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TOWNSHEND PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 123, in two parts:- A, ff. 1-7, 10-123; B, ff. 8-9). Personal papers, mostly of or relating to Lord Townshend; 1697-1898. Included are letters, etc., relating to the Battle of Quebec and its aftermath, 1759 (ff. 8b-43b) and to Lord Townshend's creation as Marquess, 1787 (ff. 58-80b). At f. 1 is an unsigned letter from Matthew Prior to Charles, 2nd Viscount Townshend, dated The Hague, 5 Nov. 1697, N.S., printed from another source in H.M.C., Manuscripts of the Marquess of Bath, iii (Prior Papers), 1908, p. 185. Also included (ff. 8b-9) is a 'Plan of the Town of Quebeck in Canada Enlarged from [Jacques Nicolas] Bellin's Plan with Additions', circa 1759. Scale 400 ft. to 1 in. [1:4800]. West at top. Partly coloured. 475 x 375mm. A key distinguishes the 'Additions not expressed in the Original Plan'. Notes include one stating that the 'original Plan . . . appears to have been taken about the year 1740'. Accompanied the original reconnaissance report, compiled by Col. Patrick Mackellar, R.E., 1759, printed by Maj.-Gen. Sir C. V. F. Townshend, The Military Life of Field-Marshal George, First Marquess Townshend, 1901, pp. 160-7. See

J. P. Hudson, 'The original reconnaissance map of the battle of Quebec',

B.L.J., i, 1975, pp. 22-4 and plate.

includes:

f. 1 Matthew Prior, poet and diplomatist: Letter to Lord Townshend,: 1697.
f. 1 Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend: Letter to,: 1697.
ff. 2-6b County of Norfolk: Partial list of militia officers,: 1730-1733.
f. 7 Maps and Plans: Battle of Lauffeldt,: 1747.
f. 7 Lauffeldt, Limburg: Map of battle,: 1747.
ff. 8b-9 Maps and Plans: Quebec City,: 1759.
ff. 8b-9 City of Quebec: Plan: 1759.
ff. 8b-9 Colonel Patrick Mackellar, RE: Plan of Quebec,: 1759.
ff. 10-13b Audrey Townshend, wife of Charles, 3rd Viscount Townshend: Letters to, from her son, Lord Townshend,: 1759.
f. 14 Caroline Cornwallis, wife of F Cornwallis, Archbishop of Canterbury: Letter to Lady Ferrers,: 1758.
ff. 14-43b Charlotte Townshend, Baroness Ferrers; wife of George, 1st Marquess Townshend: Letters congratulating her on her husband's safety,: 1759.
f. 16 John Framingham, of Walsingham: Letter to Lady Ferrers,: 1759.
f. 18 Robert Leeke, Rector of Great Snoring: Letter to Lady Ferrers: 1759.
f. 20 Theophilus Lowe, Rector of Stiffkey: Letter to Lady Ferrers,: 1759.
f. 21 Christian Parry, of Shorne: Letter to Lady Ferrers,: 1759.
f. 22 Anne Rushout, wife of Sir J Rushout, 4th Baronet: Letter to Lady Ferrers: 1759.
f. 23 Robert Shipley, of Derby: Letter to Lady Ferrers: 1759.
f. 24 Robert Vyner, the younger; MP: Letter to Lady Ferrers: 1759.
ff. 25, 32 Reverend Thomas Patrick Young, Fellow of Caius College, Cambridge: Letters to Lady Ferrers: 1759.
f. 26 Dorothy Cowper, wife of S Cowper, Dean of Durham: Letter to her nephew's wife, Lady Ferrers: 1759.
f. 27 George Buckston, of Bradbourne: Letter to Lady Ferrars: 1759.
f. 29 L. Parry, of Shorne: Letter to Lady Ferrers: 1759.
f. 30 Colonel William Windham, MP: Letter to Lady Ferrers: 1759.
f. 33 Mrs M. Elvin: Letter to Lady Ferrers,: 1759.
f. 35 Anthony Ashley Cooper, 4th Earl of Shaftesbury; Lord Ashley: Letter to Lady Ferrers: 1759.
f. 36 James Jones, of Fakenham: Letter to Lady Ferrers: 1759.
f. 38 James Duff, Viscount Macduff; 2nd Earl Fife: Letter to Lady Ferrers,: 1759.
f. 39 Mrs F. Horton: Letter to Lady Ferrers,: 1759.
f. 40 Anne Legge, afterwards Brudenell; wife of James, 5th Earl of Cardigan: Letter to Lady Ferrers from (?): 1759.
f. 42 Elizabeth Anson, wife of George, Baron Anson: Letter to Lady Ferrars: 1757.
ff. 44-47b Field-Marshal Henry Seymour Conway: Letters to Maj.- Gen. G. Townshend: 1761.
f. 48 Sebastiao José de Carvalho e Mello, Conde de Oeiras; 1st Marquês de Pombal: Order for provision of transport, etc., to Maj.-Gen. G. Townshend,: 1762: Portug. Signed.
ff. 49 - 53b England; Parliament: Speech by Lord Townshend in Lords, moving Address to Throne,: 1775.
ff. 49-53b Speeches: Speech by Lord Townshend in Lords, moving Address to Throne,: 1775.
ff. 54-55 J. Luffman, of London: `Plan of the French Attacks upon the Island of Grenada': 1779.
ff. 54b-55 Maps and Plans: `Plan of the French Attacks upon the Island of Grenada', by J. Luffman: 1779.
ff. 54b-55 Island of Grenada, the W. Indies: `Plan of the French Attacks upon', by J. Luffman: 1779.
f. 56 John Drummond: Letter, etc., to Lord Townshend,: 1782.
f. 56 Navy of Netherlands: Intelligence report of separated attacks on British coast,: 1782.
f. 56 Newsletters From Belgium: Antwerp,: 1782.
ff. 58-61b Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney: Correspondence with his cousin, Lord Townshend,: 1787.
f. 62 Sir John Lees, 1st Baronet: Correspondence with Lord Townshend: 1774-1787.
ff. 64, 88, 94 John Townshend, son of George, 1st Marquess Townshend: Correspondence with his father,: 1774-1792.
f. 65 John Beresford, PC; MP: Letter to Lord Townshend,: 1787.
ff. 66, 84, 86, 90-93b Charles Townshend, 1st Baron Bayning: Correspondence with Lord Townshend,: 1787-1792.
f. 68 Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon: Letter to Lord Townshend: 1787.
f. 69 Captain Michael Dorset: Letter to Lord Townshend,: 1787.
f. 71 John Scott, Baron Earlsfort; 1st Earl of Clonmell: Letter to Lord Townshend,: 1787.
f. 73 Archibald Acheson, 1st Viscount Gosford: Letter to Lord Townshend,: 1787.
f. 75 Johnston, of Woodparke, in Tynan: Letter to Lord Townshend,: 1787.
f. 77 Isaac Mann, Bishop of Cork: Letter to Lord Townshend,: 1787.
f. 79 Charles Agar, Archbishop of Cashel and (1801) of Dublin: Letter to Lord Townshend,: 1787.
ff. 81-83 Education: Letter describing school for blind in Paris, with specimen of embossed printing,: 1789.
f. 83 Printing and Typography: Specimen of embossed printing for use by blind persons,: 1789.
ff. 84-107b County of Norfolk: Correspondence rel. to appointment of Lord Townshend as Lord Lieutenant: 1792.
ff. 96-99b, 102-105b George Townshend, 12th Baron Ferrers; 1st Earl of Leicester; 2nd Marquess Townshend: Correspondence with his father,: 1774-1997.
f. 97 George Townshend, 12th Baron Ferrers; 1st Earl of Leicester; 2nd Marquess Townshend: Letter to W. Pitt,: 1792: Draft.
ff. 100, 105-107b Sir Thomas Beevor, 1st Baronet: Letters to Lord Townshend,: 1792.
ff. 110, 114 Thomas De Grey, 2nd Baron Walsingham: Letters to Lady Townshend,: 1797.
ff. 110-114b Charlotte Osborne, wife of George, 6th Duke of Leeds: Letters rel. to her marriage: 1797.
f. 111 Mary Darcy, wife of Robert, 6th Earl of Holdernesse: Letter to Lady Townshend,: 1797.
f. 112 Francis Godolphin Osborne, Marquess of Carmarthen; 5th Duke of Leeds: Letter to Lady Townshend,: 1797.
f. 113 Catherine Osborne, 2nd wife of Francis, 5th Duke of Leeds: Letter to Lady Townshend,: 1797.
f. 115 Charles Greenwood, of Cox, Cox, and Greenwood, Army agents: Letter to Lord Townshend,: 1798.
ff. 120-122b Townshend family: Lists of papers of 1st Marquess Townshend,: aft. 1857-1859.
f. 123 Hari Chand, Subadar, 4th King's Rifles: Letter to Lt-Col C. V. F. Townshend,: 1898: Signed.

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Add MS 50006-50012 : Correspondence and papers of Field-Marshal George Townshend (b. 1724, d. 1807), 1st Marquess Townshend, with a few other papers…

Add MS 50006 : TOWNSHEND PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 123, in two parts:- A, ff. 1-7, 10-123; B, ff. 8-9). Personal papers, mostly of or relating to…

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1697

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1898

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Names:

Acheson, Archibald, 1st Viscount Gosford, politician, 1718-1790
Agar, Charles, 1st Earl of Normanton, Archbishop of Dublin, 1736-1809
Anson, Elizabeth, wife of George Baron Anson
Beevor, Thomas, 1st Baronet
Beresford, John, PC, MP
Boyle, Richard, 2nd Earl of Shannon
Buckston, George, of Bradbourne
Carvalho e Mello, Sebastiao José de, Conde de Oeiras, 1st Marquês de Pombal
Conway, Henry Seymour, Field-Marshal
Cooper, Anthony, 4th Earl of Shaftesbury, philanthropist, 1711-1771
Cornwallis, Caroline, wife of F Cornwallis Archbishop of Canterbury
Cowper, Dorothy, wife of S Cowper Dean of Durham
Darcy, Mary, Countess of Holderness, wife of Robert 4th Earl of Holderness, c 1721-1801
Dorset, Michael, army officer and correspondent of George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, fl 1787
Drummond, John, banker, merchant and politician, 1676-1742
Duff, James, 2nd Earl Fife, landowner, 1729-1809
Elvin, M, correspondent of Lady Ferrers, fl 1759
Framingham, John, of Walsingham
Greenwood, Charles, banker and army agent, fl 1783-1832
Grey, Thomas, 2nd Baron Walsingham, politician, 1748-1818
Hari Chand, Subadar 4th King's Rifles
Horton, F, Mrs
Johnston, —, of Woodparke in Tynan
Jones, James, of Fakenham
Leeke, Robert, Rector of Great Snoring
Lees, John, 1st Baronet
Legge, Anne, afterwards Brudenell wife of James 5th Earl of Cardigan
Lowe, Theophilus, Rector of Stiffkey
Luffman, J, of London
Mackellar, Patrick, Colonel RE
Mann, Isaac, Bishop of Cork
Navy of The Netherlands
Osborne, Catherine, 2nd wife of Francis 5th Duke of Leeds, 1764-1837
Osborne, Charlotte, wife of George 6th Duke of Leeds
Osborne, Francis Godolphin, Marquess of Carmarthen, 5th Duke of Leeds
Parliament
Parry, Christian, of Shorne
Parry, L, of Shorne
Prior, Matthew, poet and diplomatist, 1664-1721
Rushout, Anne, wife of Sir J Rushout 4th Baronet
Scott, John, Baron Earlsfort, 1st Earl of Clonmell
Shipley, Robert, of Derby
Townshend, Audrey, wife of Charles 3rd Viscount Townshend
Townshend, Charles, 1st Baron Bayning, politician, 1728-1810
Townshend, Charles, 2nd Viscount Townshend
Townshend, Charlotte, 7th Baroness Compton, née Compton; wife of George, 1st Marquess Townshend, fl 1741-1770
Townshend, Family
Townshend, George, 1st Earl of Leicester, politician, 1753-1811
Townshend, John, son of George 1st Marquess Townshend
Townshend, Thomas, 1st Viscount Sydney
Vyner, Robert, the younger, MP
Windham, William, Colonel MP
Young, Thomas Patrick, Reverend Fellow of Caius College Cambridge

Places:

Grenada, West Indies
Lauffeldt, Limburg
Norfolk, England
Quebec, Canada