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MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vol. III (i+128). Letters, etc., of Trustees, and general autographs; 1713-1909, n.d. English and French.

1. ff. 1-90. Trustees; 1814-1909, n.d. Arranged alphabetically.

2. ff. 91-128. Autographs of collectors, scholars, etc.; 1712-1904. English and French.

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f. 1 Sir Thomas Powell: Lionel Sackville-West: Reverend Frederick Fanshawe: George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen; formerly Gordon; Prime Minister: Letter of introduction to Sir Thomas Powell from George Hamilton-Gordon on behalf of Lionel Sackville-West and Rev. Frederick Fanshawe: 1844.
ff. 2-3 Sir William Reynell Anson, 3rd Baronet: Sir Philip Magnus, 1st Baronet: Photograph and letter to Sir Philip Magnus from Sir William Reynell Anson: 1909, n.d.
ff. 4-5 George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll: Letter: 1860.
ff. 7-8 Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton: William Reginald Courtenay, 21st Earl of Devon 1859: Letter to William Reginald Courtenay from Alexander Baring: 1843.
ff. 9-10v Samuel Henry Butcher, classical scholar: Letter: 1879.
f. 11 George Howard, Viscount Morpeth; 6th Earl of Carlisle: Letter: 1839.
f. 12 Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode, book and print collector: Portrait of Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode: 1817.
ff. 13-16 Fox Maule, 11th Earl of Dalhousie; Baron Panmure; afterwards Maule-Ramsay: Letter, signature and portrait: 1842-1874.
ff. 17-18v Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby; Lord Stanley: Reverend John Clay, prison chaplain: Letter to Rev. John Clay from Edward Henry Stanley: 1855.
ff. 19-20 Sir David Dundas, statesman: British Museum: Vincent: Reply from Sir David Dundas to a letter requesting a position for — Vincent at British Museum: 1873.
ff. 21-26 Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin: Letters and signatures: 1814-1840.
f. 27 Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere; formerly Leveson-Gower: Letter: 1848.
ff. 28-35 William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister: George Bullen, FSA; Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum: Letters to George Bullen from William Ewart Gladstone: 1876-1889.
ff. 36-44, 109 Thomas Grenville, bibliophile and statesman: Portrait, letters and signature: 1823-1846, n.d.
f. 45 John Mitchell Kemble, philologist and historian: Letter from G. Grote, Trustee of the British Museum, to John Mitchell Kemble: n.d.
ff. 45-47v George Grote, MP; historian: Letters: n.d.
f. 46 John Winter Jones, Principal Librarian, British Museum: Letter from G. Grote, Trustee of the British Museum, to John Winter Jones: n.d.
f. 48 Henry Hallam, historian: Letter: 1848.
ff. 49-50 William Richard Hamilton, antiquary and diplomatist: Letters: 1827-1841.
f. 52 Michael Edward Hicks-Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn: Signature: n.d.
f. 53 William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister: Letter from R. M. Milnes to William Ewart Gladstone: bef. 1863.
ff. 53-59v Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton: Letters: 1873, n.d.
ff. 60-61 Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 2nd Baronet; MP: Letter and portrait: 1846, n.d.
f. 62 John Winter Jones, Principal Librarian, British Museum: Henry Charles George Gordon-Lennox, 3rd son of Charles, 5th Duke of Richmond: Letter to John Winter Jones from Henry Charles George Gordon-Lennox: n.d.
f. 63 Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke: Letter: 1866.
ff. 64-67 Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay: Letters: 1846-1848.
f. 68 John Morley, Viscount Morley of Blackburn: Note: 1890.
f. 69 Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st Baronet; geologist: Letter: 1865.
f. 70 Algernon Percy, Baron Prudhoe; 4th Duke of Northumberland: Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks, KCB; FSA: Letter to Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks from Algernon Percy: 1858.
ff. 71-73v Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baronet: Letters: n.d., 1827.
f. 74 John Romilly, 1st Baron Romilly: John Winter Jones, Principal Librarian, British Museum: Letter to John Winter Jones from John Romilly: 1873.
f. 75 Charles Christopher Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham: John Henry Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland: Letter to Lord Cottenham as Lord Chancellor from John Henry Manners: 1837.
ff. 76-77 John Winter Jones, Principal Librarian, British Museum: Edward Adolphus Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset; afterwards St Maur: Letter to John Winter Jones from Edward Adolphus Seymour: 1867.
ff. 78-79 John Hulbert Glover, Librarian to Queen Victoria: Philip Henry Stanhope, Viscount Mahon; 5th Earl Stanhope: Signature and letter to John Hulbert Glover from Philip Henry Stanhope: 1836-1854.
ff. 80-90v Spencer Horatio Walpole, PC; MP: Portrait, signatures and letters: 1854-1887, n.d.
f. 89 Henry Fawcett, statesman: Letter from S. H. Walpole to Henry Fawcett: 1873.
ff. 91-92 Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford: Signatures: [1711]-1715.
f. 92 Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet; Teller of Exchequer: Signature: [1715?].
f. 92 Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet; Chancellor of Exchequer: Signature: [1715?].
ff. 93, 95 Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet: Signatures: n.d.
f. 94 Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet: John Anstis, heraldic writer and Garter King of Arms: Letter to John Anstis from Sir Hans Sloane: 1720.
f. 96 Christian Gottlob Heyne, Professor at Göttingen: Letter: n.d: Fr.
ff. 98-101 Sir Robert Smirke, architect: Letters and signature: 1826-1827, n.d.
ff. 102-105, 113 Joseph Hume, MP: Letters: 1837-1857.
ff. 106-107 Richard Bentley, publisher (I): Reverend Richard Harris Dalton Barham, Rector of Lolworth, county Cambridgeshire: Letter to Richard Bentley from Rev. Richard Harris Dalton Barham: n.d.
ff. 110-112v Jean Baptiste Biot, physician: Letter: 1854: Fr.
f. 114 John Yonge Akerman, numismatist: Letter from John Yonge Akerman: 1857.
ff. 115-116, 125-127 Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist and archaeologist: Letters and portrait: 1862, n.d.
f. 117 William Hugh Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 3rd Earl Minto: Letter: 1863.
f. 118 John Payne Collier, Shakespearian critic: William Hepworth Dixon, historian and traveller: Letter to William Hepworth Dixon from John Payne Collier: 1866.
ff. 119-122 Sydney Smirke, architect: Letters: 1867-[1870].
ff. 120-121 Michael Faraday, scientist: Letter to Sir H. Ellis from Michael Faraday: 1854.
ff. 123-124 George Barnett Smith, author: Letter: [1881?].
f. 128 Bernard Quaritch, bookseller: Letter: 1904.

