ONSLOW
(George, 1st Earl, 1731-1814, Comptroller, Treasurer & Lord of the Bedchamber to the Royal Household)
Autograph Letter Signed to an unamed correspondent,
saying his "extreme niceness about the Horses has caused me much trouble & I fear all for nothing, as I doubt you may object as much to those I have now sent. However, I have now bought them, not subject to any further inspection ..." and continuing with the arrangements, 2 sides 4to., no place, Monday, no date, watermarked
Item Date:
1730
Stock No:
2473
£40
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ONSLOW
(Arthur, 1691-1768, Speaker of the House of Commons 1728-1761)
Signature 'Ar: Onslow, Speaker' on the verso of an Exchequer document,
no doubt for payment of his salary, since the recto refers to 'his Majesty's General Letters of Privy Seal' of 26th June 1737, 2 sides 4¾" x 9½", 8th March
lacks lower portion, date of Letters of Privy Seal shaved
Item Date:
1757
Stock No:
51699
£55
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ONSLOW
(George, 1731-1814, Baron, 1776, and 1st Earl 1801) and DYSON (Jeremiah, 1722-1776, Clerk of the House of Commons, 1748)
Signatures from a document as Lords of the Treasury,
n.d. but 1768 -
Item Date:
1774
Stock No:
51708
£75
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THREE TREASURERS AND THREE ANTIQUARIES
ONSLOW
(George, 1731-1814, from 1776 4th Lord), TOWNSHEND (Charles, 1728-1810, from 1797 Baron Bayning) and CORNEWALL (Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, from 1780 Speaker) Commissioners of the Treasury`
Treasury Document Signed, unusual in being complete,
for £25 each to Sir Joseph Ayloffe, (1709-1781, F.R.S., Vice-President of the Society of Antiquaries), Andrew Coltee Ducarel (1713-1785, Librarian at Lambeth Palace), and Thomas Astle (1735-1803, owner of the 'Stowe' MSS in the British Library), and 2 further £25 for "Clerks" and "Expences", for their work "to methodize and ... digest the papers & records of state remaining in the Paper Office at Whitehall", the ancestor of the P.R.O., with their receipt signatures on the verso, margins extended on three sides, 2 sides folio, 18th July
light cancel stroke on payment, some short tears in the extended margins
Item Date:
1775
Stock No:
51413
£350
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ORFORD
(George Walpole, 1723-1791, 3rd Earl)
Autograph Letter Signed to S. Hawkins at New Palace Yard,
saying that he "was favor'd with your Letter and have desired Mr. Moore to settle the account forthwith with the Executors. The Idea of Interest for Long standing Debts is Inadmissable - An Attempt to Establish this Novelty was made ... a year or two Ago - & was remarkable that the Persons who Brought the Bill into the House were themselves Insolvent, and whom consequently that encouragement cou'd never have affected", 1 side folio, address on conjugate leaf, Eriswell, 12th (?) April
edges, including signature, torn but complete except for part of the date, lacks top one-fifth of conjugate leaf (perhaps with note of receipt), old transparent paper at beginning of four lines without loss, lightly browned
Item Date:
1784
Stock No:
19697
£65
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