http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8cz3bkg No online items Townshend family papers Finding aid prepared by Gayle M. Richardson. Manuscripts Department The Huntington Library 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2191 Fax: (626) 449-5720 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org © 2015 The Huntington Library. All rights reserved. Townshend family papers mssTD 1-2430 1 Descriptive Summary Title: Townshend family papers Dates: 1521-1956 Bulk Dates: 1601-1915 Collection Number: mssTD 1-2430 Creator: Townshend (Family : Frognal, Kent, England) Extent: 6,849 items, plus ephemera Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Manuscripts Department The Huntington Library 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2203 Fax: (626) 449-5720 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org Abstract: The Townshend Family papers is a collection of correspondence, family and government documents, literary manuscripts, volumes, diaries, deeds and ephemera spanning the 16th to 20th centuries. Language of Material: The records are in English with some French, German, and Latin. Access Collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, please go to following web site . Publication Rights The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Townshend family papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Acquisition Information Purchased from H.S. Mott, June 20, 1969: 14 letters addressed to George, 1st Marquis Townshend, 1768-1770. Transferred from the Art Gallery, March 1985 [in Art Gallery since 1984]: 1 letter by George, 1st Marquis Townshend, 1797, Oct. 2. Purchased June 10, 1999, via Maggs from Christie’s sale, Lot 188: Townshend Family Papers. Purchased June 7, 2000, via Maggs from Christie’s sale, Lot 57: Selwyn Addenda. Purchased September 14, 2000, from Maggs: Whitchurch Addenda. Biographical Note The Townshend family lived at Frognal, Chislehurst, Kent and were a junior branch of the Townshend family of Raynham, Norfolk. The family held the titles of Baron Sydney of Chislehurst, Viscount Sydney of St Leonards, and Earl Sydney of Scadbury before becoming extinct in 1890 upon the death of John Robert Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney. A detailed Townshend family tree is available; please contact [email protected] to obtain a copy. Arrangement Organized in the following manner: Correspondence (Boxes 1-49); Categories: Estate (Boxes 50-61), Financial (Boxes 62-66), Government (Boxes 67-70), Legal (Boxes 71-72), Literature (Boxes 73-74), Military (Boxes 75-76), Personal and Family (Boxes 77-87), Special Subjects (Boxes 88-89), Ephemera (Boxes 90-91), Deeds (Boxes 92-129); arranged alphabetically and chronologically. Scope and Content The papers consist of the following: 1. Correspondence (Boxes 1-49, 1619-1914, call numbers TD 1-2430) is arranged chronologically. This series includes family letters of both branches of the Townshend family; the letters are between parents/grandparents and children, siblings, cousins and personal friends. The series includes business letters related to their lands in Chislehurst, Kent, Townshend family papers mssTD 1-2430 2 Ludgershall, Wilts., and Whitchurch, Hants. There are also letters related to the Government and the various public offices held by the family. Significant correspondents include George III, George IV, William IV and Victoria, as well as many members of the Royal family. Political correspondents include 1st Earl of Chatham, W.E. Gladstone, George Grenville, Lord Palmerston, Sir Robert Peel, Spencer Perceval, William Pitt, the Duke of Wellington, and John Wilkes. Important note: although this material includes the years 1769-1865 there is only one letter which refers slightly to the American Revolutionary War and no letters or other material deal with the American Civil War. 2. Categories (Boxes 50-129, with box and folder numbers) are arranged alphabetically and chronologically based on material type. This series includes: Estate (Boxes 50-61, 1659-1846): includes material related to family lands in Frognal, Ludgershall, and Whitchurch; correspondence, reports, titles, land papers, rent rolls, taxes and maps. Financial (Boxes 62-66, 1550-1891): includes family accounts, annuities, bills, bonds, receipts; also material related to the town of Whitchurch. Government (Boxes 67-70, 1715-1890): includes material dealing with The Exchequer, the Palace and Parliament. John Robert Townshend, 3rd Viscount Sydney, held various offices in the Royal household, including Lord Chamberlain, the material related to his office include Season Kalendars, Rules and Procedures and Ceremonials. “Lord Chamberlain / Private” Leather-bound box used by Sydney for official correspondence and papers; with some damage and a loose handle. Curator approval must be obtained before paging. Legal (Boxes 71-72, 1636-1886): includes family accounts, briefs, court opinions, Chancery, Indentures and material related to Chislehurst, Ludgershall and Whitchurch. Literature (Boxes 73-74, approx. 