Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812
Person
Dates
- Existence: November 1, 1762-May 11, 1812
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Eardley-Wilmot correspondence
Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 54
Overview:
Correspondence between Eardley-Wilmot and his friends and colleagues. Included are letters from Spencer Perceval and Henry Ellis about the Lansdowne Manuscripts, which Eardley-Wilmot was trying to place at the British Museum; from Mark Noble about Eardley-Wilmot's book on Bishop Hough; and from William Franklin about a Silas Deane letter that Eardley-Wilmot sent to Franklin. There are also many letters about Eardley-Wilmot's book on his father; about political patronage in British parliament;...
Dates:
1768-1817
Sheridan papers
Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 29
Overview:
The papers include correspondence, memoranda, speech drafts, copies of acts, and printed material relating to Sheridan's Parliamentary career. Materials on the union with Ireland and Catholic emancipation include a letter from John Milner, Bishop of Castabala; memoranda in Sheridan's hand; annotated copies of the proposed Disabilities Act of 1800 and of "The Substance of the Speech of the Marquis Wellesley"; and a survey of heads of Catholic religious communities in England. Sheridan's backing...
Dates:
1787-1812
Spencer Percival. From a bust by Joseph Nollekens, R.A. Drawn by J. Taylor. Engraved by T. Blood [caption from a handwritten note], undated
Item — Box: 1-379
Call Number: MSS 10
Scope and Contents:
Portrait of a bust of Spencer Perceval.
Dates:
undated