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WHIG PARTY]. Extensive collection of correspondence of Colonel John Selwyn MP, principally relating to his political interests in the constituencies of Whitchurch and Ludgershall, 1730s and later, also to the interests in the same constituencies of h...

Auction 07.06.2000
07.06.2000
Schätzpreis
3.000 £ - 5.000 £
ca. 4.525 $ - 7.541 $
Zuschlagspreis:
7.638 £
ca. 11.520 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 57

WHIG PARTY]. Extensive collection of correspondence of Colonel John Selwyn MP, principally relating to his political interests in the constituencies of Whitchurch and Ludgershall, 1730s and later, also to the interests in the same constituencies of h...

Auction 07.06.2000
07.06.2000
Schätzpreis
3.000 £ - 5.000 £
ca. 4.525 $ - 7.541 $
Zuschlagspreis:
7.638 £
ca. 11.520 $
Beschreibung:

WHIG PARTY]. Extensive collection of correspondence of Colonel John Selwyn MP, principally relating to his political interests in the constituencies of Whitchurch and Ludgershall, 1730s and later, also to the interests in the same constituencies of his descendants, 1751 - early 19th Century. The collection comprises: long series of 237 autograph letters (signed with initials or unsigned) by Selwyn to the Reverend [Ferdinando] Warner, his political agent and confidant in Whitchurch, a few dated but from internal evidence the majority 1730-50, discussing in minute detail the political intricacies in the borough, personalities, prospects, national and local political concerns, land tenure and intrigue; also referring to Warner's efforts to promote himself in the Church, together approximately one page, 8vo, 116 pages, 4to and 120 pages, folio , many franked, with key to cipher used in the letters, some frayed at edges and weak at folds, also 3 fragments of letters (242 pieces) ; autograph letter signed by Selwyn to his wife, Mary, on winning an election; fourteen autograph letters signed and two letters signed by Thomas Townshend to Thomas Bingham, bailiff of the Borough of Whitchurch, 1753-57, relating to political affairs in Whitchurch and Ludgershall; autograph letters signed by Mary Selwyn to Warner (one) and Bingham (five), one autograph letter in third person to Charles Townshend or Lord Townshend, giving a legal opinion relating to Whitchurch matters, 1784-85 and n.d.; and other related letters by 1st and 2nd Earls of Portsmouth (7); Tobias Butler (3); G.W. Grove (6) and others; electoral and other accounts; lists of freeholders (one, of 1744, annotated and torn at folds); approximately 125 pieces . The correspondence of Colonel John Selwyn (1688-1751) of Matson, Gloucestershire, provides some vivid details of the machinations of 18th-century Whig politics in the constituencies of Whitchurch in Hampshire, Ludgershall in Wiltshire and elsewhere. Selwyn was commissioned in the Guards almost at birth and served in Flanders as ADC to the Duke of Marlborough. He obtained a post in the household of the Prince of Wales in 1716 and was later groom of the bedchamber to George II as Prince of Wales and King, 1718-30. In 1727 Selwyn returned himself for Whitchurch where in 1726 he had bought property which gave him control of one Parliamentary seat. He represented Whitchurch until 1734, thereafter sitting until his death for Gloucester which he controlled through the city's reservoirs, situated on his property at Matson. His son John Selwyn, the Younger, was returned for Whitchurch from 1734 until his death in 1751. Colonel Selwyn acquired the manor of Ludgershall in 1733 from the Treasury through his friendship with Walpole. Thereafter he had complete control of the Borough, nominating his brother and nephew as Members in 1741 and his son (George Augustus, the celebrated wit) and his brother in law, Thomas Farrington, in 1747. In 1715 the chief burgage owners at Whitchurch were Thomas Vernon, a Tory, who returned himself, and John Wallop, a Whig, who returned General Carpenter. A celebrated disputed election occurred at Whitchurch in 1721 when Frederick Tylney, having been elected at a by-election, was unseated on petition in favour of John Conduitt. Vernon himself was expelled from the House of Commons in the same year. After Vernon's death much of his property was bought by Selwyn and an arrangement was reached between the Wallop family (later Earls of Portsmouth) and the Selwyn families which included the appointment of the mayor (the returning officer) and the bailiff. On Selwyn's death in 1751 (his son John died in the same year), his property and electoral interest at Whitchurch passed to his son-in-law Thomas Townshend who continued to co-operate with the Wallops. Townshend's son, Thomas (1733-1800) was MP for Whitchurch from 1754 until his elevation to the peerage as 1st Viscount Sydney in 1783. The Whitchurch proper

