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040-001964683

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MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vol. II (ff. iv+107). Letters, etc., of Lords Chancellors and Speakers of the House of Commons; 1669?-1929, n.d. English and French. Includes correspondence for some Chancellors and Speakers from the period before the British Museum was founded. Arranged chronologically.

Contents:

1. ff. 1-69. Lords Chancellor (Hardwicke - Sankey); 1737-1929, n.d. English and French.

2. ff. 70-107. Speakers of the House of Commons (Trevor - Whitley); 1669?- circa 1925.

includes:

f. 1 Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke: Signature: 1737.
f. 2 Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst: Signature: 1758.
f. 3 Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow; Lord Chancellor: Signature: 1789.
f. 4 Sir James Eyre, Lord Chancellor: Signature?: n.d.
ff. 5-6 Alexander Wedderburn, Baron Loughborough; 1st Earl of Rosslyn: Signatures: 1763-1796.
ff. 7-8 John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon; Lord Chancellor: Letter and signature: n.d.
f. 9 Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine; Lord Chancellor: Letter: 1817.
ff. 10-12v John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst: Letters and signature: 1828, n.d.
ff. 13-33 Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux: Letters, signature and portraits: 1831-1860, n.d: Engl. and Fr.
ff. 14-15 Margaret Lesley Gillen Searle, née Gray; first wife of Humphrey Searle: Obituary and Order of Service for her cremation: 1957: Printed.
f. 34 Thomas Wilde, Baron Truro: Signature: 1835.
f. 34 Charles Christopher Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham: Signature: 1835.
ff. 41-45 Robert Monsey Rolfe, Baron Cranworth: Letters: 1849-1868.
f. 46 Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford: Letter: 1878.
f. 47 John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell; Lord Chancellor: Signature: n.d.
ff. 48-49 Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury: Letter, signature and photograph: 1866, n.d.
ff. 50-53 Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns: Letters, portrait and photograph: 1850-1869, n.d.
f. 54 William Page Wood, Baron Hatherley: Signature: [1869].
ff. 55-60v Sir Roundell Palmer, 1st Baron and 1st Earl of Selborne; Lord Chancellor: Letters: 1871-1874.
ff. 59-60v Sir FitzRoy Edward Kelly, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer: Letter from Lord Chancellor to Sir F. Kelly: 1874.
f. 61 Hardinge Stanley Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury; Lord Chancellor: Signature: 1901.
f. 62 Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell; Lord Chancellor: Letter: n.d.
ff. 63-64 Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane: Letter: 1927.
f. 65 Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead: James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater: Letter to James William Lowther from Frederick Edwin Smith: 1917.
f. 66 George Cave, Viscount Cave: Signature and photograph: n.d.
ff. 67-68v Douglas McGarel Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham: Signature and letter: 1928, n.d.
f. 69 John Sankey, Viscount Sankey: Letter: 1929.
f. 70 Sir John Trevor, member of Council of State: Signature: [1680].
f. 71 Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet; MP: Signature: n.d.
f. 72 Sir Thomas Littleton, Speaker of the House of Commons: Signature: 1697?.
f. 73 Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle: Signature: [1715-1717].
f. 73 Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow; Speaker of the House of Commons: Signature: [1715-1717].
ff. 74-76v Arthur Onslow, Speaker of the House of Commons: Signatures and portrait: 1731-1743, n.d.
f. 77 Sir John Cust, 3rd Baronet; Speaker of the House of Commons: Signature: 1768.
ff. 79-80 Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester: Letter from Speaker of the House of Commons: 1813.
f. 81 Charles Manners-Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury; Speaker of the House of Commons: Signature: 1833.
ff. 82-83 James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline: Signature and letter: 1839, n.d.
ff. 84-90 Charles Shaw-Lefevre, Viscount Eversley: Letters: 1837-1867.
f. 86 British Museum: Naake: Letter from C. Shaw-Lefevre concerning the application from — Naake for a position in British Museum: [1857?].
ff. 89-90 John Winter Jones, Principal Librarian, British Museum: Letter from Lord Eversley to John Winter Jones: 1867.
ff. 91-93 John Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington; Speaker of the House of Commons: Letter and signature: 1827-1865.
ff. 94-97 Henry Bouverie William Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden; Speaker of the House of Commons: Letters: 1866-1886.
ff. 98-99 Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel: Letters: 1886-[1890].
ff. 100-101 William Court Gully, 1st Viscount Selby: Letter: 1898.
ff. 102-106 James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater: Letters, book order form and portrait: 1897-1909, n.d.
f. 107 John Henry Whitley, Speaker of the House of Commons: Signature: n.d.
f. 138 Anthony Besch, music administrator: Letter to Humphrey Searle: 1968.

