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BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vol. XII. (TSB 13).
ff. ii+305. 380 x 275mm.
1. ff. 1-120. Correspondence, etc., relating to public affairs, chiefly of William Pitt the elder and younger, Warren Hastings, William Windham (see also Add. 37842-37935); William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington; 1748-1850. Partly printed. Partly French.
2. ff. 121-260. Miscellaneous letters, many from public figures, a few addressed to members of the Townshend family; 1653-1892. Partly Italian.
3. ff. 261-278. Letters to E. H. Blakeney; 1893-1945.
4. ff. 279-302. Letters relating to mountaineering, including letters of Edward Whymper; 1865-1955.
5. ff. 303-305. Letters from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; [1900-1907?].
includes:
- ff. 1-260 passim Townshend family: Correspondence and papers of Townshend, family: 12th cent.-1922, n.d.: Partly copies.
- ff. 1-8 William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham; Prime Minister: Correspondence from William Pitt: 1748-1773: Partly copies.
- ff. 9-15 William Pitt, the younger; Prime Minister: Letters from William Pitt: 1785-1799.
- ff. 16-42 Warren Hastings, Governor-General of India: Letters, etc., from Warren Hastings: 1777-1814, n.d.: Partly printed.
- ff. 43-53v William Windham, Secretary for War and the Colonies: Letters from William Windham: 1770-1808.
- ff. 56-64 William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville; Prime Minister: Letters from William Wyndham Grenville: 1790-1823.
- ff. 66-68v Richard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington; Marquess Wellesley: Letters from Richard Wellesley: 1809, 1812.
- ff. 69-120 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington: Correspondence, etc., of Arthur Wellesley: 1815-1850: Partly Fr: Partly copies.
- ff. 77, 81 Catherine Sarah Dorothea Wellesley, wife of Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington: Letters of Catherine Sarah Dorothea Wellesley: 1820, 1827.
- f. 136 George Augustus Selwyn, MP: Letter from George Augustus Selwyn: bef. 1791.
- f. 138 John Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury: Letter from John Moore: [circa 1771-1775?].
- f. 140 Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville: Letters from Henry Dundas: 1775-[1790s?].
- f. 141 Charles Burney, Mus.D: Andrew Lumisden, alias Lumsden; Jacobite: Letter to Dr C. Burney from Andrew Lumisden: 1778.
- f. 143 Lieutenant-General George Brydges Rodney, CB: Letter from Lt.-Gen. George Brydges Rodney: 1779.
- f. 151 Richard Howe, Viscount and 1st Earl Howe: Letter from Richard Howe: 1784.
- f. 152 Edmund Burke, statesman: Letter from Edmund Burke: 1785.
- ff. 153, 157 Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool: Letters from Charles Jenkinson: bef. 1786, 1800.
- f. 154 Charles Erskine, Cardinal: Letter from Charles Erskine: 1787: Ital.
- f. 155 William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland: Letter to his children from William Eden: [early 1790s?].
- f. 156 Richard Pepper Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley: Letter from Richard Pepper Arden: 1797.
- ff. 159, 176 Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth; Prime Minister: Letters from Henry Addington: 1805, 1823.
- ff. 161-163v Hon Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister: Letters from Hon. Spencer Perceval: 1810, 1811.
- ff. 164-166v Hannah More, author: Sir Thomas Hugh Clifford Constable, 1st Baronet; formerly Clifford: Correspondence between Hannah More and Sir Thomas Hugh Clifford Constable: 1813.
- f. 167 Giuseppe Albani, Cardinal: Letter from Giuseppe Albani: 1814: Fr.
- f. 168 Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey; critic; Lord Advocate: Letter from Francis Jeffrey: 1815.
- f. 169 George Canning, Prime Minister: Letter from George Canning: 1816: Fr.
- f. 170 Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth: Letter from Edward Pellew: 1818.
- f. 172 John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham: Letter from John George Lambton: [1820s?].
- f. 174 Shute Barrington, Bishop of Durham: Letter from Shute Barrington: 1824.
- f. 175 William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury: Letter from William Howley: 1823.
- f. 177 Henry Hobhouse, archivist: Letter: 1824: Signed.
- f. 179 George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea: Letter from George Finch: 1825.
- f. 180 Robert Banks Jenkinson, Baron Hawkesbury; 2nd Earl of Liverpool; Prime Minister: Letter from Robert Banks Jenkinson: 1826.
- ff. 183, 191 George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen; formerly Gordon; Prime Minister: Letters from George Hamilton-Gordon: 1830, 1842.
- f. 184 Sarah Siddons, actress: Letter from Sarah Siddons: 1831.
- f. 185 James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd: Letter from James Hogg: 1832.
- f. 187 John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon; Lord Chancellor: Letter to Lord Chief Justice from John Scott: 1826.
