair, Edinburgh, 1875. ff. 22-108.

(3) Letters from Benjamin Holloway, Rector of Middleton-Stoney and of Bladon, co. Oxon, and tutor to the Duchess's great-grandson, John Spencer, afterwards 1st Earl Spencer; 1728-1744. ff. 109-133b.

(4) Letters from Alexander Pope, including (f. 162) a letter jointly with Hugh Hume Campbell, 3rd Earl of Marchmont, in the latter's hand, signed by both; [1740?]-1744. Printed in The Correspondence of Alexander Pope, ed. G. Sherburn, Oxford, 1956, IV. Letters from the Duchess to the 2nd and 3rd Earls of Marchmont are printed in A Selection from the Papers of the Earls of Marchmont, ed. Sir G. H. Rose, 1831, II. ff. 134-170b.

(5) Correspondence with John Scrope, M.P., Secretary to the Treasury; 1742-1744. Partly printed in K. Thomson, Memoirs of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, II, pp. 550-559. For a 'ground plot' of Marlborough House, 5 July 1744, probably prepared in connection with the prolongation of the lease, negotiated in this correspondence (ff. 185-191), see Add. Ch. 76137 below. ff. 171-209b.

includes:

• ff. 1-19b George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton: Letters, etc., to Duchess of Marlborough: [1730?]-1737.
• ff. 11-13b, 16 Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales: Correspondence with George II: 1737.: Copies.
• ff. 11-13b, 16-19b George II of England: Correspondence of George II and Qu. Caroline with Prince and Princess of Wales: 1737.: Copies.
• f. 17 Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales: Letter to Qu. Caroline: 1737.: Copy.
• f. 18 Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales: Letter of his wife, Augusta, to George II: 1737.: Copy.
• ff.18b-19 Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales: Letter of his wife, Augusta, to Qu. Caroline: 1737.: Copy.
• ff. 20-21b Richard Hollings, Solicitor-General to Frederick, Prince of Wales: Character of Augusta, daughter of Frederick, Pr. of Wales: 1737.: Copy.
• ff. 20-21b Charles William Ferdinand; Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel: Character of his wife, Augusta, as an infant: 1737.
• ff. 22-108 John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair: Letters to Duchess of Marlborough: 1715-[1742?].: Partly signed.
• ff. 109-133b Benjamin Holloway, Rector of Middleton Stoney and Bladon: Letters, etc., to Duchess of Marlborough: 1728-1744.
• ff. 134-170 Alexander Pope, poet: Letters to Duchess of Marlborough: [1740?]-1744.
• f. 162 Hugh Hume-Campbell, 3rd Earl of Marchmont: Letter to Duchess of Marlborough: 1743.
• ff. 171-209b John Scrope, MP; Treasury Secretary: Correspondence with Duchess of Marlborough: 1742-1744.: Partly signed.
• ff. 175-179, 192-199b Windsor, Parks: Correspondence and papers of Duchess of Marlborough as Ranger of Windsor Park: 1703-1744.
• ff.185-191 London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary: Correspondence, etc., rel. to Marlborough House: 1710-1767, n.d.: Partly printed.