Temple, Henry, 2nd Viscount Palmerston

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0096 MS 685
Held at	: Senate House Library, University of London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections ›
Full title	: Temple, Henry, 2nd Viscount Palmerston
Date(s)	: 1765-1784
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 volume
Name of creator(s)	: Temple | Henry | 1739-1802 | 2nd Viscount Palmerston | politician
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Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Henry Temple was born on 4 December 1739. From 1762 to 1768 he represented the Cornish borough of East Looe in the House of Commons. He also represented the constituencies of Southampton, 1768-1774, Hastings 1774-1780 and 1780-1784, Boroughbridge in Yorkshire, 1784-1790, Newport Isle of Wight 1790-1796 and Winchester 1796 to his death on 16 April 1802. Temple was appointed to the Board of Trade in 1765, was Lord of the Admiralty, 1766-1777 and Lord of the Treasury 1777-1782.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Holograph drafts of speeches, 1765-1784, to be made in the House of Commons (but apparently not delivered) on subjects including American internal taxation, trade with Canada, the window tax and defence of the current administration.

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English

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Allied Materials

Related material:

Southampton University Library holds diaries, correspondence and travel journals, 1761-1804 (Ref: MS 62); the British Library has a political journal, 1768-1770 (Ref: Add MSS 48587-89); Beinecke Library, Yale University, has letters from Sir Charles Blagden, 1788-1804; the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, contains correspondence with Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynymound, 1st Earl of Minto, and the Countesss of Minto, 1785-1804 (Ref: MSS 11123-29).

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Date(s) of descriptions:
1999-09-28 Simon McKeon, 2000-05-24 Sarah Aitchison