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HAMILTON AND GREVILLE PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 247). Contents:-

(1) Correspondence and papers of Sir William Hamilton, Envoy to Naples; 2 Sept. 1754-24 June 1802, n.d. A few original letters (ff. 103, 148-150) and autograph drafts by Hamilton are included. ff. 1-219. (2) Letters addressed to the Rev. William Preston, Chargé d'affaires at Naples during Hamilton's absence in England; 24 June 1771- 11 July 1772. ff. 218-247b. The names of the correspondents will be found in the Index. Other correspondence of Hamilton is in Egerton MSS. 1614-1622, 2634-2641, and Additional MSS. 34048, 37077, 39793, 40714-40715; cf. also Additional MSS. 41197-41200.

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f. 1 Sir James Gray, 2nd Baronet; diplomatist: Extract from a letter to Sir T. Robinson: 1754.: Fr.
ff. 1-219 Sir William Hamilton, KB; Envoy at Naples: Correspondence and papers, as Envoy at Naples: 1754-1802.
f. 5 Humphrey Minchin, Clerk of the Ordnance 1783: Letter to Sir W.Hamilton: 1764.
f. 40 Clemente: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1765.: Ital.
f. 42 Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1766.: Copy.
f. 44 Baron Burchard Christian von Behr,; Hanoverian Minister in England: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1767.: Fr.
f. 46 Johann Joachim Winckelmann, antiquary: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1767.: Fr.
f. 48 Gabriele Lancillotto Castello, Principe di Torremuzza: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1767.: Ital.
f. 50 Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian artist: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1767.: Ital.: Signed.
ff. 52-54 Natural Science: Account, by A. Pigonati, of an eruption of Mount Vesuvius: 1767.: Ital.: Copy.
ff. 52-54 Vesuvius: Account by A. Pigonati of an eruption of: 1767.: Ital.: Copy.
ff. 52-54 Andrea Pigonati, engineer: Account of an eruption of Mount Vesuvius: 1767.: Ital.: Copy.
f. 55 Paolo Moccia: Letter to A. Farina: 1767.: Lat.
f. 57 John Osborn, Chargé d'Affaires at Naples: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1768.
f. 61 Sir John Pringle, Baronet; Physician to George III: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1768.
f. 63 Hon Henry Seymour-Conway, Field-Marshal 1793: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1769.
f.65 Marchese Bernardo Tanucci, Neapolitan minister: Letter to, from Sir W. Hamilton: 1769.: Fr.: Signed.
ff.68,77,98 Angelo Rutter, British Consul in Malta: Letters to Sir W. Hamilton: 1769-1775.: Ital.
f. 69 Hon Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1769.
f. 71 Colonel Samuel Townshend: Letterto Sir W. Hamilton: 1769.
f. 73 William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford: Despatch to, from Sir W. Hamilton: 1770.: Draft.
f. 75 Comte de Hautefort: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1770.: Fr.
f. 79 John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1770.
f. 81 Dr Matthew Maty, Principal Librarian, British Museum: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1770.
f. 83 Sir James Wright, 1st Baronet 1772; Resident at Venice 1766-1774: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1771.
ff. 89, 125 Robert Mylne, architect and engineer: Letters to Sir W. Hamilton: 1773, 1788.
f. 91 François Marie Arouet de Voltaire: Letter rel. to: 1773.
f. 91 Reverend William Preston, Chargé d'Affaires at Naples: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1773.
f. 93 Alexander Cumming, FRS: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1774.
f. 94 James Harris, MP for Christchurch: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1774.
f. 96 George Ross, banker: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1775.
ff. 103, 106 Louis Dutens, diplomatist and man of letters: Correspondence with Sir W. Hamilton: 1778.
f. 108 Drama: Programme of a masquerade at Naples: 1778.: Ital.: Printed.
f.108 City of Naples: Programme of a masquerade at: 1778.: Ital.: Printed.
ff. 111, 115 Thomas James Lawrance, liverymaker: Letters to Sir W. Hamilton: 1779, 1781.
ff. 112, 121, 122, 170 Accompts: Sir W. and Lady Hamilton: 1764-1801.
f. 113 Johann Martin Gottlob Ebermayer, bookseller, of Nuremberg: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1779.: Fr.
f. 116 City of Vienna: Notification to Sir W. Hamilton of his election to the Societas Venatorum Viennensium: 1784.: Ital.: With seal.
f. 116 Sports and Pastimes: Notification to Sir W. Hamilton of his membership of the Societas Venatorum Viennensium of Vienna: 1784.: Ital.: With Seal.
f. 116 Karl Maximilian Philipp Franz Xaver Dietrichstein-Proskau, Prince of Dietrichstein: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1784.: Ital.: Signed.
ff. 118, 121 James Byres, alias Byers; collector, of Rome: Letter, etc., to Sir W. Hamilton: 1786.
f. 122 Emma Hamilton, wife of Sir W Hamilton: Accompt for part of her journey, as Miss Hart, to Naples: 1786.: Ital.
f. 123 George Roche: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1788.
f. 127 Captain William Henry King O'Hara, RN: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1789.
ff. 129-140b Pius VI; Pope: Account of economic government of the States of the Church: circ. 1790.: Fr.
f. 142 Natural Science: Account of an eruption on Stromboli: 1791.: Ital.
f. 142 Island of Stromboli: Account of a volcanic eruption on: 1791.: Ital.
f. 143 Sir James Bland Burges, 1st Baronet; afterwards Lamb: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1792.
f. 144 Hon John Trevor, Envoy to Sardinia: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1792.
f.146 Sir John Coxe Hippisley, 1st Baronet: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1793.
f. 151 Giuseppe Capece Latro, Archbishop of Taranto: Letter to Ferdinand IV of Naples: 1794.: Ital.: Signed.
f.151 Ferdinand IV of Naples and Sicily; afterwards Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies. Maria Carolina: Letter to: 1794.: Ital.
f. 155 Giuseppe Capece Latro, Archbishop of Taranto: Letter to P. Martinez: 1794.: Ital.
ff. 157-165 b Sir John Macpherson, Baronet; Governor-General of India 1785-1786: 'Reflexions sur les causes qui ont produit la crise...': 1794.: Fr. and Germ.: Printed.
ff. 157-165b Political Tracts: 'Reflexions sur les causes qui ont produit la crise actuelle', by Sir J. Macpherson: 1794.: Fr. and Germ.: Printed.
f. 166 Thomas Coutts, banker: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1795.
ff. 168, 170 Giovanni Pierantoni, sculptor, of Rome: Letter, with accompt, to Sir W. Hamilton: 1795.: Ital.
ff. 168, 170, 199, 201 Antiquities: Notes, etc., rel. to Greek vases, bronzes, marbles, etc., bel. to Sir W. Hamilton: 1795-1801.
f.171 Francis Drake, diplomatist: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1797.: Signed.
f. 173 City of Mantua: Note conc. capitulation of: 1797.: Ital.
ff. 174, 176 Joseph Denham: Letters to Sir W. Hamilton: 1797, 1798.
f. 178 Giovanni Battista Raymondi, British Vice-Consul at Syracuse: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1798.: Ital.
f. 182 Turkey, Sultans of. Selim III: Manifesto against France: 1798.: Fr. transl.
f. 184 Vincenzo Sabatino, major-domo of Sir W Hamilton at Naples: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1799.: Ital.
ff. 186-187b Giuseppe Capece Latro, Archbishop of Taranto: Extracts from letters of: 1799.: Ital.
f. 188 Tommaso Firrao, Principe di Luzzi; Viceroy of Sicily: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1799.: Ital.
f. 190 Pietro Anfuso, British Vice-Consul at Messina: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1799.: Ital.
f. 193 John Tyson: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1800.
f.195 James Christie, senior; auctioneer: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1801.
f. 197 Nicholas Williams, steward to William Beckford: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1801.
f. 203 Robert Baker: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1802.
f. 205 Frederick Hamilton, Vicar of Stanton, county Suffolk: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1802.
f.207 William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville; Prime Minister: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1802.
ff. 220, 224, 230, 231, 232 Robert Richie, Consul at Venice: Letters to W. Preston: 1771.
ff. 220-247 b Reverend William Preston, Chargé d'Affaires at Naples: Letters to: 1771-1772.
ff. 222, 244, 246 James Holford: Letters to W. Preston: 1771-1772.
ff. 226, 228 James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury: Letters to W. Preston: 1771.: Signed.
f. 234 John Murray, Ambassador to Turkey (1765): Letter to W. Preston: 1771.: Signed.
ff. 236, 238 Sir William Lynch, Envoy to Sardinia: Letters to W. Preston: 1771.
f. 240 Albert Ninis Copithorne: Letter to W. Preston: 1772.
f. 242 Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Murray Keith, KB, Ambassador at Vienna: Letter to W. Preston: 1772.

