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Senate House Library, University of London

Lady Charlotte (attendant to Queen Adelaide): correspondence


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL334

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Lady Charlotte (attendant to Queen Adelaide): correspondence

Date(s): [1844]-1869

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 3 items (8 leaves)

Name of creator(s): - | Lady | Charlotte | fl 1844-1867 | attendant to Queen Adelaide

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

No information was available at the time of compilation.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

3 letters addressed to Lady Charlotte [full name unidentified], 1844-1869. (1) From Henry Pelham, Earl of Chichester, 23 Mar 1867. Relating to lectures on prophecy and the apocalypse. (2) From George Villiers, Earl of Clarendon, 25 Jan 1869. Relating to consular posts in China. (3) From Queen Adelaide (widow of William IV), [1844]. Congratulating Lady Charlotte on her daughter's wedding to a Mr Turner. Both letters are autograph, with signatures.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

See hard copy catalogue.

Conditions governing access:

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

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.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

See archivist

Immediate source of acquisition:

Gift from Miss Harriet Cohen CBE, 1963.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Presumably, Miss Treadwell retained the original letters after relinquishing these copies; the current whereabouts of the original letters is unknown.

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with 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: July 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Daughters | Children (family) | Family members | Family
Embassies and consulates | Foreign affairs | Foreign policy | Foreign relations | International relations
Lectures (teaching method) | Teaching methods
Prophecy | Mysticism
Weddings | Civil ceremonies | Ceremonies

Personal names
Adelaide | 1792-1849 | Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and consort of William IV x Adelaide | Princess of Saxe-Meiningen
Pelham | Henry Thomas | 1804-1886 | 3rd Earl of Chichester and ecclesiastical commissioner
Villiers | George William Frederick | 1800-1870 | 4th Earl of Clarendon x Clarendon | 4th Earl of

Corporate names

Places
China | East Asia