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William Augustus, (1721-1765), Duke of Cumberland, General

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Alternative name(s):
  • Cumberland, Duke of (Also known as)
Surname: William Augustus
Gender: Male
Date: 1721-1765
Title: Duke of Cumberland
History: Military commander. Third son of King George II, when Prince of Wales. Major General 1742. Lieutenant General and served at Dettingen, 1743. Captain General of British land forces 1745. Defeated Jacobite rebels at Culloden 1746. Resumed command in Holland 1747. Defeated by d'Estrees at Hastenbeck 1757. Created Duke of Northumberland 1726.
References: DNB, NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P276043 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P165284 )
Collections
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1746 Feb 18: Harrington to Dunmore: on news from Cumberland of the flight and dispersion of the...
The National Archives, Kew
2
1746 Nov 11: Chesterfield to Ligonier: the king has referred SP 87/21/79 to the duke [of Cumberland],...
The National Archives, Kew
3
1746 Aug 01: Harrington to Ligonier: trial of the rebel lords. He has forwarded Ligonier's dispatches...
The National Archives, Kew
4
2 October 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield: movements of the maison du roi , the Swiss and the artillery...
The National Archives, Kew
5
16 August 1747: Ligonier to Saxe, enclosing the response from London. Cumberland has asked him to...
The National Archives, Kew
6
15 August 1747: General Cronstrom to Cumberland, enclosing a memoir [SP 87/23/79] on Bergen op Zoom...
The National Archives, Kew
7
1746 Mar 12: Dunmore [to Harrington], concerning horses of the King's Regiment and belonging to...
The National Archives, Kew
8
18 August 1747: Cumberland to General Cronstrom expressing his disappointment at Cronstrom's pessimism...
The National Archives, Kew
9
18 August 1747: Cumberland to the prince of Hesse-Darmstadt, expressing his disappointment at the...
The National Archives, Kew
10
1746 Mar 04: Stephen Poyntz to [under secretary] E [Edward] Weston regarding the disposal of...
The National Archives, Kew
11
19 August 1747: [Major General] John Huske to Chesterfield: he has been ordered by Cumberland to inspect...
The National Archives, Kew
12
11 August 1747: Chesterfield to Cumberland: the king's approval of various actions taken by Cumberland....
The National Archives, Kew
13
21 August 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield, enclosing dispatches from the prince of Orange [SP...
The National Archives, Kew
14
16 August 1747: Prince of Orange to Cumberland on the defence of Bergen op Zoom and Maastricht. Dated at...
The National Archives, Kew
15
15 August 1747: General Cronstrom to the prince of Orange, enclosing a memoir he has also sent to...
The National Archives, Kew
16
13 July 1747: Ligonier to Saxe: he has shown Saxe's letter to Cumberland, who has sent couriers for...
The National Archives, Kew
17
11 July 1747: Saxe to Ligonier: he has received Ligonier's letter of the previous day, which he...
The National Archives, Kew
18
17 July 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield: good behaviour of the king's troops [at Lauffeldt]. Reasons...
The National Archives, Kew
19
20 July 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield: abandoning Maastricht would destroy all communication with...
The National Archives, Kew
20
10 July 1747: William, prince of Orange to Cumberland: movements of the French at Zandvliet and...
The National Archives, Kew
21
31 July 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield, enclosing copies of Ligonier's letter to Saxe [SP 87/23/47]...
The National Archives, Kew
22
30 July 1747: Saxe to Ligonier, asking whether Cumberland is authorized to negotiate for peace. He...
The National Archives, Kew
23
23 July 1747: Count Broun to Cumberland, reporting the battle of Exilles, and enclosing a relation of...
The National Archives, Kew
24
3 August 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield: Waldeck had told him that the prince of Orange had promised...
The National Archives, Kew
25
7 August 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield: reports that the enemy's artillery has retired behind...
The National Archives, Kew
26
6 August 1747: Ligonier to Saxe: he has received the letter with Saxe's proposals [SP 87/23/56]. These...
The National Archives, Kew
27
4 August 1747: Chesterfield to Cumberland: Sandwich has been ordered to go to the army with...
The National Archives, Kew
28
1746 Nov 11: The duke [of Cumberland]'s opinion on how best to provide camp necessaries and fuel. f....
The National Archives, Kew
29
14 August 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield, partly in cipher, enclosing a letter of his to the prince of...
The National Archives, Kew
30
31 July 1747: Cumberland to the prince of Orange (extract), on Waldeck's replacement. He wishes he had...
The National Archives, Kew
31
17 August 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield, enclosing a copy of a letter from General Schwarzenburg [SP...
The National Archives, Kew
32
14 August 1747: Lieutenant General Schwarzenberg to Cumberland: account of Waldeck's former corps in the...
The National Archives, Kew
33
14 August 1747: General van Haren to Cumberland: he encloses a copy of his letter to Greffier Fagel, and...
The National Archives, Kew
34
20 September 1748: Bedford to Cumberland, acknowledging receipt of his dispatch of 20 September NS and...
The National Archives, Kew
35
30 August 1748: Cumberland to Bedford, enclosing a packet from Aix and a draft of the definitive treaty....
The National Archives, Kew
36
24 September 1748: Edward Mason to [Under Secretary Richard] Aldworth, enclosing Cumberland's dispatch,...
The National Archives, Kew
37
27 September 1748: Cumberland to Bedford, reporting his arrival on 24 September and enclosing a dispatch...
The National Archives, Kew
38
1 October 1748: Cumberland to Bedford [close copy of SP 87/25/88]: Bathiani has informed him that he has...
The National Archives, Kew
39
8 October 1748: Cumberland to Bedford, enclosing a packet from the plenipotentiaries at Aix. Good...
The National Archives, Kew
40
3 November 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: Lord Cathcart has volunteered to be the second hostage in...
The National Archives, Kew
41
2 November 1748: Cumberland to Robinson, congratulating him on his part in the peace. He encloses a copy...
The National Archives, Kew
42
28 October 1748: Bedford to Cumberland: Lord Cathcart and the earl of Sussex's offer to go to Paris will...
The National Archives, Kew
43
12 November 1748: Cumberland to Bedford: the earl of Sussex and Lord Cathcart are to set our for Aix the...
The National Archives, Kew
44
25 June 1748: Cumberland to Bedford: he assumes that Newcastle has left for Hanover and will write to...
The National Archives, Kew
45
28 June 1748: Cumberland to Bedford, enclosing a dispatch from Sandwich. He expects him and Bentinck...
The National Archives, Kew
46
21 June 1748: Bedford to Cumberland: he believes Cumberland will receive instructions for the money...
The National Archives, Kew
47
15 July 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: he has forwarded Newcastle's dispatches to Sandwich. His...
The National Archives, Kew
48
15 July 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: he proposes coming to England after the troops have been...
The National Archives, Kew
49
14 July 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland, enclosing letters to Sandwich and Bedford. Dated at Hanover....
The National Archives, Kew
50
9 July 1748: Cumberland to Bedford: the army has started to go into cantonment. He encloses three...
The National Archives, Kew
51
17 July 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland: extraordinary behaviour of the court of Vienna. He encloses a...
The National Archives, Kew
52
19 July 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland, enclosing letters from Sandwich showing the necessity of coming...
The National Archives, Kew
53
23 July 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland, enclosing letters to Sandwich and Hyndford. Dated at Hanover....
The National Archives, Kew
54
11 June 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle, enclosing a dispatch from Sandwich. He is not qualified to...
The National Archives, Kew
55
14 June 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: he has forwarded the dispatch to Sandwich, adding his opinion...
The National Archives, Kew
56
7 June 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland, enclosing a letter to Sandwich. He hopes to see him soon at the...
The National Archives, Kew
57
16 June 1748: Cumberland to [Under Secretary Andrew] Stone: Bathiani has requested an assurance of the...
The National Archives, Kew
58
18 June 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: Bathiani and the Imperial Generals have taken their leave to...
The National Archives, Kew
59
11 June 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland: he has been detained by contrary winds. Letters from...
