Abigail Adams collection of Victorian autographs, 1837-1864.

Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875

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Sir Charles Lyell, first baronet, (1797-1875, APS, 1842) was a geologist and lawyer, whose Principles of Geology explained “former changes of the earth’s surface” by means of “modern causes.” Critical of the “catastrophist” views of many contemporary geologists, Lyell considered the earth “a system of balanced antagonistic processes,” a theory later described as uniformitarian. Although he rejected Jean Baptiste Lamarck’s theory of species mutability early in his career, later he favorabl...

Dufferin and Clandeboye, Helen Selina Blackwood, Baroness, 1807-1867

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Helen Selina Blackwood, Lady Dufferin and Claneboye, British song-writer, poet, and author. She was the granddaughter of the Irish playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and the daughter of actor and soldier Thomas Sheridan, and novelist Caroline Henrietta Sheridan. One of Lady Dufferin's sisters was the author and law reform campaigner Caroline Norton. From the description of Lady Dufferin manuscript material : 1 item, ca. mid 19th century (New York Public Library). WorldCat record i...

Massey, Gerald, 1828-1907

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Gerald Massey (born 29 May 1828, near Tring, Hertfordshire – died 29 October 1907, South Norwood, London Borough of Croydon, England) was an English poet and writer on Spiritualism and Ancient Egypt....

Hunt, William Holman, 1827-1910

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William Holman Hunt was an English artist and painter. Despite his father's objections, he sought a career as an artist, and studied art at the Royal Academy, where he met Millais and Rossetti; the three of them co-founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Hunt's paintings are richly colored and highly detailed; many have religious or moralistic connotations. He made several journeys to the Middle East, and painted scenes of Jerusalem. He was extremely popular with the general public. ...

Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850

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Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1830-1848. From the description of [Invitation] 1840 oct. 8 [to] comte Abrial / Louis Philippe. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 259486814 Louis-Philippe est le fils aîné de Louis Philippe Joseph, duc de Bourgogne (dit Philippe Egalité) et d’Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre, elle-même descendante du comte de Toulouse (fils légitimé de Louis XIV et de la marquise de Montespan). Ainsi, il est également le cousin des rois Lo...

Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess, 1780-1863

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British politician and Irish peer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to an unidentified recipient, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 593760516 ...

Adams, Abigail Brooks, 1808-1889

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Herschell, Sir John.

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Palmerston, Viscountess E.

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Grote, George, 1794-1871

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English historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Threadneedle Street", to W.W. Hickson [William Edward Hickson?], 1835 Apr. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270503892 From the description of Trial and death of Socrates : autograph manuscript, ca. 1832. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270881620 George Grote was born on 17 November 1794. He was educated at a school in Sevenoaks, Kent and Charterhouse, where he remained for six years. At Charterho...

Mathews, Charles, 1776-1835

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Charles Mathews, English actor. From the description of Charles Mathews manuscript material : 2 items, ca. 1820's (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 747730054 From the guide to the Charles Mathews manuscript material : 3 items, ca. 1820's, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Charles Mathews was an English actor, stage manager, and one of the leading comedians of his day. From his first appearance in Lo...

Mrs. Homer.

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Candwell, Edward.

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T. W. Hughes.

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Milman, H. H.

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Mr. Adams

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Eastlake, Elizabeth, 1809-1893

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English author and art critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Lady Rawlinson, 1864 Apr. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270742854 Lady Elizabeth Rigby Eastlake was an English essayist and translator, who published "Five Great Painters" (1883) and other works. Her husband was Sir Charles Lock Eastlake (1793-1865), director of the National Gallery, 1855-1865. From the description of Letters, 1866-1869 [manuscript]. WorldCat record...

Karr, Alphonse, 1808-1890

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French critic and novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to M. Siroudin, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270490680 ...

Mr. Elliott.

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Martineau, Harriet

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Epithet: of Add MS 39948 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001301.0x000295 Epithet: of Add MS 44439 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001301.0x000297 Epithet: writer and reformer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x000116 Epithet: of Add MS ...

Lady Tennent

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Dennison, John Evelyn

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Ford, Mrs

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Mrs. Burzon.