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 57
Auktion:
Datum:
07.06.2000
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
London, King Street
Beschreibung:

WHIG PARTY]. Extensive collection of correspondence of Colonel John Selwyn MP, principally relating to his political interests in the constituencies of Whitchurch and Ludgershall, 1730s and later, also to the interests in the same constituencies of his descendants, 1751 - early 19th Century. The collection comprises: long series of 237 autograph letters (signed with initials or unsigned) by Selwyn to the Reverend [Ferdinando] Warner, his political agent and confidant in Whitchurch, a few dated but from internal evidence the majority 1730-50, discussing in minute detail the political intricacies in the borough, personalities, prospects, national and local political concerns, land tenure and intrigue; also referring to Warner's efforts to promote himself in the Church, together approximately one page, 8vo, 116 pages, 4to and 120 pages, folio , many franked, with key to cipher used in the letters, some frayed at edges and weak at folds, also 3 fragments of letters (242 pieces) ; autograph letter signed by Selwyn to his wife, Mary, on winning an election; fourteen autograph letters signed and two letters signed by Thomas Townshend to Thomas Bingham, bailiff of the Borough of Whitchurch, 1753-57, relating to political affairs in Whitchurch and Ludgershall; autograph letters signed by Mary Selwyn to Warner (one) and Bingham (five), one autograph letter in third person to Charles Townshend or Lord Townshend, giving a legal opinion relating to Whitchurch matters, 1784-85 and n.d.; and other related letters by 1st and 2nd Earls of Portsmouth (7); Tobias Butler (3); G.W. Grove (6) and others; electoral and other accounts; lists of freeholders (one, of 1744, annotated and torn at folds); approximately 125 pieces . The correspondence of Colonel John Selwyn (1688-1751) of Matson, Gloucestershire, provides some vivid details of the machinations of 18th-century Whig politics in the constituencies of Whitchurch in Hampshire, Ludgershall in Wiltshire and elsewhere. Selwyn was commissioned in the Guards almost at birth and served in Flanders as ADC to the Duke of Marlborough. He obtained a post in the household of the Prince of Wales in 1716 and was later groom of the bedchamber to George II as Prince of Wales and King, 1718-30. In 1727 Selwyn returned himself for Whitchurch where in 1726 he had bought property which gave him control of one Parliamentary seat. He represented Whitchurch until 1734, thereafter sitting until his death for Gloucester which he controlled through the city's reservoirs, situated on his property at Matson. His son John Selwyn, the Younger, was returned for Whitchurch from 1734 until his death in 1751. Colonel Selwyn acquired the manor of Ludgershall in 1733 from the Treasury through his friendship with Walpole. Thereafter he had complete control of the Borough, nominating his brother and nephew as Members in 1741 and his son (George Augustus, the celebrated wit) and his brother in law, Thomas Farrington, in 1747. In 1715 the chief burgage owners at Whitchurch were Thomas Vernon, a Tory, who returned himself, and John Wallop, a Whig, who returned General Carpenter. A celebrated disputed election occurred at Whitchurch in 1721 when Frederick Tylney, having been elected at a by-election, was unseated on petition in favour of John Conduitt. Vernon himself was expelled from the House of Commons in the same year. After Vernon's death much of his property was bought by Selwyn and an arrangement was reached between the Wallop family (later Earls of Portsmouth) and the Selwyn families which included the appointment of the mayor (the returning officer) and the bailiff. On Selwyn's death in 1751 (his son John died in the same year), his property and electoral interest at Whitchurch passed to his son-in-law Thomas Townshend who continued to co-operate with the Wallops. Townshend's son, Thomas (1733-1800) was MP for Whitchurch from 1754 until his elevation to the peerage as 1st Viscount Sydney in 1783. The Whitchurch proper

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 57
Auktion:
Datum:
07.06.2000
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
London, King Street
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