CollectionGeorge IV Bills
ReferenceGEO/MAIN/30110-30130
Record TypeFinancial records
TitleGeorge IV's Privy Purse Accounts for subscriptions to charities, funds, theatres and clubs
Date1 June 1816 - 30 April 1821
DescriptionGEO/MAIN/30110: [? Letter] from Mr Quin, Secretary of the Irish Charitable Society, requesting payment of the Prince Regent's (Patron) subscription for 1816, as lack of funds has meant they have had to stop providing relief; with details of the Presidents of the Society, the numbers of people helped and the Society's financial situation, 1 June 1816. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30111: Letter from Alexander Boswell to J.W. Croker, acknowledging receipt of the Prince Regent's donation towards erecting a monument to Burns at his birthplace, 16 September 1815. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30112-30112A: Receipts for payment from John McMahon, Keeper of the Privy Purse, for a subscription towards erecting a monument (or Mausoleum) to the Poet Burns at Dumfries (signed by H.D. Boswell, Secretary and T.F. Hunt, Architect), 29 August - 8 September 1815. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30113-30114: Letter from Robert Ricards (Secretary) to Robert Gray, concerning payment of the Prince Regent's subscription to the Bath and West of England Agricultural Society, with a note requesting that the amount be paid to Richard [?Crutwell], 15 January 1816. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30115-30115A: Letter from William Read to Robert Gray, thanking the Prince Regent for his donation to the Midsomer Norton Parish Church (Somerset) Organ Fund, with a receipt for payment from John McMahon, Keeper of the Privy Purse (signed by Mr W. Kelson), 5 - 7 November 1816. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30116-30117: Letter from John Sharpe Palmer to Colonel John McMahon, conveying the Governors of Middlesex Hospital's thanks for the Prince Regent's donation, 12 June 1817. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30118-30119: Letter from Reverend George Neville to Sir Benjamin Bloomfield, asking how to apply for payment of the Prince Regent's donation towards the erection of a church and two national schools on Buckley Mountain (North Wales); with a letter from the Marquess of Cholmondeley to Reverend George Neville, conveying the Prince Regent's agreement to subscribe, 5 January - 16 April 1818. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30120: Printed list of subscriptions received towards the erection of a church and two national schools on Buckley Mountain (North Wales), undated. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30121: Letter from Reverend George Neville to Sir Benjamin Bloomfield, acknowledging receipt of the Prince Regent's donation to the church and schools about to be established on Buckley mountain, 19 April 1818. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30122: Letter from Watkin Williams Wyn to the Prince Regent, thanking His Royal Highness for his subscription to the Welch Dispensary, 30 May 1819. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30123: Note from B. Leigh Lye to Robert Gray, requesting that the Prince Regent's subscription to the Bath and West of England Agricultural Society be paid to B. Hobhouse, 26 January 1820. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30124-30124A: Letter from Reverend W.R. Churchill to Robert Gray, with a receipt for payment towards the purchase of a fire engine at Fordington (Dorchester), from Sir Benjamin Bloomfield, Keeper of the Privy Purse (signed by William Merle and R. Fletcher), 29 January - 3 February 1820. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30125: Note from B. Leigh Lye to Robert Gray, requesting that George IV's subscription to the Bath and West of England Agricultural Society be paid to B. Hobhouse, 15 January 1821. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30126-30126A: Two receipts for annual subscriptions 'towards the relief of the sick, lame and needy in St George's Hospital' (signed by Henry Harnage and Thomas Downing), 22 January 1821 - Christmas 1824. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30127: Receipt for payment from Sir Benjamin Bloomfield, Keeper of the Privy Purse, for a half yearly subscription to the Literary Fund (to the Reverend Dr. Richard Yates; also signed by R. Hare for Coutts), 16 April 1821. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30128-30128A: Letter to Robert Gray from A.F.C. Kollmann, Organist and Clerk of the Royal German Chapel (St James's), regarding the payment of an annual Christmas box or gift; with a receipt for payment of a New Year's gift, from Sir Benjamin Bloomfield, Keeper of the Privy Purse, 25 - 26 January 1821. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30129-30130: Printed report on the Welch Dispensary, including list of Patrons (George IV and Prince Leopold), Presidents, Committee Members and regulations; with a receipt for payment of an annual subscription, from Sir Benjamin Bloomfield, Keeper of the Privy Purse (signed by D. Morgan), 30 April 1821. 1 document
LanguageEnglish
Extent17 documents
Physical DescriptionLoose manuscript papers
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