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Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville and predecessors and successors: Papers
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/29
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This record is about the Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville and predecessors and successors: Papers dating from 1604-1909.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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PRO 30/29
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Title (The name of the record)
- Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville and predecessors and successors: Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1604-1909
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Description (What the record is about)
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Transferred to the British Library (reference: Add MS 89317).
The papers consist mainly of the private and semi-official correspondence of the first Earl Granville, and of his son the second earl. There are in addition some documents belonging to the first earl's father (the second Earl Gower and first Marquis of Stafford, president of the council 1767-1779 and 1783-4) and mother, and to the second earl's first wife, besides a few belonging to the first earl's grandfather (the second Lord and first Earl Gower) and others attributable to the latter's predecessors.
The bulk of the first Earl Granville's papers relate to his embassy to the courts of Russia (1804-1807) and of France (1824-1841). The papers of the second earl include much correspondence with the Queen and the Cabinet, reflecting his various offices as Foreign Secretary, Lord President of the Council and Colonial Secretary, an extensive series of private correspondence with British representatives abroad and with foreign representatives accredited to the court of St James, and many volumes of Foreign Office Confidential Print.
There are also a few papers dated 1783-1784 relating to the Company of Merchants Trading to Africa.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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Catalogue entries below series level were removed from Discovery, The National Archives' online catalogue, in January 2019.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the main series of records on the Company of Royal Adventurers of England Trading with Africa and successor, see T 70
For further papers of the 2nd Earl Granville see FO 362
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library, Manuscript Collections
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Leveson-Gower, Granville, 1773-1846
- Leveson-Gower, Granville, 1721-1803
- Leveson-Gower, Granville George, 1815-1891
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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430 boxes and volumes
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
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This collection is currently being catalogued and is currently unavailable to order in the British Library's reading rooms. Please contact mss@bl.uk to discuss access.
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Rose Constance Granville, Countess Granville, 1890-1967
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 3rd Earl Granville, 1872-1939
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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These records were deposited in the Public Record Office on loan from the Leveson-Gower family in 1927 and 1938. They were withdrawn by the owners in January 2019 and subsequently transferred to the British Library.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- See The Life of the Second Earl Granville by Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice, 2 vols (1905).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11975/
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Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville and predecessors and successors: Papers
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