Amherst of Arracan, William Pitt Amherst, Earl, 1773-1857
Call Number:
OSB MSS 91
Container / Volume:
Box 1
Image Count:
346
Abstract:
The collection consists of approximately 80 letters from Earl Amherst of Arracan to his first wife, Sarah, most dating from 1819 and 1820. Subjects include news of family and friends; estate management; and social and political events, including the d...
Description:
William Pitt Amherst, Earl Amherst of Arracan (1773-1857), succeeded as second Baron Amherst of Arracan in 1797. A Lord of the Bedchamber in 1804-1815 and 1816-1823, he served as envoy to Naples 1809-1811 and as special ambassador to China in 1816. He...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Amherst of Arracan, Sarah Archer Hickman Pitt, Countess, 1762-1838., Amherst of Arracan, William Pitt Amherst, Earl, 1773-1857., Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords.
Subject (Topic):
Luddites, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Peterloo Massacre, Manchester, England, 1819, Court and courtiers, History, and Politics and government
Over 300 newsletters from London addressed to "Madam Pole of Radbourn near Derby" (possibly Anne Morice Pole, daughter of Sir William Morice). The newsletters contain much information about the War of the Grand Alliance, particularly rumors of diploma...
Description:
Accompanied by a container list (in box 1).
Subject (Geographic):
Europe, Great Britain, and France.
Subject (Name):
Innocent XII, Pope, 1615-1700., Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694., and William III, King of England, 1650-1702.
Subject (Topic):
Jacobites, Nonjurors, Grand Alliance, War of the, 1689-1697, History, Colonies, Commerce, Court and courtiers, and Foreign relations
Over 300 newsletters from London addressed to "Madam Pole of Radbourn near Derby" (possibly Anne Morice Pole, daughter of Sir William Morice). The newsletters contain much information about the War of the Grand Alliance, particularly rumors of diploma...
Description:
Accompanied by a container list (in box 1).
Subject (Geographic):
Europe, Great Britain, and France.
Subject (Name):
Innocent XII, Pope, 1615-1700., Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694., and William III, King of England, 1650-1702.
Subject (Topic):
Jacobites, Nonjurors, Grand Alliance, War of the, 1689-1697, History, Colonies, Commerce, Court and courtiers, and Foreign relations
Over 300 newsletters from London addressed to "Madam Pole of Radbourn near Derby" (possibly Anne Morice Pole, daughter of Sir William Morice). The newsletters contain much information about the War of the Grand Alliance, particularly rumors of diploma...
Description:
Accompanied by a container list (in box 1).
Subject (Geographic):
Europe, Great Britain, and France.
Subject (Name):
Innocent XII, Pope, 1615-1700., Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694., and William III, King of England, 1650-1702.
Subject (Topic):
Jacobites, Nonjurors, Grand Alliance, War of the, 1689-1697, History, Colonies, Commerce, Court and courtiers, and Foreign relations
Manuscript on paper, in several professional scribal hands, of approximately 40 verse satires and a few prose pieces, most with topical political subjects. Poems represented include "The Club;" "Advice to Apollo;" "Upon the Late Prorogation;" "The Par...
Description:
The final pages of the volume contain three pieces in a different hand (ca. 1680) and a partial index of the first section of the volume.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685, Cleveland, Barbara Palmer, Duchess of, 1640-1709., Kéroualle, Louise-Renée de, Duchess of Portsmouth and Aubigny, 1649-1734., Monmouth, James Scott, Duke of, 1649-1685., Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703., Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680., and Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon, Earl of, 1633?-1685.
Subject (Topic):
Relations with women, English poetry, Favorites, Royal, Nonjurors, Political poetry, English, Satire, English, Verse satire, English, Court and courtiers, History, and Politics and government