The National Archives, Kew
60
13 May 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: comments on the Dutch troop specifications 'A' and 'B' [SP...
The National Archives, Kew
61
24 June 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle, enclosing the original of Sandwich's dispatch on the cease fire...
The National Archives, Kew
62
2 November 1748: Cumberland to Robinson: the earl of Sussex and Lord Cathcart are in readiness to go to...
The National Archives, Kew
63
15 October 1748: Harrington to Cumberland: as soon as he receives the king orders for the reduction of...
The National Archives, Kew
64
11 November 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: the German troops are already in motion and he hopes to move...
The National Archives, Kew
65
27 November 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: he has reduced Bragg's regiment to the Irish establishment and...
The National Archives, Kew
66
20 December 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: adverse wind is still detaining him and the transports at...
The National Archives, Kew
67
30 December 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: Lieutenant Colonel Cockayne has returned from Lille without any...
The National Archives, Kew
68
15 October 1748: Cumberland to Bedford, enclosing a packet from the plenipotentiaries at Aix. He hopes...
The National Archives, Kew
69
11 October 1748: Bedford to Cumberland: he has written to the lords of the admiralty for a state of the...
The National Archives, Kew
70
18 October 1748: Cumberland to Bedford: the king has ordered him to prepare everything for the return of...
The National Archives, Kew
71
19 October 1748: Cumberland to Bedford: Mr Leveson has passed through Eindhoven on his way to London with...
The National Archives, Kew
72
14 October 1748: Bedford to Cumberland, acknowledging receipt of the treaty and congratulating him on the...
The National Archives, Kew
73
29 October 1748: Cumberland to Bedford: there is only one transport ship employed in the king's service....
The National Archives, Kew
74
29 October 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: Bathiani to return to Vienna. Arrangements for the march of the...
The National Archives, Kew
75
25 October 1748: Bedford to Cumberland, enclosing papers from the lords of the admiralty on the...
The National Archives, Kew
76
12 November 1748: Cumberland to Harrington [as lord lieutenant of Ireland], asking him to take Bragg's...
The National Archives, Kew
77
5 November 1748: Cumberland to Bedford: his satisfaction with the legal appointments in Scotland. Arrival...
The National Archives, Kew
78
9 August 1748: Ligonier to Bedford: all is in the same condition as when Cumberland departed. Dated at...
The National Archives, Kew
79
18 August 1748: Cumberland to Bedford: the affair of the officers of Guise's regiment. Difficulties with...
The National Archives, Kew
80
12 August 1748: Ligonier to Cumberland: he has received a letter from Bathiani on the movements of the...
The National Archives, Kew
81
12 August 1748: Bedford to Cumberland, enclosing papers relating to the dispute between the officers of...
The National Archives, Kew
82
27 August 1748: Cumberland to Bedford: he intends to leave for England but must first attend to the...
The National Archives, Kew
83
April 1748: Lieutenant General Krocken and Councillors Heinius and Reinhart to Cumberland,...
The National Archives, Kew
84
1 August 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: interpretation of the declaration of 8 July. He hopes to be...
