Anecdotes and accounts, numbers 50-77, by Disraeli, mainly 1863-1865, composed 1860s and earlier (many undated)
File
Dep. Hughenden 26/3
Held at the Weston Library
Anecdotes and accounts, numbers 51-77, by Disraeli, mainly of eminent people he had met, or important events, mainly 1863-1865, composed 1860s and earlier (many undated) including:
- (fols. 1-17) Queen Victoria and other members of the royal family
- (fols. 20-1) Richard Cobden
- (fols. 26v, 65, 83-85, 88-90) Lord Palmerston and his wife
- (fols. 57, 62v, 86) Napoleon III
- (fol. 40) Disraeli's workmen at Hughenden
- (fol. 78) Louis Philippe
- (fols. 99-104, 112v-115v) the Russell family, Dukes of Bedford
There is a list of 77 subjects of the anecdotes (covering most of them) in the 1968 catalogue, pp. 3-4; and a summary and index in Dep. Hughenden 26/4.
Dates
- Creation: mainly 1863-1865, composed 1860s and earlier (many undated)
Extent
117 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
Dep. Hughenden 26/3
Creator
- From the Collection: D'Israeli | Isaac | 1766-1848 | Author (Person)
- From the Collection: Disraeli | Benjamin | 1804-1881 | Earl of Beaconsfield | statesman (Person)
- From the Collection: Disraeli | Mary Anne | 1792-1872 | nee Evans | 1st Viscountess Beaconsfield | wife of Benjamin Disraeli Earl of Beaconsfield (Person)
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