FITZWILLIAM FAMILY

Reference code:

IE UCDAD P3

1 box

Administrative/biographical history

A collection of papers mainly arising from or associated with Fitzwilliam family finances, probably accumulated by an auctioneer or bookseller.

Source of acquisition or transfer

Collection transferred from the College Library.

Scope and content

Family correspondence and documents concerning financial matters including letters (1782ñ1817) from William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, to John Beresford M.P. (1795) and Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth (1817).

Letters from Charlotte Watson-Wentworth, Lady Rockingham, to Nesbitt & Stewart (bankers), London, mainly concerning the marriage settlement of her sister, Harriet Sturgeon (1775ñ90).

Exchequer receipts for royal levies (1693ñ1768).

Access:

Available by appointment to holders of a UCDAD reader’s ticket