Found 56 collections related to Politicians -- Great Britain -- 19th century -- Correspondence

· To John Bowring, politician, diplomant and writer : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 27 May 1839 : (BRNG 0024) : 1 ¹/₄ pages (single sheet) : from Man[cheste]r : begins, "I write to you in haste under cover to Mr Villiers to say that I shall feel obliged if you will let me have a copy of the extracts you made of the duties payable on eatables ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 14 May 1840 : (BRNG 0033) : 3 ¹/₄ pages (double sheet) : from London : begins, "I am off to day by the Southampton Railway, shall be in Paris in about a week ..." -- Both letters to Bowring tipped into the Album of Autograph Letters to John Bowring. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

To John Stevens Henslow, botanist and Church of England clergyman : 1 autograph letter signed : 10 Feb 1832 : (MISC 0381) : from Walden : begins, "I have just come from the pit & there seems good reason to hope that the Bones, if kept properly covered up, will not crumble to pieces ..."; including a pencil sketch of a wooly mammoth tusk fragment he found. less

To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 5 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : [watermark = 1841] : (BLES 5.402b) : [no place] : body reads in full, "Very happy to dine with you on Sunday and talk over copyright and all other rights and wrongs." With an excised autograph envelope address panel to Blessington. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 15 Sep [1848] : (BLES 5.402a) : from Norwich : regarding his translation of a story of Tieck's in The Keepsake for 1848, titled "A Dream"; begins, "Please let me have 2 proofs at Tomline's, Orwell Park, Ipswich ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Jun [no year] : (BLES 5.401a) : from Bawtrey : begins, "I was in town but a few days on my return from Egypt ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : [no date] : (BLES 5.401b) : [no place] : body reads in full, "At last 'Circumstance, that most unspiritual God' permits me to accept your kind invitation for Monday."-- 1 autograph letter signed : [no date] : (BLES 5.403a) : [no place] : body reads in full, "I send you the proof, dear Lady Blessington, & hope to have time to come & wish you good bye before I leave town." -- All letters to Blessington mounted in v. 5 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh and second marquess of Londonderry, Irish-born politician. To Anthony Barclay, "His Majesty's Commissioner to the United States of America" : 1 official lithographed circular letter signed : 30 Jan 1820 : (MISC 4112) : from Foreign Office; on mourning stationery; signature and address in manuscript; begins, "It is with the deepest concern that I acquaint you, that it has pleased Almighty God to take unto Himself His late Most Gracious and Excellent Majesty George The Third.". less

Sir John Bowring, British politician, diplomat, and writer. · Holograph poem, "Buddhist Beatification" : no date : (MISC 4023.04b) : begins, "Abstraction from all cares, all thought, all love ..." Mounted in the Mary Ann Humble autograph album. Shelved with oversized bound manuscript material. less

Sir Ralph Milbanke (afterwards Noel), sixth baronet (1747-1825), English politician and abolitionist. He is the father of Lady Byron, wife of the poet. To T. W. Hill Esq.r in Woodbridge, Suffolk : 1autograph letter signed : 28 May 1807 : (B'ANA 0672) : from Seaham : begins, "I have been so constantly engaged that I had not time to thank you for your very kind letter, now (the Election being ofver) I can take the first opportunity ...". less

Sir Francis Burdett, English politician. · To Ralph Bernal, politician and art collector : 1 autograph note signed : [31 Aug 1829?] : (MISC 3977) : 1 page (single sheet) : [no place] : body reads in full, "This ought to have been sent you before." Enclosure not present. Note tipped into grangerized copy of Hazlitt's Spirit of the Age. Shelved with bound manuscript material under "Hazlitt.". less

Holograph poem signed, "To Lady Blessington" : 2 Jan 1849 : (BLES 1.067a) : 1 p.; in ink; begins, "When wintry winds in wild career, / Howl requiems for the bygone year ..." With the excised address panel from the letter cover. Mounted in v. 1 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

Albert Denison Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough, British politician and diplomat. From 1816 to 1849 he was known as Lord Albert Conyngham. To Lady Blessington, Irish-born writer and literary hostess : 3 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed "Albert Conyngham" : "Wednesday" [ca. mid 1830's?] : (BLES 1.087a) : from Hill St. : begins, "I send you a rather absurd little German story; it has the advantage of brevity." -- 1 autograph letter signed "Albert Conyngham" : "Thursday" [ca. mid 1830's?] : (BLES 1.087b) : from Hill St. : begins, "Upon second thought, I have made up my mind that it would not do to change the era of my story; -- it would appear more ridiculous than it is already, were it supposed to be occurring in the 16th cent.y ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed "Albert Conyngham" : 29 Nov 1835 : (BLES 1.088) : from Yedling : begins, "I have just heard from Mr. Denison that you have been kind enough to send a Book of Beauty for me to Pall Mall..."; includes comment on the marriage of the marriage between the Duke of Norfolk and Lady Charlotte Bury, "how on earth can they have thought of such a thing?" With the excised address panel from the letter cover. -- All letters to Lady Blessington mounted in v. 1 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized bound manuscript volumes. less

To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 3 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Mar 1848 : (BLES 5.411a) : from Paris : begins, "I forwarded without delay your packet to your correspondent ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 17 Dec [no year] : (BLES 5.411b) : from Mulgrave Castle : begins, "I have just received your letter, and have to thank you much for your prompt attention ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Thursday M.g" : (BLES 5.412a) : [no place] : begins, "To day is my [courrier?] day and I am now certain of my time ..."; with thick mourning border. -- All letters to Blessington in v. 5 of The Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized bound manuscripts. less

Grantley F. Berkeley, English politician and sportsman. To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 7 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 10 Jul 1834 : (BLES 1.049a) : from Berkeley House : begins, "I have seen [Frederick Mansel] Reynolds to-day respecting his publication in the Keepsake of two tales of mine, and he thinks he cannot insert both." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Jul 1834 : (BLES 1.047a) : from Berkeley House : begins, "Mr. Reynolds has not kept his appointment with me ..." With the excised address panel from the letter cover. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Jul 1834 : (BLES 1.049b) : from Harrold Hall : begins, "I am shocked to hear of poor James Fitzroy's death." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 28 Jul 1834 : (BLES 1.050a) : from Harrold Hall : begins, "Having told some of my friends who do me the honour of having the least interest in my writings, that there will be a tale of mine in the Book of Beauty, perhaps you will oblige me by a note in that book on the subject, stating that it was received, but omitted for certain reasons." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Sep 1835 : (BLES 1.048b) : from Berkeley Castle : begins, "Many thanks for your very kind letter, which I forwarded to Messrs. Saunders & Otley ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Oct 1835 : (BLES 1.050b) : from Berkeley Castle : begins, "Your letter reached me on my return from hunting this afternoon ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 22 Nov 1835 : (BLES 1.048a) : from Harrold Hall : begins, "Let me congratulate you on the immeasurable superiority of thye Book of Beauty over The Keepsake which, as D'Orsay truly observes, is on its last legs." -- All letters to Lady Blessington in v. 1 of the Blessinton Papers. Shelved with oversized bound manuscript volumes. less

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, British statesman and prime minister. · Autograph memorandum : [Oct 1838] : (B'ANA 0193) : from Windsor : 3 pages (double sheet); relating an anecdote about how George Byron, 7th Baron Byron met a witness to his parents' wedding; begins, "The present L.d Byron had great difficulty in proving his father's marriage in order to establish his right to the title ...". less

George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield, British Tory politician. To Lady Blessington, Irish-born writer and literary hostess : -- 1 autograph letter signed : [21 Aug 1841] : (BLES 1.078) : [no place] : begins, "We are just going to Versailles, dear Lady Blessington, to see the Duchesse de Grammont ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Mar 1843 : (BLES 1.077) : from Rome : begins, "Many, very many thanks for your kind letter; you can not conceive what real pleasure I received when your letter arrived..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : [no date] : (BLES 1.076) : [no place] : begins, "I can never sufficiently thank you for your most beautiful present; but I do not think I can ever have the courage to order so precious a remembrance to be made into a cushion-case." -- All letters mounted in v. 1 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

Autograph signature on Admiralty document : 13 Jan 1779 : (MISC 0482) : appointing Peter Dupuy Abbott "Second Lieutenant of His Majesty's Ship, The Flora, and Lieutenant at Arms"; on vellum; document also signed by John Buller and Henry Penton; countersigned by Philip Stephens, secretary. less

George Eden, first Earl of Auckland, politician and governor-general of India. · To John Bowring, politician, diplomat and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 7 Feb 1834 : (BRNG 0011) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from London : begins, “I enclose three letters – one for yourself – one which I will oblige you to forward ...” – Mounted in the Album of Autograph letters to Jon Bowring. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

To Amelia Opie, novelist and poet : 1 letter signed : 5 Jun 1850 : (O'ANA 0028) : thanking her for her letter, announcing his authorship of the tribute to "Lady Charlotte" recently in the Times, refering to his sickness, and to his daughter-in-law, his amauensis. It is unclear if the signature is in Denman's hand. Mounted in the grangerized copy of Memorials of the Life of Amelia Opie. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

