Correspondence of William Vernon Harcourt
MS. Eng. d. 3867
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Correspondence of William Vernon Harcourt
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. d. 3867
Summary
Comprises letters from William Vernon Harcourt to:
(fols. 1-6, 19-20, 23, 25-34, 39-40, 55-6, 61-3, 66-74, 79, 81, 87-90, 94-5, 102-3, 106-7, 113, 117-18, 125-6) his mother Lady Anne Venables-Vernon, Oct. 1801-Sept. 1806, n.d.
(fols. 7-10, 17-18, 21-2, 24, 37-8, 41-8, 51-2, 57-60, 64-5, 75-8, 80, 82-6, 92-3, 96-7, 100-1, 108-9, 114, 121-2, 124, 127-30, 132-3) his father Edward Venables-Vernon, Bishop of Carlisle, Nov. 1801-Sept. 1806, May-June 1822, n.d.
(fols. 53-4, 115-16) his aunt Lady Georgiana Eliot, Nov. 1802, May 1806
(fols. 98-9, 112-13) his brother George Granville Venables-Vernon, Feb. 1805, Apr. 1806
(fols. 104-5) his brother Edward Venables-Vernon, Dec. [1805]
(fols. 119-20) his brother Leveson Venables-Vernon, May 1806
(fols. 134-5, 167-8) Alexander von Humboldt, n.d.
(fols. 136-66, 171-88, 190-9, 202-11) his wife Matilda Vernon Harcourt, June 1833-[1840], n.d.
(fols. 169-70) his daughter Matilda Maria Louisa Vernon Harcourt, June 1835
(fols. 200-1) unidentified concerning York diocese business, n.d.
(fols. 212-13) Richard Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, Feb. 1839
(fols. 214-15) his son Edward William Harcourt, [1850]
(fols. 216-18) unidentified concerning the Wilberforce School for the Blind, Oct. 1861
(fols. 219-20) to one of his unidentified children concerning an 18th century family painting at Nuneham, 1864
(fols. 11-16) William Vernon Harcourt's naval journal, [Nov. 1801]
and correspondence of Edward Venables-Vernon, Bishop of Carlisle, with:
(fols. 35-6, 49-50) John Jenkins, Jan.-Aug. 1802
(fols. 110-11, 123) John Bligh, Mar.-June 1806
Date
1801-64, n.d.
Language
English
Physical extent
222 Leaves
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Collection contents
Correspondence and papers of the Vernon Harcourt family
Correspondence of William Vernon Harcourt
