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Dorset, John Frederick Sackville, Duke of, 1745-1799

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1745 - 1799

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Bessborough papers

 Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 55
Overview: The papers include letters written to Lady Bessborough; poetry in the hands of Lady Devonshire and of Lamb; and music, two silhouettes, and one drawing. Some of the letters contain eyewitness descriptions of the Napoleonic Wars.
Dates: 1774-1827

Thomas Walpole Family Papers

 Collection
Call Number: LWL MSS 16
Overview: The Thomas Walpole Family Papers contain approximately 400 letters and other papers, mostly dating from the 1760s through the 1830s, that document the commercial, financial, political, legal, and diplomatic ventures of four generations of one branch of the Walpole family in England, being Thomas Walpole (1727-1803), his sons Thomas Walpole (1755-1840) and Lambert Theodore Walpole (1757-1798), grandson Spencer Horatio Walpole (1806-1898), and great-grandson Sir Spencer Walpole (1839-1907).
Dates: 1751-1972, bulk 1765-1835