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Bentinck, William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-, 3rd Duke of Portland (Prime minister)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1738 - 1809

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Letters mostly of and to Lord Byron, correspondents with surnames from Bathe to Byrne., 1808-1823.

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Identifier: MS.43408
Scope and Contents The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname.When first made available for consultation and before foliation, this folder contained letters that have since been moved during the cataloguing process. Letter of Charlotte Byrne (previously misattributed to Lord Byron) is now in Ms.40181 f.152; letter of Constantine Metaxas to Lord Byron is now in Ms.43519 ff.193-194; and partial letter of John Cam Hobhouse to Sir Benjamin Hobhouse is now in Ms.43444...
Dates: 1808-1823.

Letters of and to Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald mostly concerning his treatises on telegraphic communication systems, but also others of his publications, and with some financial and legal papers., 1791-1825.

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Identifier: MS.50699
Scope and Contents Letters of correspondents at the Admiralty.Barrow, JohnLetter, 1 September 1814, of John Barrow, Southampton, to John Macdonald praising his telegraphic system. Folios 1-2.Letter, 13 May 1817, of John Barrow, Admiralty, London, to John Macdonald stating that his work on telegraphic communication has been laid before the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Folios 3-4.Letter, 22 August 1818, of John Barrow, Admiralty, London, to John Macdonald...
Dates: 1791-1825.

Letters of, to and concerning Catherine Gordon Byron, the mother of Lord Byron., 1788-1811.

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Identifier: MS.43410
Scope and Contents The letters in this folder have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent.Letters and copies of letters of and to William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, 1799: folios 1-6;Letters of Catherine Gordon Byron to John Birch, 1805: folios 7-8;Letters of Catherine Gordon Byron to John Hanson, 1801-1811: folios 9-133;Letters of Catherine Gordon Byron to John Laurie, 1801: folios 134-137;Letters of Catherine...
Dates: 1788-1811.