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- Record Id:
- 040-002089450
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002088831
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001490.0x000387
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- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 35895
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HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vol. DXLVII. Papers relating to Admiral the Hon. John Byng, including notes of Lord Hardwicke and Charles Yorke and papers relating to the court-martial (27 Jan. 1757) and to the Parliamentary enquiry into the loss of Minorca; 1756-1757. At f. 32 is a copy of a letter to Adm. Byng from François Marie Arouet de Voltaire, 2 Jan. 1757, enclosing a letter to Voltaire from the Duc de Richelieu. At f. 42 it; a copy, in Lord Hardwicke's hand, of the court-martial's recommendation to mercy on the ground of the severity of the 12th article of war, "which admits of no mitigation, even if the crime should be committed by an error in judgment only." Paper; ff. 424. Folio.
England; Parliament: Papers relating to the enquiry into the low of Minorca: 1757.
Island of Minorca: Papers relating to the loss of: 1756 -1757.
Hon John Byng, Admiral, 4th son of 1st Viscount Torrington: Papers relating to: 1756, 1757.
includes:
- f. 32 Pedro Clemente de Arostegui, Bishop of Osma in Spain: Letter to Adm. Byng: 1759.: Copy.
- f. 34 Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, Maréchal, Duc de Richelieu: Letter to Voltaire: 1756.: Fr.: Copy.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002088831
036-002089355
037-002089417
040-002089450 - Is part of:
- 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 35814-36278 : B. Papers.
Add MS 35869-35934 : Political papers.
Add MS 35895 : HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vol. DXLVII. Papers relating to Admiral the Hon. John Byng, including notes of Lord Hardwicke and Charles Yorke… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002088831[0002]/036-002089355[0002]/037-002089417[0018]/040-002089450
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 35349-36278
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1756
- End Date:
- 1757
- Date Range:
- 1756-1757
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Arostegui, Pedro Clemente, Bishop of Osma in Spain
Byng, John, Royal Navy officer, 1704?-1757,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000006323901X,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/60023386
Parliament
Plessis, Louis François Armand de Vignerot, Duc de Richelieu, army officer, diplomat and statesman, 1696-1788 - Places:
- Minorca, Spain