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Vol. XXXIV (ff. 172). Dec. 1808-July 1809.

Francis Dighton, of Commander-in-Chief's Office, Horse-Guards: Memoranda to,: 1804-1809.

includes:

f. 1 Sir Arthur Paget, GCB; diplomatist; 3rd son of Henry, 1st Earl of Uxbridge: Letter to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1808.
ff. 2, 17, 29, 42 Major-General Hon John Brodrick: Letter to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1808.
ff. 4, 9 Colonel Robert Anstruther: Letters to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1808.
ff. 6, 23, 64, 91, 123 George Gordon, Marquess of Huntly; 5th Duke of Gordon: Letters, etc., to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1805-1810.
f. 7 Colonel Digby Hamilton, Royal Waggon Train: Letters to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1808.
ff. 11, 14 Nathaniel William Massey, 2nd Baron Clarina: Letters to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1808.
f. 12 Hester Lucy Stanhope, eccentric; eldest daughter of Charles, 3rd Earl Stanhope: Letters to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1806-1808.
ff. 19, 90, 97-98b, 100, 106, 111, 136 Samuel Whitbread, MP: Letters to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1806-1815.
f. 20 Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville: Letter to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1808.
ff. 22, 158-159 Henry William Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge; 1st Marquess of Anglesey: Letters to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1807-1831.
f. 24 William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland: Letters to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1806-1811.
f. 25 Admiral Hon Michael De Courcey: Letter to Lord Mornington: 1808: Copy.
f. 25 William Wesley, Baron Maryborough; 3rd Earl of Mornington; afterwards Wellesley afterw. Wellesley-Pole: Letter to,: 1808.
f. 27 Admiral Hon Michael De Courcey: Letter to Lord Gambier: 1808: Copy.
ff. 33, 70, 77 Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland: Letters to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1806-1830.
ff. 35, 56, 99, 137 Cyril Jackson, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford: Correspondence with Sir J. W. Gordon: 1806-1809.
f. 37 General Sir Henry Wyndham, KCB: Letters, etc., to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1808-1809.
f. 39 Isabella Susannah Percy, wife of Algernon, 1st Earl of Beverley: Letters to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1804-1808.
ff. 41, 72, 105, 122 William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale: Letters to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1807-1809.
ff. 45, 92 George Colman, the younger; dramatist: Letters, etc., to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1808, 1809.
ff. 48-49, 169 John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham: Letters to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1804-1814.
ff. 50, 151 Sir Vicary Gibbs, Attorney-General and Chief Justice of CP: Correspondence with Sir J. W. Gordon: 1806, 1812: Partly copies.
f. 51 General Sir William Schaw Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart: Letters to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1805-1834.
ff. 52-53b Corunna, Spain: Accounts of battle: 1809.
ff. 52-53b Henry William Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge; 1st Marquess of Anglesey: Account of Battle of Coruña: 1809: Copy.
ff. 54, 103, 124, 134, 148 John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland: Letters to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1805-1810.
f. 57 General Sir James Kempt, GCB; Governor-General of Canada: Letters to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1809-1839.
ff. 59, 154 George Percy, Baron Lovaine; 2nd Earl of Beverley; 5th Duke of Northumberland: Letters to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1806-1811.
f. 65 Elizabeth Cecil, widow of Henry, 1st Marquess of Exeter: Letter to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1809.
f. 67 Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis 1804: Letter to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1809.
f. 68 Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, KCB, Governor-General of India: Letters to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1809.
ff. 74-76b Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland; formerly Smithson: Letters to Sir J. E. Gordon: 1806-1814.
ff. 79, 168 Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch: Letters to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1809.
ff. 80, 101, 115 Major-General Sir Henry Frederick Cooke, KCH: Letters to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1808, 1809.
f. 82 Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth Burrell, Baroness Willoughby de Eresby; wife of Peter, 1st Baron Gwydyr: Letter to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1809.
f. 84 General William Eden, Quartermaster-General to King's Troops in Bengal: Letter to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1809.
ff. 86b-87 General William Eden, Quartermaster-General to King's Troops in Bengal: Sketch-map illustrating British positions in Punjab: 1809.
ff. 86b-87 Maps and Plans: Map illustrating military operations in Punjab betw. R. Jumna and R. Sutlej: 1809.
ff. 86b-87 Punjab, India: Map of district betw. R. Jumna and R. Sutlej: 1809.
f. 88 Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Coloured pen-and-ink drawing, of Ludhiana Fort from north: 1809.
f. 88 General William Eden, Quartermaster-General to King's Troops in Bengal: Coloured plan of Ludhiana: 1809.
f. 88 Maps and Plans: Plan of British position at Ludhiana: 1809.
f. 88 Ludhiana, the Punjab: Plan of British position, with view of fort: 1809.
ff. 89, 139 William Wilberforce, MP; philanthropist: Correspondence, partly on his behalf, with Sir J. W. Gordon: 1809-1820.
f. 94 Charles Isaac Mungo Dibdin, theatre manager and dramatist; son of Charles Dibdin: Letter to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1809.
ff. 96, 104 Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave: Letters to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1804-1809.
ff. 107-108b Army; England: Memorandum rel. to sailing-times of expeditions to Spain: 1809.
ff. 109, 141 John Wilson Croker, PC; MP: Letters to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1809.
ff. 112-114, 117-121 Charles William Vane, Baron Stewart; formerly Stewart; 3rd Marquess of Londonderry: Letters, etc., to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1808-1814.
f. 114 Portugal General: Order of battle of British army in: 1809.
f. 114 Army; England: Order of battle of forces in Portugal: 1809.
f. 114 Orders of Battle: British Army in Portugal: 1809.
ff. 119-121b Army; England: Casualty returns during Napoleonic and Peninsular wars: 1806-1809.
f. 125 Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, Countess of Sutherland; wife of George, 2nd Marquess of Stafford and 1st Duke of Sutherland: Letters to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1807-1811.
f. 126 Major-General Sir Neil Campbell, d.1827: Letters, etc., to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1809-1818.
ff. 143-147b Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Fane, KCB: Letters, etc., to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1809-1814.
ff. 149 Frances Julia Percy, 2nd wife of Hugh, 2nd Duke of Northumberland: Letter to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1809.
f. 152 Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon: Letters to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1807-1810.
f. 155 George Frederick Nugent, 7th Earl of Westmeath: Letters to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1805-1809.
f. 156 Peter Robert Drummond-Burrell, 2nd Baron Gwydyr; formerly Burrell afterw. Drummond-Willoughby; 21st Baron Willoughby de Eresby: Letter to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1809.
f. 160 Lieutenant-General Sir Charles William Maxwell, governor of Sierra Leone and of St Christopher: Letter to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1809.
f. 171 William Wesley, Baron Maryborough; 3rd Earl of Mornington; afterwards Wellesley afterw. Wellesley-Pole: Letters to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1707-1809.
f. 172 Maps and Plans: Battle of Talavera: 1809.
f. 172 Talavera de la Reina, New Castile: Plan of battle: 1809.

