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HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vol. LXXVI. Select political correspondence of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Earls of Hardwicke, viz.:-

1. Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, as Ambassador at the Hague, to William Harrington, Baron Harrington, Secretary of State, and other persons unnamed; 27 July-11 Sept. 1731. Copies. ff. 1-6.

2. Henry Pelham, First Lord of the Treasury, to the Hon. Philip Yorke, afterwards 2nd Earl of Hardwicke; 30 Aug. 1743, 15 Oct. 1747. With draft of an answer to the second letter. ff. 7, 8, 10.

3. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, to John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane, on "the disposition of the Privy Seal of Scotland"; 19 Aug. 1766. Copy; with extract from a letter from Lord Breadalbane to a friend, 9 Sept., enclosing it. ff. 12, 14.

4. Edmund Burke to the 2nd Earl of Hardwicke; 20 Oct. 1769. f. 16.

5. Hon. George Grenville to William Dowdeswell; 28 Feb. 1769. f. 17.

6. Frederick North, Baron North (2nd Earl of Guildford, 1790), to the 2nd Earl of Hardwicke; 1770-1782. ff. 19-38.

7. William Pitt to the 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, asking his support in his candidature for the University of Cambridge; 26 March, [1784]. f. 39.

8. William Pitt to the 3rd Earl of Hardwicke; 1792-1805. ff. 41-49.

9. Edmund Burke to W. Smith, on the Catholic Question; 29 Jan. 1795. Printed in Burke's Works, vi. (1852) p. 40. Two copies. ff. 50-61.

10. William Wilberforce to the 3rd Earl of Hardwicke; 30 May- 14 Sept. 1801, 7 Feb. 1807. ff. 62-71.

11. Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston, to the 3rd Earl of Hardwicke; [Oct. 1806]. f. 72.

12. William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville, to the 3rd Earl of Hardwicke; 1807-1812. With draft of a reply. ff. 74-106. Inclosed in the correspondence are:-(a) Copies of a resolution to be proposed in the House of Lords in April, 1807, on the resignation of the Grenville government, with a draft of a speech by Lord Hardwicke. ff. 82, 87, 88;-(b) Copy of a letter from the Prince Regent to his brother, the Duke of York, 13 Feb. 1812, desiring him to open negotiations with Lords Grey and Grenville with a view to their joining the Ministry. f 95;-(c) Copy of the answer of Lords Grey and Grenville to the Duke of York with regard to this proposal, 15 Feb. 1812. f. 97;-(d) Minute of a communication made by Lord Wellesley to Lords Grey and Grenville, 23 May, 1812, with regard to the formation of a new Ministry after the death of Perceval, and of the answer thereto. f. 101;-(e) Letter from Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Earl of Moira, to Lord Grey, 3 June, 1812, with regard to the same proposal. f. 105.

13. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., to the 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, enclosing a letter from Joseph Hardy with regard to the price of corn in Ireland; 8 June, 1814. ff. 107-112.

14. John Scott, Earl of Eldon, Lord Chancellor, to the 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, notifying him of a resolution of the House of Lords, requiring the presence of all peers on the second reading of the bill for the divorce of Queen Caroline; 26 July, 1820. Signed. f. 113.

15. Sir Robert Peel, as Home Secretary, to the 3rd Earl of Hardwicke; 5 April, 1829. f. 115.

16. Grant by William IV. to Henry Reginald Yorke, Eliot Thomas Yorke, Grantham Munton Yorke, and Agneta Elizabeth Yorke [children of Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, and brothers and sister of the 4th Earl of Hardwicke], of the titles and precedence of an Earl's sons and daughter; 10 Feb. 1836. Signed; countersigned by Lord John Russell as Home Secretary. With a certificate of record in the College of Arms, and a letter from Lord John Russell to the 4th Earl of Hardwicke on the subject, 3 Feb. 1836. ff. 117-120. Paper; ff. 120. Folio.

includes:

• ff. 1, 6 Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield: Letters to -: 1731.: Copies.
• ff. 3, 5 Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield: Letters to Lord Harrington: 1731, 1745.: Copies.
• ff. 7, 8 Hon Henry Pelham, Prime Minister: Letters to the 2nd Lord Hardwicke: 1743-1765.
• f. 12 John Campbell, Lord Glenorchy, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane (1752): Letter to -: 1766.: Copy.
• f. 14 William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham; Prime Minister: Letter to Lord Breadalbane: 1766.: Copy.
• f. 16 Edmund Burke, MP: Letters to the 2nd Lordd Hardwicke: 1767.
• f. 17 George Grenville, First Lord of the Treasury 1763-1765: Letter to W. Dowdeswell: 1769.
• ff. 19-38 Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford; Lord North; Prime Minister: Letter to the 2nd Lord Hardwicke: 1770-1783.
• f. 39 William Pitt, the younger; Prime Minister: Letters to the 2nd Lord Hardwicke: 1779-1784.
• ff. 41-49 William Pitt, the younger; Prime Minister: Correspondence with the 3rd Lord Hardwicke: 1784-1805.
• ff. 50-61 Edmund Burke, MP: Letter to W. Smith: 1795.: Two copies.
• ff. 62-71 William Wilberforce: Letters to the 3rd Lord Hardwicke: 1801-1811.
• f. 72 Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston; Prime Minister: Letters to the 3rd Lord Hardwicke: 1806-1826.
• f. 95 George IV of England: Letter, as Prince Regent, to the Duke of York: 1812.: Copy.
• f. 97 William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville; Prime Minister: Letter to the Duke of York: 1812.: Copy.
• f. 97 Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey: Letter to the Duke of York: 1812.: Copy.
• f. 101 Richard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington; Marquess Wellesley: Memorandum to Lords Grey and Grenville: 1812.: Copy.
• f. 103 William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville; Prime Minister: Memorandum to Lord Wellesley: 1812.: Copy.
• f. 103 Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey: Memorandum to Lord Wellesley: 1812.: Copy.
• f. 105 Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira; 1st Marquess of Hastings; formerly Rawdon: Letter to Lord Grey: 1812.
• ff. 107, 115 Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet; Prime Minister: Letters to the 3rd Lord Hardwicke: 1814-1829.
• f. 109 Joseph Hardy: Letter to Sir R. Peel: 1814.
• f. 111 Corn: Comparative price of corn in England and Ireland: 1814.
• f. 113 John Scott, Attorney-General; afterwards Baron and Earl of Eldon; Lord Chancellor: Correspondence with the 3rd Lord Hardwicke: 1802-1820.
• f. 117 John Russell, 1st Earl Russell; Prime Minister: Letter to the 4th Lord Hardwicke: 1836.
• f. 119 Yorke family; Earls of Hardwicke: Grant of precedence as Earl's children to the younger sons and daughter of Sir J. S. Yorke: 1836.
• f. 120 Sir Charles George Young, Garter King of Arms: Certificate of record of grant of precedence: 1836.