Edmund Burke letters, 1762-1797.

Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797

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Private secretary to the British prime minister Rockingham who opposed British policies in America. From the description of ALS, 1775 January 12 : Westminister, to the Marquis of Rockingham. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14283720 English statesman and orator. From the description of Autograph letter in the third person : [n.p.], to Sir Peter Burrell, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270858706 From the description of Autogr...

Henderson, John, 1757-1788

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Nagle, Garrett, d. ca. 1791

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Bright, Richard, 1754-1840

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Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth), 1718-1800

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Elizabeth Montagu, née Robinson, English author and literary hostess. From the guide to the Elizabeth Montagu manuscript material : 1 item, ca. mid-18th century, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Elizabeth Robinson Montagu, an author and literary hostess, was a central figure in London's Bluestocking circle, and a friend of Samuel Johnson. Her best-known work was 1769's anonymously published An Essay on the Writings and ...

Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792

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Burgoyne was a Lieutenant General of British forces during the American Revolution, who surrendered at Saratoga in Oct. 1777. From the description of John Burgoyne letter : to M.G. Gates, 1777 Dec. 12. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936829 British general. From the description of ALS : near Bemis Heights, N.Y., to Horatio Gates, 1777 Sept. 27. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122591552 General and Dramatist. ...

R. and J. Dodsley, recipient.

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Smith, Joseph, 1745-1815

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Laurence, French, 1757-1809

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Epithet: Professor of Civil Law at Oxford and MP for Peterborough British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001188.0x000285 ...

Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811

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Henry Dundas, the first Viscount Melville (1742-1811), statesman, was the father of Robert Saunders Dundas, the second Viscount Melville (1771-1851), also a statesman. Henry Dundas was educated at Edinburgh High School and University, before becoming solicitor-general for Scotland in 1766. He was M.P. for Midlothian 1774-1790, except for a few months in 1782, when he sat for Newtown, Isle of Wight. He was lord advocate 1775-1783, lord rector of Glasgow University 1781-1783, privy councillor, and...

Parry, Caleb Hillier, 1755-1822

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Caleb Hillier Parry was born on 21 October 1755 at Cirencester. He was the eldest son of Joshua Parry a non-conformist minister. Caleb was educated at Cirencester Grammar School (where he met and became lifelong friends with Edward Jenner), and at the Dissenter's Academy in Warrington. He went on to study medicine at Edinburgh University, graduating in 1778, the year in which he married Sarah Rigby. In 1779, they settled in Bath where their son, William Edward Parry, the Arctic expl...

Hippisley, John Cox, 1748-1825

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English politician. From the description of Copy of an autograph letter signed : Gensano, to Lord Grenville, 1793 Oct. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270480047 ...

Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834

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William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville, British Whig statesman and Prime Minister from 11 February 1806 - 31 March 1807. From the description of William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville manuscript material : 2 items, 1812-1813 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 261136065 Commissioner of the newly created board of control in 1784 and in 1786 vice-president of the committee of trade. Sent on a diplomatic mission to the Hague in the summer of 1787 and afterwar...

Scott, William, Baron Stowell, 1745-1836

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Stowell held a variety of position within the govenment including Advocate General for Lord High Admiralty (1782), Judge for Consistory Court (1788-1821), Privy Councilor (1798), and Judge of High Court of Admiralty (1798-1828). From the description of Letter to the vice-chancellor of Oxford University, 14 March 1807. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234337873 Judge of the High Court of the Admiralty. From the description of Autograph letter sign...

Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809

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English statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Sir J.C. Hippisley, 1800 June 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270618754 From the description of Copy of an autograph letter signed : [London], to "The Viceroy", 1796 Apr. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270861210 From the description of Letter signed : Whitehall, to John Kirby, Keeper of Newgate Gaol, 1800 Oct. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270618764 From the descript...

Burke, Edmund

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Epithet: of Add MS 12099 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001030.0x0000a2 Epithet: of Wimbledon; of Add MS 38323 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001030.0x0000a8 Title: Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001030.0x0000dc Epithet: of Wimbled...