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Stowe MS 263
- Record Id:
- 040-001953063
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001952775
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000493.0x00031d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 263
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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TRANSCRIPTS Of letters addressed to Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, Ambassador at St. Petersburg; 1755-1757. The letters give an account of transactions in Parliament, movements of parties and court intrigues immediately before and after the fall of' the Duke of Newcastle's ministry in Nov. 1756, the subsequent acceptance by the Duke of Devonshire of the post of First Lord of the Treasury, with Pitt as Secretary of State, their resignation, and the, settling of the, Newcastle and Pitt joint-administration in June, 1757. A note on the fly-leaf by Thomas Astle states that in 1775 the originals were "in the possession of Mr. Hanbury Williams." The writers are:-(1) Henry Digby, [Baron Digby 1765, 1st Earl of Digby, 1790]; 23 Dec. 1753, 10, 13 Nov. 1756, 12 June, 1757. ff.2, 4 b, 9 b, 13 b;-(2) George Hanbury; -Nov. 1756. f. 10 b;-(3) Henry Fox, [Baron Holland in 1763]; 29 May, 26 Dec. 1756. ff. 11, 12. Included also are:-(4) Memoranda " from a paper in the handwriting of the Duke of Newcastle, entitled Business for Lord Hardwicke, Lord Mansfield, and Mr. Stone, Newcastle House, Feb. 18, 1760," the subjects being, (a) a Discourse between the Duke, W. Pitt, and [Dodo Heinrich, Baron] Knyphausen [Prussian Ambassador], (b) " Mr. Pitt's project about Belle Isle," and (c) Treasury affairs, etc. ff. 15 b-18 ; - (5) Henry Fox to [? John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, First Lord of the Treasury]; 15 Apr. 1763. f. 19. Paper; ff. 19. " Bibl. T. Astlei, 1775." Bound in black morocco, tooled. Quarto.
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, British ambassador at St Petersburg: Letters to, from Lord Digby and others: 1755-1757.: Copies.
Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle 1715; formerly Pelham; Secretary of State: Account of political parties, etc., on the fall of his Ministry: 1756.
George II of England: Accounts of court intrigues, politics, etc.: 1755-1757.
includes:
- ff. 2, 4 b, 9 b, 13 b Henry Digby, Baron Digby: Letters to Sir C. H. Williams: 1755-1757.: Copies.
- f. 10 b George Hanbury: Letter to Sir C. H. Williams: 1756.: Copy.
- ff. 11, 12 Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland: Letters to Sir C. H. Williams: 1756.
- f. 15 b William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham; Prime Minister: Discourse with the Duke of Newcastle and Baron Knyphausen: 1760.
- ff. 15 b-18 Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle 1715; formerly Pelham; Secretary of State: Notes on a discourse with W. Pitt and Baron Knyphausen: 1760.
- ff. 15 b-18 Dodo Heinrich Knyphausen, Baron; Prussian Ambassador: Discourse with W. Pitt and the Duke of Newcastle: 1760.
- ff. 15 b-18 Belle Île, Morbihan: Project of W. Pitt concerning: 1760.
- f. 16 b William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham; Prime Minister: Project conc. Belle Isle: 1760.
- f. 19 Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland: Letter to Lord Bute (?): 1763.: Copy.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Stowe Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001952775
036-001952833
037-001952918
040-001953063 - 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 263 : TRANSCRIPTS Of letters addressed to Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, Ambassador at St. Petersburg; 1755-1757. The letters give an… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001952775[0004]/036-001952833[0005]/037-001952918[0070]/040-001953063
- 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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Thomas Astle, ob. 1803: Owned.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Astle, Thomas, archivist and collector of books and manuscripts, 1735-1803
Digby, Henry, 1st Earl Digby, politician, 1731-1793
Fox, Henry, 1st Baron Holland
George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1683-1760
Hanbury, George
Holles, Thomas Pelham-, Duke of Newcastle, prime minister, 1693-1768
Knyphausen, Dodo Heinrich, Baron, Prussian Ambassador
Pitt, William, 1st Earl of Chatham, Prime Minister, called 'the elder', 1708-1778
Williams, Charles Hanbury, British ambassador at St Petersburg - Places:
- Belle Île, Morbihan