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Senate House Library, University of London

Report to General Gage on the County of Sussex (1781)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS984

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Report to General Gage on the County of Sussex (1781)

Date(s): 1781

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1 item

Name of creator(s): Holroyd | John Baker | 1735-1821 | 1st Earl of Sheffield | statesman

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

John Baker Holroyd was born in 1735. In 1781 he was created Baron Sheffield of Dunamare, Co. Meath in the Peerage of Ireland and in 1802 created Baron Sheffield of Sheffield, Co. York in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He was President of the Board of Agriculture, a Lord of Trade and one of His Majesty's most honourable Privy Council. He was known in the literary world as a writer on political economy. He died in 1821.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Report to General Thomas Gage on the County of Sussex, 1781.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

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Open for research. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

Conditions governing reproduction:

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.

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Collection level description. Hard-copy catalogue also available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

Detailed catalogue

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Archivist's note: Imported from the Senate House catalogue and edited by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: 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: Feb 2009.


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Holroyd | John Baker | 1735-1821 | 1st Earl of Sheffield | statesman

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London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Sussex | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe