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ORIGINAL letters chiefly addressed to Daniel Finch, Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham, on public and private business; 1732- 1771. The writers are:-

[Charles Seymour, Duke of] Somerset; Petworth, 3 Mar. 173A, 6 Feb. 173.2/3, ff. 1, 2. [John Hay, Marquess of] Tweeddale; Yester, 13 Aug. 1734, f. 4. [Thomas Bruce, Earl of] Ailesbury; Brussels, 12 Jan. 1735, f. 6. George Henry Rooke; Christ's College, [Cambridge], 1 July, 1735, f. 7. M[ary, wife of Daniel Finch, Earl of] Winchilsea and Nottingham; 16 Sept. 1741, f. 9. [Sir] C[harles] Wyndham [Bart., afterwards Earl of Egremont]; Bath, 18 Apr. 1747, f. 10. Richard Lloyd; Westminster, Hintlesham, 1 Aug., 9 Oct. 1750, ff. 11, 12. [Thomas Pelham] Holles, [Duke of] Newcastle, to Lady Isabella Finch; [circa 1740-1750], f. 14. Charles Rich; Sonning, 9 Mar. 1757, f. 15. Erasmus Philips; Admiralty, 14 June, 1757, f. 16. Richard Watkins; London, 5 Aug. 1757, f. 18. [Admiral] Francis Holbume; Newark, Halifax, etc. 6, 20 Aug., 17 Sept. 1757, ff. 19, 20, 22. [Admiral Sir] William Rowley; Tendring Hall, 31 Aug. 1757, f. 21. [Sir] Thomas Mostyn [Bart.]: London, 29 Sept., Mostyn, 14 Oct. 1757, ff. 23, 25. [Daniel Finch, Earl of] Winchilsea [and Nottingham], to his brother [Edward Finch-Hatton]; 16 Feb. 1765, f. 26. [Thomas] C[hambers] Cecil [M.P.]; Dinant, 30 May, 1766, f. 28. Elizabeth [wife of William Murray, Lord, afterwards Earl of] Mansfield, to her brother [Edward Finch-Hatton]; 17 Nov., 1 Dec. 1767, ff. 30, 32.

Included also are-Acquittance from [Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquess of] Rockingham to Edward [Finch-] Hatton, on account of a legacy from Lady Isabella Finch to [Anne Wentworth], Countess Fitzwilliam; 22 Mar. 1771, f.34;-and a letter from [William Cavendish, Lord] Cavendish [afterwards Duke of Devonshire] to [Christopher Hatton], Lord Hatton; 2 Dec. [16]79, f. 36. Paper. Small Quarto.

William III of England: Correspondence of Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, Secretary of State: 1694-1725.

Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham; afterwards 6th Earl of Winchilsea, Secretary of State: Correspondence and papers: 17th and 18th centt.

includes:

f. 1 Jacob Hop, Baron; Treasurer General of the United Provinces; Field Deputy: Letter to the States-General: 1703.: Copy.
ff. 2, 10, 16, 34, 59, 169, 183, 192 Sir George McKenzie, of Tarbat, Viscount Tarbat, Earl of Cromartic: Correspondence with Lord Nottingham: 1703.
ff. 4, 8, 70, 83, 147, 171, 185, 203 Dr John Cockburn, of Amsterdam: Letters to Lord Nottingham: 1703, 1704.
f. 12 James Ogilvie, 1st Earl of Seafield: Correspondence with Lord Nottingham: 1702, 1703.
f. 14 James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry: Letters to Lord Nottingham: 1703.
f. 18 Robert McKenzie, Lord Preston Hall: Letters to Lord Nottingham: 1703.
f. 20 John Cutts, Baron Cutts; Governor of the Isle of Wight; Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in Ireland: Letters to Lord Nottingham: 1702-1703.
f. 24 Eeckeren, Brabant: Relation of the battle at: 1703.
f. 28, et passim Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin: Correspondence with Lord Nottingham: 1702-1704.
ff. 30, 220 John Murray, 2nd Marquis; afterwards 1st Duke of Atholl: Correspondence with Lord Nottingham: 1703.
ff. 40, 64 Marinus Dibbout van Vrijbergen, Dutch envoy in London: Letters to Lord Nottingham: 1703.: Fr.
ff. 47 et Passim Right Hon Edward Southwell, Secretary of State for Ireland: Correspondence with Lord Nottingham: 1694-1716.
ff. 53, 61, 74 William Blathwayt, Secretary at War: Letters to Lord Nottingham: 1702, 1703.
f. 57 David Nairne, Under-Secretary of State to the 'Old Pretender': Letter to Lord Nottingham: 1703.
ff. 66, 89, 167, 300, 331, 367 Major de Dampierre, 'au service du Roi de Prusse': Letters to Lord Nottingham: 1703 - 1704.: Fr.
ff. 87, 269, 292-297, 308-315, 318, 333 Sir Richard Cox, Lord Chief Justice and Lord Chancellor of Ireland: Letters to Lord Nottingham: 1703.
f. 93, et passim Sir Charles Hedges, Secretary of State: Letters to Lord Nottingham: 1702-1704.
f. 99 George Clarke, Admiralty Commissioner, Judge Advocate General, Secretary-at-War, etc: Letter to Lord Nottingham: 1703.
f. 101 James Grahme, MP for Appleby: Letters to Lord Nottingham: 1702-1703.
f. 109 Edward Nicholas, Son of Sir E Nicholas: Letter to Lord Nottingham: 1703.
ff. 121, 143, 173 Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey: Letters to Lord Nottingham: 1703.
ff. 145, 247 Sir John Talbot, of Lacock: Letters to Lord Hatton: 1702-1704.
ff. 149, 163, 201, 265, 281, 285 Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet; MP for county Flintshire: Letters to Lord Nottingham: 1703.
ff. 155, 199, 235, 286 Essex Mostyn, wife of Sir R Mostyn, Baronet: Letters to Lord Nottingham: circ. 1700-1705.
f. 157 Alexander Stuart, 5th Baron Blantyre: Letter to Lord Nottingham: 1703.
ff. 177, 205, 259, 279, 288, 374, 378 Richard Hill, diplomatist: Correspondence with Lord Nottingham: 1703-1704.
ff. 190, 210, 212, 224, 226, 233, 237, 245, 253, 257, 267, 501 Richard Warre, Under-Secretary of State: Letters to Lord Nottingham: 1702, 1703.
ff. 198, 230 Lady Mary Finch, daughter of Heneage, 1st Earl of Nottingham: Letters to her brother and Lady Halifax: 1703.
f. 207 John Tucker, Under Secretary of State: Letters to R. Warre: 1703.
ff. 215, 277 Sir George McKenzie, of Tarbat, Viscount Tarbat, Earl of Cromartic: Correspondence with Lord Nottingham: 1703.
f. 232 John Tucker, Under Secretary of State: Letters to J. Ellis: 1693-1705.
f. 243 Samuel Forster: Letter to Lord Nottingham: 1703.
f. 251 Nicholas L'Abbé: Letter to Lord Nottingham: 1703.: Fr.
f. 260 Count Leopold Wilhelm von Auersperg,; Imperial diplomatist: Letter, signed Constantin, to R. Hill: 1703.: Fr.: Copy.
ff. 283, 339, 343, 353, 365, 376 Dr John Cockburn, of Amsterdam: Letters to Lord Nottingham: 1703, 1704.
f. 305 James Keill, MD, of Northampton: Letter to Lord Hatton: 1703.
f. 320 Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley: Letter to Lord Nottingham: 1703.
ff. 324, 326 Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester: Letters to Lord Nottingham: 1702-1703.
ff. 329, 371 Reverend Joseph Hill, Minister of the English church at Rotterdam: Letters to Lord Nottingham: 1702-1704.
f. 347 Sir George Rooke: Letters to Lord Nottingham: 1703-1704.
ff. 349, 355 Henry Hughes: Letters to Lord, Nottingham: 1704.
f. 357 Henry Davenant: Letter to Lord Nottingham: 1704.
ff. 382, 390, 408, 425, 427 Richard Hill, diplomatist: Correspondence with Lord Nottingham: 1703-1704.
f. 384 John Evans, Governor of Pennsylvania: Letter to Lord Nottingham: 1704.
f. 393 Anthonie Heinsius, Grand Pensionary of Holland: Correspondence with Lord Nottingham: 1703, 1704.
ff. 406, 412, 421 William Mathew, Governor of the Leeward Islands 1704: Letters to Lord Nottingham: 1704.
f. 410 Annibale Maffei, Count; Envoy from Savoy to England, afterwards Viceroy of Sicily: Letter to, from Lord Nottingham: 1704.: Fr.: Draft.
f. 414 Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet; antiquary: Letter to Lord Nottingham: 1704.
ff. 415, 420, 431, 438 Dr John Cockburn, of Amsterdam: Letters to Lord Nottingham: 1703, 1704.
f. 416 William Brenand: Letter to Lord Nottingham: 1704.
ff. 418, 432, 433 William Aglionby, diplomat: Letters to Lord Nottingham: 1704.
f. 423 George Stepney, diplomatist: Letter to Lord Nottingham: 1704.
f. 424 Martin Lluellyn: Letter to Lord Nottingham: 1704.
f. 429 William Fuller: Letter to Lord Nottingham: 1704.
f. 440 Sir John Werden, 1st Baronet: Letter to Lord Nottingham: 1705.
f. 441 Carolina Burniston, widow of John Burniston, HEICS: Letter to Lord Nottingham: 1705.
f. 443 Barcelona, Catalonia: Newsletter from: 1706.
ff. 443, 447 Newsletters: From Barcelona and Alicante: 1706.
f. 445 Alicante, Spain: Newsletter from: 1706.
ff. 451, 453, 457, 462 County of Edinburgh: News-letters from: 1639-1746.
ff. 451, 453, 457, 462 Newsletters: From Edinburgh: 1706.
f. 455 Henry Compton, Bishop of London: Letters to Lord Nottingham: 1706, n.d.
ff. 459, 461 James Le Moyne: Letter and petition to Lady Halifax: 1706.
f. 464 Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham; afterwards 6th Earl of Winchilsea, Secretary of State: Letter to his father: 1713.
f. 466 James Graham, 4th Marquis; afterwards 1st Duke of Montrose: Letter to Lord Nottingham: 1715.
ff. 468-493 John Ker, 4th Earl; afterwards 1st Duke of Roxburghe: Letters to Lord Nottingham: 1715-1716.
f. 494 Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset: Letter to Lord Nottingham: 1720.
f. 496 William Towers, Master of Christ's College, Cambridge: Letter to Lord Nottingham: 1725.
f. 498 James Vernon, the elder; Secretary of State: Letter to Lord Nottingham: circ. 1703.
f. 503 See of Canterbury: Letter from the clergy to Lord Nottingham: circ. 1721.
f. 505 Henry de Massue de Ruvigny, 2nd Marquis de Ruvigny; Earl of Galway: Letter to Lord Nottingham: circ. 1700.: Fr.
f. 506 Charles Cumming: Letter to Lord Winchilsea: 18th cent.
ff. 1, 2 Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset: Letters to Lord Winchilsea: 1732, 1733.
f. 4 John Hay, 4th Marquess of Tweeddale: Letter to Lord Winchilsea: 1734.
f. 6 Thomas Bruce, 3rd Earl of Elgin and 2nd Earl of Ailesbury: Letter to Lord Winchilsea: 1735.
f. 7 George Henry Rooke, Master of Christ's College, Cambridge: Letter to Lord Winchilsea: 1735.
f. 9 Mary Finch, wife of Daniel, 7th Earl of Winchilsea and 3rd Earl of Nottingham: Letter to her husband: 1741.
f. 10 Sir Charles Wyndham, Baronet; 2nd Earl of Egremont, Secretary of State: Letter to Lord Winchilsea: 1747.
ff. 11, 12 Richard Lloyd: Letter to Lord Winchilsea: 1750.
f. 14 Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle 1715; formerly Pelham; Secretary of State: Letter to Lady I. Finch: circ. 1750.
f. 15 Charles Rich, of Sonning: Letter to Lord Winchilsea: 1757.
f. 16 Erasmus Philips, Clerk in the Admiralty: Letter to Lord Winchilsea: 1757.
f. 18 Richard Watkins, Captain RN: Letters to Lord Winchilsea: 1757.
ff. 19, 20, 22 Francis Holbourne, Admiral: Letters to Lord Winchilsea: 1757.
f. 21 Sir William Rowley, Baronet; Admiral: Letter to Lord Winchilsea: 1757.
ff. 23, 25 Sir Thomas Mostyn, Baronet; MP for county Flintshire: Letters to Lord Winchilsea: 1757.
f. 26 Daniel Finch, 7th Earl of Winchilsea and 3rd Earl of Nottingham: Letter to his brother E. Finch-Hatton: 1765.
f. 28 Thomas Chambers Cecil, MP, son of Brownlow, 8th Earl of Exeter: Letter to Lord Winchilsea: 1766.
ff. 30, 32 Elizabeth Murray, wife of William, 1st Earl of Mansfield: Letters to her brother, E. Finch-Hatton: 1767.
f. 34 Anne Fitzwilliam, wife of William, 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam: Legacy of Lady Finch to: 1771.
f. 34 Edward Finch-Hatton: Acquittance to, from Lord Rockingham: 1771.
f. 34 Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham; Prime Minister: Acquittance to E. Finch-Hatton: 1771.
f. 34 Lady Cecilia Isabella Finch, daughter of Daniel, Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham; Lady of the Bed-chamber to the Princesses Amelia and Caroline: Acquittance for her legacy to Lady Fitzwilliam: 1771.
f. 36 William Cavendish, Lord Cavendish, afterwards 4th Earl and 1st Duke of Devonshire: Letter to Lord Hatton: 1679.

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Add MS 29548-29596 : CORRESPONDENCE and papers of the families of Hatton and Finch, 1514-1779; chiefly of Christopher Hatton, 1st Viscount…
Add MS 29588-29589 : ORIGINAL letters addressed to Daniel Finch, Earl of Nottingham, Secretary of State, chiefly upon political affairs; 1694-1725.…

Add MS 29589 B : ORIGINAL letters chiefly addressed to Daniel Finch, Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham, on public and private business; 1732- 1771.…

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Aglionby, William, diplomat
Auersperg, Leopold Wilhelm, Count, Imperial diplomatist
Blathwayt, William, Sec at War
Brenand, William
Bruce, Thomas, 3rd Earl of Elgin and 2nd Earl of Ailesbury
Burniston, Carolina, widow of John Burniston, HEICS
Cavendish, William, Lord Cavendish, afterwards 4th Earl and 1st Duke of Devonshire
Cecil, Thomas Chambers, MP, son of Brownlow, 8th Earl of Exeter
Cholmondeley, Hugh, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley
Clarke, George, Admiralty Commissioner, Judge Advocate General, Secretary-at-War, etc
Cockburn, John, Dr; of Amsterdam
Compton, Henry, Bishop of London
Cotton, Robert Bruce, first baronet, antiquary and politician, 22 Jan 1571-6 May 1631,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000008116498X
Cox, Richard, Lord Chief Justice and Lord Chancellor of Ireland
Cumming, Charles
Cutts, John, Baron Cutts, Governor of the Isle of Wight, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in Ireland, 1661-1707
D'Avenant, Henry, Envoy to Frankfort and Genoa
Dampierre, army officer and correspondent of the Earl of Nottingham, fl 1703-1704
Douglas, James, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, politician and courtier, 1662-1711
Evans, John, Governor of Pennsylvania
Finch, Cecilia Isabella, courtier, 1700-1771
Finch, Daniel, 7th Earl of Winchilsea, politician and privy counsellor, 1647-1729
Finch, Daniel, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, politician and privy counsellor, 1689-1769
Finch, Mary, daughter of Heneage, 1st Earl of Nottingham, fl 1703
Finch, Mary, wife of Daniel, 8th Earl of Winchilsea and 3rd Earl of Nottingham, fl 1737-1757
Fitzwilliam, Anne, wife of William, 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam, d 1769
Forster, Samuel, of Add MS 29589
Fuller, William, of Add MS 28880
Godolphin, Sidney, 1st Earl of Godolphin, politician and statesman, 1645-1712
Graham, James, 1st Duke of Montrose, statesman, 1682-1742
Grahme, James, MP for Appleby
Hatton, Edward, politician and courtier, d 1771
Hay, John, 4th Marquess of Tweeddale
Hedges, Charles, Sec of State
Heinsius, Anthonie, Grand Pensionary of Holland
Hill, Joseph, Reverend; Minister of the English church at Rotterdam
Hill, Richard, diplomatist
Holbourne, Francis, Admiral
Holles, Thomas Pelham-, Duke of Newcastle, prime minister, 1693-1768
Hop, Jacob, Baron, Treasurer General of the United Provinces, Field Deputy
Hughes, Henry, of Add MS 28894
Hyde, Laurence, 1st Earl of Rochester, 1642-1711
Keill, James, MD, of Northampton; of Add MS 29589
Ker, John, 4th Earl, afterwards 1st Duke of Roxburghe
L'Abbé, Nicholas
Le Moyne, James
Lloyd, Richard, of Add MS 29589
Lluellyn, Martin
Mackenzie, George, 1st Earl of Cromartie, politician and polymath, 1630-1714
Maffei, Annibale, Count, Envoy from Savoy to England, afterwards Viceroy of Sicily
Massue, Henri, 2nd Marquis de Ruvigny, soldier and diplomat, 1648-1720
Mathew, William, Governor of the Leeward Islands 1704
McKenzie, Robert, Lord Preston Hall
Mostyn, Essex, wife of Sir R Mostyn, Baronet
Mostyn, Roger, 5th Baronet, MP for county Flintshire
Mostyn, Thomas, Baronet, MP for county Flintshire
Murray, Elizabeth, wife of William, 1st Earl of Mansfield
Murray, John, 2nd Marquis, afterwards 1st Duke of Atholl
Nairne, David, Under-Secretary of State to the 'Old Pretender'
Nicholas, Edward, Son of Sir E Nicholas
Ogilvie, James, 1st Earl of Seafield
Philips, Erasmus, Clerk in the Admiralty
Rich, Charles, of Sonning
Rooke, George Henry, Master of Christ's College, Cambridge
Rooke, George, of Add MS 20311
Rowley, William, Baronet, Admiral
Sackville, Lionel Cranfield, 1st Duke of Dorset, politician, 1688-1765
See of Canterbury
Seymour, Charles, 6th Duke of Somerset, English peer, 1662-1748
Southwell, Edward, Right Hon; Secretary of State for Ireland
Stepney, George, diplomatist
Stuart, Alexander, 5th Baron Blantyre
Talbot, John, owner of Lacock Abbey, c 1717-1778
Towers, William, Master of Christ's College, Cambridge
Tucker, John, Under Sec of State
Vernon, James, the elder, Secretary of State, 1646-1727
Villiers, Edward, 1st Earl of Jersey
Vrijbergen, Marinus Dibbout van, Dutch envoy in London
Warre, Richard, Under-Sec of State
Watkins, Richard, Captain RN
Watson-Wentworth, Charles, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Prime Minister
Werden, John, 1st Baronet
William III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1650-1702
Wyndham, Charles, Baronet, 2nd Earl of Egremont, Secretary of State

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Barcelona, Catalonia
Edinburgh, Scotland
Eeckeren, Brabant