Bundle of letters from various people

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Bundle of letters from various people

8 November 1779 - 11 July 1840

H Cecilia Johnston of Salisbury to [William Lowther], addressed 'Dear Sir' - balls and assemblies at Salisbury, 8 & 12 Nov. 1779 (2)

Mr L and Mrs M Turner of Kirk Leatham, Yorks. to William Lowther - social affairs, activities of Captain Graham's press gang, parliamentary elections, privateer on the Yorkshire coast 13 Sept. 1779 - 3 Oct. 1780 (5)

Thomas Jackson of Kirbyhill to Thomas Zouch of Sandal near Wakefield - criticisms of Walton's Lives, 2 August 1797 (1)

Attached: extracts from Monthly Review on Walton's Lives, October 1797 (2)

Mr Hardinge of Hinxton to Mr Lowther at Trinity College - subscription to Mr Hardinge's publication of notes upon Shakespeare and his sources, n.d. c. 1770 (1)

Frederick Montague, York - death of his nephew un-named, 3 January n.d. (1)

Henry Howard of Corby Castle to Joseph Hodgson of Carlisle, Clerk of the Peace of Cumberland and to Viscount Lowther - removal of infant son's name from Commission of Peace, 19 & 24 August 1802 (2).

Duke of Norfolk - Commission of the Peace for Cumberland, oakwood for the gallery in library at Arundel, Keswick and Penrith turnpike road, branches to Greystoke. 10 July 1802-31 March 1804 (5).

Sarah Fane, later Lady Jersey and her husband Lord Villiers later Lord Jersey - family affairs, Lord & Lady Villiers health, 13 April 1794 - n.d. c. 1805 (4).

Lord Greville, Downing Street - excusing himself from not having dealt with an unspecified matter raised by Visc. Lowther, 10 Nov. 1806 (1)

W L Mansell, Trinity Lodge - gift of a portrait of William Pitt, 21 June, 12 Sept. 1807 (2)

Lord Abercorn, Baronscourt - proposed visit to Lowther, 17 Aug. 1807 (1)

George, Prince of Wales, Carlton House to 'My Lord' - arrangement to call on him, n.d. c. 1807 (1)

Lord Ellenborough - Judges against moving Assizes from Appleby to Kendal, 29 May 1808

Richard Cumberland - thanks for favours received 26 April 1809

Samuel Rogers, St James Place & Low Wood - visit to Lowther in company of William Worsworth and his son, 20 June 1809 and n.d.

John Hopper - portrait of William Pitt as a gift to Trinity College and recommendation for purchase of pictures by Rubens and Rembrandt, 5 Sept. 1807 - 27 Nov. 1809 (3)

Isaac Milner, Dean of Carlisle - preferment, 30 Dec. 1809 - 3 January 1810 (3)

Lord Carysfort - family affairs 10 January 1810(1)

Rev Samuel Sharp - appointment to vicarage of Wakefield, 29 January 1810 (1)

Lord Clarendon - Rev Sharp's successful appointment, 17 January - 1 Feb. 1810 (3)

Lord Moira - interview with Lord Lonsdale before speaking with the Prince of Wales, 8 June 1812 (1)

Col. James Stanhope, Cole Harbour Croydon and Cambrai - death of his father Lord Stanhope n.d. after 15 Dec. 1816, announcing forthcoming visit to England, 12 Sept. 1817, n.d. - 1817 (2)

Lord Egremont - declining an invitation, 4 Aug. 1818.

C Woyna, major in the Austrian Service, Liverpool - proposed visit to Lowther by Archdukes John and Lewis of Austria on their way to Scotland, 26 Nov. 1818

Lord Maynard - preferment to Deanery of Chester for Edward Hinchliffe, son of the Master of Trinity 14 January n.d.

Lord Tavistock - dogs for breeding 8 June n.d.

Rev Francis Wrangham, Hunmanby - progress of his edition of the works of Dr Thomas Zouch, 27 Feb. 1819 (1)

Lord Derby - Prince Leopold's visit to Lowther and Knowsley, 11 & 23 Sept., 1819 (2)

Lord Grafton - Lord Lonsdale's eye complaint n.d. watermark 1820 (1)

Sir George Beaumont, Coleorton Hill and Rome - patronage in favour of Robert Southey 22 July - 25 August 1809 (4) social affairs in Rome and purchase of a bas relief by 'M Angelo', 21 April 1822 (1)

Lord Exeter - fears that Lord Lonsdale would leave Cottesmore but hopes that he will continue to hunt the country none the less, 23 Sept. 1823.

John Hodgson of Beaumont - thanks for hospitality received on recent visit to Lowther, 26 Dec. 1823

Lord Liverpool - parliamentary candidate for Liverpool, proposed dissolution of Parliament 24 Sept. 1812 (1), baronetcy for Lord Lonsdale's brother and a patent of precedency - 23 Dec. 1823 - 15 Aug. 1824 (3).

Lord Lindsay to Viscount Lowther - no interest in projected Manchester and Liverpool Rail Road Bill 12 Dec. 1824 (1)

Rev J G Howard, Derby - nomination of his son to Christs Hospital, 28 March 1825

Rev Francis Mereweather, Coleorton Rectory - death of Sir George Beaumont, 15 Feb. 1827

Duke of Montrose, London and Buchanan - invitation to be a mourner at the funeral of the Duke of York, 12 & 17 January 1827 (2), gift of a shot roe doe 24 Oct. 1829 (1)

Lord Milton, Wentworth, death of his wife Mary 7 November 1830 (1)

William Van Mildert, Bishop of Durham - visit to Lowther 16 Oct. 1829 (1) foundation of Durham College with prospectus, 29 Dec. 1831 (1)

Robert Southey - visit to Caledonian Canal in company of Thomas Telford and Thomas Rickman, address written for the Wigton County meeting, recommendations to impose a penalty of transportation for seditious libel and to repeal Fox's law of libel, 2 Aug. - 13 Oct. 1819 (3), admission of son of Mr Wilson of St John's to a school, 31 March 1834 (1)

Edward Jenkins, Buckton - thanking Lord Lonsdale for hospitality received at Lowther 5 Sept. 1834 (1)

Sir James Scarlett, Brighton - thanks for letter congratulating him on his elevation to the peerage as lord Abinger, 2 January 1835 (1)

Lord Wellesley - in priase of William Pitt and in thanks for copy of a Latin epitaph written by Dr John Hayter, 24 Dec. 1836, 10 Jan. 1837 (2)

John Ingram, Sienna - bronzes sent to Lord Lonsdale, cholera in Italy, 20 Sept. 1837

Sydney Smith, Brighton - complaining of the company and the healthy fresh air, with cutting of a letter published in the Times, Sidney Smith to Bishop of London n.d. c.1840 (1)

Lord Exeter - parliamentary candidacy for Rutland, 14 Feb. 1840 (1)

Lord Carlisle - East Cumberland candidature of his son Charles Howard, 11 July 1840 (11)

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