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Stowe MS 253
- Record Id:
- 040-001953052
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001952775
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000493.0x000313
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 253
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Copies of historical letters relating to the Court of Russia, 1740-1766, viz. :-
1. Correspondence of Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, English Ambassador to Russia, with [Robert Darcy], Earl of Holdernesse, Secretary of State, on the negotiations for a proposed convention between England and Russia; 23 June-18 Nov. 1755. f. 3.
2. Letter from [John Hobart, 2nd] Earl of Buckinghamshire, Ambassador to Russia in 1762-1764, to [Philip Yorke, 2nd] Earl of Hardwicke, " giving an account of the revolution in Russia and of the death of the late Emperor, Peter the Third " [in 1762], with notes; 16 April, 1766. f. 26.
3. Extract of a letter from the Earl of Buckinghamshire to [John Montagu, 4th] Earl of Sandwich, " containing an account of the death of Prince Ivan " [Ivan VI., Czar of Russia 1740, dethroned 1741, assassinated 1764]; St. Petersburg, 26 July, 1764. N. S. f. 37.
4. " Russian Revolutions," viz. (a) " An account of the revolution in Russia on the demise of the Empress Anne in 1740," contained in a letter from the Hon. Edward Finch-Hatton, Ambassador to Russia, to [William Stanhope], Earl of Harrington; St. Petersburg, 18 Nov. 1740. f. 41;-(b) "An account of the Revolution in favour of the Empress Elizabeth," in a letter from the same to the same; St. Petersburg, 26 Nov. 1741. f 53;-(c) "An account of the deposition of the Emperor Peter the Third, and of the accession of the Empress Catherine II.," in a letter from Robert Murray Keith, Ambassador to Russia, to George Grenville, Secretary of State ; St. Petersburg, 12 July, 1762. f. 58. Paper; ff. 68. xviiith cent. Bouild in crimson calf, tooled. Quarto.
Roger Swan: Witness, at Sternfield, co. Suff.: 1330.
includes:
- ff. 3-25 Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, British ambassador at St Petersburg: Correspondence with Lord Holdernesse: 1755.
- ff. 3-25 Robert D'Arcy, Earl of Holdernesse; Secretary of State, etc: Correspondence with Sir C. H. Williams: 1755.
- f. 26 Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke: Letter to, from Lord Buckinghamshire: 1766.
- f. 26 John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire: Letter to Lord Hardwicke: 1766.: Copy.
- ff. 26, 58 Peter III of Russia: Accounts of his deposition and death: 1762; 1766.
- f. 37 Ivan VI; Emperor of Russia: Account of his death: 1764.
- f. 37 John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich: Letter to, from Lord Buckinghamshire: 1764.
- f. 37 John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire: Correspondence with Lord Sandwich and R. Phelps: 1763, 1764.
- f. 41 Anne; Emperor of Russia: Account of the revolution on her death: 1740.
- ff. 41, 53 Colonel William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington: Letters to, from E. Finch-Hatton: 1740, 1741.
- ff. 41, 53 Edward Finch, afterwards Finch-Hatton; Ambassador to Russia: Letters to Lord Harrington: 1740, 1741.: Copies.
- f. 53 Elizabeth; Emperor of Russia: Account of the revolution in favour of: 1741.
- f. 58 Catherine II of Russia: Account of her accession: 1762.
- f. 58 Robert Murray Meith, Ambassador to Russia, etc: Letter to G. Grenville: 1762.: Copy.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Stowe Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001952775
036-001952833
037-001952918
040-001953052 - Is part of:
- Stowe Ms 1-1085 : Stowe Manuscripts
Stowe MS 54-310 : CLASS IV.HISTORY.
Stowe MS 132-267 : SECT. V. - STATE PAPERS, DIPLOMATIC AND POLITICAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS.
Stowe MS 253 : Copies of historical letters relating to the Court of Russia, 1740-1766, viz. :-1. Correspondence of Sir Charles Hanbury… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001952775[0004]/036-001952833[0005]/037-001952918[0065]/040-001953052
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Stowe Ms 1-1085
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Anne, Emperor of Russia
Catherine II, Empress of Russia
D'Arcy, Robert, 4th Earl of Holdernesse, diplomat and politician, 1718-1778
Elizabeth, Emperor of Russia
Finch, Edward, diplomat and politician, c 1697-1771
Hobart, John, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire
Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia
Meith, Robert Murray, Ambassador to Russia, etc
Montagu, John, 4th Earl of Sandwich, statesman, 1718-1792
Peter III, of Russia
Stanhope, William, 1st Earl of Harrington, Colonel
Swan, Roger
Williams, Charles Hanbury, British ambassador at St Petersburg
Yorke, Philip, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke