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Letter from the Duke of Newcastle to Henry Bilson-Legge [textual record]

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Date:

1758.

Reference:

R5251-0-7-E, MG18-N34, Volume number: 1--2

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Textual material

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Item ID number:

99629

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Letter from the Duke of Newcastle to Henry Bilson-Legge
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Date(s):

1758.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.3 cm of textual records (12 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Item is a letter from the Duke of Newcastle to Henry Bilson-Legge concerning military operations in the West Indies and North America, 21 September 1758.

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Bilson-Legge, Henry, 1708-1764
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Correspondent: Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768

Great Britain. Treasury

Grande-Bretagne. Treasury
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Bilson-Legge, Henry, 1708-1764 : Henry Bilson-Legge PC (29 May 1708 - 23 August 1764) was an English statesman. He notably served three times as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the 1750s and 1760s.

Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768 : Sir Thomas Pelham-Holles, 5th Baronet, first Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and of Newcastle-under-Lyme (1693-1763), and British statesman, was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Pelham. He assumed the name Holles in 1711, after succeeding to the estates of his uncle, Sir John Holles, Duke of Newcastle (q.v.), as 2nd Baron Pelham of Laughton in 1712, created Earl of Clare (1714), Duke of Newcastle (1715), and became Knight of the Garter from 1718. He was Lord Chamberlain, 1717-1724; Secretary of State for the Southern Department, 1724-1746, Secretary of State for the Northern Department, 1746-1754; First Lord of the Treasury, 1754-1756 and 1757-1762; and Lord Privy Seal from 1765 to 1766.

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Henry Bilson-Legge fonds
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Great Britain

West Indies

Canada Seven Years' War, 1755-1763

Canada 1755-1763 (Guerre de Sept Ans)

Antilles

Grande-Bretagne

Grande-Bretagne Amérique

Great Britain America
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MG18-N34
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[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG18 N 34] 1--2

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Container 1 has been withdrawn from circulation. Researchers are required to consult photocopies and typed transcripts available in container 2.

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