CollectionGeorge IV Bills
ReferenceGEO/MAIN/30152-30190
Record TypeFinancial records
TitleGeorge IV's Privy Purse Accounts for subscriptions to charities, funds, theatres and clubs
Date15 August 1825 - 21 June 1827
DescriptionGEO/MAIN/30152-30153: Letter from E. Hodges Baily to Sir William Knighton, asking him to be joint security, with R. Hart Davis, for his completion of a statue to the memory of General Sir Thomas Picton, to be erected in Carmarthen; with a copy of a note from R. Hart Davis agreeing to act as joint guarantor, 14 October 1825. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30154: Letter from Reverend Haverfield to Frederick D. Danvers, requesting that George IV's annual donation, to the Free School at Kew, be paid in future to the Church Warden, Mr Austin (the ex officio Treasurer), 24 October 1825. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30155: Letter from C.S. Cantrell and G.W. Stevens (Church Wardens of the Parish of Old Windsor) to Sir William Knighton, asking George IV to subscribe to a fund to supply the poor with coals at a reduced price, 17 January 1826. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30156-30157: Letter from Lord Kenyon to Frederick D. Danvers, regarding George IV's annual gift to the Welsh Charity, 6 February 1826. 2 documents
GEO/MAIN/30158: Letter from George Jones to Frederick D. Danvers, acknowledging receipt of George IV's donation to the poor of His Majesty's Duchy Manor of Salford, 17 April 1826. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30159: Receipt for payment of a donation to the High School of Edinburgh, from Sir William Knighton, Keeper of the Privy Purse (signed by Melville), 11 May 1826. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30160: Receipt for payment of a donation to the Scottish Hospital, from Sir William Knighton, Keeper of the Privy Purse (signed by Melville), 11 May 1826. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30161-30162: Letter from Reverend Henry White (Curate of Kew) to Sir William Knighton, expressing gratitude for George IV's donation towards the Kings Free School, Kew; enclosing a Resolution of the Committee and list of Committee Members, 19 May 1826. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30163: Letter from Reverend T. Osgood to Sir William Knighton, requesting George IV's patronage, or support, for the Society for promoting education and industry among the Indians and destitute settlers in Canada, 1 August 1826. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30164-30179: First Annual Report of the Society for promoting education and industry among the Indians and destitute settlers in Canada (containing an account of the formation of the Society and lists of Patrons, Presidents, Committee Members, Donors and Subscribers), 29 June 1826. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30180: Letter from Reverend Thomas Jeans to Sir William Knighton, regarding support for a building for the English Episcopal Church at Amsterdam, 3 August 1826. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30181-30182: A statement relating to the English Episcopal Church at Amsterdam, 1826. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30183-30184: Distribution of blankets at Windsor Town Hall following £50 donation by George IV. 1 January 1827. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30185: Note from T. Sarum, H.H. Baber and G. Richards asking the Keeper of the Privy Purse to pay George IV's annual Royal Endowment to the Royal Society of Literature, to the Lord Bishop of Salisbury (including a list of Associates), 24 March 1827. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30186-30187: Letter from Sir William Knighton to Morris Lievesley (Secretary), expressing George IV's wish that the Duke of Cambridge should succeed the Duke of York as President of the Foundling Hospital, 10 March 1827. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30188: Letter from [?] Sabine to Sir Everard Home regarding a donation towards the erection of a statue of the late Sir Joseph Banks; with a receipt for payment from Sir William Knighton, Keeper of the Privy Purse (signed by Everard Home), 26 - 30 May 1827. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30189: Letter from Foster Cunliffe (President) to Sir B. Bloomfield, expressing thanks for the prizes conferred upon the Society of Royal British Bowmen by George IV, undated. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30190: Letter from Mr Williams Wynn to Sir William Knighton, acknowledging a donation he has received (for Mr George Cunliffe) for the Society of Royal British Bowmen, 21 June 1827. 1 document
LanguageEnglish
Extent19 documents
Physical DescriptionLoose manuscript papers
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