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1837-1840 member of parliament for Morpeth; 1840-1841 under-secretary, the Foreign Office; 1841-1846 member of parliament for Lichfield; 1846 earldom, entered the House of Lords and made privy councillor; 1846-1848 master of the buckhounds; 1847-1851 paymaster-general; 1848 vice-president, the Board of Trade; 1851-1852 foreign secretary; 1852-1854, 1855-1858 and 1859-1866 lord president of the council; 1854-1855 chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster; 1856 ambassador-extraordinary to ...
Burton, Charles
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Epithet: Perpetual Curate of All Saints, Manchester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001030.0x0002e8 Epithet: of Add MS 39803 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001030.0x0002e7 Epithet: Justice of KB, Ireland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Descriptio...
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...
Browning, Robert, 1812-1889
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Robert Browning was a British poet. Born on May 7, 1812, Browning wrote his first major work,"Pauline: a fragment of a confession" at the age of twenty. He married Elizabeth Barrett in 1826 and with her encouragement went on to become one of the major Victorian poets. From the description of Robert Browning collection of papers, [1835?]-1933 bulk ([1835?]-1889). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122615581 Browning was an English poet. From the descri...
Cross Mary Ann 1819-1880
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Epithet: novelist, pseudonym George Eliot British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x00037e ...
Clifford, Thomas
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Epithet: Lord Clifford; of Add MS 15857 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x000398 Title: 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000750.0x0001ce ...
Baillie-Hamilton, William Alexander, Sir, KCMG, son of Adm W A Baillie-Hamilton
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Epithet: KCMG, son of Adm W A Baillie-Hamilton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x000162 Epithet: Admiral Admiralty Sec British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x000179 ...
Mennes, John, Sir, active 1646-1691, Admiral
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Epithet: Admiral British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x00036f ...
Grenville, William Wyndham, , 1759-1834
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Epithet: Prime Minister Title: Baron Grenville British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000560.0x000302 ...
Gwyn, Eleanor, mistress of Charles II
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Epithet: mistress of Charles II British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001297.0x00004f ...
Cobbett, William, MP
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Epithet: essayist and politician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000209.0x000371 Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000174.0x00012b Epithet: of Add MS 33964 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000174.0x00014...
Pratt, Charles
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Title: 1st Earl Camden British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x000376 ...
Baxter, Richard
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Epithet: divine British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x00020c Epithet: of Egerton MS 2882 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001091.0x000028 Epithet: junior, of Wyberton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001091.0x000024 Epithet: of Egerton MS 29...
Dale, Thomas, 1745-1816
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Epithet: Canon of St. Paul's British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001294.0x000371 Epithet: Abbot of Bradsole, county Kent British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001294.0x00036f Epithet: Canon of St Paul's Cathedral London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x...
Codrington, William John, Sir, General KCB
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Epithet: General KCB British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x00018f ...
Bannister, John
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Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x000361 ...
Auckland, William Eden, baron, 1744-1814
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British statesman. From the description of William Eden, Baron Auckland, correspondence, circa 1778. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131525 British Ambassador Extraordinary at the Hague, 1793. From the description of Papers, 1772-1804. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19536415 English diplomat and statesman. From the guide to the Baron Auckland letter, 1803, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...
St. John, Henry.
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Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel; 91st Foot British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000169.0x0001ed Title: 1st Viscount Bolingbroke British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001085.0x00001c ...
Southey, Robert, 1774-1843
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English poet, literary scholar, historian and biographer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Keswick, to an unidentified man, 1836 Jan. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 603582965 English poet and man of letters. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Keswick, to Moxon, 1837 July 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662734 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Keswick, to an unidentified correspondent, 1837 Mar. 2....
Godolphin, Francis, 2nd Earl of Godolphin
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Epithet: sec to Earl of Essex as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000974.0x0003c1 Epithet: of Godolphin, in Breage, county Cornwall British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000702.0x000015 Epithet: KB; of Add MS 28052 British Library Archives and Manuscripts C...
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...
Wood, Humphrey
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Epithet: of Chatham Kent British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001219.0x00035c ...
Englefield, Henry Charles, Sir, 7th Baronet, FSA
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Epithet: FSA Title: 7th Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000349.0x00028c ...
Francis, Philip, 1740-1818
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British civil servant. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : to his wife, London, Aire and Brussels, 1765 May 25-1767 Aug. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270750268 From the description of Autograph letter signed, 1788 Feb. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270750282 From the description of Autograph letters signed (12) : London and Calcutta, to Philip Baggs , 1770 Dec. 11 to 1776 Sept. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270750252 From ...
