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Home Office: Bouillon Papers
Catalogue reference: HO 69
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HO 69
This series consists of original letters to Philip D'Auvergne, Prince de Bouillon, as Administrateur des Secours Accordes aux Emigrés, by the British Government, together with memorials, intelligence reports from France, muster rolls, accounts...
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HO 69
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Bouillon Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1779-1813
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of original letters to Philip D'Auvergne, Prince de Bouillon, as Administrateur des Secours Accordes aux Emigrés, by the British Government, together with memorials, intelligence reports from France, muster rolls, accounts and other papers.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For further papers of the Prince de Bouillon see WO 1
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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English
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40 bundle(s)
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Between 1794 and 1815 Bouillon served as the Senior Naval Officer in Jersey and acted as co-ordinator of a French royalist intelligence network supported by the British government. He was also responsible for the distribution of money offered by the government to French emigres, under the authority of the Home Secretary.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8933/
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