LEADER 05697cpcaa22006257a 4500001 8138062 005 20240205164152.0 006 t 008 080325i17301734ctu eng d 035 (OCoLC)ocn702248925 035 8138062 040 CtY-LW |beng |eappm |cCtY-LW 041 eng 079 702184468 090 LWL Mss Vol. 74 100 1 Clarke, Alured, |d1696-1742. 245 10 Letters to Charlotte, Lady Sundon, |f1730-1734. 300 1 |fv. (52 leaves) ; |c24 cm. 336 unspecified |2rdacontent 337 unspecified |2rdamedia 338 unspecified |2rdacarrier 506 This material is available for research. 545 Charlotte Clayton, Lady Sundon (c.1679-1742), courtier, married William Clayton (baptised. 1671, died 1752) of Sundon Hall in Bedfordshire before 1714. With the help of the Duchess of Marlborough, Charlotte Clayton was appointed a woman of the bedchamber to Caroline, princess of Wales in 1714. Her considerable influence over Caroline was distressing to Robert Walpole, who accused Clayton of procuring various political favors for her friends. 545 Alured Clarke (1696-1742), was a Church of England clergyman. Ordained by his uncle Bishop Trimnell in 1720, in 1723 he became rector of Chilbolton in Hampshire and a prebendary of Winchester. He was a chaplain-in-ordinary to both George I and George II; in 1731, he became a prebendary of Westminster. Later he became deputy clerk of the closet to George II. Clarke was also a patron; he founded a county hospital at Winchester in 1736 and was a champion of the poet Stephen Duck. 545 John Hervey, second Baron Hervey of Ickworth (1696-1743), was a courtier and writer. On 2 April 1725 he was elected MP for Bury St Edmunds, and entered the Commons as a supporter of Sir Robert Walpole. In 1730, he became vice-chamberlain to the king's household and, consequently, a member of the privy council; and, in 1740, lord privy seal. However, in 1742 Walpole resigned, and that same year Hervey also left public office. He wrote numerous tracts, including Ancient and Modern Liberty Stated and Compared (1734); The Conduct of the Opposition and the Tendency of Modern Patriotism (1734); and Miscellaneous Thoughts (1742). Hervey's Memoirs were published, with some material suppressed, in 1848, and a more complete version was published in 1931. 520 Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of copies of 20 letters from Alured Clarke to Charlotte, Lady Sundon, followed by copies of 4 letters to her from Lord John Hervey and one letter from an unsigned hand. Many of the letters from Clarke concern his patronage of the poet Stephen Duck, in which he discusses his anxiety about exposing Duck to the cruelty of Alexander Pope and "the Dunciad Club," his negotiations with various booksellers and publishers on Duck's behalf, and his high hopes for Duck's poetry after the death of Duck's wife. He also describes books on religion, history, and moral philosophy that he has read; witnesses a presentation of "Indians" to the Queen; and imparts various religious and political news, including Quaker activities. The letters from Hervey consist primarily of descriptions of his own routine social activities as well as those of such notables as the King, Queen, and Duke of Grafton, though he also writes with surprise that Stanislaus has been chosen King of Poland and reports that Benjamin Hoadly, Bishop of Salisbury, is on the brink of being promoted to the bishopric of Winchester, despite his disagreements with Sir Robert Walpole. An unsigned letter dated 1734, sent "by a private hand," discusses the controversial nomination of Thomas Rundle to the see of Gloucester. 561 Purchased from Quaritch, June 1946. 546 In English. 500 Pasted onto back pastedown: dealer's description of manuscript. 500 Phillipps 18548. 500 Binding: full calf. In gilt on spine: Clarke Sundon Letters. 524 Alured Clarke, Collection of Letters. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University. 562 For further information, consult library staff. 600 10 Clarke, Alured, |d1696-1742. 600 10 Duck, Stephen, |d1705-1756. 600 10 Bristol, John Hervey, |cEarl of, |d1665-1751. 600 10 Hervey, John Hervey, |cBaron, |d1696-1743. 600 10 Hoadly, Benjamin, |d1676-1761. 600 10 Rundle, Thomas, |d1688?-1743. 600 10 Stanisław |bI Leszczyński, |cKing of Poland, |d1677-1766. 600 10 Sundon, Charlotte Clayton, |cBaroness, |dd. 1742 600 10 Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, |d1676-1745. 610 20 Church of England |xBishops. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85025674 610 20 Church of England |xClergy |xAppointment, call, and election. 610 20 Church of England |xClergy |vControversial literature. 610 20 Church of England |xClergy |vCorrespondence. 650 0 Authors and patrons |zGreat Britain. 650 0 Nobility |zGreat Britain |vCorrespondence. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010103785 650 0 Nobility |zGreat Britain |xSocial life and customs |y18th century. 651 0 Great Britain |xPolitics and government |y1727-1760. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056906 655 7 Correspondence. |2aat |0http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300026877 700 1 Hervey, John Hervey, |cBaron, |d1696-1743. 852 The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, Farmington, CT. 902 Lewis Walpole Library |bLEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY (Non-Circulating) >> LWL Mss Vol. 74|DELIM|8545915 907 2008-03-25T12:21:25.000Z