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ABERCORN, Earls of, see Hamilton family
ABOYNE, Earl of, see Gordon (Charles), 4th Earl of Aboyne; Gordon (George) 9th Marquess of Huntly
ADERS (Charles) picture-dealer, London
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1835
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fols. 7-8
AFRICA
- Beckford's early reading notes on
  - MS. Beckford c. 55, fols. 1-9
AGAMINE the Persian
- Drawing, 1730?
  - MS. Beckford c. 28, fol. 139
AINSWORTH (William Harrison) 1805-82
- Letters to W. Beckford, with copy of reply, 1841
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fols. 9-10
ALBERT FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS EMMANUEL Prince-Consort of England, 1819-61
- Precedency of His Royal Highness Prince Albert (London, 1840)
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fols. 178-91
ALCOBAÇA Portugal
- Journal notes, and drafts concerning, by W. Beckford, 1794, 1834 - 5
  - MS. Beckford d. 7
ALET (General -) Comte d'
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1793
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fols. 11-12
ALEXANDER (Boyd)
- Working papers relating to Beckford, see Introduction under 'Related Material', item 5
- Bequests of Beckford MSS. and books, see Introduction under 'Related Material'
ALFEIZERÃO Portugal
- Drawing by W. Beckford, 1835
  - MS. Beckford d. 7, fol. 25
ANFOSSI (Pasquale) 1727-97
- Aria, 'Prigioniera abbandonata'
  - MS. Beckford f. 5
ANGELL (Samuel) 1800-66
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1830
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fol. 13
ANGUS (William)
- Draft of letter from W. Beckford, 1799
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fol. 42
ANSPACH (Elizabeth) Margravine of, 1750-1828
- Arcadian Pastoral, 1782
  - MS. Beckford c. 61
- Description by Beckford of 'Ly Craven's pastoral', 1782
  - MS. Beckford c. 18, fols. 28-38
- Music composed by, 1782
  - MS. Beckford c. 61, fols. 39-45
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1782-1809, n.d.
ANTHONY Saint, of Padua
- 'Anecdotas sobre a genealogia', by Gelasio de Conceição, 1794
  - MS. Beckford e. 5
ANTROBUS (John) d. 1878
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1835
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fols. 14-15
ARABIAN NIGHTS
- Translations by or for W. Beckford, 1780s
  - MSS. Beckford c. 51-4
  - MSS. Beckford d. 23-6
ARANJUEZ Spain
- Journal entries by Beckford, 1795
  - MS. Beckford e. 2, pp. 13-24
  - MS. Beckford d. 8
ARBLAY (Frances) Madame d', 1752-1840
- Letter supposedly to her, from Beckford, but probably to A. Cozens, 1780
  - MS. Beckford e. 1, pp. 100-3
- Copy of part of a letter from G. Pacchiarotti, 1780
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fol. 52
ARBUTHNOT (Charles) 1767-1850
- Copies of letters to and from A.J.C. Johnstone, 1812
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 30-1
ARCHER (Sarah) wife of 2nd Baron Archer, 1741-1801
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1780-1
  - MS. Beckford c. 14, fol. 5
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fols. 16-19
ATHERSTONE (Edwin) 1788-1872
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1835
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fols. 20-1
AUGUSTUS FREDERICK Duke of Sussex, 1773-1843
- Caricature possibly of
  - MS. Beckford c. 63, fol. 121
AVIZ, Grand Prior of, see Noronha e Meneses (Manoel de)
BACON (Francis) Viscount St. Albans, 1561-1626
- Essay by W. Beckford concerning, c.1774
  - MS. Beckford e. 3, pp. 85-105
BAKER (Sir George) 1722-1809
- Letter to Lady Craven, 1791
  - MS. Beckford c. 29, fols. 32-3
BALDOCK (C.H.) art-dealer
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1819, 1832
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fols. 22-3
BALDOCK (M.F.)
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1836
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fols. 25-6
BALDOCK (Robert)
- Description of Cellini vase, early 19th cent.
  - MS. Beckford b. 8, fol. 7
BALSEMÃO, Visconde de, see Sousa Coutinho (Luis Pinto)
BANDEIRA (Jacinto Fernandes) 1777-1818
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1804-5
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fols. 27-32
BARCLAY (Sir Robert) 8th Bart., 1755-1839
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1807-10
  - MS. Beckford c. 14, fols. 36-8, 41-2
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fols. 32-7
BARNES (P.A.) of Prior Park
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1837
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fol. 38
BARNETT (Elizabeth) née Burrough
- Begging-letters to W. Beckford, 1808
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fols. 40-3
BARTOLOZZI (Francesco) 1727-1815
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1797
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fol. 44
BATALHA Portugal
- Journal notes and drafts concerning, by W. Beckford, 1794, 1834-5
  - MS. Beckford d. 7
BATH Lansdown Crescent and Place
- Agreement for sale of 'National Gardens' to W. Beckford, 1825
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fols. 87-8
- Plan by H. Goodridge for garden allotments, 1845
  - MS. Beckford a. 2
- Leases and agreements, and accounts, 1825-48
- Auction catalogue of furniture from 18 Lansdown Crescent, 1843
  - MS. Beckford d. 27, item 3
- Inventories of Beckford's property, 1844
  - MS. Beckford b. 2
  - MS. Beckford c. 58
- Agreement for giving up possession of 19 Lansdown Crescent, 1846
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fols. 101-2
BATH Lansdown Tower
- Catalogue of Beckford's library in 1831
  - MS. Beckford f. 2
- Inventories of Beckford's property, 1844
  - MS. Beckford b. 2
  - MS. Beckford c. 58
- Auction catalogue of part of contents, 1843
  - MS. Beckford d. 27, item 2
BATHURST (Tryphena) wife of 2nd Earl Bathurst, 1730-1807
- Letters to W. Beckford, 1781
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fols. 46-51
BEACONSFIELD, Earl of, see Disraeli (B.)
BEARCROFT (Edward)
- Letters to W. Beckford, 1784-96
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fols. 52-6
BEAUFORT family, Dukes of Somerset
- History of, by W. Beckford, in Liber veritatis, 1829-32
  - MS. Beckford d. 22, fols. 55-69
BECKFORD (Elizabeth), see Howard (Elizabeth) Lady Effingham
BECKFORD (John)
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1806
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fol. 57
BECKFORD (Louisa) d. 1791
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1780-4
BECKFORD (Lady Margaret) d. 1786
- Letter from W. Courtenay, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 28, fols. 102-3
- Latin poem by C.F. Reinhardt on her death, 1786
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fols. 111-12
BECKFORD (Maria) wife of Alderman Beckford
- Drafts and copies of letters from W. Beckford, 1787, 1796
- Petition from the Pitt family, 1772
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fol. 13
BECKFORD (Maria Margaret Elizabeth) later Orde, 1785-1818
- Letter to Lady Anne Hamilton, 1811
  - MS. Beckford c. 31, fols. 13-14
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1818
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 135-6
BECKFORD (Peter) 1643-1710
- Receipt for sale of land, 1686
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fols. 1-2
- Indenture, sale of land in Jamaica, 1702
  - MS. Beckford b. 8, fols. 8-9
- Note concerning, c.1792
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fol. 54
- Pedigree of descendants, early 19th cent.
  - MS. Beckford a. 4, fols. ii-iii
BECKFORD (Richard) c.1743-1796
- Letters to W. Beckford, 1791
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fols. 59-66
BECKFORD (Susan Euphemia) later Lady Hamilton, 1786-1859
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1815-41, n.d.
- Letters to her husband, 1809-44, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 38
- Letter from F. Scholl, 1829
  - MS. Beckford c. 25, fols. 105a-c
- Notes by
- Newspaper cuttings collected by
- Deeds relating to marriage settlement, 1809
  - MS. Beckford c. 89, items 1-2
- Agreements concerning property of Beckford, 1846
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fols. 101-4
- Accounts, 1844-8
  - MS. Beckford c. 59
- Pedigree, early 19th cent.
  - MS. Beckford a. 4
BECKFORD (William) d. 1799
- Letters to W. Beckford, 1781-8
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fols. 67-70
BECKFORD (William) 1760-1844
- Caricatures of
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fol. 19v
- Commonplace book, 1793-1811, see Introduction under 'Related Material', item 1
- Drawings (nearly all by Beckford)
- Hair, lock of
  - MS. Beckford c. 20, fol. 162
- Newspaper cuttings concerning him, 1823
  - MS. Beckford c. 82, fols. 44, 46-7, 49, 54-7
- Obituaries (cuttings), 1844
  - MS. Beckford b. 7, fols. 87-8
- Passport (Spanish), 1795
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fol. 9a
- Prose works, including translations
  - Aaron Ereshet [Arabian Nights]
    - MSS. Beckford c. 51-2
    - Abou Niah, see Histoire d'Abou Niah
    - An account of the Chinese embassy to Japan
      - MS. Beckford c. 45
    - Ahmed, see Histoire du Prince Ahmed
    - Aladdin, see Histoire d'Aladdin
    - Alasi, see Histoire du Prince Alasi
    - Ali Ben Hassan, see Histoire du Prince Ahmed
    - Al Raoui, see Histoire d'Al Raoui
    - Arabian Nights
      - MSS. Beckford c. 51-4
      - MSS. Beckford d. 23-6
    - Azora, see Histoire du Roi Filouï
  - Barkiarokh, see Histoire du Prince Barkiarokh
  - Centrical history, see The Long Story
  - Darianoc, see Histoire de Darianoc
    - A day at Tojal
      - MS. Beckford d. 21, fols. 1-12
    - Décret du vieux de la montagne
      - MS. Beckford c. 50, fols. 58-62
    - Devonshire House fête
      - MS. Beckford c. 18, fols. 20-7
    - Dialogue between death & the old man of the mountain
      - MS. Beckford c. 50, fols. 64-6
    - The disgust or the fatal voyage, see under Verse
    - Dome of the setting sun
      - MS. Beckford d. 9
    - Dreams, waking thoughts and incidents
    - Dripwell guide
      - MS. Beckford c. 20, fol. 102v
      - MS. Beckford c. 50, fols. 26-31
  - Eblis, see Origin of the Halls of Eblis
    - Episodes of Vathek
      - MSS. Beckford d. 13-19
      - see also MS. Beckford c. 50, fol. 93
    - Epitaphs
      - MS. Beckford d. 21, fols. 54-67, 68-94
    - L'Esplendente
      - MS. Beckford d. 11
    - Etron-bec
      - MS. Beckford d. 21, fols. 30-53
  - Fatimah, see Histoire de la Princesse Fatimah
    - Felkanaman, see Histoire d'Elouard Felkanaman
    - Filouï, see Histoire du Roi Filouï
    - Firouzkah, see Histoire du Prince Alasi
    - Flowers of nonsense & fruits of conceit
      - MS. Beckford c. 55, fols. 218-9
      - MS. Beckford c. 84, fol. 70
    - Fonthill foreshadowed
      - MS. Beckford d. 10
    - The fountains of Merlin
      - MS. Beckford c. 47, fols. 11-18
  - Gemal al Camar
    - MS. Beckford c. 47, fols. 20-3
    - Grande Chartreuse
      - MS. Beckford d. 2
  - Hasan el-Basri
    - MS. Beckford c. 51
    - Histoire d'Abou Niah
      - MS. Beckford d. 26, item 3
    - Histoire d'Aladdin
      - MS. Beckford d. 26, item 1
    - Histoire d'Al Raoui
      - MS. Beckford d. 20
      - MS. Beckford c. 85, fols. 164-75
    - Histoire de Darianoc
      - MS. Beckford d. 12
    - Histoire d'Elouard Felkanaman et d'Ansel Hougioud
      - MS. Beckford d. 23, pp. xvii, 1-179
    - Histoire de Kebal
      - MS. Beckford d. 26, item 5
    - Histoire de la peguane Runiah
      - MS. Beckford c. 48, fols. 69-70
    - Histoire de la Princesse Fatimah
      - MS. Beckford d. 26, item 4
    - Histoire de la Princesse Zulkaïs
    - Histoire de Mazin
      - MS. Beckford d. 25
    - Histoire de Schahanazan
      - MS. Beckford d. 23, pp. iii-xii
    - Histoire des deux princes amis
      - MSS. Beckford d. 13-15
    - Histoire de Zinan
      - MS. Beckford d. 21, fols. 13-28
    - Histoire du Prince Ahmed... et d'Ali Ben Hassan
      - MS. Beckford d. 24
      - Histoire du Prince Alasi
        MSS. Beckford d. 13-15
    - Histoire du Prince Barkiarokh
      - Histoire du Prince Mahmed
        MS. Beckford d. 26, item 2
      - Histoire du Roi Filouï et d'Azora
        MS. Beckford d. 23, pp. 179-209
      - The history of the Caliph Vathek, see Vathek
      - Hougioud, see Histoire d'Elouard Felkanaman
      - Hylas, see The idyllium of Hylas
    - The idyllium of Hylas
      - Italy, with sketches of Spain and Portugal
        
