[Manuscript letters to Francis Henry Egerton, mostly from his mother, Lady Anne Sophia Egerton, and his father, John Egerton, bishop of Lichfield & Coventry, then of Durham].
Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (1756 - 1829)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1769 - 1784
Materials
Place of origin
[various places]
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3058231
Summary
Bibliographic description
39 documents in 1 vol. . fol... With second copy of printed index loose inside. First copy of index has additional item 39 added in manuscript Slip from notepad loose inside, with pencil notes in 20c. hand indexing some letters. Provenance: Egerton arms on binding [= Francis Henry Egerton, 8th earl of Bridgewater (1756-1829)]. Binding: Calf, elaborately decorated blind-tooled borders, box edges overlapping volume contents. Arms in gilt on both boards. Green paper pastedowns and flyleaves, blind-stamped. Spine lettered: MSS. letters autograph &c. Vol. I.
Makers and roles
Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (1756 - 1829) Lady Anne Sophia Grey, Lady Anne Sophia Egerton (d.1780) John Egerton (1721 - 1787) Bishop of Durham