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BROUGHTON PAPERS. Vol. IX (ff. 193).

(1) Literary MSS., etc., of Lord Broughton. Mostly autograph. ff. 1-157. (a) Political pamphlet in the form of a letter to George Canning; circ. 12 Apr. 1818. Copy, with autograph corrections. An earlier Letter to George Canning (see Recollections of a Long Life, edited by Charlotte, Lady Dorchester, ii, p. 114) had provoked a response to which Lord Broughton had published a short reply (see Lady A. Hamilton, Secret History of the Court of England, 1903, ii, pp. 248-262, for all three letters). The present MS. is a longer unpublished reply (see Add. MS. 47235, ff. 12, 13). ff. 1-18;-(b) Note of events, including a Cabinet meeting, on Lord Broughton's birthday, 27 June 1835: evidently used for the privately printed Recollections [or Some Account] of a Long Life, with an extract from which, in the published Recollections of a Long Life, v, pp. 39-40, it partly agrees. ff. 19, 20:-(c) Contemporary diary of events relating to Lord John Russell's attempt to form a government after Sir Robert Peel's resignation; 16-20 Dec. 1845. ff. 21-41 b;-(d) Memorandum on the Press; watermark 1854. ff. 43-46;-(e) Unpublished account of the resignation of Lord Aberdeen and the early activities of the succeeding Palmerston administration; composed Aug.-Oct. 1855 (see Add. MS. 43759, ff. 30-42 passim). ff. 47-126;-(f) MSS. apparently of the privately printed Recollections, 1865. ff. 127-157. Included are:-(i) the beginning, covering the years 1786-1804: evidently (see f. 144) an early draft composed circ. 1861. ff. 127-150;-(ii) a fragment relating to the period 1-16 Oct. 1834, showing some agreement with the extract in the published Recollections of a Long Life, v, pp. 16-21. ff. 153-157.

(2) Correspondence of Lord Broughton's eldest daughter Charlotte, and her husband, Dudley Wilmot Carleton, 4th Baron Dorchester 1875, mainly relating to the Broughton Papers; 1869-1885. The chief correspondents are Abraham Hayward, Q.C., 1869 (ff. 158-167 b), who used some of the papers for his article 'The Byron Mystery' in the Quarterly Review, cxxvii, 1869, pp. 400-444, and Henry E. Carlisle, editor of Hayward's correspondence, 1885 (ff. 181-193). ff. 158-193.

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ff. 1-126 Political Tracts: Miscellaneous tracts, etc., by Lord Broughton: 1818-1855.
ff. 1-18 George Canning, Prime Minister: Pamphlet in the form of a letter to, by Lord Broughton: 1818.
f. 19 Privy Council, The: Summonses to Privy Council and Cabinet meetings,: 1834,1835.: Printed and engr. with MS. additions.
ff. 19-41 b, 47-126 John Russell, 1st Earl Russell; Prime Minister: Memoranda by Lord Broughton rel. to his political activities: 1835-1855.
ff. 19-41b, 127-157 Diaries and Memoranda: Lord Broughton: 1809-1865.
ff. 43-46 Newspapers Great Britain and Ireland: Memorandum by Lord Broughton on the Press: circ. 1854.
ff. 47-126 George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen; formerly Gordon; Prime Minister: Account of his administration, by Lord Broughton: 1855.
ff. 47-126 Army; England: Tract by Lord Broughton conc. the Crimean War: 1855.
ff.47-126 Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston; Prime Minister: Account of his administration, by Lord Broughton: 1855.
ff. 158, 162-167b Charlotte Carleton, née Hobhouse; wife of D W Carleton, 4th Baron Dorchester 1875: Letters, etc., to A. Hayward: 1869.
ff. 158-167b Abraham Hayward, QC; essayist: Letters, etc., to, from Lord and Lady Dorchester: 1869.
ff. 158-179b George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron; poet: Correspondence conc. papers of Lord Broughton rel. to Lord and Lady Byron's separation: 1869, 1870.
f. 160 Dudley Wilmot Carleton, 4th Baron Dorchester (1875): Letter to A. Hayward: 1869.
ff. 164, 165b Augusta Leigh, née Byron; wife of Lieutenant -Colonel G Leigh; half-sister of Lord Byron: Letters to, from Lady Byron: 1816.: Copies.
ff. 164, 165b Anne Isabella Byron neé Milbanke, afterwards Noel; wife of George, 6th Baron Byron: Letter to Hon. Mrs. A. Leigh: 1816.: Copies.
f. 168 Charlotte Carleton, née Hobhouse; wife of D W Carleton, 4th Baron Dorchester 1875: Letter to, from Sir A. J. E. Cockburn: 1870.
f. 168 Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, 12th Baronet; Lord Chief Justice: Letter to Lady Dorchester: 1870.
f. 180 Harriet Grote, formerly Lewin; wife of George Grote: Letter to Lord Dorchester: 1877.
ff. 181-193 Henry E. Carlisle, editor of A Hayward's correspondence: Letters, etc., to Lord Dorchester: 1885.
ff. 182-191b Abraham Hayward, QC; essayist: Letters to, from Lord Barrington: 1861, 1878, n.d.
ff. 182-191b George William Barrington, 7th Viscount Barrington: Letters to A. Hayward: 1861, 1878, n.d.

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Add MS 47222-47235 : BROUGHTON PAPERS Correspondence, papers and diaries of Sir John Cam Hobhouse (b. 1786, d. 1869), 2nd Bart., Baron Broughton…

Add MS 47230 : BROUGHTON PAPERS. Vol. IX (ff. 193). (1) Literary MSS., etc., of Lord Broughton. Mostly autograph. ff. 1-157. (a) Political pamphlet…

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1818

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1885

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1818-1885

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Army of England
Barrington, George William, 7th Viscount Barrington, politician, 1824-1886
Byron neé Milbanke, Anne Isabella, afterwards Noel wife of George 6th Baron Byron
Byron, George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron, poet, 1788-1824
Canning, George, Prime Minister, 1770-1827
Carleton, Charlotte, née Hobhouse; wife of D W Carleton, 4th Baron Dorchester 1875
Carleton, Dudley Wilmot, 4th Baron Dorchester (1875)
Carlisle, Henry E, editor of A Hayward's correspondence
Cockburn, Alexander James Edmund, 12th Baronet, Lord Chief Justice
Gordon, George, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, statesman, politician, diplomat and landowner, 1784-1860
Grote, Harriet, formerly Lewin; wife of George Grote
Hayward, Abraham, QC, essayist, 1801-1884
Leigh, Augusta, née Byron wife of Lieutenant Colonel G Leigh, half-sister of Lord Byron
Privy Council, The
Russell, John, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister, 1792-1878
Temple, Henry John, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister, 1784-1865