IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL374
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Paulet, Charles Ingoldsby (13th Marquess of Winchester): letter (1814)
Date(s): 1814
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2 leaves
Name of creator(s): Paulet, Charles Ingoldsby Burroughs- | 1764-1843 | 13th Marquess of Winchester | Groom of the Stole
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Charles Ingoldsby Paulet was educated at Eton and at Clare College, Cambridge, before pursuing a military career. He served as MP for Truro from 1792 to 1796. Previously known by the courtesy title of Earl of Wiltshire, Paulet succeeded his father as Marquess of Winchester in 1800. From 1812 until 1837, when the position was abolished, he was Groom of the Stole to the monarch. In 1839, Winchester adopted the surname of Burroughs-Paulet, as specified in the will of Sarah Salusbury (née Burroughs), whose property he inherited.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Letter from Charles Ingoldsby Paulet (13th Marquess of Winchester) of Amport House, [Hampshire] to William Carnegie, Earl of Northesk, 10 Jan 1814. Winchester accepted his nomination by 'the gentlemen of the Provisional Committee' as patron of 'an auxiliary Bible Society in the Country'. Autograph, with signature. Endorsed in another hand: 'Acceptances', with brief biographical details of Lord Winchester. Part of an envelope addressed to J C Brooks, 14 [Loraine] Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, is filed with the letter.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
See hard copy catalogue.
Conditions governing access:
Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
See archivist
Immediate source of acquisition:
Purchased from E Hall (1967).
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Presumably, Miss Treadwell retained the original letters after relinquishing these copies; the current whereabouts of the original letters is unknown.
Related material:
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: July 2008