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MORGAN-GRENVILLE PAPERS. SERIES I. Vol. IV (ff. ) : -
1. Correspondence of Richard Grenville with members of the Royal Family; BRO Ref. D55/4; 1782-1807.
2. Correspondence of Grenville with James Cruden, merchant, mostly concerning possible trading ventures between Britain and Hanover; BRO Ref. D55/7; 1786-1787.
3. Correspondence of Grenville with General Lord Cornwallis; BRO Ref. D55/8; 1783-1800.
4. Letters to Grenville from Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope; BRO Ref. D55/9; for further letters from the latter to Grenville [1810]-[1822], see Add. 42057; for the later letters and other Stanhope papers see also The Duchess of Cleveland, The Life and Letters of Lady Hester Stanhope (1897), and Ian Bruce, The Nun of Lebanon (1951); 1802-1809, n.d.
5. General correspondence of Grenville; BRO Ref. D55/10; 1781-1821.
6. Miscellanea; BRO Ref. D55/11 (part); 1761-1821.
General Richard Grenville, Comptroller and Master of the Household to Duke of York: Correspondence of Gen. Richard Grenville: 1780-1822, n.d.
includes:
- f. 4 George IV of England: General Richard Grenville, Comptroller and Master of the Household to Duke of York: Letter to George IV as Prince of Wales from Gen. R. Grenville: 1782.
- ff. 4-5, 10 George IV of England: Letters to, as Prince of Wales, from General R. Grenville: 1782; 1784.
- ff.6-7v Ferdinand; Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg: Letter to Gen. R. Grenville: 1783: Fr.
- f. 8 Charles William Ferdinand Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, Duke of: Letter to General R. Grenville: 1783: Fr.
- f. 11 Augusta Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of. Wife of Duke Charles William Ferdinand: Letter to Gen. R. Grenville: 1786.
- ff. 13-18v, 35-36v Adolphus Frederick, 1st Duke of Cambridge: Letters to Gen. R. Grenville: 1786; 1802.
- ff. 19-24v, 27-28v, 31-32v Edward Augustus Kent, Duke of; son of George III: Letters to Gen. R. Grenville: 1787-1802.
- f. 25 George III of England; Charlotte Sophia: Letter to Gen. R. Grenville: 1789.
- ff. 29-30v, 37-41v, 47-48v Elizabeth; 3rd daughter of George III of England: Correspondence with Gen. R. Grenville: 1802-1808.
- f. 33 wife of William Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Maria: Letter to Gen. R. Grenville: [1802?]: Fr.
- f. 41 Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina York and Albany, Duchess of; wife of Frederick, Duke of York and Albany: Letter to Gen. R. Grenville: 1805.
- f. 45 Ernest Augustus; King of Hanover; Duke of Cumberland, son of George III of Hanover: Letter to Gen. R. Grenville: 1807.
- ff. 50-86v Hester Lucy Stanhope, eccentric; eldest daughter of Charles, 3rd Earl Stanhope: Letters to Gen. R. Grenville: [1802?-1809?].
- ff.89-107v West Inches: James Cruden: Electorate of Hanover: Correspondence of J. Cruden with Gen. R. Grenville, rel. to trade with Hanover, the Bahamas, etc.,: 1786-1787.
- ff. 109-120v Charles Cornwallis, Viscount Brome; 1st Marquess Cornwallis: Correspondence with Gen. R. Grenville: 1786-1800.
- ff. 126-127v, 137-138v Alleyne Fitzherbert, Baron St Helens: Letters to Gen. R. Grenville: 1781, 1783.
- f. 128 Louis Marie de Noailles, Vicomte de Noailles: Letter to Gen. R. Grenville: 1781: Fr.
- f. 129 E. de Lenthe, of Lenthe: Letter to Gen. R. Grenville: 1782: Fr.
- f. 131 Sir Thomas Wroughton, Envoy at Stockholm: Letter to Gen. R. Grenville: 1783.
- f. 133 Ireland: James Garden: Letter from J. Garden to Gen. R. Grenville on the unrest in Ireland: 1783.
- f. 139 General Richard Grenville, Comptroller and Master of the Household to Duke of York: Sir John Stepney, 7th Baronet; diplomatist: Letter to Sir J. Stepney from Gen. R.Grenville: 1784.
- ff. 141-144v William Pitt, the younger; Prime Minister: Correpondence with Gen. R. Grenville: 1785.
- f. 145 General J. Budé: Letter to Gen. R. Grenville: 1786: Fr.
- ff. 147-150v Colonel C. de Malortie: Letters to Gen. R. Grenville: 1786: Fr.