        MSS. Beckford c. 40-4
        
        MSS. Beckford d. 4-6
        
        MS. Beckford d. 8
        
        MS. Beckford e. 2
        
        MS. Beckford f. 1
        
        see also Dreams
    - Journals and travels
    - Kalilah, see Histoire de la Princesse Zulkaïs
      - Kebal, see Histoire de Kebal
      - Krisna
        MS. Beckford c. 48, fols. 30-68 passim
    - Lady Craven's pastoral
      - MS. Beckford c. 18, fols. 28-38
      - Liber veritatis
        MS. Beckford d. 22
      - The lioness
        MS. Beckford c. 18, fols. 55-64
      - The long story
        
        MS. Beckford c. 14, fol. 1
        
        MS. Beckford c. 46
        
        MS. Beckford c. 48
    - Mahmed, see Histoire du Prince Mahmed
      - Mazin, see Histoire de Mazin
      - Mefrac, see Histoire de Darianoc
      - Mengab
        MS. Beckford c. 52
      - Messac, see Mefrac
      - Mysterious visit - the grim-visaged old man
        MS. Beckford c. 18, fols. 65-81
    - Nouronihar
      - MS. Beckford c. 48, fols. 24-68 passim
    - Orations
      - MS. Beckford e. 3
    - Origin of the Halls of Eblis
      - MS. Beckford c. 18, fols. 9-19
    - Osorio
      - MS. Beckford c. 48, fols. 78-80
  - Pan
    - MS. Beckford c. 47, fols. 19-26
    - Paris in 1784
      - MS. Beckford c. 18, fols. 39-54
    - Pourrous
      - MS. Beckford c. 48, fols. 30-68 passim
    - Procopius in the 5th book
      - MS. Beckford c. 48, fols. 81-5
  - Quizzical scraps
    - MS. Beckford c. 50
  - Recollections of an excursion
    - MS. Beckford d. 7
    - MS. Beckford d. 21, fols. 1-12
  - Saleve
    - MS. Beckford c. 42
    - Satyr's range
      - MS. Beckford c. 47, fols. 3-9
    - Schahanazan, see Histoire de Schahanazan
    - Sketches of Spain and Portugal, see Italy
    - Song of the angelic choirs
      - MS. Beckford c. 50, fols. 67-72
    - The speech of William the Conqueror
      - MS. Beckford e. 3, pp. 109-14
    - The state of innocense
      - MS. Beckford e. 3, pp. 152-147 rev.
    - The story of Al Raoui
      - MS. Beckford d. 20
  - Tojal, see A day at Tojal
    - Les trois montagnes
      - MS. Beckford d. 21, fols. 13-28
  - Vathek
    - Fragment
      - MS. Beckford c. 47, fols. 27-8
    - Translation into English
      - MS. Beckford c. 49
    - Translation into Italian
      - MS. Beckford c. 47, fols. 29-31
    - 'Avertisement'
      - MS. Beckford d. 17, p. ii
    - 'Preface'
      - MS. Beckford d. 21, fols. 13-28
    - Letters partly relating to
      - MS. Beckford c. 32, fols. 51-85
    - Verses on
      - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 95-6
  - The vision, see The long story
  - Whether the conduct of Lord Byron
    - MS. Beckford e. 3, pp. 85-105
  - Yao
    - MS. Beckford c. 48, fols. 3-19
  - Zinan, see Histoire de Zinan
    - Zulkaïs, see Histoire de la Princesse Zulkaïs
- Reading notes
  - see also Section E, Reading Notes
- Reviews of his books (cuttings)
  - MS. Beckford b. 6, fols. 151-75
  - MS. Beckford b. 7, fols. 50-2
- Signature 'William T. Beckford'
  - MS. Beckford e. 3, p. 1
- Verse
  - The disgust or the fatal voyage
    - MS. Beckford c. 50, fols. 3-12
  - Sir Squasholine
    - MS. Beckford c. 50, fols. 86-90
  - The temptation in the wilderness
    - MS. Beckford c. 50, fols. 45-56
  - Miscellaneous verse
BECKFORD (William Thomas), see Beckford (William) 1760-1844
BEDFORD, Lady, see Russell (Gertrude)
BEFORT (-) art-dealer, London
- Letter to W. Beckford, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fol. 74
BELLINI (Giovanni) c.1429-1516
- Letters concerning Beckford's sale of portrait of Doge Loredan to National Gallery, 1844
  - MS. Beckford c. 39, fols. 99-104, 107, 123-4
BELTZ (George Frederick) 1777-1841
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1800-41
- Letters from Sir Isaac Heard, in Beltz's hand
  - MS. Beckford c. 32, fols. 6-28 passim
- Letter to D. Macquin, 1815
  - MS. Beckford c. 19, fols. 76-7
BENINCASA (Bartolomeo) 1746-1816
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1780-4
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fols. 76-106
- Letter from J. Lettice, 1782
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 76-7
BENTHEIM (-) Comte de
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1791
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fols. 107-8
BENTINCK (William Henry Cavendish) 3rd Duke of Portland, 1738-1809
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1796-7, 1801
  - MS. Beckford c. 15, fols. 43-5
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fols. 75-81
BENTLEY (Richard) 1794-1871
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1835
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fol. 109
BERDMORE (Samuel) 1740-1802
- Inscription mentioning, in volume of school-boy essays by W. Beckford, 1773
  - MS. Beckford e. 3
BERESFORD family
- History of, by W. Beckford, in Liber veritatis, 1829
  - MS. Beckford d. 22, fols. 73-80
BERTRAND (Louis) 1731-1812
- Account of, by W. Beckford, 1778
  - MS. Beckford d. 9, fols. 39v-40
BEZERRA (B.), see Bezerra (Isabel Sill)
BEZERRA (Isabel Sill) Vicondessa de Tagoahy
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1795, 1814-34
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fols. 111-39
BINGHAM (Margaret) Lady Lucan, d. 1814
- 'Paris in 1784 by Lucan & Mde Necker'
  - MS. Beckford c. 18, fols. 39-54
BION (Elise de)
- Letter to W. Beckford, [1790s]
  - MS. Beckford d. 19, fols. 3-4
BLOMBERG (F.W.)
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1777
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fols. 140-1
BOHN (Henry George) 1796-1884
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, with some bills, 1839-43, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fols. 142-51
BOHN (James Stuart Burges) 1803-80
- Bill for books, addressed to W. Beckford, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fol. 152
BONNET (Charles) 1720-93
- Account of, by W. Beckford, 1778
  - MS. Beckford d. 9, fol. 37
BOOKS
- Catalogues of W. Beckford's library, c.1786-1844
  - MSS. Beckford b. 1-2
  - MS. Beckford f. 2
- Lists of books
- Inventory of MSS. and books at Hamilton Palace, 1855
  - MS. Beckford c. 60
BOUCHÉ (-) artist [?L.A.G. Bouchet]
- Receipt for payment by W. Beckford, 1792
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fol. 153
BOUCHET (Louis A.G.), see Bouché
BOUILLON (Jacques Léopold Charles Godefroi de la Tour d'Auvergne) Duc de, 1746-1802
- Lists of items bought by W. Beckford at his sale, 1801
  - MS. Beckford c. 37, fols. 69-71
BOULAINVILLIERS (-) Comtesse de
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1791
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fol. 154
BOUVERIE family, Earls of Radnor
- History of, by W. Beckford, in Liber veritatis, 1829
  - MS. Beckford d. 22, fols. 86-9
BOWYER (Robert) 1758-1834
- Copy of letter from W. Beckford, 1798
  - MS. Beckford c. 16, pp. 21-2
BOYNTON (Anna Maria) Lady, 1763-1853
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1799
  - MS. Beckford c. 32, fols. 159-60
BRABECK (Friedrich Moritz) Graf von, 1728 - after 1795
- Description, 'Sur la galerie de Söder', late 18th cent?
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fols. 83-4
BRANDOIN (Michel Vincent) 1733-90
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, and drawing by, 1787-9
  - MS. Beckford c. 27, fols. 1-3
BRIDGEWATER, Earl of, see Egerton
BRISTOL, Earl of, see Hervey
BRITTON (John) 1771-1857
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1822-43
  - MS. Beckford c. 25, fol. 88v
  - MS. Beckford c. 27, fols. 9-49
- Papers relating to Fonthill, see Farinelli
BROWN (Robert) agent to the Duke of Hamilton
- Letters to the Duke, 1821-2, 1831
  - MS. Beckford c. 39, fols. 1-55
BROWNE (Joseph) [scagliola-works], London
- Letter to H.E. Goodridge, with drawings of vases, 1836
  - MS. Beckford c. 27, fols. 50-1
BRUNO, St., founder of the Carthusian Order
- Notes on, 1780s
  - MS. Beckford c. 40, pp. 135a-b
  - MS. Beckford c. 41, pp. 316b-e
BRYANT (William) bookseller, London
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1804
  - MS. Beckford c. 27, fols. 52-3
BUCHANAN (William) art-dealer, London
- Letters to W. Beckford, 1839
  - MS. Beckford c. 27, fols. 54-9
BURGESS (Thomas) Bishop of Salisbury, 1756-1837
- Letters to Fownes & White on behalf of, 1831-2
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fols. 144-6
BURNENS (François)
- Letter perhaps in the hand of, c. 1784
  - MS. Beckford c. 32, fol. 181
BURNEY (Frances), see Arblay
BURROUGH (Elizabeth), see Barnett
BUTLER (Samuel) Bishop of Lichfield, 1774-1839
- Letter to his publisher, 1811
  - MS. Beckford c. 37, fols. 102-3
BYRON (George Gordon) 6th Baron Byron, 1788-1824
- Report of his opinion of Vathek, 1815
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fols. 104v-105a
- Newspaper cuttings relating to Moore's Life of, 1830
  - MS. Beckford c. 79, fols. 43-61
CADAFAIZ Portugal
- Drawing by W. Beckford of convent, 1835
  - MS. Beckford d. 7, fol. 24
CAMERON (A.) cousin of W. Beckford
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1810
  - MS. Beckford c. 27, fol. 60

CAMERON (Elizabeth Hamilton de) Comtesse de Fay
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1786
  - MS. Beckford c. 27, fols. 61-2
CARENCY (-) Prince de
- Letters to W. Beckford, 1788-9
  - MS. Beckford c. 27, fols. 63-85
CAREW (G.) solicitor
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1838-40
  - MS. Beckford c. 27, fols. 86-7
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fols. 154-5
  - see also Fownes & White
CARLETON (Maria) wife of 1st Baron Dorchester, 1753-1836
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1816
  - MS. Beckford c. 29, fols. 102-3
CASSAN (Stephen Hyde) 1789-1841
- Draft of letter from W. Beckford, 1835
  - MS. Beckford c. 27, fol. 88
CAVE (T.)
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1815
  - MS. Beckford c. 35, fols. 136-7
CELLINI (Benvenuto) 1500-71
- Description of Cellini vase, early 19th cent.
  - MS. Beckford b. 8, fol. 7
CHARDIN (Charles) bookseller, Paris, d. 1826?
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, and bills, 1789-1821, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 27, fols. 89-130b
- Letter to G. Franchi, 1814
  - MS. Beckford c. 3, fol. 86
- Letter concerning his death, 1826
  - MS. Beckford c. 27, fols. 131-2
CHARLCOMBE Somerset
- Agreements, deeds and valuations concerning farm leased by W. Beckford, 1823-46
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fols. 103-4
  - MS. Beckford d. 29, items 1-5
CHATHAM, Earl and Baroness, see Pitt
CHAWORTH (Mary), see Musters
CHINA
- Beckford's early reading notes (translated extracts) on
  - MS. Beckford c. 55, fols. 10-35
- Account by W. Beckford concerning China and Japan, c.1774-5
  - MS. Beckford c. 45
CHINESE BRONZES
- Printed catalogue, Ancient Chinese bronzes, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fols. 198-203
CHRISTIE (James) the younger, 1773-1831
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, n.d., 1823
  - MS. Beckford c. 27, fols. 135-7
CICOGNARA (Leopoldo) Comte, 1767-1834
- Caricature by G. Franchi, [1820s]
  - MS. Beckford c. 13, fol. 67
CLARGES (Louisa) Lady, 1760-1809
- Copy by her of aria by A. Sacchini
  - MS. Beckford f. 4
CLARKE (George) bookseller, London
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, and bills, 1824, 1831-5, n.d.
- Letter and note in a copy of Dreams, see MS. Beckford c. 40 (under 'Related Material')
CLARKE (William) bookseller, London
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1822-30, and bill, 1810
COBBETT (William) 1762-1835
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1811
  - MS. Beckford c. 28, fols. 91-4
COCHRANE, Lord, see Cochrane (Thomas)
COCHRANE (Thomas) 10th Earl of Dundonald, 1775-1860
- Letter to W. Beckford, with printed Case, 1817
  - MS. Beckford b. 8, fols. 21-35
COLBURN (Henry) d. 1855
- C. Redding's 'Memoirs of William Beckford' addressed to, 1846
  - MSS. Beckford c. 85-6
COLMAN (George) the younger, 1762-1836
- Letter, 1823
  - MS. Beckford c. 37, fols. 104-5
CONCEIÇÃO (Gelasio da)
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1794
  - MS. Beckford c. 28, fol. 95
- 'Anecdotas sobre a genealogia do... S. Antonio', 1794
  - MS. Beckford e. 5
COOPER (Charles) barrister
- Copy of letter from W. Beckford, 1798
  - MS. Beckford c. 16, pp. 13-14
CORK, Countess of, see Monckton (Mary)
COURTENAY (Charlotte) later Lady Loughborough, 1751-1826
- Copies of letters from W. Beckford, 1780-1
  - MS. Beckford c. 14, fols. 4v, 5v-6
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fol. 78v
COURTENAY (William) 19th Earl of Devon, 1768-1835
- Letter to Lady Margaret Beckford, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 28, fols. 102-3
- Copies of letters from W. Beckford, 1782-3
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fol. 17v
  - MS. Beckford e. 1, pp. 97-8
- Copy of piano piece possibly by
  - MS. Beckford c. 62/1, fol. 46v
- Description by W. Beckford, 'Palazzo Courtenay', 1782
  - MS. Beckford c. 18, fols. 20-7
COUTINHO, see Marialva; Sousa Coutinho
COZENS (Alexander) d. 1786
- Letters and copies of letters from W. Beckford, 1777-84, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 28, fols. 104-37
  - MS. Beckford c. 55, fol. 41
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fol. 17
  - MS. Beckford d. 10
  - MS. Beckford e. 1, pp. 3-6, 12-35, 37-47, 51-69, 77-9, 82-3, 85-6, 89-94, 100-3
  - Drawing by Agamine given to, 1730, MS. Beckford c. 28, fol. 139
  - Fonthill foreshadowed, addressed to
CRAHAY (Mlle.)
- Engraved Ouverture du ballet de Phaeton, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford b. 5
CRAVEN (Elizabeth) Lady, see Anspach (Elizabeth)
CRISPIN, St.
- Drawing of, by Beckford
  - MS. Beckford c. 19, fol. 42
DEVERELL (Robert) formerly Pedley, 1760-1841
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1802-9
  - MS. Beckford c. 29, fols. 78-88
DEVEREUX (Robert) 2nd Earl of Essex, 1566-1601
- Essay by W. Beckford concerning, c.1774
  - MS. Beckford e. 3, pp. 85-105
DEVON, Earl of, see Courtenay (William)
DILLON (Matilda)
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1816
  - MS. Beckford c. 29, fols. 89-91
DISRAELI (Benjamin) 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, 1804-81
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1832-7
  - MS. Beckford c. 14, fols. 69-70
  - MS. Beckford c. 29, fols. 93-4, 97-101
- Letter from Macvey Napier, 1834
  - MS. Beckford c. 29, fols. 96-7
- Notes by W. Beckford concerning, c.1833-42
DORCHESTER, Lady, see Carleton (Maria)
DOUGLAS, Marquess of, see Hamilton (William A.A.A.) 11th Duke of Hamilton
DOUGLAS (Alexander) 10th Duke of Hamilton, see Hamilton
DOUGLAS (George) 17th Earl of Morton, 1761-1827
- Letters from W. Beckford, 1778, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 105-16
DOUGLAS AND CLYDESDALE, Marquess of, see Hamilton (Alexander), 10th Duke of Hamilton; Hamilton (William A.A.A.) 11th Duke of Hamilton
DOYEN (-) art-dealer
- Receipt, 1801
  - MS. Beckford c. 29, fol. 104
DUNDONALD, Earl of, see Cochrane
DURAND (H.)
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1815
  - MS. Beckford c. 29, fols. 105-6
DURDHAM DOWN NURSERY
- Bill, 1840
  - MS. Beckford c. 29, fols. 107-8
DURFORT, Mme. de, see Seymour (Georgiana)
DYER (George)
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1832
  - MS. Beckford c. 29, fols. 109-10
EDGCUMBE (Emma) wife of 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, 1729-1807
- Part of letter to W. Beckford, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fol. 118
EDWARD VII King of Great Britain, 1841-1910
- Printed Ceremonial to be observed at the baptism of (1842)
  - MS. Beckford b. 8, fols. 36-9
EFFINGHAM, Earl and Lady, see Howard
EGERTON (John William) 8th Earl of Bridgewater, 1753-1823
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1813
  - MS. Beckford c. 27, fols. 6-7
EGINTON (Francis) 1737-1805
- Bill for painted glass, 1799
  - MS. Beckford c. 29, fol. 115
EGMOND, Comte de, see Pignatelli (Luis)
EGMONT family
- Printed genealogy, c. 1801?
  - MS. Beckford c. 29, fols. 139-44
EHRHART (-) widow of P. J. Ehrhart
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1812
  - MS. Beckford c. 29, fol. 153
EHRHART (Projectus Josephus)
- Letter from F. Scholl, 1797
  - MS. Beckford c. 25, fols. 12-13
ELLACOMBE (Henry Thomas) 1790-1885
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1835
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fols. 1-3
ELLIS (George) 1753-1815
- Letter to W. Beckford, [1782?]
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fol. 4
EMPSON (Chalres)
- Letters to W. Beckford, 1829
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fols. 5-8
- Letter to Lady Hamilton, 1847?
  - MS. Beckford c. 38, fol. 147
ENGLISH (Edmund) junior, auctioneer
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1839-44
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fols. 13-28, 31-47
- Letter from Harriet Pigott, 1844
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fols. 61-4
- Copy of letter to Treasury, 1844
  - MS. Beckford c. 39, fol. 123v
- Sale catalogue, 3 Nov. 1843
  - MS. Beckford d. 27/3
- Inventories of Beckford's property, 1844
  - MS. Beckford b. 2
  - MS. Beckford c. 58
ENGLISH (Edmund Francis) auctioneer
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1839-40
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fols. 9-12, 29-30
ENGLISH & FASANA auctioneers
- Sale catalogue, 4 Jan. 1841
  - MS. Beckford d. 27/2
ESSEX, 2nd Earl of, see Devereux (Robert)
ESTE (Charles) 1752-1829
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1813-16
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fols. 48-50
ETTY (William) 1787-1849
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1837
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fols. 51-3
EUSEBIUS
- A letter to His Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury relative to... Joanna Southcott and her followers (London, 1815)
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fols. 160-6
EVANS (Robert Harding) 1778-1857
- Letters from W. Beckford, 1834-6
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fols. 54-7
FALMOUTH Cornwall
- Letters by Beckford written from, 1787
  - MS. Beckford c. 15, fols. 1-36
FALQUES (Mme. de), see Starck
FARINELLI, 1705-82
- Letter concerning him, 1780
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fol. 78v
FARQUHAR (John) 1750-1826
- Agreement to buy Fonthill Abbey, 1822
  - MS. Beckford b. 8, fols. 19-20
- Copies of letters to and from his solicitor, 1826
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fol. 141
- Draft of letter from W. Beckford, 1823
  - MS. Beckford c. 14, fol. 55
FARRATT (A.) Beckford's steward
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1834-7
'FARTLEBERRY', Viscount
- Drawing
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fol. 143
FAULKNER (Joseph)
- Letters to W. Beckford, 1799-1808
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fols. 60-5
FAULKNER (William)
- Letters to W. Beckford, 1819-22
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fols. 66-9
FAUQUE(S) (Mme.de), see Starck
FAY, Comtesse de, see Cameron (Elizabeth H. de)
FINCH (William Shadwell)
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1818
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 85-6
FONTHILL Wiltshire
- Abstract of deeds relating to manor, 1798
  - MS. Beckford c. 88
- Sale catalogue of contents of mansion, 1801
  - MS. Beckford d. 27, item 1
- Drafts relating to life at, 1779
  - MS. Beckford c. 48, fols. 42v-3
- Letters by G. Franchi written from Abbey, 1822
  - MS. Beckford c. 12
- Account and sketches of House and Abbey by Lady Anne Hamilton, 1803
  - MS. Beckford e. 4
- Preface to an account of Abbey, c. 1820
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fols. 89-90
- Agreement to purchase contents of Mansion, 1807
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fol. 175
- Agreement to purchase Abbey, 1822
  - MS. Beckford b. 8, fols. 19-20
- Correspondence concerning sale of Abbey, 1822
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fols. 108-25
  - MS. Beckford c. 39, fols. 1-71, 125-8
- Drawings of and designs for, 1788-1825, n.d.
- Newspaper cuttings and transcript relating to, 1822-38
- Papers of John Britton concerning, see Introduction under 'Related Material', item 6
FORSTER (George), see Forster (Johann G.A.)
FORSTER (Johann George Adam) 1754-94
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1779
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fols. 73-4
FOLLIET (-)
- Drafts of a letter from W. Beckford, 1793
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fols. 70-2
FORSTER (Johann Rein(h)old) 1729-98
- Letters to W. Beckford, 1779
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fols. 75-7
FOSS (Henry) bookseller
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1843
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fols. 79-87
FOWNES & WHITE solicitors, later White & Carew
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1796-1842
- Letters to and from Lord Hamilton or his agent, 1821-2, 1831
  - MS. Beckford c. 39, fols. 25-8, 46, 52, 56-71, 125-8
FOWNES (James Somerville) solicitor, see Fownes & White
FOXHALL (Edward) furniture-maker and art-dealer
- Letters to W. Beckford, with notes of some replies, 1786-1814
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fols. 168-78
FRANCE
- Copies of Beckford's correspondence concerning negotiations for peace, 1797-8
  - MS. Beckford c. 15, fols. 37-80
- Letters from C. Chardin, 1789-1821
  - MS. Beckford c. 27, fols. 89-130b
- Journal entries by W. Beckford, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford e. 2
FRANCHI (Barbara Maria de Castello de Laage)
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1828
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fols. 180-1
FRANCHI (Gregorio)
- Letters from W. Beckford, 1788, 1807-28
  - MSS. Beckford c. 1-11
  - MS. Beckford c. 15, fol. 4v
- Letters to Beckford, 1804-28
  - MS. Beckford c. 9, fols. 110-11
  - MSS. Beckford c. 12-13
- Letters to the Duke of Hamilton, 1812-22
  - MS. Beckford c. 39, fols. 72-93
- Letter from C.F. Porden, 1823
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fol. 73
- Lists of objets d'art, 1813-18
  - MS. Beckford c. 37, fols. 73-99 passim
FRANCHI (Loreto) father of G. Franchi
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1788
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fol. 182
FRASERS MAGAZINE
- Copy of letter from W. Beckford, 1833
  - MS. Beckford c. 44, fol. 13v
FUENTES, Comte de, see Pignatelli (Luis)
FUNCHAL, Marqués do, see Sousa Coutinho
GABRIELLI (Caterina) 1730-96
- Aria given by her to Beckford, 1780
  - MS. Beckford f. 5
GALLUCCI (Elisabetta) singer
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1781
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fols. 183-4
GENEVA, Switzerland
- Copy of letter from W. Beckford describing 'some of the principal characters', 1778
  - MS. Beckford d. 9, fols. 34-43
GENEVA, Lake of
- Journal entries by Beckford, 1778, 1786
  - MS. Beckford e. 2
  - MS. Beckford c. 42, fol. 1v