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1754

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1802

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2 Sep 1754-24 Jun 1802

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Anfuso, Peter, Vice-Consul at Messina, fl 1799
Baker, Robert, correspondent of Sir William Hamilton, fl 1802
Behr, Burchard Christian, Baron, Hanoverian Minister in England
Burges, James Bland, 1st Baronet, afterwards Lamb
Byres, James, alias Byers; collector, of Rome
Castello, Gabriele Lancillotto, Principe di Torremuzza
Christie, James, senior; auctioneer
Clemente
Copithorne, Albert Ninis
Coutts, Thomas, banker, 1735-1822
Cumming, Alexander, FRS
Denham, Joseph, correspondent of Sir William Hamilton, fl 1797-1798
Dietrichstein, Karl Maximilian Philipp Franz Xaver, Prince, landowner, 1702-1784
Drake, Francis, diplomat, 1764-1821
Dutens, Louis, diplomat, chaplain and writer, 1730-1812
Ebermayer, Johann Martin Gottlob, bookseller; of Nuremberg, fl 1779
Firrao, Tommaso, Principe di Luzzi, Viceroy of Sicily, fl 1798-1802
Gray, James, 2nd Baronet, diplomat and antiquary, c 1708-1773
Grenville, William Wyndham, 1st Baron Grenville, politician and Prime Minister, 1759-1834
Hamilton, Emma, wife of Sir William Hamilton, social celebrity and artist's model, ?1765-1815
Hamilton, Frederick, Vicar of Stanton, county Suffolk
Hamilton, William, Knight, British envoy at Naples and art collector, 1731-1803
Harris, James, 1st Earl of Malmesbury
Harris, James, MP for Christchurch
Hautefort, Comte
Hippisley, John Coxe, 1st Baronet
Holford, James
Keith, Robert Murray, Lieutenant-General; KB, Ambassador at Vienna
Latro, Giuseppe, Archbishop of Taranto, 1744-1836
Lawrance, Thomas James, liverymaker
Lennox, Charles, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox
Lynch, William, Envoy to Sardinia
Macpherson, John, Baronet , Governor-General of India 1785-1786
Maria Carolina of Austria, Queen Consort of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, 1752-1814
Maty, Matthew, Dr Principal Librarian British Museum
Minchin, Humphrey, Clerk of the Ordnance 1783
Moccia, Paolo
Murray, John, Ambassador to Turkey (1765)
Mylne, Robert, architect and engineer
Nassau de Zuylestein, William Henry, 4th Earl of Rochford
O'Hara, William Henry King, Captain; RN
Osborn, John, Chargé d'Affaires at Naples
Pierantoni, Giovanni, sculptor, of Rome
Pigonati, Andrea, engineer
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, Italian artist
Pius VI, Pope
Preston, William, Reverend; Chargé d'Affaires at Naples
Pringle, John, Baronet, Physician to George III
Raymondi, Giovanni Battista, British Vice-Consul at Syracuse
Richie, Robert, Consul at Venice
Roche, George, of Add MS 42069
Ross, George, banker
Rutter, Angelo, British Consul in Malta
Sabatino, Vincenzo, major-domo of Sir W Hamilton at Naples
Sackville, John Frederick, 3rd Duke of Dorset, diplomat and politician, 1745-1799
Seymour-Conway, Henry, Field-Marshal 1793
Tanucci, Bernardo, Marchese Neapolitan minister
Townshend, Samuel, Colonel
Trevor, John, Envoy to Sardinia
Turkey, Sultans of. Selim III
Tyson, John, of Add MS 42069
Voltaire, François Marie Arouet, author and philosopher, 1694-1778
Williams, Nicholas, steward to William Beckford
Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, antiquary
Wright, James, 1st Baronet 1772, Resident at Venice 1766-1774
Yorke, Charles, Lord Chancellor

Places:

Mantua, Italy
Naples, Italy
Seville, Sevilla, Spain
Stromboli, Aeolian Islands
Vesuvius, Italy
Vienna, Austria