Correspondence
MS. Eng. c. 7562
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Title
Correspondence
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. c. 7562
Summary
Comprises:
(fols. iv-vii) an index of contents
letters to Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, from:
(fols. 72-3) Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury, Mar. 1714
(fol. 176) Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, 1721, with (fols. 174-5) a letter to Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, from Mary Deedes enclosing the Duchess of Marlborough's letter for inclusion in the Harcourt papers, n.d.
correspondence and papers of Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt, comprising:
(fols. 74-7) account by Harcourt of his conference with George II and Henry Pelham, concerning his intention to resign as tutor to George, Prince of Wales, Nov. 1752
(fols. 78-85) letters from Harcourt to Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne and 1st Duke of Newcastle under Lyme, concerning his intention to resign as tutor to George, Prince of Wales, Nov. 1752
(fols. 86-93) correspondence between Harcourt and Thomas Herring, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Philip Yorke, 1st Earl Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor, on behalf of George II, concerning Harcourt's intention to resign as tutor to George, Prince of Wales, Nov. 1752
(fols. 94-9) memoir, in French, concerning the proposed articles for the marriage of George III and Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Aug. 1761
(fols. 100-2) instructions, signed by George III, for Harcourt on his appointment as ambassador and plenipotentiary for negotiating the King's marriage to Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, July 1761
(fols. 103-12) official and private instructions, signed by George III, for Harcourt's appointment as ambassador and plenipotentiary to France, Dec. 1768
(fols. 113-14) letter from Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth, concerning the possible presentation of Madame du Barry at the French court and a new French Ministry, Feb. 1769
(fols. 115-16) letter from Sir William Hamilton congratulating Harcourt on his appointment as ambassador to France, Feb. 1769
(fols. 117-18) letter from Sir Horatio Mann reporting the death of Pope Clement XIII, Feb. 1769
(fols. 119-20) letter from Robert Walpole, Sept. 1769
(fols. 121-2) letter from William Henry van Nassau van Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, offering Harcourt the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland, May 1772
(fols. 142-73) letters to his wife Rebecca Harcourt, Countess Harcourt, during the Dettingen campaign, May-July 1743
letters to William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt, from:
(fols. 1-2, 25-6, 42-8, 61-3) Queen Charlotte, Sept. 1790, Dec. 1791, Sept. 1805, May-Aug. 1809, Feb.-Mar. 1811, July 1816, Oct. 1817
(fols. 3-4, 32-3, 49-50, 53-4) Princess Elizabeth, Apr. 1809, Mar. 1812, June 1813, n.d.
(fols. 5-6) Prince William Henry, 1st Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Apr. 1794
(fols. 7-8, 13-18, 23-4) George III, Jan. 1795, Apr. 1797, Nov.-Dec. 1799, Aug. 1804
(fols. 9-10, 66) Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, Nov. 1795, Jan. 1821
(fols. 11-12, 19-20) Prince William Henry, 1st Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Jan. 1797, Oct. 1803
(fols. 21-2, 27-30, 38-9) Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, July 1804, Dec. 1805, Apr. 1809
(fol. 31) Prince Adolphus Frederick, 1st Duke of Cambridge, Jan. 1808
(fols. 34-7, 64-5, 69) Princess Augusta Sophia, Apr. 1809, Jan. 1819, Apr. 1826
(fols. 40-1) Prince William, Duke of Clarence, May 1809
(fols. 51-2, 55-60) Charlotte, Queen of Württemberg, Mar. 1813, Apr. 1814, May 1815, Apr. 1816
(fols. 67-8, 70-1) George IV, June 1823, Dec. 1826
(fols. 123-7) Colonel Birch giving an account of the battle of Alexandria, Aug. 1801
(fol. 129) Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orleans (later King Louis Philippe III of France), Jan. 1807
(fols. 130-1) Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool, Feb. 1807
(fols. 132-3) Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Mar. 1816
(fols. 134-8) John Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield, June 1820
(fol. 141) Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Mar. 1827
and (fol. 139) a brief account of money raised from the sale of Harcourt House, London, Feb. 1824
Date
1714, 1721, 1743-1827, n.d.
Language
English
Physical extent
178 Leaves
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Collection contents
Correspondence and papers of the Earls Harcourt
Mixed volumes of correspondence and papers of the Earls Harcourt
Correspondence