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Add MS 70839-70854 : MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Correspondence chiefly relating to the history of the British Museum, collected by Mrs. Barbara…
Add MS 70839-70841 : MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vols. I-III. Collected autographs, chiefly of Trustees of the British Museum, with some portraits…

Add MS 70840 : MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vol. II (ff. iv+107). Letters, etc., of Lords Chancellors and Speakers of the House of Commons; 1669?-1929,…

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Start Date:

1668

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1929

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1668-1929

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Names:

Abbot, Charles, 1st Baron Colchester, Speaker of the House of Commons, 1757-1829
Abercromby, James, 1st Baron Dunfermline, barrister and politician, 1776-1858
Bathhurst, Henry, 2nd Earl Bathurst, lawyer and politician, 1714-1794
Besch, Anthony John Elwyn, opera and theatre director, 1924-2002
Bethell, Richard, 1st Baron Westbury
Brand, Henry Bouverie William, 1st Viscount Hampden, Speaker of the House of Commons
British Museum, 1753-
Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, statesman, 1778-1868
Cairns, Hugh McCalmont, 1st Earl Cairns
Campbell, John, 1st Baron Campbell, Lord Chancellor
Cave, George, 1st Viscount Cave, lawyer and politician, 1856-1928
Copley, John Singleton, 1st Baron Lyndhurst
Cust, John, 3rd Baronet, Speaker of the House of Commons
Denison, John Evelyn, 1st Viscount Ossington, politician and Speaker of the House of Commons, 1800-1873
Erskine, Thomas, 1st Baron Erskine, Lord Chancellor
Eyre, James, Lord Chancellor
Giffard, Hardinge Stanley, 1st Earl of Halsbury, judge, lawyer and politician, 1823-1921
Gully, William Court, 1st Viscount Selby, judge and politician, 1835-1909
Haldane, Richard Burdon, Viscount Haldane, politician, educationist and Lord Chancellor, 1856-1928
Herschell, Farrer, 1st Baron Herschell, Lord Chancellor
Hogg, Douglas McGarel, 1st Viscount Hailsham
Howard, Charles, 3rd Earl of Carlisle
Jones, John Winter, Librarian, 1805-1881
Kelly, FitzRoy Edward, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer
Littleton, Thomas, Speaker of the House of Commons
Lowther, James William, 1st Viscount Ullswater
Naake, —
Onslow, Arthur, Speaker of the House of Commons
Onslow, Richard, 1st Baron Onslow, Speaker of the House of Commons
Palmer, Roundell, 1st Baron and 1st Earl of Selborne, Lord Chancellor
Peel, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Viscount Peel
Pepys, Charles Christopher, 1st Earl of Cottenham
Rolfe, Robert Monsey, Baron Cranworth
Sankey, John, Viscount Sankey
Scott, John, 1st Earl of Eldon, Lord Chancellor
Searle, Margaret Lesley Gillen, née Gray; first wife of Humphrey Searle, 1904-1957
Seymour, Edward, 4th Baronet, MP
Shaw-Lefevre, Charles, Viscount Eversley
Smith, Frederick Edwin, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, Lord Chancellor, 1872-1930
Sutton, Charles Manners-, 1st Viscount Canterbury, speaker of the House of Commons, 1780-1845
Thesiger, Frederic, 1st Baron Chelmsford
Thurlow, Edward, 1st Baron Thurlow, Lord Chancellor
Trevor, John, member of Council of State
Wedderburn, Alexander, Baron Loughborough, 1st Earl of Rosslyn
Whitley, John Henry, Speaker of the House of Commons
Wilde, Thomas, Baron Truro
Wood, William Page, Baron Hatherley
Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke