CollectionGeorge IV Bills
ReferenceGEO/MAIN/30211-30234
Record TypeFinancial records
TitleGeorge IV's Privy Purse Accounts for subscriptions to charities, funds, theatres and clubs
Date26 August 1829 - 6 October 1830
DescriptionGEO/MAIN/30211: Receipt for payment of an annual donation to the Royal Society of Musicians, from Sir William Knighton, Keeper of the Privy Purse (signed by J. Watts), 17 October 1829. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30212-30213: Report from Edwin Abbott, on behalf of the Board of the Philological School, acknowledging George IV's annual contribution to school funds (also signed by John Turner, Chairman and Vice-President), 26 August 1829. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30214-30215: Letter from J.T. Judge to Sir William Knighton, requesting assistance with the establishment of the United Literary Benevolent Association, including an outline of a plan for the organisation, 27 January 1830. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30216: Receipt for payment of an annual gratuity to the Swedish Chapel, from Sir William Knighton, Keeper of the Privy Purse (signed by Henry Haas, for William Priggen), 12 January 1830. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30217: Receipt for payment of annual gratuities to the young gentlemen of the Chapel Royal, St James's, from Sir William Knighton, Keeper of the Privy Purse (signed by William Hawes), 12 January 1830. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30218: Receipt for payment of an annual donation to the German School in the Savoy, from Sir William Knighton, Keeper of the Privy Purse (signed by C. William Wurst, 12 January 1830. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30219: Note from B. Leigh Lye to George Harrison, requesting that George IV's subscription to the Bath and West of England Agricultural Society be paid to B. Hobhouse, 29 January 1830. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30220: Receipt for payment of a donation to the Royal Academy of Music, from Sir William Knighton, Keeper of the Privy Purse (signed by Sir George Clerk), 6 October 1830. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30221-30222: Letter from John Stevenson, requesting George IV's continued patronage of the Institution for the Cure of Cataracts, 5 February 1830. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30223-30224: Prospectus of an Institution for the Cure of Cataract, and Other Diseases of the Eye (printed), 20 January 1830. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30225-30225A: Statement from the President and Council of the Royal Society of Literature empowering Archibald Elijah Impey (Treasurer) to apply for a Royal Bounty from George IV; containing a list of Associates (signed by [?] Sarum, Edgar Ellis and Louis Hayes Petit); with a receipt for payment from Sir William Knighton, Keeper of the Privy Purse, 17 March - 3 April 1830. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30226-30227: Report of the Management Committee of the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital, including a list of Patrons, Presidents, Committee Members and Building Fund subscribers, 31 May 1830. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30228: Letter from the Duke of Richmond to Frederick D. Danvers regarding George IV's promised donation to the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital, 31 May 1830. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30229-30229A: Receipt and note (from the Duke of Richmond) relating to the late George IV's donation to the Building Fund of the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital. 2 September 1830 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30230: Receipt for payment of an annual donation to the Charity School of St Anne, Westminster, from Sir William Knighton, Keeper of the Privy Purse (signed by Dr R. MacLeod), 22 March 1830. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30231: Receipt for payment of an annual donation to the Middlesex Hospital, from Sir William Knighton, Keeper of the Privy Purse (signed by Lord Robert Seymour), 13 May 1830. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30232-30233: Letter and receipt relating donation for payment for medals for the Royal Asiatic Society (Oriental Translation Fund), 9 June 1830. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30234: Note from Mr Cox to Frederick D. Danvers acknowledging receipt of the late George IV's annual donation to the Foundling Hospital, 10 July 1830. 1 document
LanguageEnglish
Extent18 documents
Physical DescriptionLoose manuscript papers
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