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Record Id:

040-003471665

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003453156

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ark:/81055/vdc_100092667958.0x000001

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Title:

Family, private, and official correspondence of Granville Leveson-Gower, first Earl Granville

Scope & Content:

Chiefly letters received by Lord Granville in an official or semi-official capacity, with some notes of meetings, family and private letters, and a few letters of other family members, with some pencil annotations of dates and names.

Letters in French and English on official, semi-official and private matters, from correspondents including Hardenberg (f. 10), Wellington (ff. 13, 16-18, 19, 54, 89), Lord Liverpool (ff. 15, 47), Pozzo di Borgo (ff. 25, 40), Eldon (f. 37), Lally-Tolendal (f. 38), Count Capodistria (ff. 43-46), Madame de Gontaut (to Lady Granville, ff. 56-57), Lafayette (f. 58), Tallyrand (ff. 60-65), Thiers (f. 70), Marquess of Lansdowne (ff. 74-75), and Melbourne (ff. 90-91). c 1802-1842 and undated, ff. 1-102.
Notes or part notes of meetings in the hand of Lord Granville. Undated, ff. 103-106.
3 letters to Lady Bessborough from General Narbonne, her niece Georgiana, Lady Morpeth, and Lady Elizabeth Fox, Baroness Holland. c 1802-1812, ff. 107-112.
Letter from Elizabeth Dowager Duchess of Devonshire to her step-son the Duke of Devonshire, regarding the family diamonds. 6 February 1812, ff. 113-115.
Letter from Harriet Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville, while travelling with her children, to her husband Lord Granville at Brussels, ff. 116-118.
Journal of a round journey from Paris via Geneva, Milan, Lucerne, Freiburg Heidelberg, Saarbrücken, Verdun and Epernay, with times, costs, and inns. Undated, ff. 119-123.
Verses on the Cavendish motto, by Lord John Townshend, f. 124.
Verse epistle admonishing her cousins George, Hyde, Charles, Theresa, (i.e. nieces and nephews) on their behaviour, signed F. Morley (Lady Frances Morley), ff. 125-128.
Des Assemblées Publiques, consacrées a des Souscriptions pour des Objets d’Utilité Nationale, dans la Grande-Bretagne [etc.], par le Baron Charles Dupin (Paris, 1824). Printed pamphlet in original wrappers, with author’s manuscript dedication to Lord Granville on the title page. ff. 129-144.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003453156
036-003470774
040-003471665

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Add MS 89317 : Granville Papers
Add MS 89317/9 : Granville papers. Second deposit.

Add MS 89317/9/8 : Family, private, and official correspondence of Granville Leveson-Gower, first Earl Granville

Hierarchy:

032-003453156[0009]/036-003470774[0008]/040-003471665

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 file

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
French

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1797

End Date:

1842

Date Range:

c 1802-1842

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: 144 folios

Former External References:

PRO 30/29/384/

Arrangement:

Arranged in chronological order

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Gower, Granville, 1st Earl Granville, diplomat, 1773-1846,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000040492055,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/25364007