Norton Nicholls papers 1750-1811

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Norton Nicholls papers 1750-1811

The papers document aspects of the life and career of Norton Nicholls, especially his Grand Tour (1770-1773), his friendships, and his family relationships. Major correspondents include Jane Floyer Nicholls, Karl von Bonstetten, Thomas Gray, John Minifie, and Thomas David Boswell.

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Nicholls, Jane Floyer.

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Austen, E. E. (Ernest Edward), 1867-1938

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Minifie, John.

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Baker-Holroyd, John, Earl of Sheffield.

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Casamajor, John.

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Boston, George (Irby), Baron.

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Ogilvie, James, Earl of Seafield, 1750-1811

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Nichols family.

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Wheler, John.

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Governor of Bombay. From the description of Autograph letter signed, 1788 Feb. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270586652 ...

Castelpagano, Duchess of.

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Nicholls, Norton, 1741?-1809

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English divine; friend of the poet Gray. From the description of Autograph letter signed, with initials : Cullen House, Scotland, to the Rev. William J. Temple, 1779 Nov. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609899 Norton Nicholls (1742-1811) received his LL.B. from Cambridge University in 1766. He was ordained in the following year and became rector of Lound and Bradwell in Suffolk. An amateur musician and avid gardener, he was also a friend of Thomas Gray. From...

Wilseck, Count.

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Erskine family.

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Gurdon, Mary.

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Wilseck, Count.

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Ogilvy, James, Earl of Findlater.

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Austen, Edward

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Casamajor, John.

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Bonstetten, Charles-Victor de, 1745-1832

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Queensbury, William Douglas, Duke of, 1724-1811.

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Boston, George (Irby), Baron.

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Erskine family.

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Turner, Dawson, 1775-1858

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English collector and antiquary. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Yarmouth, to Mr. Kerrich and an unidentified recipient, 1818 Sept. 16 and 1846 Jan. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872383 English physician and botanist. From the description of Papers, 1800-1820. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35527757 English botanist and antiquary. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Yarmouth, 1841 Aug....

Nicholls, Norton, 1742-1811

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Norton Nicholls was born in Lisbon on February 24, 1742, the only surviving child of Jane Floyer Nicholls and Norton Nicholls. The family returned to London by 1745, but the elder Nicholls became bankrupt and abandoned his family, leaving only a small annuity for his wife. With the assistance of Charles Floyer, an East India merchant, Nicholls was educated at Enfield School, Eton, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, receiving his LL.B in 1766. The death of Charles Floyer in that year sever...

Nicholls, Jane Floyer.

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East India Company

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The East India Company (formally called the Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies (1600-1708) and the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies (1708-1873)), was an English company formed for the exploitation of the spice trade in East and Southeast Asia and India. It was incorporated by Royal Charter in December 1600. From the guide to the East India Company, 1647, 1647, (Senate House Library, University of London) ...

Firmian, Karl Josef, Graf von, 1716-1782.

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Castelpagano, Duchess of.

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Church of England

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According to the Canons of 1604, XLIX-LII, of the Church of England, only those persons whose faith and learning are known to their bishop are licensed to preach. Such is the case because the Anglican bishop has pastoral charge of his entire diocese, and the ministers of that diocese, and the ministers of that diocese are considered to be his assistants. From the description of Church of England licensing document, 1886. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122406060 The major mis...

Minifie, John.

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Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790

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Son of Maria Theresa; ruled with Maria Theresa, 1765-1790. From the description of Autograph signature to letter : Vienna, to an Elector, 1768 Aug. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270493619 ...

Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771

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British poet. From the description of Collection of notebooks containing Thomas Gray's notes on his reading, a catalog of his library, and a copy of his will : [England], 1740s-1770. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612342648 From the description of Autograph notes on Lysias and Isocrates, 1747 Mar. 20-1748 Mar. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270508038 From the description of Autograph notes on Thucydides and Xenophon : [England], [174-?]. (Unknown). WorldCat recor...

Temple, William Johnston, 1739-1796

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The author was a friend of James Boswell, and the Vicar of St. Gluvias in Penryn, Cornwall. From the description of Diaries : manuscript, 1780-1791. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612835415 William Johnston Temple (1739-1796), Church of England clergyman and essayist, friend of James Boswell and Thomas Gray. In 1767 Temple married Anne Stow (1741-1793). The Temples had eight children; one, Francis (1770-1863), became an admiral, and another, Octavius ...

Gurdon, Mary.

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Wheler, John.

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Nichols family.

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Eton College

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