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Correspondence, 1727, 1757-84, n.d.

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MS. Eng. d. 3833

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Comprises:

(fols. ii-xvi) an index of contents

letters from Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, to:

  1. (fols. 1-2) Sir Robert Walpole, June 1727
  2. (fols. 3-4) Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke, n.d.

letter to Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt, from:

  1. (fols. 15-16) David Hume, 1768

letters to George Simon Harcourt, 2nd Earl Harcourt from:

  1. (fol. 12) William Pitt, May 1784
  2. (fols. 13-14) Lord Montagu, Sept. 1762
  3. (fol. 29) Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry, 1769
  4. (fols. 36) Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, Apr. 1777
  5. (fols. 38-182) Frances Temple, Viscountess Palmerston, Sept. 1763-Sept. 1768

letters to Elizabeth Harcourt, Countess Harcourt, from:

  1. (fols. 19-28) ? Addenbrooke, Dean of Lichfield, May 1765-Jan. 1776
  2. (fol. 29) Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry, 1769
  3. (fols. 30-3) Anna Grenville-Temple, Countess Temple, Oct.-Dec. 1773, Dec. 1775
  4. (fols. 34-5) Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, Dec. 1772
  5. (fol. 37) Miss Faquiere, concerning the death of Countess Harcourt's mother Martha Venables-Vernon, Lady Vernon, [1794]

and

  1. (fols. 5-6) epitaph, in latin, by Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, to John Phillipps, [1727?]
  2. (fols. 7) copy of a letter of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, concerning George, Prince of Wales's interest in botany, Sept. 1757
  3. (fols. 8-9) copy of a letter from William Pulteney to George III concerning his accession to the throne, Nov. 1760
  4. (fols. 10-11) letter from William Pitt to his sister Anne rejecting her request for the parole of the Chevalier d'Excess as a prisoner of war, July 1760
  5. (fols. 17-18) epitaph by Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford, to Lucy North, Lady Guilford, Katherine North, Countess of Guilford and Elizabeth North, Lady Guilford, n.d.

Dates

  • Creation: 1727, 1757-84, n.d.

Extent

185 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MS. Eng. d. 3833