Add MS 61860

NORTH (SHEFFIELD PARK) PAPERS. Vol. I. Correspondence and papers relating to George III and the Royal Family; 1737-[1811?], n.d.

1. ff. 1-21. Correspondence of Lord North with and relating to George III, together with miscellaneous letters and papers; 1771-1788, n.d. Most of the correspondence is dated 1783.

2. ff. 22-31. Letters of and relating to the Dukes of Cumberland, Gloucester and Sussex; 1770-1775, [1811?].

3. ff. 32-71. Memoranda and letters relating to the estate of Augusta, late Princess of Wales, mostly of Samuel Martin, her Treasurer; 1772-1773, n.d.

4. ff. 72-112. Statement of the debts of Frederick, Prince of Wales, together with lists of bills of expenses incurred, 1747-1751, and related papers; 1745-after 1761. Partly copies.

5. ff. 113-119. Political notes of George III; circa 1770-1775. Autograph. Included are notes on the press-gang and on the political alliance between Vienna, Russia and Berlin, and a transcription by the King of anonymous 'Notes relative to Affairs in America, by an Officer . . . ' The last item is probably 'the notes relative to affairs in America' made by Maj.-Gen. Burgoyne and copied by the King in April 1775, for which see Sir J. Fortescue, Correspondence of George III, 1760-1783, (1927, 1928), iii,

p. 202.

6. ff. 120-120v. Anonymous draft account of an attempt by the Prince of Wales to seek an audience with the King, after Margaret Nicholson's attempt on the latter's life; 3 Aug. 1786.

7. ff. 121-126. Draft of a letter to the Marquess of Granby relating to Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick endorsed by the 1st Duke of Newcastle, together with copies of letters of the Prince to the Duke of Newcastle; 1759-1763. Partly French.

8. ff. 128-129. Letter from George II to Frederick, Prince of Wales, banishing him from St James' Palace; 10 Sept. 1737. Copy. Further copies are Add. 48212 D and Egerton 2429 D.

9. ff. 130-132. 'Heads of Proposals', a summary of the policies put before the country gentlemen by Frederick, Prince of Wales planning a future administration, together with their reply; 1747, 1748. Mid 18th cent. copy. The terms are listed in a different form from those printed in Lord John Russell, Correspondence of John Fourth Duke of Bedford (1842), i, pp. 322-323. Further differences occur in Add. 47012, f. 28. The present document bears on its cover (f. 132) the arms of the Dacre and Hampden families, from either of which families it could have passed to Lord North's father, the 1st Earl of Guilford.

10. ff. 133-151. 'State of Her Majesty's Affairs', miscellaneous accounts, notes and draft of a paper by Lord Guilford, prepared apparently in connection with an approach to the King and William Pitt for new provisions to cover the Queen's debts; 25 July 1786.

11. ff. 152-162. Letters to the 1st Earl of Guilford as Queen's Treasurer mostly from T. J. Mathias, her sub-Treasurer; 1783, 1787, n.d.

12. ff. 163-165. Letter from Queen Charlotte to the 1st Earl of Guilford relating to her purchases at Frogmore; 1 July 1790.

includes:

• ff. 1, 6 George III of England: Correspondence with Lord North of George: 1783.
• f. 12 Robert Bromfield, MD; FRS: Letter to Lord North from Robert Bromfield: 1783.
• f. 23 Henry Frederic, Duke of Cumberland; brother of George III: Letter to Lord North from Duke of; brother of George III Cumberland: 1770.
• f. 25 William Henry, 1st Duke of Gloucester; brother of George III: General Charles Rainsford, Private Secretary to Lord Tyrawley: Note sent to the Duke of Gloucester by Gen. Charles Rainsford: 1774: Copy.
• f. 27 William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford: Letters to Lord North from William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein: 1775, 1780: Autogr. and copy.
• f. 28 William Henry, 1st Duke of Gloucester; brother of George III: Letter to Lord North from 1st Duke of; brother of George III Gloucester: [1775?].
• ff. 30, 31 Augustus Frederick Sussex, Duke of; 6th son of George III: Letters from Duke of; 6th son of George III Sussex: [1811?].
• ff. 32-48, 57-61, 68-71 Samuel Martin, Secretary to the Treasury: Memoranda and letters rel. to the estate of Augusta, Princess of Wales of Samuel Martin: 1772, 1773: Partly copies.
• ff. 32-71 Augusta, Princess of Wales: Correspondence and papers , rel. to the estate of the Princess of Wales: 1772, 1773, n.d.
• ff. 62, 66 Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 4th Earl of Scarbrough: Letters to Lord North from Richard Lumley-Saunderson: 1773.
• ff. 72-112 Henry Frederick, Princes of Wales: Accounts: Papers , rel. to the debts of the Prince of Wales: 1745-aft. 1761: Partly copies.
• f. 73 George III of England: Note on the debts of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales by George: aft. 1761.
• ff. 113-119 George III of England: Notes on political and foreign affairs by George: circa 1770-1775.
• ff. 121-124v John Manners, Marquess of Granby: Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle 1715; formerly Pelham; Secretary of State: Letter from the Lords of the Treasury to the Marquess of Granby, endorsed by the Duke of Newcastle: 1761: Draft.
• ff. 125-126 Ferdinand, Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel: Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle 1715; formerly Pelham; Secretary of State: Letters to the Duke of Newcastle from Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick: 1759-1763: Fr.: Copies.
• f. 128 Frederick Louis, Princes of Wales: George II of England: Letter to the Prince of Wales from George II: 1737: Copy.
• ff. 130-130v Frederick Louis, Princes of Wales: `Heads of Proposals' put before the country gentlemen by the Prince of Wales: 1747: Copy.
• ff. 133-150 Accounts: George III of England; Charlotte Sophia: Accounts, notes, etc., rel. to the debts of Queen Charlotte: 1786.
• ff. 152, 156-162v Thomas James Mathias, FSA; FRS; satirist: Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford: Letters to Lord Guilford from Thomas James Mathias: 1783, 1787, n.d.
• f. 154 Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford: Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Baron Bruce of Tottenham; 1st Earl of Ailesbury 1776: Letter to Lord Guilford from Lord Ailesbury: 1783.
• f. 164 Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford: George III of England; Charlotte Sophia: Letter to Lord Guilford from Qu. Charlotte: 1790.