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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 70841 : MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vol. III (i+128). Letters, etc., of Trustees, and general autographs; 1713-1909, n.d. English and French. 1.…

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1712

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1909

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Names:

Akerman, John Yonge, numismatist and antiquary, 1806-1873
Anson, William Reynell, 3rd Baronet
Anstis, John, the elder, herald and antiquary, 1669-1774
Barham, Richard Harris Dalton, Rector of Lolworth, Cambridgeshire; son of clergyman and author Richard Harris Barham, 1815-1886
Baring, Alexander, 1st Baron Ashburton, merchant and banker, 1773-1848
Beach, Michael Edward, 1st Earl St Aldwyn, politician, 1837-1916
Bentley, Richard, publisher; father of George Bentley, 1794-1871
Biot, Jean-Baptiste, physicist, mathematician and astronomer, 1774-1862
British Museum, 1753-
Bruce, Thomas, 7th Earl of Elgin, 1766-1841
Bullen, George, FSA, Keeper of Printed Books British Museum
Butcher, Samuel Henry, classical scholar
Campbell, George Douglas, 8th Duke of Argyll, statesman, 1823-1900
Clay, John, Reverend prison chaplain
Collier, John Payne, literary editor and forger, 1789-1883,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121319932
Courtenay, William Reginald, 11th Earl of Devon, politician, 1807-1888
Cracherode, Clayton Mordaunt, book and print collector
Dixon, William Hepworth, historian and traveller, 1821-1879
Dundas, David, Knight, advocate, politician and scholar, 1799-1877
Egerton, Francis, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, formerly Leveson-Gower, politician, writer, traveller and patron of the arts, 1800-1857
Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, William Hugh, 3rd Earl Minto
Fanshawe, Frederick, clergyman and educator, 1838-1879
Faraday, Michael, natural philosopher, scientific adviser, and Sandemanian, 1791-1867
Fawcett, Henry, statesman, 1833-1884
Franks, Augustus Wollaston, KCB, FSA
Gladstone, William Ewart, prime minister and author, 1809-1898
Glover, John Hulbert, librarian and antiquary, 1792-1860
Gordon, George, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, statesman, politician, diplomat and landowner, 1784-1860
Grenville, Thomas, politician and book collector, 1755-1846
Grote, George, politician and historian, 1794-1871
Hallam, Henry, historian
Hamilton, William Richard, antiquary and diplomatist
Harley, Robert, first Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, 5 Dec 1661-21 May 1724,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083423906
Heyne, Christian Gottlob, Professor at Göttingen
Howard, George, 6th Earl of Carlisle, 1773-1848
Hume, Joseph, radical and politician, 1777-1855
Inglis, Robert Harry, 2nd Baronet, MP, 1786-1855
Jones, John Winter, Librarian, 1805-1881
Kemble, John Mitchell, philologist and historian
Layard, Austen Henry, GCB, archaeologist and politician, 1817-1894
Lennox, Henry Charles George, politician and son of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond, 1821-1886
Lowe, Robert, Viscount Sherbrooke
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, Baron Macaulay
Magnus, Philip, 1st Baronet
Manners, John Henry, 5th Duke of Rutland
Maule, Fox, 11th Earl of Dalhousie, 2nd Baron Panmure, afterwards Maule-Ramsay, army officer and politician, 1801-1874
Milnes, Richard Monckton, 1st Baron Houghton
Morley, John, Viscount Morley of Blackburn, statesman, 1838-1923
Mostyn, Roger, 3rd Baronet, Teller of Exchequer
Murchison, Roderick Impey, 1st Baronet, geologist, 1792-1871
Peel, Robert, 1st Baronet
Pepys, Charles Christopher, 1st Earl of Cottenham
Percy, Algernon, Baron Prudhoe, 4th Duke of Northumberland
Powell, Thomas
Quaritch, Bernard Alexander Christian, bookseller and publisher, 1819-1899
Romilly, John, 1st Baron Romilly
Sackville-West, Lionel
Seymour, Edward Adolphus, afterwards St Maur 12th Duke of Somerset
Sloane, Hans, Baronet, physician and collector, 1660-1753,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000123196729,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/77959
Smirke, Robert, architect
Smirke, Sydney, architect
Smith, George Barnett, author
Stanhope, Philip Henry, Viscount Mahon, 5th Earl Stanhope
Stanley, Edward Henry, 15th Earl of Derby, politician and statesman, 1826-1893
Vincent, —
Walpole, Spencer Horatio, politician, 1806-1898
Wyndham, William, 3rd Baronet, Chancellor of Exchequer