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NOTES of speeches and debates in Parliament, with a few law papers, in the handwriting of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor, his son Philip, afterwards 2nd Earl, and others. Among them are: 1. "Papers relating to y^e Sinking Fund, with notes of a debate in the House of Lords touching applying part of y^e produce to y^e current service of y^e year"; March-June, 1717. f. 1.

2. Notes of debates, in Lord Hardwicke's hand: (a) On the question about the method of augmenting the army, 9 Dec. 1740. f. 28: (b) The Hanover troops; 1 Feb. 1742[3]. f. 44; (c) Lord Lonsdale's motion [against sending British forces beyond sea], 12 June, 1746. Printed in Parliamentary History, xiii, col. 1413, footnote. f. 64; (d) The subsidiary treaty with the King of Poland, Elector of Saxony, Sept. 1751. f. 70; (e) The Bill for annexing the forfeited estates in the Highlands to the Crown inalienably, etc., 17 Mar. 1752. f. 81 ; (f) The Address, 13 Nov. 1755. f. 85; (g) The Bill for a tax upon cyder, 28 Mar. 1763. "This was the last time my Father spoke in the H. of Lords" (note by 2nd Earl). f . 129.

3. Notes of speeches of Lord Hardwicke (autograph) on (a) A motion for a vote of censure on the treaties with Russia and Hesse Cassel, 10 Dec. 1755. Printed, op. cit. xv, col. 643, footnote. f. 91 ; (b) The preliminary treaty of peace with France and Spain, 9 Dec. 1762. Printed, op. cit. xv, col. 1251, footnote. f. 120 b.

4. Speech of Philip Yorke, Lord Royston, in moving the address of thanks to the King in the Commons, [18 Nov. 1760]. Printed, op.cit. xv, col. 988. f. 107. Paper; ff. 144. Folio. Phillipps MSS. 18381, 18534, now rearranged into one volume (sale-cat. 1911, lot 1113).

Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke: Notes of parliamentary speeches, debates, etc.: 1717-1762.: Partly autogr.

England; Parliament: Notes of speeches and debates in both Houses, by Lord Chancellor Hardwicke and others: 1717-1762.

includes:

• ff. 28, 64 Army; England: Notes of debates in the Lords on: 1740, 1746.
• f. 35 Sir John Leigh: Judgement in suit conc. estate of: 1742.
• f. 44 Hanover, Elector of. George (II) Augustus: Notes of debate in Parliament on the Hanoverian troops: 1743.
• f. 64 Henry Lowther, 3rd Viscount Lonsdale: Notes of debate on his motion against sending forces beyond sea: 1746.
• f. 70 Augustus III; King of Poland: Notes of debate in the House of on the subsidiary treaty with: 1751.
• f. 81 Scotland: Notes on the Bill for annexing forfeited estates in the Highlands: 1752.
• f. 91 Elizabeth; Emperor of Russia: Notes of Lord Hardwicke's speech on the treaty with: 1755.
• f. 91 Hesse-Cassel, Landgraves of. William VII: Notes of Lord Hardwicke's speech on the treaty with: 1755.
• f. 100 Habeas Corpus Act: Notes on the extension of: 1758.
• f. 107 Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke: Speech in the House of Commons: 1760.
• f. 120 b Charles III of Spain: Notes of Lord Hardwicke's speech on the treaty with: 1762.
• f. 120 b Louis XV of France: Notes of Lord Hardwicke's speech on the treaty with: 1762.
• f. 129 Cider: Papers rel to duty on: 1763, 1765.
• f. 141 Massachusetts, North America: Questions for the Judges on an Act of Pardon passed by the Assembly: temp. Geo. III.