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Add MS 49471-49517 : WILLOUGHBY GORDON PAPERS 49471-49517. Correspondence and papers of General Sir James Willoughby Gordon, 1st Bart. (b. 1773,…
Add MS 49500-49509 : WILLOUGHBY GORDON PAPERS. Vols. XXX-XXXIX. General Correspondence; 1797-1842, n.d. The maps accompanying 49503, f. 76; 49504,…

Add MS 49504 : Vol. XXXIV (ff. 172). Dec. 1808-July 1809. Francis Dighton, of Commander-in-Chief's Office, Horse-Guards: Memoranda to,:…

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1808

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1809

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Anstruther, Robert, Colonel
Army of England
Bennet, Charles, 4th Earl of Tankerville
Bentinck, William Henry, army officer, diplomatist, and Governor-General of India, 1774-1839
Brodrick, John, Major-General Hon.
Burrell, Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, née Bertie, wife of Peter Burrell, 1st Baron Gwydyr, 1761-1828
Campbell, Neil, Knight, army officer, 1776-1827
Cathcart, William Schaw, 1st Earl Cathcart, General
Cecil, Elizabeth, widow of Henry 1st Marquess of Exeter
Clive, Edward, 1st Earl of Powis, governor of Madras, 1754-1839
Colman, George, the younger, dramatist
Cooke, Henry Frederick, Major-General KCH
Courcy, Michael, naval officer, d 1824
Croker, John Wilson, PC, MP, 1780-1857
Dibdin, Charles Isaac Mungo, alias Charles Dibdin the Younger, theatre manager and writer, 1768-1833
Dighton, Francis, clerk and secretary to Prince Frederick, Duke of York, 1804-1821
Eden, William, 1st Baron Auckland, statesman, 1744-1814
Eden, William, General Quartermaster-General to King's Troops in Bengal
Fane, Henry, Knight, army officer, 1778-1840
Fane, John, 10th Earl of Westmorland, politician, 1759-1841
Gibbs, Vicary, Knight, politician and judge, 1751-1820
Gordon, Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon, landowner and courtier, 1743-1827
Gordon, George, 5th Duke of Gordon, army officer and politician, 1770-1836
Gower, Elizabeth Sutherland, 19th Countess of Sutherland, née Sutherland, wife of George Leveson-Gower 1st Duke of Sutherland, 1765-1839
Graham, Thomas, 1st Baron Lynedoch, politician and army officer, 1748-1843
Hamilton, Digby, Colonel Royal Waggon Train
Jackson, Cyril, Dean of Christ Church Oxford
Kempt, James, General GCB, Governor-General of Canada
Lowther, William, 1st Earl of Lonsdale
Massey, Nathaniel William, 2nd Baron Clarina
Maxwell, Charles William, Lieutenant-General governor of Sierra Leone and of St Christopher
Nugent, George Frederick, 7th Earl of Westmeath
Paget, Arthur, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, GCB, diplomatist, 3rd son of Henry
Paget, Henry William, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
Percy, Frances Julia, 2nd wife of Hugh 2nd Duke of Northumberland
Percy, George, Baron Lovaine, 2nd Earl of Beverley, 5th Duke of Northumberland
Percy, Hugh, 3rd Duke of Northumberland, politician and landowner, 1785-1847
Percy, Hugh, formerly Smithson 2nd Duke of Northumberland
Percy, Isabella Susannah, wife of Algernon 1st Earl of Beverley
Phipps, Henry, 1st Earl of Mulgrave
Pitt, John, 2nd Earl of Chatham
Stanhope, Hester Lucy, traveller, eldest daughter of Charles, 3rd Earl Stanhope, 1776-1839
Vane, Charles William, formerly Stewart Baron Stewart 3rd Marquess of Londonderry
Wesley, William, afterwards Wellesley afterw Wellesley-Pole Baron Maryborough, 3rd Earl of Mornington
Whitbread, Samuel, MP
Wilberforce, William, MP, philanthropist and slavery abolitionist, 1759-1833,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000122783569,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/36925883
Willoughby, Peter Robert, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby, formerly Burrell and Drummond-Burrell, landowner and politician, 1782-1865
Wyndham, Henry, General KCB

Places:

Corunna, Spain
Ludhiana, the Punjab
Punjab, Asia
Talavera de la Reina, New Castile