Found 7 collections related to Diplomats -- Great Britain -- 19th century -- Correspondence

Charles Whitworth, first Earl Whitworth, English diplomat and politician. · To Miss Shelley : 1 autograph letter signed : 2 Feb 1825 : (S'ANA 0470) : 2 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from Knole : begins, "I do assure you that nothing would give me greater pleasure than being able to prove by facts my sincere wish to oblige you. You may depend on my making the application you desire in favor of your nephew." The addressee is probably a relative; Whitworth's mother was the daughter of Richard Shelley, the commissioner of the stamp office, and the niece of Sir John Shelley, fourth baronet (of Michelgrove). 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 Gore Ouseley, British diplomat. To Frances, Lady Shelley : 1 autograph letter signed : 7 Feb 1836 : (S'ANA 0751) : from Hall Barn Park, Beaconsfield : begins, "Yours of the 4th has just been sent to me from Grosv.r St. We shall not be in town for good as the saying is, until the lattter end of this month ...". less

To Lady Blessington, Irish-born writer and literary hostess : 1 autograph letter signed "Spencer Cowper" : 8 Jul 1846 : (BLES 2.091) : from 7 Grafton Street : begins, "Will you do me the favor to accept the accompanying piece of Blue Sèvres." Mounted in v. 2 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized bound 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

John Hookham Frere, English diplomat and author. · To Thomas Cadell the younger, bookseller : 1 autograph letter (third person) : 29 Mar 1815 : (MISC 4232) : 1 page (single sheet) : [no place] : on behalf of Col. Franklin, ordering "upon Mr. Hatchard for six copies of his work, as also for two detached charts.". less