Coote, Eyre, approximately 1759-1823, general, colonial governor
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1776 ensign and lieutenant in the 37th regiment of foot; 1776-1781 served in American War of Independence; 1783 major of the 47th foot; 1788 lieutenant-colonel of the 70th foot; 1790-1797 MP for Ballinakill; 1797-1800 MP for Maryborough; 1793-1794 served in West Indies; 1794 colonel; 1794-1795 served in Netherlands campaign; 1795 served in West Indies campaign; 1795 aide-de-camp to King George III; 1796 brigadier-general; 1798 major-general; 1798-1799 served in Netherlands; 1801 ser...
Fox, Charles Richard, 1796-1873
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Epithet: Colonel; MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001345.0x000388 Epithet: Major-General; Surveyor-General of Ordnance British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001345.0x00038b Epithet: Colonel; M P British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001345.0x000387 Ep...
Fry, Elizabeth
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Epithet: prison reformer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x000394 Elizabeth Gurney was born in Norwich in May 1780 a devout Quaker she married Joseph Fry in 1800. After a visit to Newgate prison in 1813 she became an advocate for prison reform establishing a school and chapel for the female prisoners and touring the country visiting other prisons. She died in 1845 From the guide to the Elizab...
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
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Charles Robert Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, England. His father, Robert Waring Darwin (1766-1848), was a physician, the son of Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802), a poet, philosopher, and naturalist. Robert established a successful medical practice in Shrewsbury where he was known for his kindness extended to the poor. He was financially quite successful and willing to support his sons in their various endeavors. Although not a prolific writer, he was elected to the Royal Society ...
Forster, John
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Biographical note John Forster (1812-1876) was one of England's more influential writers and editors. He was born April 2, 1812 in Newcastle, England. At the age of 15, in June 1827, he wrote a singularly clever and elaborate paper entitled A Few Thoughts in Vindication of the Stage. Entering University College in London in 1828 as a law student, Forster became friends with such fellow students as James Emerson Tennent and James Whiteside. He...
Fox, Charles James, of Add MS 38477
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Epithet: Right Hon; of Add MS 30990 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001345.0x000382 Epithet: Secretary of State British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001345.0x000384 Epithet: of Add MS 38477 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_1...
Dodd, William, 1804-
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Epithet: Reverend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000440.0x000361 Epithet: Reverend forger British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x00038d Epithet: of Add MS 40263 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000440.0x00035f Epithet: of Wandsworth ...
Kent, Edward Augustus, Duke of, son of George III
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Epithet: son of George III Title: Duke of British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000472.0x000132 ...
George, Christopher, 1929-1983
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Epithet: Captain RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x000360 ...
Bentham, Jeremy, active 1818, philosopher
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Epithet: philosopher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x000367 ...
Legge, George, 1st Baron Dartmouth
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Title: 1st Baron Dartmouth British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x00038c ...
Grote, George, historian
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Epithet: MP, historian British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x00029a Epithet: of Add MS 27824 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001089.0x00033e Epithet: of Add MS 35073 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001089.0x00...
Grey, George, of Add MS 36191
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Epithet: son of Thomas, 1st Marquis of Dorset British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001089.0x0001d2 Epithet: of Fallodon Title: 2nd Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000622.0x000340 Epithet: KCB, colonial governor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue ...
Bourchier, Thomas, 1404?-1486
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Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000389.0x000286 Epithet: Captain RN, KCB British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000410.0x0000b3 ...
Belcher, Edward
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Epithet: Admiral KCB British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x00013f Edward Belcher was born on 27 February 1799 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 1812, he entered the Navy, serving off the coast of North America and in the African Station and rising to the rank of lieutenant in 1818. In 1825, he was appointed assistant surveyor in HMS Blossom on the British Naval Exploring Expedition, 1825-1828 (leader ...
Shaw-Lefevre, Charles, Speaker of the House of Commons (1839), Viscount Eversley (1857)
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Epithet: Viscount Eversley British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000299.0x0000b6 Epithet: Speaker of the House of Commons (1839), Viscount Eversley (1857) British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x000109 ...
Gifford, William
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Epithet: engineer, of Ceylon British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000565.0x0003cb Epithet: Archbishop of Rheims British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001085.0x000189 Epithet: merchant, at Antwerp British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_1...
Dyce, Alexander, Reverend scholar
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Epithet: Reverend scholar British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x00003c ...
Beresford, William Carr, Viscount Beresford
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Epithet: Viscount Beresford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000351.0x0002a5 ...
Beaumont, George Howland, Sir, 1753-1827
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English painter and patron. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Dunmow, to W.L. Bowles, 1808 Feb. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622246 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Coleorton, to Robert Southey, 1809 Aug. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622189 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Haverhill, to W.L. Bowles, 1803 June 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622356 From the description of Autograph lett...
