GRENVILLE
(1st Baron, William Wyndham, 1759-1834, Speaker 1789, Prime Minister 1806-1807, from 1790 1st Baron)
Long and Affectionate Autograph Letter signed to an unnamed correspondent
thanking him for his "kindness about the swans, which will look magnificent upon our great lake. But I write to you in great anxiety from what my brother tells me of the new form in which the gout has shown itself. I know you do not like to be importuned about taking medical advice, & you know that anxious as I always am about you I do not often plague you upon that subject, but all grievances of this particular description are sources of so much misery & torment, as well as danger that I cannot help most earnestly entreating you, if not from your own conviction of its necessity, yet at least as a personal favour to myself, to let Copeland see you - you know I daresay that he is in that line as decidedly at the head of his profession as any man of that occupation ever was in any line of the whole catalogue of ills that flesh is heir to & I can speak from personal experience of him, though happily, I thank God for it, not in that way, that you will find him most attentive & pleasing in his manner, if it did not sound ridiculous, I should say attackingly so, & in every respect well fitted to produce in his patients a sincere, & I myself think a really well founded conviction, of his earnest & deep anxiety to make his skill available to their benefits. Do not pass over this entreaty of mine slightly, pray consider it, & pray, pray grant it ...", 4 sides 8vo., Dropmore, September
Item Date:
1830
Stock No:
41757
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GRENVILLE
(1st Baron, William Wyndham, 1759-1834, Speaker 1789, Prime Minister 1806-1807, from 1790 1st Baron)
Important Letter signed to "My dear Lord"
saying that he has seen "this morning by the Papers, that your name, Lord Fitzwiliam's and mine are included in the list of the Secret Committee. It is not a pleasant duty to undertake especially at a time when I have reason to fear that the view which I have already taken of the present internal situation of this country, & of the dangers by which the public peace is threatened, is one of much more alarm than is felt by many of my friends. But under these impressions such a duty cannot be declined, & I can only endeavour to discharge it with diligence and impartiality. But it would matter of infinite satisfaction to me, to have the benefit of your assistance & Lord Fitzwilliam's to correct any error into which I may fall, either from the still remaining impression of transactions long since past, or for that anxious solicitude which I have ever felt for protecting the Public Peace against every danger of disturbance, & for eradicating the Independence of Parliament against, even the slightest appearance of force or intimidation ...", he ends by saying that he has asked Lord Fitzwilliam and is asking him to attend the first meeting the following day, 4 sides 8vo., Hamilton Place, 6th February
Item Date:
1817
Stock No:
39605
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GREVILLE
(Hon. Sidney Robert, 1866-1927, Politician)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Dear Sir',
saying that the Marquis of Salisbury "has great pleasure in sending his autograph", 2 sides 8vo, Foreign Office, 14th September
small defect in blank top left corner, browned in parts and with small adhesions in blank parts of verso
Item Date:
1888
Stock No:
17283
£10
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THE PRIME MINISTER ASKS LORD HILL FOR HIS SUPPORT IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS
GREY
(Charles, 1764-1845, 2nd Earl, Prime Minister of the Reform Bill)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed marked 'Private' as Prime Minister to General Lord Hill G.C.B.
saying that he is "probably aware of the notice which has been given, by Lord Aberdeen, of a motion which he intends to make on Thursday next, with respect to my negotiations with Holland & Belgium. Such a motion can only be considered as a direct... attack on the administration, & I hope I shall not be thought to take an impossible liberty in imposing an anxious wish that your support in the House of Lords may be given to the Government on this occasion ...", 2 sides 4to., Downing Street, 24th January
Item Date:
1832
Stock No:
41713
£275
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GREY
(Charles, 1764-1845, 2nd Earl, Prime Minister of the Reform Bill)
Fine Letter Signed to "My dear Graham"
saying that he owes "you the answer of Lord Hill, to my application in favour of the son of Commissioner Hill ...", with a note in another hand that "Lord Grey and Lord Hill's letters relating to J.E.D.H's Father in his early military career. 'Of great interest' ...", 1 side 8vo., no place, 29th August
Item Date:
1831
Stock No:
41615
£150
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