- f. 190 John Gibson Lockhart, biographer of Sir Walter Scott: Letter from John Gibson Lockhart: 1840.
- f. 192 Comte Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d' Orsay: Letter from Comte Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d' Orsay: 1845.
- f. 193 Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville, Clerk to the Privy Council: Letter from Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville: 1857.
- f. 195 Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, Cardinal; Archbishop of Westminster: Letter from Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman: 1863.
- f. 197 Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville: Letter from Granville George Leveson-Gower: 1864.
- f. 199 John Lothrop Motley, historian: Letter from John Lothrop Motley: 1869.
- ff. 203-252v Smith, Elder and Co; publishers, London: Correspondence of Smith, Elder and Co. (publishers: 1868-1870.
- ff. 254-256 James Russell Lowell, American author and diplomatist: Letters from James Russell Lowell: 1881.
- f. 257 Napoleon III of France; Eugénie, Empress of the French: Letter from Empress Eugénie: 1884: Fr.
- f. 260 Mariano del Tindaro Rampolla, Cardinal: Letter from Mariano del Tindaro Rampolla: 1892: Ital: Signed.
- ff. 261-278 Edward Henry Blakeney, poet: Letters to Edward Henry Blakeney: 1893-1955.
- ff. 284-300v Edward Whymper, mountaineer: Correspondence of Edward Whymper: 1865-1911.
- ff. 303-305 Cheatle: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, writer: Letters to — Cheatle from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: [1900-1907?].
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- Start Date:
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- Names:
- Addington, Henry, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Prime Minister, 1757-1844
Albani, Giuseppe Andrea, Cardinal, 1750-1834
Arden, Richard Pepper, 1st Baron Alvanley
Barrington, Shute, bishop, 1734-1826
Blakeney, Edward Henry, poet
Burke, Edmund, statesman
Burney, Charles, MusD
Canning, George, Prime Minister, 1770-1827
Cheatle, —
Constable, Thomas Hugh, 1st Baronet, of Tixall, né Clifford; topographer and botanist, 1762-1823
Doyle, Arthur Ignatius, Knight, writer, 1859-1930,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000122810491,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/65283845
Dundas, Henry, 1st Viscount Melville, lawyer, politician and statesman, 1742-1811
Eden, William, 1st Baron Auckland, statesman, 1744-1814
Erskine, Charles, Cardinal
Finch, George, 9th Earl of Winchilsea, army officer and privy counsellor, 1752-1826
Gordon, George, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, statesman, politician, diplomat and landowner, 1784-1860
Gower, Granville George, 2nd Earl Granville, statesman and diplomat, 1815-1891,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000118731600,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/13068670
Grenville, William Wyndham, 1st Baron Grenville, politician and Prime Minister, 1759-1834
Greville, Charles Cavendish Fulke, diarist and clerk, 1796-1865
Hastings, Warren, governor-general of Bengal, 1732-1818
Hobhouse, Henry, archivist
Hogg, James, the Ettrick Shepherd, 1770-1835
Howe, Richard, 1st Earl Howe, naval officer, 1726-1799
Howley, William, Archbishop of Canterbury
Jeffrey, Francis, Lord Jeffrey, critic, Lord Advocate
Jenkinson, Charles, 1st Earl of Liverpool, 1727-1808
Jenkinson, Robert Banks, Baron Hawkesbury, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister, 1770-1828
Lambton, John George, 1st Earl of Durham, statesman, diplomat and colonial administrator, 1792-1840
Lockhart, John Gibson, biographer of Sir Walter Scott
Lowell, James Russell, American author and diplomatist
Lumisden, Andrew, Jacobite al Lumsden
Montijo, Eugénie, 9th Countess of Teba, wife of Emperor Napoleon III, 1826-1920
Moore, John, Archbishop of Canterbury
More, Hannah, author
Motley, John Lothrop, historian
Pellew, Edward, 1st Viscount Exmouth
Perceval, Spencer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1762-1812
Pitt, William, 1st Earl of Chatham, Prime Minister, called 'the elder', 1708-1778
Pitt, William, Prime Minister, called 'the younger', 1759-1806
Rampolla, Mariano del Tindaro, Cardinal
Rodney, George Brydges, Lieutenant-General CB
Scott, John, 1st Earl of Eldon, Lord Chancellor
Selwyn, George Augustus, MP
Siddons, Sarah, actress
Smith, Elder and Co, publishers, Early 19th century-Early 20th century
Townshend, Family
Wellesley, Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington, army officer and statesman, 1769-1852
Wellesley, Catherine Sarah Dorothea, wife of Arthur 1st Duke of Wellington
Wellesley, Richard Colley, 2nd Earl of Mornington, Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, 1760-1842
Whymper, Edward, mountaineer
Windham, William, Sec for War and the Colonies
Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick Stephen, Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster
d'Orsay, Alfred Guillaume Gabriel, Count, French amateur artist and man of fashion, 1801-1852