CollectionGeorge IV Bills
ReferenceGEO/MAIN/30064-30109
Record TypeFinancial records
TitleGeorge IV's Privy Purse Accounts for subscriptions to charities, funds, theatres and clubs
Date29 April 1803 - 28 April 1815
DescriptionGEO/MAIN/30064-30065A: Petition and Memorial of the Minister and inhabitants of the Parish of Perranzabuloe, 29 April 1803. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30066: Letter from Thomas Tyrwhitt regarding the Prince of Wales's donation to the Committee appointed for bettering the condition, or abolishing the trade, of Chimney Sweepers (to be paid to Mr Angerstein). He states that in future Carlton House is to be cleaned by Mr Smith's machine, to 'prevent much misery to helpless infants', 21 December 1807. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30067: Letter from Robert Gray regarding payment of a donation towards the plan for bettering the condition, or abolishing the trade, of Chimney Sweepers. Also, including a note from John Julius Angerstein suggesting payment to William Tooke (Treasurer to the Society) or B.M. Forster (Member of the Committee), 30 December 1807. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30068: Document outlining the organisation, purpose and rules of the British National Endeavour: Institution for educating, victualling, clothing and apprenticing the orphans of soldiers and sailors (with the Prince of Wales listed as a Patron), undated. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30069: Receipt for an annual subscription 'towards the relief of the sick, lame and needy in St George's Hospital' (signed by John Chamier and Henry Harnage, Treasurers), 25 January 1808. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30070: Letter from David Williams (on behalf of Reverend R. Yates) to Robert Gray regarding an overdue donation to the Literary Fund, 22 March 1808. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30071-30071A: Letter from J. Newby (on behalf of the Committee of Governors) to Robert Gray, regarding an annual subscription to the Marine Society and a receipt for payment from General Samuel Hulse, 22 February - 27 April 1808. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30072: Letter from Robert Ricards to Robert Gray, acknowledging receipt of the Prince of Wales's subscription to the Bath and West of England Agricultural Society, 4 December 1809. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30072A: Letter from Sir John Coxe Hippisley to Robert Ricards, acknowledging receipt of payment of a subscription to the Bath and West of England Agricultural Society, 4 December 1809. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30073: Letter from Benjamin Hobhouse to Robert Gray regarding the timing of the Prince of Wales's subscription payments to the Bath and West of England Agricultural Society, 19 December 1809. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30074: Receipt for an annual subscription 'towards the relief of the sick, lame and needy in St George's Hospital' (signed by John Chamier and Henry Harnage, Treasurers), 1810. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30075: Letter from Robert Gillam to Robert Gray regarding the Prince Regent's subscription to the British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom (of which he was President) and fifty guineas towards the purchase of the picture "Our Saviour healing the sick in the Temple" by Benjamin West. Reference is made to Lord Kinnaird and Colonel McMahon, 19 April 1811. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30076: Bill from Preston Parish relating to Highway Tax and schooling for poor children (signed by William Stanford), 5 December 1811. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30077: Receipt for payment from John McMahon, Keeper of the Privy Purse, for a subscription to the Literary Fund (signed by Reverend Richard Yates), 14 May 1812. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30078: Receipt for payment from John McMahon, Keeper of the Privy Purse, for a donation to the Scottish Hospital (for A. Gordon, Treasurer and signed by F. Wilson, Collector), 15 May 1812. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30079-30079A: Letter from Robert Ricards (Secretary) to Robert Gray, acknowledging receipt of the Prince Regent's subscription to the Bath and West of England Agricultural Society, with an authorisation for the payment to Messrs Hobhouse & Co., 15 January 1812. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30080: Receipt for payment from John McMahon, Keeper of the Privy Purse, for a subscription towards erecting an organ in the church at Brighton (signed by [?] Lincoln, for John Lincoln], 4 June 1813. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30081-30090: Address of the Committee of the Institution for promoting the British System for the education of the labouring and manufacturing classes of society of every religious persuasion; also the Report of the Finance Committee and Trustees, 1813. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30091-30093: Letters from Mr Joseph Fox to Robert Gray, regarding the Committee of the Institution for promoting the British System for the education of the labouring and manufacturing classes of society of every religious persuasion and their problems concerning Mr Joseph Lancaster taking, for his own personal use, the Prince Regent's subscription to the Royal Free Schools in the Borough Road, 30 April - 9 June 1814. 2 documents
GEO/MAIN/30094: Letter from Robert Gray to Mr Joseph Fox, stating that the Prince Regent's subscription of £100, paid to Joseph Lancaster, was intended for the Free School in St George's Fields, not for his personal use, 4 May 1814. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30095-30095A: Letter from Joseph Fox to Robert Gray, acknowledging receipt of the Prince Regent's subscription to the British and Foreign School Society (the brief name for the Institution for promoting the British System for the education of the labouring and manufacturing classes of society), with a receipt for payment from John McMahon, Keeper of the Privy Purse, 27 - 28 April 1815. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30096-30109: Pamphlet concerning the origins and progress of the Irish Charitable Society (under the Patronage of the Prince Regent), with a list of Patronesses and Subscribers when the first General Meeting was held (Earl of Moira - Chair), 18 February 1813. 1 document
LanguageEnglish
Extent23 documents
Physical DescriptionLoose manuscript papers
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