GIGLIONI (Luigi)
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1814
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fols. 185-6
GOODRIDGE (Henry Edmund) 1797-1864
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1838
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fol. 187
- Letter to Lord Hamilton, 1844
  - MS. Beckford c. 39, fols. 94-5
- Letter from J. Browne, 1836
  - MS. Beckford c. 27, fols. 50-1
- Plan for garden allotments, 1845
  - MS. Beckford a. 2
- Ground plan, Beckford's tomb, 1848
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fol. 151
GORDON (Charles) 4th Earl of Aboyne, c.1726-1794
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1783
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fols. 1-2
GORDON (George) 9th Marquess of Huntly, 1761-1853
- Letters to W. Beckford, 1804-6
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fols. 3-6
GORE (Catherine Grace Frances) 1799-1861
- Letters from W. Beckford, 1839-44, n.d.
- Notes of reading to, mentioned in catalogue description
GRAHAME (Robert)
- Letter to R. Brown, 1821
  - MS. Beckford c. 39, fols. 19-20
GRANT (Sir Alexander Cray) 6th Bart., 1782-1854
- Letter to A.J.C. Johnstone, 1812
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 22-7
GRENVILLE family
- History of, by W. Beckford, in Liber veritatis, 1829
  - MS. Beckford d. 22, fols. 70-2
GREVILE (Charles)
- 'Charles Grevile's house & Ly Home', 1783
  - MS. Beckford c. 18, fols. 20-7
GREVILLE (C.F.)
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1803
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fols. 193-4
GUEST (Douglas), see Guest (Thomas Douglas)
GUEST (Thomas Douglas) b.1781
- Copy of letter from W. Beckford probably to, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 44, fol. 18
GUYS (Pierre Augustin) 1720-99
- Note concerning, 1783
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fol. 69v
HACKFALL, Yorkshire
- Description by W. Beckford of visit to, 1779
  - MS. Beckford d. 3
HALBACH (F.B.) of Barmen, Germany
- Letter to W. Beckford, in Latin, with list of books for sale, 1829
  - MS. Beckford c. 31, fols. 1-2
HALL (E.)
- Letter to W.T. Longbourne, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 11, fol. 169
HAMILTON PALACE
- Sketches by R. Hume of gallery ceiling, 1829
  - MS. Beckford c. 22, fols. 100v, 108
- Inventories of contents, 1833-55
  - MSS. Beckford b. 3-4
  - MS. Beckford c. 60
HAMILTON (Alexander) 10th Duke of Hamilton, 1767-1852
- Correspondence with W. Beckford, 1782-1844
- Correspondence concerning Beckford, 1813-48
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fol. 146v
  - MS. Beckford c. 39
- Letters from his wife, 1809-44, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 38
- Marriage settlement, 1810
  - MS. Beckford c. 89, items 1-2
- Translations into Italian
  - MS. Beckford c. 47
  - MS. Beckford c. 87
- Notes of readings to, 1840s
  - MS. Beckford c. 18 passim
- Newspaper articles concerning, 1836-7
  - MS. Beckford b. 7, fols. 90-7
HAMILTON (Lady Anne) 1766-1846
- 'Journal and dates of life', 1788-1835
  - MS. Beckford e. 4
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1804-11, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 31, fols. 3-19
- Letter from Margaret Beckford, 1811
  - MS. Beckford c. 31, fols. 13-14
HAMILTON (Archibald) 9th Duke of Hamilton, 1740-1819
- Letters to W. Beckford, 1782
  - MS. Beckford c. 31, fols. 20-2
HAMILTON (Lord Archibald) 1770-1827
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1782, 1815-17
  - MS. Beckford c. 31, fols. 23-7
  - MS. Beckford e. 1, pp. 49-50
- Letters to the Duke of Hamilton, 1827
  - MS. Beckford c. 39, fols. 96-8
HAMILTON (Catherine) 1st wife of Sir William Hamilton, d. 1782
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1780-2
HAMILTON (Charles) d. 1787?
- Letters to W. Beckford, 1781-4
  - MS. Beckford c. 31, fols. 80-5
HAMILTON (Col. Edward) b. 1734
- Letters to W. Beckford, 1796
  - MS. Beckford c. 31, fols. 86-7
- Copy of letter from W. Beckford, 1796
  - MS. Beckford c. 16, pp. 5-6
HAMILTON (Sir Edward) 1st Bart., 1772-1851
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1802
  - MS. Beckford c. 31, fols. 88-90
HAMILTON (Emma) Lady Hamilton, 1761-1815
- Drafts and copies of letters from W. Beckford, 1798?-1810
  - MS. Beckford c. 16, pp. 52-5, 58
  - MS. Beckford c. 31, fols. 92-100
HAMILTON (Susan Euphemia), see Beckford
HAMILTON (Susan Harriet Catherine) later Lady Lincoln, 1814-89
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1833-40
  - MS. Beckford c. 31, fols. 101-6
- Letter to her father, 1819
  - MS. Beckford c. 38, fol. 32
HAMILTON (Sir William) 1730-1803
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1782-1802
HAMILTON (William Alexander Anthony Archibald) 11th Duke of Hamilton, 1811-63
- Letters to and from Beckford, 1822-41
  - MS. Beckford c. 31, fols. 128-35
- Letters to his parents, 1819, 1831
  - MS. Beckford c. 38, fols. 30, 75
- Printed notices of his marriage, 1843
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fols. 192, 194
HAMILTON family, Dukes of Hamilton
- Memoranda and recipes, 1799-1802
  - MS. Beckford g. 1
HAMILTON family, Earls of Abercorn
- History of, by W. Beckford, in Liber veritatis, 1829-34
  - MS. Beckford d. 22, fols. 90-9
HANDASYDE (Col. Thomas)
- Indenture, purchase of land in Jamaica, 1702
  - MS. Beckford b. 8, fols. 8-9
HANDEL (George Frederick) 1685-1759
- Inaccurate copy by W. Beckford of 'Harmonious Blacksmith' theme
  - MS. Beckford c. 62/1, fol. 58
HANKEYS, PLUMMER & WILSON, solicitors
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1840
  - MS. Beckford c. 31, fols. 136-7
HARCOURT (Mary) wife of 3rd Earl Harcourt, d. 1833
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1781
HAUGHTON (Sir Graves Champney) 1788-1849
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1830
  - MS. Beckford c. 32, fol. 5
HEARD (Sir Isaac) 1730-1822
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, and bills, 1796-1815, n.d.
- Abstract of deeds by, 1798
  - MS. Beckford c. 88
HEAVISIDE (John Smith) d. 1864
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1842
  - MS. Beckford c. 32, fols. 49-50
HENLEY (Samuel) 1740-1815
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1782-6, 1797
- Verse
  - MS. Beckford c. 32, fol. 75
- Transcripts of Beckford's letters to him, see Introduction under 'Related Material', item 6
HERBERT (George Augustus) 11th Earl of Pembroke, 1759-1827
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1781
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fols. 35-6
HEREFORD (Charles) author of History of Rome
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1792
  - MS. Beckford c. 32, fols. 86-7
HERVEY (Elizabeth) née March
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1777-97
HERVEY (Frederick Augustus) 4th Earl of Bristol, 1730-1803
- Copy of letter to W. Beckford, 1798
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fol. 37v
HIBBERT (George) 1757-1837
- Letter possibly to him, from W. Beckford, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 32, fol. 150
HOARE (Sir Richard Colt) 2nd Bart., 1758-1838
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1828
  - MS. Beckford c. 32, fols. 152-3
HODGKIN (John)
- Papers relating to Beckford, see Introduction under 'Related Material'
HOLFORD (Robert Stayner) 1808-92
- Letter to E. English, 1840
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fol. 19
HOLMES (William) d. 1851
- Letters to and concerning him, from W. Beckford, 1819
  - MS. Beckford c. 32, fols. 154-8
HOME (Mrs. -)
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1799
  - MS. Beckford c. 32, fols. 159-60
HOME (Elizabeth) Lady, d. 1784
- 'Charles Grevile's house & Ly Home', 1783
  - MS. Beckford c. 18, fols. 20-7
HOPE (Henry Philip) d. 1839
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1809
  - MS. Beckford c. 32, fols. 161-3
HORNE (Thomas) agent of Beckford
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1787
  - MS. Beckford c. 32, fols. 164-7
- Copy of letter to Wildman, 1790
  - MS. Beckford c. 37, fol. 17
HOTHAM (Jane Seymour) wife of Sir William Hotham, d. 1855
- Copy of letter to White & Carew, 1839
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fol. 160
HOWARD (Elizabeth) Lady Effingham, 1725-91
- Copy of letter from W. Beckford, 1777
  - MS. Beckford c. 29, fols. 111-14
HOWARD (Henry) 1757-1842
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1835
  - MS. Beckford c. 32, fols. 168-9
HOWARD (Richard) 4th Earl of Effingham, 1748-1816
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1782
  - MS. Beckford c. 32, fol. 170
HUBER (François) 1750-1831
- Letter from, perhaps in the hand of F. Burnens, c.1784
  - MS. Beckford c. 32, fol. 181
HUBER (Jean) 1721-86
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1783
  - MS. Beckford c. 32, fol. 171
- Account of, by Beckford, 1778
  - MS. Beckford d. 9, fols. 42-3
HUBER (Jean-Daniel) 1754-1845
- Letters to W. Beckford, 1783-1800
  - MS. Beckford c. 32, fols. 172-80
HUGO (Jonathan Burke)
- Presentation copy of The prophecies respecting the Messiah (London, 1816)
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fols. 167-77
HUME (Lady Mary) wife of John Hume, Bishop of Salisbury
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1781
  - MS. Beckford c. 32, fols. 182-3
HUME (Robert) Beckford's agent
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1822-44, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 14, fol. 57v
  - MS. Beckford c. 22
- Inventories of Beckford's property, 1844
  - MS. Beckford b. 2
  - MS. Beckford c. 58
- Note perhaps by, 1836
  - MS. Beckford c. 66, fol. 48
HUMPHREY (Ozias) 1742-1810
- Copy of letter from W. Beckford, 1796
  - MS. Beckford c. 16, p. 10
HUNTLEY (Lydia Howard) later Mrs. Sigourney
- Verses addressed to, by W. Beckford, 1844
  - MS. Beckford c. 55, fol. 216
INGLIS (Henry) Writer to the Signet
- Draft deed of entail, and inventory of Hamilton Palace, 1855
  - MS. Beckford c. 60
IRVINE (Walter) M.D.
- Lease and agreements concerning 19 Lansdown Cresent, 1835-46
ISAACS (S.) importer of paintings and china
- Trade-card, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fol. 1
ITALY
- Journal and narratives by W. Beckford of travels in, 1780
  - MS. Beckford d. 4
  - MS. Beckford f. 1
- Letters written from, by Lady Hamilton, 1818-19
  - MS. Beckford c. 38
'IXORA'
- Drawing of pagoda, late 18th cent.
  - MS. Beckford c. 55, fol. 41v
JAMAICA
- Indenture of sale by Peter Beckford, 1702
  - MS. Beckford b. 8, fols. 8-9
- Correspondence partly relating to Beckford's Jamaican estates
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fols. 88-167, 195-205
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 13-45
- Letter-books of T. Wildman, 1787-95, see Introduction under 'Related Material', items 2-3
JAPAN
- Account by W. Beckford concerning China and Japan, c.1774-5
  - MS. Beckford c. 45
- Account of, by Isaac Titsingh, 1800
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fols. 91-6
JENNINGS (Robert) bookseller
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1839-40
  - MS. Beckford c. 14, fols. 94-5 (96-7, 101, 151-2?)
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 2-10
JOHNSON (Richard)
- Letter to W. Beckford concerning sale of illuminated Indian MS., 1795
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 11-12
JOHNSTONE (Andrew James Cochrane) 1767-after 1814
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1811-12
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 13-45
- Letter from Sir Alexander Grant, 1812
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 22-7
- Copies of letters to and from C. Arbuthnot, 1812
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 30-1
JONES (Sir William) 1746-94
- Original and copy of letter to A.M. and H. de Starck, 1791
  - MS. Beckford c. 35, fol. 112
  - MS. Beckford d. 28, fol. 53
JOSEPH II, Emperor, 1741-90
- Copy of letter possibly from, 1788
  - MS. Beckford c. 24, fol. 21
K (R.P.)
- Verses to Susan Beckford, 1806
  - MS. Beckford c. 20, fols. 159-60
KENYON (Lloyd) 1st Baron Kenyon, 1732-1802
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1780
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 47-8
KING (Rebecca) servant to Beckford's mother
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1781
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 49-50
KORAN
- Extracts, with Turkish introduction, 17th/18th cent.
  - MS. Beckford g. 2
LAFFITTE (Jacques) 1767-1844
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1826
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 51-2
LAFOES, Duke of
- Letter from Joseph II, 1788
  - MS. Beckford c. 24, fol. 2
LAKE DISTRICT
- Notes by W. Beckford of visit to, 1779
  - MS. Beckford d. 3
LAMBERT (Mrs. C.)
- Letter to W. Beckford, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 53-4
LANSDOWN (H.V.) d. 1860
- Copies of obituary notice, in French, of W. Beckford, 1844
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fols. 97-100
LANSDOWNE, Marquis of, see Petty-Fitzmaurice
LASCELLES family
- History of, by W. Beckford, in Liber veritatis, 1829
  - MS. Beckford d. 22, fols. 81-5
LAUDENBERG (-) Baron de
- Copy of letter, late 18th cent.
  - MS. Beckford c. 14, fol. 29v
LAURENS (J.B.)
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1799
  - MS. Beckford c. 16, p. 34
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 55-6
LAUSANNE, Switzerland
- Letters written from, by F. Scholl, 1790-1834
  - MS. Beckford c. 25
- Letters written from, by Lady Hamilton, 19th cent.
  - MS. Beckford c. 38
LEDOUX (Claude Nicolas) 1736-1806
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1801
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 57-8
LETTICE (John) 1737-1832
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1779-1823
- Letter to B. Benincasa, 1782
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 76-7
- Letter to Lady Hamilton, 1811
  - MS. Beckford c. 38, fols. 148-9
- Letter to Lord Hamilton, 1815
  - MS. Beckford c. 39, fols. 105-6
- Letter from A.M. de Starck possibly to him, 1786
  - MS. Beckford c. 42, fol. 5v
- Copy of a sonnet, 1778
  - MS. Beckford c. 85, fol. 91
- Two sonnets, 1800
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 72-3
- Translation of Vathek, 1782
  - MS. Beckford c. 49
LEWIS (Frances Maria) mother of M.G. Lewis
- Letter to W. Beckford, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fol. 88
LICHTENSTEIN (Maria Anna W.W.), see Santa-Cruz
LILLY (Joseph) 1804-70
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1835
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 89-90
LINCOLN, Lady, see Hamilton (Susan H.C.)
LISBON
- Plan by W. Beckford of his house, 1793
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fols. 107-8
- Agreement to purchase house, 1793, see Introduction under 'Related Material', item 4
LOCKHART (John Gibson) 1794-1854
- Letter to -. Stewart, 1834
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fol. 91
LONDON City, Company of Ironmongers
- Letter to R. Hume, 1833
  - MS. Beckford c. 22, fols. 142b-d

LONDON Devonshire House
- 'Devonshire House fete', 1782
  - MS. Beckford c. 18, fols. 20-7
LONDON National Gallery
- Letter to the Duke of Hamilton, 1844
  - MS. Beckford c. 39, fols. 123-4
LONGBOURNE (W.T.)
- Letter from E. Hall, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 11, fol. 169
LOUGHBOROUGH, Lady, see Courtenay (Charlotte)
LOUIS XI, King of France, 1423-83
- Notes by W. Beckford concerning
  - MS. Beckford c. 42, fol. 4
LUCAN, Lady, see Bingham (Margaret)
LYSAGHT (Capt. Arthur)
- Lease of property in Lansdown Place, 1831
  - MS. Beckford c. 89, item 3
McARTHUR (John) 1755-1840
- Letter from W. Beckford, 1808
  - MS. Beckford c. 29, fol. 137
MACQUIN (Ange Denis)
- Correspondence with W. Beckford, 1806-23
- Letter from G.F. Beltz, 1815
  - MS. Beckford c. 19, fols. 76-7
- Transcripts by
  - MS. Beckford c. 56
  - MS. Beckford d. 16/1-2
MAFFRA Portugal
- Engraving and printed description of convent, 18th cent.
  - MS. Beckford c. 24, fol. 7
MALLESON (Frederick) Portman Nursery
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1820
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 93-4
MALLET (Paul Henri) 1730-1807
- Verses on Vathek, 1786
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 95-6
- Account of, by W. Beckford, 1778
  - MS. Beckford d. 9, fol. 38v
MARCH (Elizabeth), see Hervey
MARIALVA (Diogo José Vito de Meneses Noronha Coutinho) 5th Marqués de, 1739-1803
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1787-99, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 24
  - MS. Beckford c. 43, pp. 217c-d, 218d
MARIALVA (Pedro José Joaquim Vito de Meneses Coutinho) 6th Marqués de, 1765-1823
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1821
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 97-8
MARNOI (- de)
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1789
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fol. 99
MARSEILLES, France
- Journal entries by Beckford, Oct. 1786
  - MS. Beckford c. 42, fol. 13
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fol. 36
MAURICE (Thomas) 1754-1824
- Copy of letter from W. Beckford, 1800
  - MS. Beckford c. 16, pp. 51-2
MAZARIN (Jules) 1602-61
- Sketch by W. Beckford of Mazarin's bed, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fol. 148
'MENTOR'
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1786
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 101-2
MERLIN (-) bookseller
- Draft of letter from W. Beckford, 1828
  - MS. Beckford c. 14, fols. 58-9
MIDDLE EAST
- Beckford's early reading notes on
  - MS. Beckford c. 55, fols. 1-9
MILFORD Wiltshire
- Plans and sketches by W. Beckford for Milford Villa, 1843
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fols. 134-41
MILTON (John) 1608-74
- Music composed by W. Beckford to the words 'To the ocean now I fly'
  - MS. Beckford c. 62/1, fols. 3-5
MOLTENO (James -) printseller
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1833
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 103-4
MONCKTON (Mary) Countess of Cork and Orrery, 1746-1840
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1797?, 1838-9
  - MS. Beckford c. 28, fols. 96-101
MONTEAGLE OF BRANDON, Baron, see Spring-Rice
MOORE (Thomas) 1779-1852
- Newspaper cuttings relating to his Life of Byron, 1830
  - MS. Beckford c. 79, fols. 43-61
MORLANDS & CO., bankers
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1829
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fol. 126v
MORTON, 17th Earl of, see Douglas (George)
MOSELEY (Benjamin) 1742-1819
- Draft of letter from W. Beckford, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fol. 117
MOULTOU (Paul) 1725-87
- Account of, by W. Beckford, 1778
  - MS. Beckford d. 9, fols. 40v-1
MOUNT EDGCUMBE Cornwall
- Description by W. Beckford of visit to, 1779
  - MS. Beckford d. 3
MOUNT EDGCUMBE, Lady, see Edgcumbe
MULREADY (William) 1786-1863
- Printed illustrated advertisement for penny postage envelope, 1840
  - MS. Beckford c. 71, fol. 80
MURRAY (Miss -)
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1799
  - MS. Beckford c. 32, fols. 159-60
MURRAY (The Hon. Col. -)
- Copy of letter from W. Beckford, 1800
  - MS. Beckford c. 16, p. 50
MURRAY (Sir Charles Augustus) 1806-95
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1837
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 119-20
MUSIC
- Musical works composed and collected by W. Beckford, 1780-1803
MUSTERS (Mary) née Chaworth
- Letters to W. Beckford, 1781
  - MS. Beckford c. 17, fols. 5-10
NAPIER (Macvey) 1776-1847
- Letter to B. Disraeli, 1834
  - MS. Beckford c. 29, fols. 96-7
NEALE (Erskine) 1804-83
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1835
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 121-4
NÉE DE LA ROCHELLE (Jean François) 1751-1838
- Letters to W. Beckford, 1786
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 125-8
NELSON (Horatio) Viscount Nelson, 1758-1805
- Draft letter from W. Beckford, 1801
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 129-30
NORONHA E MENESES (Manoel de) Grand Prior of Aviz, d. 1794
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1788
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fol. 100
NOYA (-) Duc de?
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1803
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 131-2
ORDE (General James)
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1819
  - MS. Beckford c. 33, fols. 133-4
ORDE (Maria Margaret Elizabeth), see Beckford (Maria M.E.)
ORRERY, Countess of, see Monckton (Mary)
ORSINI-ROSENBERG, Countess, see Wynne
PACHIAROTTI (Gasparo) 1740-1821
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1780-2
  - MS. Beckford c. 14, fol. 4v
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fols. 1-11
- Copy of newspaper report concerning, 1789
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fol. 40
- Copy of part of letter to Fanny Burney, 1780
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fol. 52
PAGET (Sir Arthur) 1771-1840
- Letters to W. Beckford, 1784, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fols. 12-15
PAGET (Henry) 1st Earl of Uxbridge, 1744-1812
- Extract of letter from W. Beckford, 1782
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fol. 23
PARIS
- Journal entry by W. Beckford, 1784
  - MS. Beckford e. 2, p. 63
- Letters written from, by C. Chardin, 1789-1812
  - MS. Beckford c. 27, fols. 89-130b
- Letters written from, by Lady Hamilton, 1821-2
  - MS. Beckford c. 38
- Letters written from, by G. Franchi, 1825-6
  - MS. Beckford c. 13
PAYNE & FOSS booksellers, see Foss (Henry)
PEDLEY (John) d. 1838
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1802-8
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fols. 16-34
- Extract from letter to Fownes & White, 1801
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fol. 95
PEDLEY (Robert), see Deverell
PEMBROKE, Earl of, see Herbert
PERREGAUX (-)
- Letter from W. Beckford, 1813
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fol. 43
PERREGAUX (Alphonse Claude Charles Bernardin) Comte, 1750-1808
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1799?-1805
  - MS. Beckford c. 29, fol. 123
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fols. 37-42
PETTY-FITZMAURICE (Henry) 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne, 1780-1863
- Letters to the Duke of Hamilton, 1844
  - MS. Beckford c. 39, fols. 99-104
PHAETON
- Ouverture du ballet de Phaeton, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford b. 5
PHILLIPS (Henry) auctioneer
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1823-4
  - MS. Beckford c. 14, fol. 124
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fols. 44-50
- Sale catalogue, 19 August [1801]
  - MS. Beckford d. 27/1
PHILLIPS (Thomas) 1770-1845
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1811
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fol. 52
PHIPPS (Edmund) [1760-1837?]
- Copy of letter from W. Beckford, 1778
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fols. 54-5
PICKERSGILL (Henry William) 1782-1875
- Letters to W. Beckford, and note of payment, 1840
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fols. 56-9
PIGNATELLI (Alfonse)
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1806
  - MS. Beckford c. 29, fol. 126
PIGNATELLI (Luis[?]) Comte de Fuentes et Egmond
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1803-8, n.d.
PIGOTT (Harriet) 1766-1846
- Letters to E. English, 1844
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fols. 61-4
PIGOTT (Robert) 1736-94
- Letters to W. Beckford, 1783
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fols. 65-72
- Copy of letter from Beckford, 1786
  - MS. Beckford e. 1, pp. 105-6
PINKERTON (John) 1758-1826
- Copy of letter from W. Beckford, 1800
  - MS. Beckford c. 16, pp. 48-9
PITT (Hester) Baroness Chatham, 1720-1803
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1781
  - MS. Beckford c. 27, fols. 133-4
PITT (William) 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708-78
- Letter to W. Beckford (senior), 1770
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fols. 11-12
PITT (William) 1759-1806
- Copies of letters from W. Beckford, 1778, 1797
  - MS. Beckford c. 15, fols. 46-8, 68-9, 79-80
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fol. 3
- Copy of letter to N. Williams, 1797
  - MS. Beckford c. 15, fol. 48v
PITT family
- Petition concerning W. Beckford. 1772
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fol. 13
PLUMMER & WILSON solicitors
- Copies of letters to and from Fownes & White, 1820-30
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fols. 105b-d, 134-5, 143
POIVRE (Pierre) 1719-86
- Note concerning, 1783
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fol. 67v
PORDEN (Charles Ferdinand) 1790-1863
- Letter to G. Franchi, 1823
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fol. 73
PORTLAND, Duke of, see Bentinck
PORTUGAL
- Journals of W. Beckford, 1787
- Drafts of Sketches by Beckford
  - MS. Beckford c. 44
  - MS. Beckford d. 6
POTSDAM, Prussia
- Journal by Mme. de Starck of visit, 1797
  - MS. Beckford d. 28, fols. 61-100
PRATT (Lady Elizabeth) d. 1826
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1781
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fols. 83-4
PULMAN (James) 1783-1859
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1805, 1842-3
  - MS. Beckford c. 19, fol. 44
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fols. 85-91
QUIRINI (Angelo)
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1782
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fols. 93-6
RADNOR, Earls of, see Bouverie family
RAMSAY (Lt.-Gen. -.)
- Visiting-card?, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fol. 97
RAPHAEL 1483-1520
- Printed account of Raphael drawings in the 'Lawrence Gallery', n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fols. 175-7
'RCB', see Red copy book
READE (John Edmund) 1800-70
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1838-9
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fols. 98-103
- Letter to M. Monckton, Lady Cork, 1839?
  - MS. Beckford c. 28, fol. 101v
READING (J.J.)
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1825
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fols. 104-5
RECIPES
- Of a member of the Hamilton family, 1799-1802
  - MS. Beckford g. 1
RED COPY BOOK
- Letter-book of W. Beckford, 1777-91
  - MS. Beckford e. 1
REDDING (Cyrus) 1785-1870
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1835-6
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fols. 106-9
- 'Memoirs of William Beckford', c. 1845-7
  - MSS. Beckford c. 85-6
- Reviews by, 1835
  - MS. Beckford b. 6, fols. 151-8
REINHARDT (C.F.)
- Latin poem on the death of Lady Margaret Beckford, 1786
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fols. 111-12
RENOUARD (Antoine Augustin) 1765-1853
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1825
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fols. 113-14
REPTON (Humphry) 1752-1818
- Copy of letter from W. Beckford, 1799
  - MS. Beckford c. 16, p. 32
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil
- Letters written from, 1814-19
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fols. 112-14, 117-24, 126-9
RIVERS (Rev. David)
- Copy of letter from W. Beckford, 1799
  - MS. Beckford c. 16, p. 31
ROBERT (Hubert) 1733-1808
- Letter to W. Beckford, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fols. 115-16
ROBINS (George Henry) 1778-1847
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1839?
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fol. 117

ROCHE (H.) author of poem on Waterloo [?J. Hamilton Roche]
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1815
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fol. 119
ROGERS (Samuel) 1763-1855
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1817-18
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fols. 120-5
- Notes of readings to, 1840s
  - MS. Beckford c. 18 passim
- Presentation copy of Italy (1823) to Beckford
  - MS. Beckford Arch. H e. 54 (see Introduction under 'Related Material', item 9)
- Newspaper cutting removed from above volume
  - MS. Beckford c. 83, fol. 192
ROHAN CHABOT (Louis François Auguste) Duc de, 1788-1833
- Letter to W. Beckford, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fols. 126-8
ROME
- Letters written from, by G. Franchi, 1825
  - MS. Beckford c. 13
ROSCOE (Thomas) 1791-1871
- Letter to the Duke of Hamilton, and letter concerning Roscoe, 1848
  - MS. Beckford c. 39, fols. 109-11
ROSENBERG, Countess, see Wynne
ROSSI (John Charles Felix) 1762-1839
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1822
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fols. 134-5
ROUSSEAU (Jean Jacques) 1712-78
- Italian translation of parts of Contrat social, early 19th cent.
  - MS. Beckford c. 87
ROYAL LITERARY FUND
- Letter to the Duke of Hamilton, 1848
  - MS. Beckford c. 39, fol. 111
RUNDELL, BRIDGE & RUNDELL, jewellers
- Bill and receipt, to W. Beckford, 1823
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fols. 136-7
RUNIAH
- 'Histoire de la peguane Runiah'
  - MS. Beckford c. 48, fols. 69-70
RUSSELL (Gertrude) Lady Bedford, d. 1794
- Letters to and from W. Beckford
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fols. 71-2
RUTHERFORD (R.)
- Letter to the Duke of Hamilton, 1839
  - MS. Beckford c. 39, fol. 113
RUTTER (John) 1796-1851
- For reading-note said to be on verso of letter to Rutter, see MS. Beckford c. 27, fol. 15cv
SACCHINI (Antonio Maria Gaspero Gioacchino) 1730-86
- Aria, 'Poveri affetti miei'
  - MS. Beckford f. 4
ST. ALBANS, Viscount, see Bacon (Francis)
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia
- Italian translation of part of a novel concerning a journey to, early 19th cent.
  - MS. Beckford c. 87
SALISBURY
- Festival of music, Salisbury, 1804. The grand selection of sacred music
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fols. 152-9
- Letters concerning lease of land from Bishop of, 1831
  - MS. Beckford c. 39
SANTA-CRUZ (Maria Anna Walstein Wurtemburg) Marquesa de, b. 1756
- Letters to W. Beckford, with notes of replies, 1788-9
  - MS. Beckford c. 24, fols. 93-193
SARNEY (-)
- Letter from G.F. Beltz, 1800
  - MS. Beckford c. 19, fols. 3-4
SARTORIUS (Sir George Rose) 1790-1885
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1838
  - MS. Beckford c. 35, fols. 1-3
SAUSSURE (Horace Bénédict de) 1740-99
- Account of, by W. Beckford, 1778
  - MS. Beckford d. 9, fols. 37v-8
SAUVAN (Philippe) 1698-1789
- Note mentioning him, 1783
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fol. 68
SAVOY
- Journal entries by W. Beckford, 1783
  - MS. Beckford e. 2
SCHOLL (Frederick) c.1757-1835
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1790-1834
- Letter to P.J. Ehrhart, 1797
  - MS. Beckford c. 25, fols. 12-13
- Letter to Lady Hamilton, 1829
  - MS. Beckford c. 25, fols. 105a-c
SCOTT (Robert)
- Letter to the Duke of Hamilton, 1831
  - MS. Beckford c. 39, fol. 114
SENEBIER (Jean) 1742-1809
- Account of, by W. Beckford, 1778
  - MS. Beckford d. 9, fol. 39
SEQUEIRA (Domingos António de) 1768-1837
- Drawing possibly by, 1826
  - MS. Beckford c. 13, fol. 89
SEWELL (Robert) official Agent for Jamaica
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1796
  - MS. Beckford c. 35, fol. 4
SEYMOUR (Georgiana) [later Mme. de Durfort?]
- Letters to W. Beckford, 1778-81
  - MS. Beckford c. 35, fols. 6-23
SIGOURNEY (Lydia Howard), see Huntley
SISTON COURT, Gloucestershire
- Drawing by W. Beckford, c. 1822?
  - MS. Beckford c. 12, fol. 91v
SMITH (John) 1749-1831
- Letters perhaps from, to W. Beckford, 1820
  - MS. Beckford c. 35, fols. 24-7
SMITH (Sydney) 1771-1845
- Cuttings of letters to Morning Chronicle, 1842
  - MS. Beckford c. 76, fols. 61-4
SMITH (William) 1808-76
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1841-3
  - MS. Beckford c. 35, fols. 28-51
- Letter to the Duke of Hamilton, 1847
  - MS. Beckford c. 39, fol. 116
SOANE (Sir John) 1753-1837
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1832
  - MS. Beckford c. 35, fols. 52-4
- Drawings for Fonthill, 1788, n.d.
SÖDER nr. Hildesheim, Germany
- Description, 'Sur la galerie de Söder', late 18th cent?
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fols. 83-4
SOMERSET, Dukes of, see Beaufort family
SOUSA COUTINHO (Domingos António de) Marqués do Funchal, 1760-1833
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1806-32
  - MS. Beckford c. 35, fols. 57-93
SOUSA COUTINHO (Luis Pinto) Visconde de Balsemão, 1735-1804
- Letter to Marqués de Marialva, 1787
  - MS. Beckford c. 24, fols. 12-13
SOUSA COUTINHO (Vicente de) Portuguese ambassador to Paris
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1789
  - MS. Beckford c. 35, fols. 55-6
SOUTER (D. Robertson)
- Letters to and from the Duke of Hamilton, 1848
  - MS. Beckford c. 39, fols. 117-22
SPAIN
- Journals of W. Beckford, 1787, 1795
- Drafts of Sketches,
  - MS. Beckford c. 44
SPRING-RICE (Thomas) 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon, 1790-1866
- Letter to the Duke of Hamilton, 1844
  - MS. Beckford c. 39, fol. 107
STAËL-HOLSTEIN (Germaine Necker) Baronne de, 1766-1817
- Letters to W. Beckford, c. 1782-5?
  - MS. Beckford c. 35, fols. 94-7
- 'Paris in 1784 by Lucan & Mme.Necker'
  - MS. Beckford c. 18, fols. 39-54
STANHOPE (E.F.)
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1781
  - MS. Beckford c. 35, fols. 98-9
STARCK (Anne Marie de Fauques de La Cepede de Vaucluse de) 1720-1804
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1783?-1802
- Copy of letter to [Lady Craven?], 1791?
  - MS. Beckford c. 35, fols. 101v-2
- Letter possibly to J. Lettice, 1786
  - MS. Beckford c. 42, fol. 5
- Letter from Sir W. Jones, 1791
  - MS. Beckford c. 35, fol. 112
- Letter from Lady Craven, 1791
  - MS. Beckford c. 29, fols. 29-30
- Copy of journal, visit to Potsdam, 1797
  - MS. Beckford d. 28, fols. 61-100
- Transcripts by
- Copy of obituary inscription, 1804
  - MS. Beckford c. 35, fol. 111
- Memoirs of, by H. de Starck
  - MS. Beckford d. 28
STARCK (Henry Savile de)
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1804-11, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 35, fols. 113-35
- Letter concerning his illness, 1815
  - MS. Beckford c. 35, fols. 136-7
- Memoirs of Mme. de Starck, early 19th cent.
  - MS. Beckford d. 28
STEWART (Lady Euphemia) d. 1818
- Letters to W. Beckford, 1781-6
  - MS. Beckford c. 35, fols. 138-42
STILL (James Charles) solicitor to J. Farquhar
- Copies of letters to and from Fownes & White, 1826
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fol. 141
STILL (John) d. 1839
- Draft of letter from W. Beckford, 1823
  - MS. Beckford c. 35, fol. 143
STRAFFORD, Earl of, see Wentworth
STRAWBERRY HILL
- Letters and cuttings concerning sales, 1842-3
  - MS. Beckford c. 35, fols. 28-51
  - MS. Beckford c. 81
STUART (John Sobieski Stolberg) 1795?-1872
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 35, fols. 145-7
SUSSEX, Duke of, see Augustus Frederick
SWITZERLAND
- Journal entries by W. Beckford, 1778, 1783
  - MS. Beckford e. 2
TAGOAHY, Vicondessa de, see Bezerra (Isabel S.)
THORNTON (Theophilus) bookseller
- Letters to W. Beckford, 1787, 1795
- Note concerning, 1789
  - MS. Beckford c. 32, fol. 114v
THORPE (Thomas) bookseller, d. 1851
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1833
  - MS. Beckford c. 36, fols. 3-4
THURLOW (Edward) 1st Baron Thurlow, 1731-1806
- Letters and copies of letters to and from W. Beckford, 1781-98, n.d.
TIFFIN (W.B.) printseller
- Bill to W. Beckford, 1835
  - MS. Beckford c. 36, fol. 18
TITSINGH (Isaac) 1745-1812
- Account of Japan, 1800
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fols. 91-6
TRAPPE (- de la) Abbé
- Draft of letter from W. Beckford, 1816?
  - MS. Beckford c. 36, fol. 19
TRESHAM (Henry) 1749?-1814
- Letters to W. Beckford, 1781, 1799-1802
  - MS. Beckford c. 36, fols. 20-30
TRONCHIN (Jean Robert) 1710-93
- Account of, by W. Beckford, 1778
  - MS. Beckford d. 9, fol. 38
TURKEY
- Turkish devotional book, 17th/18th cent.
  - MS. Beckford g. 2
TURNEY (George)
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1783
  - MS. Beckford c. 36, fol. 31
TURRETTINI (Gédéon) 1723-82
- Account of, by W. Beckford, 1778
  - MS. Beckford d. 9, fol. 40
UXBRIDGE, Earl of, see Paget
VALLTRAVERS (Roderick) 'F.R.S.'
- Letters to W. Beckford, 1783
  - MS. Beckford c. 36, fols. 32-5
VAUCLUSE (Mme.de.), see Starck
VENTURI (Fedele)
- Letters to W. Beckford, 1824-9
  - MS. Beckford c. 13, fol. 26
  - MS. Beckford c. 36, fols. 36-7
VERDEIL (François) 1747-1832
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1789-96
VERNET (Jacob) 1698-1789
- Account of, by W. Beckford, 1778
  - MS. Beckford d. 9, fols. 41-2
VERNET (Joseph) 1714-89
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1783
  - MS. Beckford c. 36, fols. 68-9
VERNON (Henry)
- Letter to Lady Craven, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 29, fols. 74-5
VEVEY, Switzerland
- Testimonial of citizens on W. Beckford's behalf, 1786
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fols. 5-6
VILLANOVA (Thomas Antonio de)
- Copy of letter to Isabel Bezerra, 1819
  - MS. Beckford c. 26, fol. 130
WADSWORTH (James) 1768-1844
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1798
  - MS. Beckford c. 36, fols. 70-1
- Copy of letter from Beckford, 1798
  - MS. Beckford c. 16, pp. 24-9
WAKEFIELD (Gilbert) 1756-1801
- Copies of letters from W. Beckford, 1799
  - MS. Beckford c. 16, pp. 29, 33
WALKER (-)
- Copy of letter from W. Beckford, [1807]
  - MS. Beckford c. 36, fol. 72
WALPOLE (Robert) 1781-1856
- Letter, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 37, fol. 108
WALTER (Mrs. Nevill)
- Copies of letters from W. Beckford, 1798
  - MS. Beckford c. 16, pp. 14-17
WARTON (Thomas) 1728-90
- Note and signature on a fly-leaf, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 37, fol. 111
WENTWORTH (William) 4th Earl of Strafford, 1722-91
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1784
  - MS. Beckford c. 35, fol. 144
WEST (Benjamin) 1738-1820
- Letters to W. Beckford, 1790-1816
  - MS. Beckford c. 36, fols. 73-89
- Draft letter from Beckford, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 36, fol. 90
WHARTON (Richard)
- Letter, [1819?]
  - MS. Beckford c. 37, fols. 109-10
WHITE (Richard Samuel)
- Correspondence with W. Beckford, see Fownes & White
- Accounts with White & Son as Beckford's executor, 1844-8
  - MS. Beckford c. 59
- Agreements concerning property of Beckford, 1846
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fols. 101-4
WHITE (William Lambert)
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1807
  - MS. Beckford c. 36, fols. 92-5
WHITE & CAREW, solicitors, see Fownes & White
WHITE & FOWNES, solicitors, see Fownes & White
WHITE & SON, solicitors
- Accounts with Lady Hamilton and R.S. White, 1844-8
  - MS. Beckford c. 59
WILDMAN (Henry)
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1797-1802
WILDMAN (James)
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1790-6
  - MS. Beckford c. 37, fols. 15-16, 28-9
WILDMAN (Thomas)
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1786-95, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 15, fol. 25
  - MS. Beckford c. 37, fols. 1-14, 17-27, 38-9
- Letter-books, see Introduction under 'Related Material', items 2-3
WILLIAM The Conqueror, 1027-87
- 'The speech of William the Conqueror to his army...' by W. Beckford, c.1774
  - MS. Beckford e. 3, pp. 109-19
WILLIAMS (John) publisher?
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1832
  - MS. Beckford c. 37, fols. 40-1
WILLIAMS (Capt. Nicholas)
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1796-7
  - MS. Beckford c. 15, fols. 39-42
  - MS. Beckford c. 37, fols. 42-5
- Copy of letter from W. Pitt, 1797
  - MS. Beckford c. 15, fol. 48v
- Letters from G.F. Beltz, 1800
  - MS. Beckford c. 19, fols. 1-2, 7-8
WILLIAMS (Mrs. S.)
- Letter to W. Beckford, 1802
  - MS. Beckford c. 37, fols. 46-7
WITHAM PRIORY, Somerset
- Abstract of deeds, 1798
  - MS. Beckford c. 88