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Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn, 1815-1881

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Dean of Westminster; historian. From the description of Autograph letters (6) only four of which have signatures : Westminster, to Prof. Knight, 1874 Jul. 7-1880 Jul. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580241 Dean of Westminster. From the description of Autograph letter signed : St. Petersburg, to Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1874 Jan. 21/Feb. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270575881 Dean of Westminster-Historian. From the description of Autogr...

Clive, Caroline

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Epithet: alias 'Mrs Archer Clive', poet and novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001124.0x00013b ...

Macaulay, Thomas Babington

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Epithet: Baron Macaulay British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x0000cb ...

Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873

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Lytton was an English statesman and writer. From the description of Lithograph of Lord Lytton, circa 1800s-1870s. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367947106 Edward Bulwer Lytton, first Baron Lytton, writer and politician. From the description of Edward Bulwer Lytton manuscript material : 26 items, 1828-1872 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 718729173 From the guide to the Edward Bulwer Lytton manuscript material : 26 items, 1828-1872, (The New...

Collins, Wilkie

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Miss Horner.

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Emerson Tennent

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H. H. Milman

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Devonshire, Duke of.

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Oliphant, Lawrence

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Jerrold, Douglas

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Epithet: of Egerton MS 2154 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000268.0x0002b9 Epithet: of Add MS 31978 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000268.0x0002b8 ...

Murchinson, Roderick.

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Townshend, Viscount.

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Faraday.

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Millais, John Everett, 1829-1896

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Brother of Lester Wallack's wife Emily. From the description of Correspondence to Emily Wallack, 1883. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 236184633 English painter. From the description of Autograph letters signed : 2 Palace Gate, Kensington ; and elsewhere, to Arthur Sullivan, 1870 Aug. 19, [n.y.] Nov. 2, and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125260 British painter and illustrator. From the description of Corre...

Marcet, Mrs. Jane.

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Forbes, (Professor).

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Bulwer-Lytton, Rosina.

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Holland, Elizabeth Vassall Fox, Lady, 1770-1845

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Erne, Earl of.

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Torrington, Viscount.

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Keene, Charles S.

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Roden, Earl of.

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Smith, Sidney

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Epithet: Reverend; Canon of St. Paul's British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x0001b8 Epithet: Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities British Museum British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x0002ae Epithet: Secretary, Liberal Registration Association British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person ...

Mr. Ford

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Burgon, Mrs

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Gibson, John

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Epithet: of Add MS 4284 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000565.0x000335 Epithet: nightman, of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000565.0x000333 Epithet: Dean of Down British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000565.0x00032e Epithet: of Sloane MS 1...

Lyell, Lady

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Mrs. Patmore.

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Dickens, Charles

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Mr. Dickens is a farmer and machinery dealer in Savannah, N.Y. From the description of Charles Dickens oral history, 1968. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63934414 ...

Patmore, Coventry, 1823-1896

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Coventry Patmore was a British poet. He was appointed assistant in the printed book department of the British Museum in November 1846 and retired some time after 1865. From the description of Coventry Patmore letters and photograph, 1842-1865. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 38273331 English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to William Makepeace Thackeray, 1863 Mar. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 27...

Newcastle, Duke of.

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Emerson Tement

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Derby, Earl of.

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Hooker, Joseph D.

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Robins, George.

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Emerson, T.

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Newspaperman. From the description of T. Emerson collection, 1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80468756 ...

Eastlake, Sir Charles.

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Hamilton, Lord Claude.

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Lewis, Right Hon. George Cornwall.

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Stanhope, Earl of Lord Mahon.

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Smith, James

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Epithet: Captain Bombay Artillery British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000429.0x0002e5 Epithet: of Stowe MS 746 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x000301 Epithet: Rector of the High school Banff British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x000307 ...

Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873

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English actor, recognized as perhaps the greatest English character actor of his day. He was especially noted for his Shakespearean roles. From the description of Letter, 1842. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122391814 William Charles Macready was a tragedian. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1821-1849, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155886139 William Charles Macready was an English stage manager and actor...

Chartres, Duc de Robert d'Orleans.

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Tument, Lady

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Houghton, Richard M. Milnes, Lord.

