Correspondence, 1727, 1757-84, n.d.
File
MS. Eng. d. 3833
Comprises:
(fols. ii-xvi) an index of contents
letters from Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, to:
- (fols. 1-2) Sir Robert Walpole, June 1727
- (fols. 3-4) Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke, n.d.
letter to Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt, from:
- (fols. 15-16) David Hume, 1768
letters to George Simon Harcourt, 2nd Earl Harcourt from:
- (fol. 12) William Pitt, May 1784
- (fols. 13-14) Lord Montagu, Sept. 1762
- (fol. 29) Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry, 1769
- (fols. 36) Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, Apr. 1777
- (fols. 38-182) Frances Temple, Viscountess Palmerston, Sept. 1763-Sept. 1768
letters to Elizabeth Harcourt, Countess Harcourt, from:
- (fols. 19-28) ? Addenbrooke, Dean of Lichfield, May 1765-Jan. 1776
- (fol. 29) Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry, 1769
- (fols. 30-3) Anna Grenville-Temple, Countess Temple, Oct.-Dec. 1773, Dec. 1775
- (fols. 34-5) Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, Dec. 1772
- (fol. 37) Miss Faquiere, concerning the death of Countess Harcourt's mother Martha Venables-Vernon, Lady Vernon, [1794]
and
- (fols. 5-6) epitaph, in latin, by Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, to John Phillipps, [1727?]
- (fols. 7) copy of a letter of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, concerning George, Prince of Wales's interest in botany, Sept. 1757
- (fols. 8-9) copy of a letter from William Pulteney to George III concerning his accession to the throne, Nov. 1760
- (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
- (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
Creator
- From the Collection: Harcourt | Edward William | 1825-1891 | politician (Person)
- From the Collection: Harcourt | Edward | 1757-1847 | formerly Venables-Vernon | Archbishop of York (Person)
- From the Collection: Harcourt | Elizabeth | d 1826 | nee Venables-Vernon | wife of 2nd Earl Harcourt (Person)
- From the Collection: Harcourt | George Granville | 1785-1861 | formerly Venables-Vernon | MP, Barrister (Person)
- From the Collection: Harcourt | George Simon | 1736-1809 | 2nd Earl Harcourt (Person)
- From the Collection: Harcourt | Lady | Anne | 1761-1831 | nee Leveson-Gower, later Venables-Vernon | wife of Edward Harcourt (Person)
- From the Collection: Harcourt | Matilda Mary | 1804-1876 | nee Gooch, later Venables Vernon | wife of William Venables Vernon Harcourt (Person)
- From the Collection: Harcourt | Simon | 1714-1777 | 1st Earl Harcourt | politician (Person)
- From the Collection: Harcourt | Simon | c 1661-1727 | 1st Viscount Harcourt | Lord Chancellor (Person)
- From the Collection: Harcourt | William | 1743-1830 | 3rd Earl Harcourt | Field Marshal (Person)
- From the Collection: Harcourt | William | Venables Vernon | 1789-1871 | Canon of York, chemist (Person)
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