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040-002088929

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HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vol. LXXXIII. Military correspondence of Lt.-Col. Sir Joseph Yorke (Baron Dover 1788), chiefly when aide-de-camp to William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, Commander-in-chief in the Netherlands in 1745 and 1747 and in Scotland in 1746; 1742-1748. The allusions to the Scotch campaign and to Culloden are not numerous, but in Col. Yorke's letters and reports to the Duke and in his correspondence with the Earl of Sandwich, Ambassador-Extraordinary to the Hague (1746- 1748), succinct accounts are given of the movements of the Allied Army in Flanders, including the actions at Fontenoy (11 May, 1745) and at Val or Laeffelt, near Maestricht (2 July, 1747), and the siege of Bergen-op-Zoom (August, etc., 1747). See also Add. MSS. 35,354, 35,363. Paper; ff. 229. Folio.

Joseph Yorke, Baron Dover: Military correspondence when aide-de-camp to the Duke of Cumberland: 1742-1748.

includes:

f. 1 Robert Bolton, Dean of Carlisle: Letter to Sir J. Yorke: 1742.
ff. 3, 47, 57, 59, 78, 90, 107, 109, 116, 118, 122, 130 Thomas Herring, Archbishop of Canterbury: Letters to Sir J. Yorke: 1743-1746.
ff. 5, 128, 134, 136, 172, 203, 206, 222 John Huske, General: Letters to Sir J. Yorke: 1743-1747.
ff. 7-15, 19 Charles Vanbrugh: Letters to Sir J. Yorke: 1744.
f. 17 Joseph Yorke, Baron Dover: Letter to Col. Plunkett: 1744.
f. 21 Edward Lloyd: War Office certificate signed by: 1745.
f. 22 Henrietta Maria Vanbrugh, widow of Sir John Vanbrugh: Letter to the 2nd Lord Hardwicke: 1745.
f. 24 John Jones: Letter to Sir J. Yorke: 1744.
ff. 26, 35-45, 105, 114, 124, 132 S- Robinson: Letters to Sir J. Yorke: 1745-1746.
ff. 28-229 passim William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland; son of George II: Letters and reports to, when Commander-in-Chief in Scotland and Flanders, from Sir J. Yorke: 1745-1748.
f. 29 Fontenoy, Belgium: Despatch reporting the battle of: 1745.: Printed.
ff. 30, 32 Fontenoy, Belgium: Description and plan of the battle: 1745.
ff. 49, 55, 61-67, 75, 80-88, 92-103, 157, 177 John Campbell, Lord Glenorchy, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane (1752): Letters to Sir J. Yorke: 1746, 1747.
ff. 70, 73 England; Parliament: Addresses to the King on the victory of Culloden: 1746.
f. 112 George Burnett, of Kemnay: Letters to Sir J. Yorke: 1746, 1766.
f. 120 Joseph Yorke, Baron Dover: Letter to Maj. Oughton: 1746.
ff. 138, 142, 143, 150-155, 171, 213, 223, 226 John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich: Correspondence with Sir J. Yorke: 1747-1748.
ff. 140, 221 Sir Everard Fawkener, Ambassador to Constantinople; Joint Postmaster-General, Secretary to the Duke of Cumberland, etc: Correspondence with Sir J. Yorke: 1747.
f. 146 Hulst, Zealand: Account of its capture by the French: 1747.
ff. 160, 166, 224 Laeffelt, Maestricht: Defeat of the allies at, by Marshall Saxe: 1747.
ff. 170, 214, 216 Hendrik Fagel, Greffier of the Netherlands: Correspondence with Sir J. Yorke: 1747, 1752.: Fr.
f. 175 Colonel Robert Napier: Letter to the 2nd Lord Hardwicke: 1747.
ff. 175, 179-198 Bergen-op-Zoom, the Netherlands: Letters, etc., relating to the siege of: 1747.
f. 183 Lord John Murray: Letter to Sir J. Yorke: 1747.
ff. 187, 225 Captain William Eyres: Letters to Sir J. Yorke: 1747.
ff. 205, 211 William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland; son of George II: Correspondence with Lord Sandwich: 1747, 1748.
ff. 205, 211 John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich: Letters to the Duke of Cumberland: 1747, 1748.
f. 217 Richard Wolters, English agent in Rotterdam and afterwards at Brussels: Memorial on "Jacobite correspondences at Rotterdam": 1747.
f. 408 George Augustus Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe: Letter to his mother: 1747.

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032-002088831
036-002088832
037-002088902
040-002088929

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Add MS 35349-36278 : THE HARDWICKE PAPERS. CORRESPONDENCE and collections of the first four Earls of Hardwicke and other members of the Yorke family…
Add MS 35349-35813 : Correspondence.
Add MS 35406-35583 : Political Correspondence.

Add MS 35431 : HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vol. LXXXIII. Military correspondence of Lt.-Col. Sir Joseph Yorke (Baron Dover 1788), chiefly when aide-de-camp…

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French

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Start Date:

1742

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1748

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1742-1748

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Names:

Bolton, Robert, Dean of Carlisle
Burnett, George, of Kemnay; of Add MS 35385
Campbell, John, Lord Glenorchy, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane (1752)
Cumberland, William Augustus, Duke of, son of George II
Eyres, William, Captain
Fagel, Hendrik, lawyer and civil servant, 1706-1790
Fawkener, Everard, Knight, merchant and diplomat, 1694-1758
Herring, Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury
Howe, George Augustus, 3rd Viscount Howe
Huske, John, General
Jones, John, of Add MS 35431
Lloyd, Edward, of Add MS 35431
Montagu, John, 4th Earl of Sandwich, statesman, 1718-1792
Murray, John, of Add MS 35431
Napier, Robert, Colonel
Parliament
Robinson, S-
Vanbrugh, Charles, of Add MS 35431
Vanbrugh, Henrietta Maria, widow of Sir John Vanbrugh
Wolters, Richard, English agent in Rotterdam and afterwards at Brussels
Yorke, Joseph, 1st Baron Dover, army officer, diplomat and politician, 1724-1792

Places:

Bergen-op-Zoom, the Netherlands
Fontenoy, Belgium
Hulst, Zealand
Laeffelt, Maestricht