1690-1901): includes epitaphs, poems, prayers, songs, travel accounts and drawings. Military (Boxes 75-76, 1725-1858): includes appointments, reports, correspondence, Sir Horatio George Powys Townshend, and Yeoman of the Guard. Personal and Family (Boxes 77-87, 1513/14-1915): includes wills, marriage settlements, genealogy, inventories and lists, memorandum books, account books, diaries, London dinner books and auction catalogues. Special Subjects (Boxes 88-89, 1707-1901): includes Autograph Collection of Franks, Sydney Present Fund, Lord Sydney Monument and Elections and Voting. Ephemera (Boxes 90-91, 1791-1956): includes printed material, autograph notes about the collection, portfolio covers, and bound volumes. Deeds (Boxes 92-129, 1521-1818): includes a few land deeds related to Kent; the majority are land deeds related to Whitchurch: including indentures, feoffments, leases and releases and uses of fines. These deeds predate the time when the Townshend family had any interest in the town of Whitchurch so it is important to note the deeds follow the land and not the family. Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney papers. ST 17 Vol. 2 is a letterbook of George Grenville, 1st Marquis of Buckingham, as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; the letterbook includes a significant number of letters (1782-1783) to Thomas Townshend, Viscount Sydney, 1733-1800. Note Cataloger's Notes 1. The material in this collection was acquired through purchase and transfer from 1969 to 2000; as it is more than likely all the material originated with the Townshend family, or their descendants, the decision was made to merge all the accessions together and catalog the material as the Townshend Family Papers.Information about the various acquisitions, including inventories, is available in the Townshend Family Papers Information File. 2. The autograph notes of Robert Marsham-Townshend appear on material throughout the collection. Unless substantive, it was decided not to catalog these autograph notes on the folders on in the Finding Aid. Personal Names Adelaide, Queen, consort of William IV, King of Great Britain, 1792-1849 Anglesey, Charlotte Paget, Marchioness of, 1781-1853 Anglesey, Henry William Paget, Marquis of, 1768-1854 Biddulph, Thomas Myddelton, Sir, 1809-1878 Bowlby, Mary Powys, -1813 Conyngham, Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, Marquess, 1797-1869 Townshend family papers mssTD 1-2430 3 Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805 Cust, Peregrine Francis, 1791-1873 Cust, Sophia Mary, -1852 Dynevor, Frances Rice, Lady, 1772-1854 Dynevor, George Talbot Rice, Baron, 1765-1852 Ely, Jane Loftus, Marchioness of, 1821-1890 Eugénie, Empress, consort of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1829-1920 George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 Gladstone, W.E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898 Greville, Henry William, 1801-1872 Leitrim, Elizabeth Clements, Countess of, -1817 Leitrim, Robert Clements, Earl of, 1732-1804 Louis Napoléon, Prince Impérial of the French, 1856-1879 Marsham-Townshend, Robert Midleton, Charles Brodrick, Viscount, 1791-1863 Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873 Palmerston, Henry John Temple, Viscount, 1784-1865 Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812 Pitt, William, 1759-1806 Pitt, William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 Ponsonby, Henry Frederick, Sir, 1825-1895 Romney, Charles Marsham, Earl of, 1777-1845 Romney, Mary Elizabeth Marsham, Countess of, 1794-1847 Selwyn, Mary, 1690-1777 Selwyn, George Augustus, 1719-1791 Selwyn, John, 1688-1751 Sydney, Caroline Elizabeth Townshend, Viscountess, -1805 Sydney, Elizabeth Townshend, Viscountess, 1736-1826 Sydney, Emily Caroline Townshend, Viscountess, 1810-1893 Sydney, John Robert Townshend, Viscount, 1805-1890 Sydney, John Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1764-1831 Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800 Townshend, Albinia, -1739 Townshend, Anne, 1573-1622 Townshend, Charles Townshend, Viscount, 1674-1738 Townshend, Charles Townshend, Viscount, 1700-1764 Townshend, Charles, -1799 Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807 Townshend, George Townshend,