WOODBURN (Samuel) art-dealer
- Receipt to G. Franchi, 1827
  - MS. Beckford c. 37, fol. 84
WYATT (James) 1746-1813
- Copies of letters from W. Beckford, 1791-1801, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 37, fols. 48-55
- Cutting of letter from Wyatt to the British Press, 1823
  - MS. Beckford c. 82, fol. 49
- Plans for Fonthill grounds, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 84, fol. 110
WYNNE (Augusta)
- Aria by W. Beckford addressed to
  - MS. Beckford c. 62/1, fols. 47-52
WYNNE (Giustiniana) Contessa d'Orsini-Rosenberg, 1737-91
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1781-4
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fols. 129-33
- Letter possibly concerning her, 1782
  - MS. Beckford c. 34, fols. 93-6
YONGE (Sir George) 5th Bart., 1731-1812
- Letters to and from W. Beckford, 1783-4
  - MS. Beckford c. 37, fols. 56-64
YORK
- Description by W. Beckford of visit to, 1779
  - MS. Beckford d. 3
ZAMOYSKI (Stanislas Kotska Franz Reinhold) 1775-1856
- Letter from 'Le Comte... Zamoyski' to W. Beckford, n.d.
  - MS. Beckford c. 37, fols. 65-6
ZINCKE (Frederick B.)
- Copy of letter to Fownes & White, 1813
  - MS. Beckford c. 30, fols. 195-205

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