Papers, 1650-1899.

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Papers, 1650-1899.

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Letters and papers of the Earls of Dunmore, a branch of the Murray family of Scotland. All of the papers, except eleven items relating to Virginia, 1770, 1776 are photocopies. The early papers relate to lands in Brabant (a province of the Netherlands) inherited from the 7th Earl of Derby and his wife, and to the role of Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore (1661-1710) as Master of the Horse to Queen Mary, the wife of James II. Eighteenth century papers relate to the Jacobite conspiracies of 1703 and 1745, the War of Austrian Succession in which John, 2nd Earl of Dunmore (1685-1752), served in Flanders and also relate to the career of John, 4th Earl of Dunmore (1732-1809), governor of Virginia, 1771-1775. There are four letters from George Washington to Lord Dunmore. The nineteenth century papers include letters from George, 5th Earl of Dunmore to his agent Thomas Jack. Topics in the collection include the marriage of Prince Augustus Frederick to Lady Augusta Murray. Prominent correspondents include Edward VII and his wife Alexandra (to Charles Adolphus, 7th Earl of Dunmore), Queen Victoria, Prince Adolphus Frederick (Duke of Cambridge), Sir William Johnson, Henry Pelham and Marshal Saxe.

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Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925

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Alexandra was born December 1, 1844, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her family had been relatively obscure until 1852, when her father, Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, was named successor to the Danish throne. At the age of sixteen, she was chosen as the future wife of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, the heir apparent of Queen Victoria; the pair married in 1863. She died November 20, 1925 at Sandringham House, Norfolk, England. ...

Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910

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Dunmore, George Murray, Earl of, 1762-1836.

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Saxe, Maurice, comte de, 1696-1750

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Saxe was the son of an illegitimate son of August the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, and the Countess Maria Aurora of Königsmarck. He was known for his military competence and his victories in the Austrian War of Succession. From the description of [Letter] 1746 oct. 9 / Cte de Saxe. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 432080224 ...

Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754

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Epithet: of Lewes British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001389.0x0002ed English statesman. From the description of Letter signed : London, to Robert Walpole, 1743 Sept. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270857635 British statesman. From the description of Document signed : Whitehall, 1748 July 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270890748 Epithet: Secretary at War ...

Dunmore, Charles Murray, Earl of, 1661-1710.

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Dunmore, Charles Adolphus Murray, Earl of, 1841-1907

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English explorer; lord-in-waiting to Queen Victoria. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Marlborough Club, Pall Mall, S.W., [London], to Arthur Sullivan, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125609 ...

Dunmore family.

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Cambridge, Adolphus Frederick, Duke of, 1774-1870.

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Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1685-1752.

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Johnson, William, 1715-1774

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British official in America. From the description of Receipt signed to an autograph letter signed (signature obliterated) dated Schonectady [sic] 24 December, 1764 : [n.p.], 1764 Dec. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270496465 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Johnson Hall, to an unidentified correspondent, 1769 Apr. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270487684 Sir William Johnson was a wealthy land owner and trader, controlling most of the lands in...

Mary of Modena, consort of James II, King of England, 1658-1718.

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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901

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Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809

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Appointed governor of Virginia in 1771. From the description of Correspondence, 1771-1778. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 26923951 Lord Dunmore was the British governor of the Virginia Colony, from September 25, 1771 until his departure to New York on New Years Eve, 1776. From the guide to the Land Grant to Ambrose Gatewood, 1773 June 15, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) Governor of New York (1...