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Smith, Goldwin

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Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur F234 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001512.0x000148 Epithet: Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000299.0x0000f3 ...

Napier, J.

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Adams, Mrs..

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Tennent, Sir J. Emerson

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Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

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Palmerston, Viscount.

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Reade, Charles, 1814-1884

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Charles Reade was born in Oxfordshire, and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford; he became a fellow of the college, studied law, and earned a Doctor of Civil Laws degree, although he never practiced law. He wrote numerous plays, often in collaboration with other dramatists, including translations of continentral drama (sometimes without permission). His most successful play was Masks and Faces which, on the advice of actress Laura Seymour, he turned into a novel. He was eventually more successfu...

Norton, Caroline Sheridan, 1808-1877

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British author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Catherine Dickens, [between 1842 and 1846]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610489 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Catherine Dickens, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610487 English author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Mrs. Fonblanque, Thursday [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610490 From ...

Russell, Lord.

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Villiers, Charles.

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Dufferin, Lord

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Hall, Mrs. S. C. Anna Maria.

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Londonderry, Marquis of.

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Colchester, Earl of.

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Kinglake, A. W.

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Cobden, Richard

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Epithet: of Add MS 37053 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000174.0x00016b Richard Cobden was born in 1804 a contemporary of Jane, Lady Franklin (1792-1875) wife of the Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin. Cobden died in 1865 From the guide to the Richard Cobden collection, 1854, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge) Epithet: of Add MS 38794 British Library Archi...

P. G. Patmore.

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Rogers, Samuel

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Epithet: of Add MS 12116 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001391.0x0000f9 ...

J. E. Tennent

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Holland, Sir Henry.

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Stanley, Lord.

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Tennent, Emerson

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Lady Lyell

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Landseer, Edwin Henry, Sir, 1802-1873

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English artist noted for his depictions of animals and as a sculptor for the lions in Trafalgar Square, London.Thomas Boys was a English engraver and artist. From the description of [Letter] 1817 Apr., St. Johns Wood [to] Thos. Boys / E. Landseer. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 244252355 English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : "St. John's Wood" [London], to Catherine Dickens, 1856 June 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270597964 ...

Edm. Cardwell.

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Holland, Lady Saba Smith.

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Colenso (Bishop of Natal).

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Seymour, Sir Hamilton.

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Kossuth, Edward.

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Owen, Richard

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Epithet: Captain; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000566.0x000092 Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur F234 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001440.0x000114 Epithet: Lieutenant RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000566.0x000093 Epithet: KCB, natural...

G. P. Patmore

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Mrs Ford

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Grenely, Lord.

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Crawford, John (John A. B.)

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Epithet: Captain; of Add MS 33101 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000756.0x00004d Epithet: Senior Warden of St Saviour's, Southwark British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000756.0x000053 Epithet: of Paisley British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : a...

Peel, Robert

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Title: 3rd Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001240.0x0001f3 Epithet: Prime Minister Title: 2nd Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000750.0x00016a Epithet: Right Hon British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/v...

Hardwicke, Earl of.

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Gladstone, William E.

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Lady Lyeil.

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Mrs Horner

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Marse, Amelia (Queen of France).

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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901

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Queen Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was born on May 24, 1819 at Kensington Palace in London and she became heir to the throne when her father died. In 1837, she became Queen at the age of 18. During the early part of her reign, she was influenced by two men: her first Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and then her husband, Prince Albert, whom she married in 1840. Both men taught her much about how to be ...

Layard, Austin Henry.

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Tricoupi S.

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Mrs. Milman.

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Hughes, Thomas W.

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Somerville, Mrs. Mary.

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Morpeth, Lord (Earl of Carlisle).

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Gibson, Thomas Milner, 1806-1884

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Epithet: statesman British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000349.0x0002c9 Epithet: of Add MS 37198 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x000231 Thomas Milner Gibson, British politician. A long-time advocate of the free-trade movement, Gibson served as President of the Board of Trade of His Majesty's Government from 1850 to 1866. ...

Grey, Sir George.

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Planche, J. R.

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Heller, Henry

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Guizot, ...

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J. E. Tennent. Earl of Derby

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Lockhart, John G.

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Mr. Lyell

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