To a W. H. Clark : 1 autograph letter signed : 24 Apr 1878 : (MISC 0427) : thanking him for both the check and his approval of Bright's political views. "There is no news this morning -- I am tired of the Paper. The Times is showing itself cowardly as usual ...". less

John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge, English judge and politician. He was the eldest son of John Taylor Coleridge, English judge, and the great-nephew of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. To Sir William Wellesley Knighton, second baronet : 2 autograph letters signed : 3 May - 6 Sep 1876 : (MISC 0317-0318) : an inquiry as to whether Knighton has any of his father's papers that mention his own father, John Taylor Coleridge ; and a letter of thanks. Both letters are on mourning stationery. less

John Fitzgibbon, 2nd Earl of Clare, British politician. Lord Clare was a close friend of the poet Lord Byron, who said of him, "I have always loved him better than any male thing in the world." He served as the Governor of Bombay from 1831-1835. To Joseph Planta, diplomat and politician : 1 autograph letter signed : 22 Feb [1845?] : (B'ANA 0585) : about a communication with John O'Connell, Irish politician and son of Daniel O'Connell, a.k.a. "the Liberator", who was imprisoned with his father at the time. less

John George Lambton [nicknamed "Radical Jack"], first earl of Durham, English politician. · To Henry William Paget, first marquess of Anglesey, army officer and politician : 1 autograph letter (fragment) : 24 Nov 1837 : (BLES 2.143) : from Gov. House, Fredericton, New Brunswick : begins, "Few circumstances connected with my advancement to this command have occasioned me such sincere satisfaction as your note ..." Mounted in v. 2 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

To Lady Blessington, Irish-born writer and literary hostess : 3 letters -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Monday night" : (BLES 1.086a) : [no place] : begins, "I am sorry to say there are various things -- none of them all, nor all of them, worth one course of yr dinner -- fixed for t-morrow in the House of Lords; and I must therefore beg you not to wait dinner one minute for me ..." With the excised address from the letter cover. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 14 Feb 1849 : (BLES 1.086b) : [no place] : begins, "I am very sorry you have had so much trouble with the picture. It is returned, & the frame is here." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 14 Apr [1849] : (BLES 1.083) : [no place] : begins, "I have been in the country all wee (altho'it seems my ghost appeared to some reporter at Covt Garden Opera on Tuesday, where I was not) ..." -- All letters to Lady Blessington mounted in v. 1 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized bound manuscript volumes. less

William Joseph Denison, English banker and politician. To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 8 Nov 1840 : (BLES 2.109) : from Denbies : begins, "Having no London post yesterday, it was not in my power to sooner reply to your kind note ... My vote shall certainly be given to your friend Mr. Guthrie ..." With the excised address panel from the letter cover. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 15 Jul 1841 : (BLES 2.108) : from Denbies : begins, "Upon my return home last night, I found your most kind & amiable note ... Many, many thanks for it, & your congratulations upon the election ..." With the excised address panel from the letter cover. -- Both letters mounted in v. 2 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized bound manuscript volumes. less

Thomas Francis Fremantle, 1st Baron Cottesloe, British politician and civil servant. From 1827 until 1846 Fremantle was MP for Buckingham, sitting as a Conservative. Baron Fremantle in the nobility of the Austrian empire, he became Baron Cottesloe of Swanbourne in 1874. To Sir George Burrard, politician : 1 autograph letter signed : 25 Mar 1843 : (MISC 3471) : reporting the Prime Minister's explanation of the complications in securing a pension for Caroline Bowles Southey, widow of the late Poet Laureate Robert Southey. less

To Charles O'Hara, army officer and colonial governor : 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Oct 1793 : (MISC 0064) : from Beaconsfield : congratulating him that Toulon is still in England's hands, etc.; begins, "Some very pleasant things have happened to me lately ...". less

Edward Bulwer Lytton, first Baron Lytton, writer and politician. · To Eliza Benzon, wife of Ernst Benzon, German-born business man and art collector : 1 autograph letter signed "E B Lytton" : 11 Jan 1865 : (MISC 1737) : from 2 Pulteney [?], Bath : begins, "I am very glad to hear you are returned to town ...". less

Henry Richard Vassall, third Baron Holland of Holland, third Baron Holland of Foxley, British politician. · To John Bowring, politician, diplomat and writer : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 28 Aug 1822 : (BRNG 0002) : 3 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from H[ollan]d H[ou]se : begins, "Moratin's letter reached me I made the inquiries he requested of me ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 18 Sep 1840 : (BRNG 0038) : 2 pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "Many thanks, my Dear Sir, for the letter of Boghos Bey ..." -- Within the Album of Autograph letters to John Bowring. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less