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, critic, and philosopher. From the description of Samuel Taylor Coleridge manuscript material : 36 items, 1792-1832 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122919490 From the guide to the Samuel Taylor Coleridge manuscript material : 37 items, 1792-1832, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Epithet: poet and philosopher British Library Archives and Manuscript...
Etherington, Christopher, bookseller
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Epithet: bookseller British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x000392 ...
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000429.0x0002c9 English writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Office of All the Year Round, 26 Wellington Street, Strand, London, W.C., to Frederick Lehmann, 1863 Nov. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125432 English novelist and publisher. From the description of ALS : Broadstairs, Kent, to Mr. Cullenford, 18...
Caulfeild, James
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Title: 1st Earl of Charlemont British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x000379 ...
Coventry, William, Sir, 1628?-1686
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Epithet: Hon. Commissioner of the Treasury British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x00035e Epithet: of Add MS 37208 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000680.0x00012f ...
Bishop, Henry R.
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Henry R. Bishop, English composer. He served as musical director of the top theatres in London, including and Covent Garden, King's Theatre and Drury Lane. Throughout his career, Bishop composed, contributed to, or arranged around 130 stage works, and selections from some 70 of them were published. These published volumes contain 48 overtures, 190 airs and ballads, 53 display songs, 73 duets and trios, 150 glees and ensemble pieces, and 340 melodramas, marches, and ballet airs. From ...
Pepys, Samuel, diarist
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Epithet: diarist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x0003de ...
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...
Britton, John (John Richard)
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Epithet: antiquary and topographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x000218 Epithet: of Add MS 34567 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x0002a0 ...
Bright, John, of Add MS 37772
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Epithet: statesman; of Add MS 38835 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000629.0x000132 Epithet: Dr of Manchester Square London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x0003d9 Epithet: MP; of Add MS 28509 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ...
Burdett, Francis, Sir, 1770-1844
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Epithet: of the parish of St Bride London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x0002ec Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel 17th Lancers, dedicatee of the composer 'Dolores' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x00021c English politician. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : Willington and [London], ...
Grattan, Henry, active 1798-1852, statesman
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Epithet: statesman British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x000201 ...
Clarendon, George William Frederick Villiers, Earl of, 1800-1870
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English politician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Cyrus W. Field, 1864 Apr. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 537532472 1820-1823 attache to the British embassy, Saint Petersburg; 1824-1833 commissioner of customs; 1833-1839 minister plenipotentiary to Spain; 1840-1841 lord privy seal; 1840-1841 and 1864-1865 chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; 1846-1847 president of the Board of Trade; 1847-1852 viceroy of Ireland; 1853-1858, 1...
Carey, William, 1761-1834
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Epithet: journalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x000386 1792 founded the Particular Baptist Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Heathen [later known as the Baptist Missionary Society]; 1790s manager of an indigo factory in Bengal, preacher; 1800-1834 mission work in Serampore; 1801-1826 publication of grammars and dictionaries of Indian languages; 1801-? professor of Sanskrit, ...
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...
Russell, John, Earl of Bedford
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Title: Earl of Bedford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000244.0x0001f1 Epithet: Bishop of Lincoln British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x0001c2 Title: 6th Duke of Bedford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386....
Charles II, King of England
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Accession date: 1660 Places: England Title: King of Great Britain and Ireland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000472.0x00001a ...
Pulteney, William
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Epithet: of Add MS 22064 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000706.0x00034b Epithet: Earl of Bath 1742 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x000363 Title: Viscount Pulteney British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000706.0x000347 Title: 5th Baronet ...
Babbage, Charles, of Add MS 34612
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Epithet: FRS, mathematician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000750.0x000169 Epithet: of Add MS 34612 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000566.0x00023a ...
Jones, Alfred, 1932-
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Epithet: of Bath British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x00035d Epithet: Reverend; Secretary, Additional Bishoprics Fund British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000441.0x000158 ...
Clare, John, poet
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Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x00037b ...
Beauclerk, Vere, 1st Baron Vere
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Wyndham, George O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Egremont
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Cowper, William
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Title: 1st Earl Cowper British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x0003cf Epithet: FRS, Surgeon and Anatomist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000680.0x0001d2 Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x0001f3 Epithet: M D of Chester ...
Dugdale, William
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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...
Croft, ...
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Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374
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Francesco Petrarca (b. July 20, 1304, Arezzo, Italy–d. July 19, 1374, Arquà, Italy), commonly anglicized as Petrarch, was a scholar and poet of Renaissance Italy who was one of the earliest humanists. His rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited with initiating the 14th-century Renaissance. Petrarch is often considered the founder of Humanism. Petrarch would be later endorsed as a model for Italian style by the Accademia della Crusca. Petrarch stduied law at the University of Montpell...
Denman, Thomas
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Wilson, Thomas, Bishop of Sodor and Man
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Monck, George, 1st Duke of Albemarle, General
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