WARREN HASTINGS PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. i + 153). Miscellaneous correspondence of Warren Hastings, 1775-1818. Among the correspondents (all of whom are given in the Index) are: Lord Mansfield, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Dr. Samuel Johnson, Sir William Jones, L... 1775-1818
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Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
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Hastings was the first governor general of British India. He began in 1750 as a clerk at the East India Company. In 1761, he was appointed to the Calcutta Council, and in 1769, was made a member of the Madras Council. In 1771, he became governor of Bengal, and in 1774, governor general of India. In 1784, he resigned and returned to England, where he was charged with high crimes and misdemenears. He was impeached in 1787 but, after a long trial, was acquitted in 1795. He was made a privy councilo...
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837
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William IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover. The third son of George III, William succeeded his elder brother George IV. He served in the Royal Navy in his youth, spending time in North America and the Caribbean, and was later nicknamed the "Sailor King". In 1789, he was created Duke of Clarence and St Andrews. In 1827, he was appointed as Britain's first Lord High Admiral since 1709. As his two older brothers died without leaving legitimate issue, ...
Chapman, Charles, 1752-1809, East India Company official and diplomat
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1773 appointed writer in the East India Company's Bombay service; 1775-1778 worked in the governor-general's (Warren Hastings's) office in Bengal; 1778-1779 mission to Vietnam as emissary for the Bengal government; 1781-1783 mission to the Maratha ruler of Berar at Nagpur; 1786-1789 on furlough; 1794-1801 manager of a salt district; 1802-1805 MP for Newtown, Isle of Wight Epithet: East India Company official and diplomat British Library Archives and Manuscrip...
George, IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
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George Augustus Frederick was born August 12, 1762, the eldest son of George III of England and Queen Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. He was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester on September 8, 1762. George Augustus became a knight of the Garter on December 28, 1765, and was presented to the public in October, 1768. In August 1783, George Augustus came of age and assumed his seat in the House of Lords on November 11. He aligned himself with the Whig party which soon fell from fa...
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, portrait-painter
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Epithet: portrait-painter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x00019c ...
Duff, James
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Epithet: M P British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000684.0x0001aa Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000684.0x0001ab Epithet: Consul-General at Cadiz British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000684.0x0001a9 Epithet: General; of Add MS 33102 ...
Johnson, Samuel Y.
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Epithet: LLD, lexicographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000069 Epithet: Reverend; DD, of Stratford, in Connecticut; afterwards President of King's College, New York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000356.0x000250 Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur D546 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Pers...
Cleveland, Augustus, 1755-1784
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1770 writership in Bengal; 1771-1775 assistant collector of Bhagalpur; 1775 collector of Bhagalpur; 1779 manager of Rajmahal hills settlement Epithet: East India Company servant British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000174.0x00015f ...
Grant, Anne, active 1775-1818, Mrs; of Laggan; authoress
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Epithet: Mrs; of Laggan; authoress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000839.0x00026e ...
Elliot, Gilbert
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Title: 4th Baronet; 1st Earl of Minto 1813 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000980.0x00014a Epithet: formerly of the Indian Civil Service British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000980.0x00011c Epithet: Reverend; Dean of Bristol; of Add MS 41496 British Library Archives and Manuscripts...
Thornton, Robert, active 1775-1818, Chairman of the E India Co
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Muhammad Bakir Rizavi, active 1775-1818
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Tollemache, Magdalene, -1823, 2nd wife of Lionel, 5th Earl of Dysart
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Epithet: 2nd wife of Lionel, 5th Earl of Dysart British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000211.0x000204 ...
Petty, William, marquis of Lansdowne, 1737-1805
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Lord Shelburne served under Lord Granby in Germany in 1757. He took his seat in the House of Lords in 1761 and became President of the Board of Trade in 1763. He was appointed Secretary for the Southern Department under Pitt in 1766, but after facing opposition from George III resigned in 1768 and spent fourteen years in opposition. During this period he undertook the Grand Tour and became acquainted with many of Europe’s leading men and women, particularly the Abbé Morellet, with w...
Rochfort, J-, active 1775-1818, of Add MS 39871
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Carnatic, The, active 1775-1818, Muhammad Ali, Valajah Bahadur, Nawab of
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Leigh, Thomas, active 1775-1818, of Addlestrop
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Popham, William, active 1775-1818, Major; of Add MS 39871
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Hay, active 1775-1818, widow of Edward Hay
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Epithet: widow of Edward Hay British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000303.0x000191 ...
Walford, Theophilus, active 1775-1818
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Shore, J.
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Nelson, Horatio Nelson, viscount, 1758-1805
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British naval officer. After his victory at the Battle of the Nile in 1798, Nelson was created Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk. The following year he was made Duke of Bronté in Sicily for his role in restoring the civil government of Naples after its rescue from the French. From the description of ALS : Brixham, to Emma Hamilton, London, 1801 Feb. 16. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 145506957 Horatio Nelson, British admiral, mad...
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805
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Governor General of India and British army officer. From the description of Papers of Charles Cornwallis, Marquis Cornwallis, 1614-1854. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068310 British general; second in command in North America during Revolution, surrendered to Washington at Yorktown. Later governor-general of India. From the description of Proclamation, 1781 March 18, North Carolina. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86156104 Charle...
Turner, Samuel, F.R.S.
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Rawdon-Hastings, Francis, formerly Rawdon 2nd Earl of Moira, 1st Marquess of Hastings
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Canning, George, 1770-1827
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English statesman. From the description of Autograph letters signed (5) and letters signed (2) : [London] to Robert Southey and various correspondents, 1811 June 17-1827 May 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270858738 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Christ Church [Oxford], to Mr. Legge, 1793 Mar. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133346 British statesman and politician; Prime Minister, 10 April 1827 - 8 August 1827. From the descri...
Murray, William
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Epithet: of Add MS 34624 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x000289 Title: 1st Earl of Mansfield British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x000160 Epithet: of Jamaica British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000985.0x0...
Jones, William
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De Calonne, Charles Alexandre, active 1769-1818, French Comptroller-General of Finance
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Stewart, Robert, 1769-1822, Viscount Castlereagh, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry
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Touchet, Peter, active 1775-1818, E India Co. Resident at Radnagore
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Thompson, George Nesbitt, active 1775-1818, of Add MS 39871
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Law, Edward, afterwards Lord Ellenborough
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Hastings, Marian, wife of Warren Hastings; formerly Anna Maria Appolonia Chapusettin
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Epithet: wife of Warren Hastings; formerly Anna Maria Appolonia Chapusettin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000218.0x000300 ...
Wellesley, Richard Wellesley, Marquess, 1760-1842
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Governor-General. Governor of Madras, 1797; Governor-General of India, May 18, 1798-July 30 1805. From the description of Correspondence with Lord Melville, 1797-1802 (bulk 1798-99). (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62423136 From the description of Papers, 1797-1841. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122427185 Governor-General of India. From the description of Autograph letters signed (4), letter signed (1) and letter (1) : Killin...
