Villiers and Hyde family letters
MS. 16644/165
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Villiers and Hyde family letters
Shelfmark
MS. 16644/165
Summary
Mainly letters from Villiers family members to George and Katharine Villiers (including from the 4th Earl's children), including:
A c. 1850s letter to the 4th Earl enclosing a letter from Lord Cornbury written on the death of his sister Lady Charlotte Hyde, 29 Apr 1740
A letter from the 4th Earl's father George Villiers to the Marine Pay Office, 31 Aug 1793, concerning navy debt
Letters from the 2nd Earl and 3rd Earl of Clarendon to George and Charles Villiers, 1816-1817, 1820-1821, 1827, 1832, 1838, n.d.
Correspondence between the 4th Earl (and Countess) and his brother Henry Montague Villiers, 1839-1861
Miscellaneous Villiers family correspondence, including a letter from [-] Wortly to the 4th Earl's sister (Maria) Theresa and letters from the Earl's children, c. 1839, 1848-1849, 1854, 1856, 1860-1861, 1863-1864, n.d.
A small bundle of "Private family letters" including one to Theresa [Villiers, the 4th Earl's mother or sister], 1862, n.d.
Letters from Maria, the Dowager Countess of Clarendon (wife of the 3rd Earl), 1839-1841, n.d.
Correspondence of the 4th Earl's son Edward Hyde Villiers (mainly letters to his parents), 1856-1873, n.d.
Date
1740-1873, n.d.
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (2 folders)
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Collection contents
Papers of the Earls of Clarendon (2nd Creation)
Papers of the 4th Earl of Clarendon, George William Frederick Villiers (1800-1870)
Correspondence and papers
Family correspondence
Villiers and Grimston family correspondence and papers
Villiers and Hyde family letters
