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Grenville family papers
Catalogue reference: D 56
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This record is about the Grenville family papers dating from 1721-1863.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- D 56
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Title (The name of the record)
- Grenville family papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1721-1863
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Description (What the record is about)
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Mainly correspondence of Lord Grenville (of Dropmore, Burnham), Thomas Grenville and the Harvey family of Langley Park
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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1. Letters of William Wyndham Grenville, Lord Grenville, to his brother Thomas Grenville [see also 7] 122 items 1791-1833
2. Miscellaneous Grenville family correspondence, mainly of Thomas Grenville [see also 7] 5 items 1823-1846
3. Letters of Admiral Sir William Hotham to his daughter, Anne, wife of Robert Harvey of Langley Park 8 items 1833-1834
4. Accounts relating to the education of children of Robert Harvey 6 items 1796-1817
5. Notes of Harvey family births, deaths and marriages, compiled by Robert Harvey 7 items C19
6. Final concords for property [?in Berks and Dorset] 2 items 1721,1723
7. Miscellaneous Grenville family correspondence, mainly of Thomas Grenville 57 items 1765-1845
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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<span class="wrapper"><p>For the Grenville family, see also: D13, D54-55, D104, D143, D/X 370, D/X 502, D/AR and Guide to Historical Manuscripts in the Huntington Library, 1982 (Stowe Collection).</p> <p>For the Harvey family, see also: D31, D140</p></span>
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <famname>Grenville family, Dukes of Buckingham</famname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- series
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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AR 41/63(G) [D56/1-6]
AR 15/74(G) [D56/7]
AR 41/63(G)
AR 15/74(G)
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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George Grenville (1712-1770) was MP for Buckingham, 1741-70. He served as first lord of the treasury [prime minister] and chancellor of the exchequer 1763-1765. His second son George later became 1st Marquess of Buckingham.
William Wyndham Grenville, Lord Grenville (1759-1834) and Thomas Grenville (1755-1846) were younger sons of George Grenville:
William Wyndham Grenville was an MP 1782-90 and created a peer in 1790. He held various political offices from 1782-1801, including home secretary 1789-91 and foreign secretary 1791-1801. He left office with William Pitt in Feb. 1801, later serving as prime minister in 1806-07. He continued to take an active part in politics until he suffered a stroke in 1823.
Thomas Grenville was an MP 1780-84, 1790-1818, and bibliophile. He served in his brother's ministry, 1806-07.
Robert Harvey of Langley Park (1791-1863) was the eldest son of Sir Robert Bateson Harvey. His daughter Caroline married Richard, Marquess of Chandos, later 3rd Duke of Buckingham, in 1851.
Captain the Hon. R.W. Morgan-Grenville, was the grandson of the 3rd Duke of Buckingham and his first wife Caroline, daughter of Robert Harvey. Captain Morgan-Grenville's first wife, Irene Alice Gertrude (d.1916) was the daughter of Sir Robert Grenville Harvey, 2nd Bart., of Langley Park
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