Literature: [Unknown author]. "To the memory of T. Ld. V. Sydney and his Br. C. Townshend Sons of the Honble T: Townshend...:" [church memorial for Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, his brother Charles and Sophia Townshend: autograph]

Literature: [Unknown author]. "To the memory of T. Ld. V. Sydney and his Br. C. Townshend Sons of the Honble T: Townshend...:" [church memorial for Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, his brother Charles and Sophia Townshend: autograph] | Collections | The Huntington

Description: The collection consists of personal letters among the Townshend family members, business correspondence, land papers and deeds, financial accounts, bonds, receipts, Government and political material, legal briefs and court opinions, literary material including epitaphs, poems, prayers and travel accounts, military material, wills, marriage settlements, family account books and diaries. Significant correspondents include George III, George IV, William IV and Victoria, as well as many members of the Royal family. Political correspondents include 1st Earl of Chatham, W.E. Gladstone, George Grenville, Lord Palmerston, Sir Robert Peel, Spencer Perceval, William Pitt, the Duke of Wellington, and John Wilkes. Important note: although this material includes the years 1769-1865 there is only one letter which refers slightly to the American Revolutionary War and no letters or other material deal with the American Civil War.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: ([approximately 1800]?)
Call number: mssTD
Creator: Townshend (Family: Frognal, Kent, England)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from H.S. Mott; 14 letters addressed to George, 1st Marquis Townshend, 1768-1770, June 1969.; Transferred from the Huntington Art Gallery; 1 letter by George, 1st Marquis Townshend, March 1985 [in Art Gallery since 1984].; Purchased via Maggs from Christie's sale (Lot 188): Townshend family papers, June 1999.; Purchased via Maggs from Christie's sale (Lot 57): Selwyn Addenda, June 2000.; Purchased from Maggs: Whitchurch Addenda, September 2000.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people: Adelaide, (1792-1849.); Anglesey, Charlotte Paget, (1781-1853.); Anglesey, Henry William Paget, (1768-1854.); Biddulph, Thomas Myddelton, (1809-1878.); Bowlby, Mary Powys, (-1813.); Chatham, William Pitt, (1708-1778.); Conyngham, Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, (1797-1869.); Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, (1738-1805.); Cust, Peregrine Francis, (1791-1873.); Cust, Sophia Mary, (-1852.); Dynevor, Frances Rice, (1772-1854.); Dynevor, George Talbot Rice, (1765-1852.); Ely, Jane Loftus, (1821-1890.); Eugénie, (1829-1920.); George (1738-1820.); George (1762-1830.); Gladstone, W. E. (1809-1898.); Greville, Henry William, (1801-1872.); Leitrim, Elizabeth Clements, (-1817.); Leitrim, Robert Clements, (1732-1804.); Louis Napoléon, (1856-1879.); Marsham-Townshend, Robert. (1791-1863.); Midleton, Charles Brodrick, (1808-1873.)
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