- ff. 151-158v, 161-162v Sir George Howard, KB; Field Marshal 1793: Correspondence with Gen. R. Grenville: 1786.
- ff. 153-156v Sir George Howard, KB; Field Marshal 1793: Correspondence with the Marshal de Reden: 1786: Fr.: Copies.
- f. 157 Hon Mary Smythe, wife of Sir Edward Smythe 4th Baronet: Letter to Sir George Howard: 1786: Copy. Extract.
- f. 159 Thomas Coutts, banker: Letter to Gen. R. Grenville: 1786.
- f. 163 General d' Estorff, of Nordheim: Letter to Gen. R. Grenville: 1787: Fr.
- ff. 165-168v General Kalkreuth: Letters to Gen. R. Grenville: 1787: Fr.
- f. 169 General Lord Adam Gordon, son of Alexander, 2nd Duke of Gordon: Letter to Gen. R. Grenville: 1787.
- f. 171 Wales: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington: Letter from the Duke of Wellington to Gen. R. Grenville, concerning the colours and appointments of the 35th Regiment, The Royal Welch Fusiliers: 1821.
- f. 174 William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham; Prime Minister: Letter of introduction for Capt. R. Grenville, to Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick: 1761: Copy.
- f. 175 General Richard Grenville, Comptroller and Master of the Household to Duke of York: Army; England: Gen. R. Grenville's journal of the Army in Germany: 1761-1762.
- f. 175v William Shakespeare, dramatist and poet: `Julius Caesar'; quotation from by R. Grenville, etc.,: n.d. [c.1761?].
- f. 175v William Shakespeare, dramatist and poet: `Hamlet': allusion to (?), by R. Grenville: n.d. [c.1761?].
- ff. 183-185v James Grenville, Baron Glastonbury: Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine; Lord Chancellor: Poetry ENGLISH: Letter, with verses, to Lord Glastonbury from Lord Erskine: 1821.
- ff. 183v-184r, 185v James Grenville, Baron Glastonbury: Poetry ENGLISH: James, Lord Glastonbury: verses addressed to Lord Erskine: [1821]: Partly draft.
- f. 186 Frederick II of Prussia: Testamentary letter to his successor, 1769: c.1769: Fr.: Copy by Gen. R. Grenville.
- f. 188 Poetry ENGLISH: Anon. verses: `A fable': n.d. [18th cent.?].
- f. 190 George III of England: George III: verse riddle by: n.d.
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- Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge, son of George III, 1774-1850
Army of England
Brunswick-Lüneburg, Dukes of Ferdinand
Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, Augusta, Duchess of Wife of Duke Charles William Ferdinand
Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of
Budé, J, General
Charlotte Sophia, Queen of England
Cornwallis, Charles, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, army officer and politician, 1738-1805
Coutts, Thomas, banker, 1735-1822
Cruden, James
Electorate of Hanover
Elizabeth, Princess, Landgravine and Princess of Hesse Homburg, 3rd daughter of George III
Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, King of Hanover
Erskine, Thomas, 1st Baron Erskine, Lord Chancellor
Estorff, — d', General of Nordheim
Fitzherbert, Alleyne, Baron St Helens, diplomat, 1753-1839
Frederick II, King of Prussia
Garden, James, correspondent of Richard Grenville, fl 1783
George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1738-1820
George IV, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1762-1830
Gordon, Adam, army officer and son of Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon, c 1726-1801
Grenville, James, 1st Baron Glastonbury, politician, 1742-1825
Grenville, Richard, army officer and politician, 1742-1823
Howard, George, KB, Field Marshal 1793
Kalkreuth, —, General
Kent, Edward Augustus, Duke of, son of George III
Lenthe, E de, of Lenthe
Malortie, C de, Colonel
Maria, née Walpole, wife of Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, 1736-1807
Noailles, Louis Marie de, Vicomte de Noailles
Pitt, William, 1st Earl of Chatham, Prime Minister, called 'the elder', 1708-1778
Pitt, William, Prime Minister, called 'the younger', 1759-1806
Shakespeare, William, playwright and poet, 1564-1616,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121032683,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/96994048
Smythe, Mary, wife of Sir Edward Smythe 4th Baronet
Stanhope, Hester Lucy, traveller, eldest daughter of Charles, 3rd Earl Stanhope, 1776-1839
Stepney, John, 7th Baronet, diplomatist
Wellesley, Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington, army officer and statesman, 1769-1852
Wroughton, Thomas, Envoy at Stockholm
York and Albany, Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Duchess of, wife of Frederick Duke of York and Albany - Places:
- Ireland, Europe
Wales, United Kingdom
West Indies, America