The National Archives, Kew
85
1745 May 26: Cumberland to Newcastle: his pleasure at the resolution of the lords of the council on...
The National Archives, Kew
86
1745 Jul 05: Newcastle to Cumberland: new contract with the court of Brussels for dry forage. The...
The National Archives, Kew
87
1745 Jul 12: Newcastle to Cumberland: measures for the defence of Ostend. Dated (OS) at Whitehall....
The National Archives, Kew
88
1745 Jul 26: Newcastle to Cumberland: the lords justices welcome Cumberland's decision to send...
The National Archives, Kew
89
1745 Jul 26: Newcastle to Cumberland: Cumberland is to maintain communication with the sea in order...
The National Archives, Kew
90
1745 Aug 13: Newcastle to Cumberland: he encloses a copy of a letter from [Archibald Campbell] the...
The National Archives, Kew
91
1745 Aug 17: Newcastle to Cumberland, enclosing a copy of his letter to Crauford and Mordaunt with...
The National Archives, Kew
92
1745 Aug 20: Newcastle to Cumberland, explaining the reason for his order to Crauford and Mordaunt to...
The National Archives, Kew
93
1745 Jul 26: Cumberland to Newcastle: concern at the loss of Ghent. Measures for the defence of...
The National Archives, Kew
94
1745 Jul 29: Chanclos to Cumberland: Ostend can withstand a siege if the present garrison consisting...
The National Archives, Kew
95
1745 Aug 26: Cumberland to Newcastle: surrender of Ostend under good conditions. Antwerp will now...
The National Archives, Kew
96
1745 May 07: Newcastle to Cumberland: he hopes Cumberland will approve the steps taken to make good...
The National Archives, Kew
97
1745 May 21: Newcastle to Cumberland: Dutch dissatisfaction at the level of British reinforcements....
The National Archives, Kew
98
1745 Jun 07: Newcastle to Cumberland: his last letter was, in Newcastle's absence, laid before the...
The National Archives, Kew
99
1745 Jun 21: Newcastle to Cumberland: the copies of Cumberland's letters to Harrington have, when...
The National Archives, Kew
100
1745 Aug 01: Cumberland to Newcastle: he doubts the French really intend to invade, but suggests that...
The National Archives, Kew
101
1745 Aug 04: Cumberland to Newcastle: the greatest service he could perform for the defence of Ostend...
The National Archives, Kew
102
1745 Aug 20: Cumberland to Newcastle: he has sent Crauford and Mordaunt to command the British...
The National Archives, Kew
103
1746 Aug 19: Harrington to Ligonier: Ligonier has Cumberland's support. Fall of Huy. He encloses a...
The National Archives, Kew
104
1746 Aug 13: Ligonier [to Harrington]: the armies are in the same position. Waldeck has taken 5,000...
The National Archives, Kew
105
1746 Jan 27: Dunmore to Harrington: the hard frost is still preventing embarkation. Calculations of...
The National Archives, Kew
106
3 October 1747: Cumberland to Saxe, on the demand for Ligonier's return as prisoner. He attributes the...
The National Archives, Kew
107
4 October 1747: Saxe to Cumberland: he realises that Cumberland is not responsible for the late return...
The National Archives, Kew
108
29 September 1747: Chesterfield to Cumberland: he is incredulous of Bathiani's professed ignorance of the...
The National Archives, Kew
109
2 October 1747: Chesterfield to Cumberland, enclosing correspondence between Carpentier, d'Argenson and...
The National Archives, Kew
110
9 October 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield: he will attempt to learn more from Bathiani of the Austrian...
The National Archives, Kew
111
12 October 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield: strength of the Austrian forces for the next campaign. He...
The National Archives, Kew
112
11 October 1747: Saxe to Cumberland, protesting at the delay in the return of the French prisoners....
The National Archives, Kew
113
16 October 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield: Sandwich has written to him that the site of the congress...
The National Archives, Kew
114
16 October 1747: Chesterfield to Cumberland: he has no instructions or news for him. Dated (OS) at...
The National Archives, Kew
115
24 October 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield: he has found the prince of Orange to be cooperative, and the...
The National Archives, Kew
116
27 October 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield: the Austrians are demanding a subsidy of £100,000 per month...
The National Archives, Kew
117
20 October 1747: Chesterfield to Cumberland: the symptoms of rebellion are appearing throughout the...
The National Archives, Kew
118
3 November 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield: hereditary succession of the prince of Orange. Levying of a...
The National Archives, Kew
119
1746 Jul 20: Ligonier [to Harrington]: Prince Charles [of Lorraine] is shortly to join the army. The...
The National Archives, Kew
120
14 November 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield: congratulates him on the success of the fleet. He will...
The National Archives, Kew
121
17 November 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield: he has no more to do at The Hague and intends to embark as...
The National Archives, Kew
122
28 September 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield: unreasonable behaviour of M Puisseau. He encloses a copy of...
The National Archives, Kew
123
1746 Dec 01: Ligonier [to Chesterfield]: Sommerfeldt has asked for bread for the Hanoverians, which...
The National Archives, Kew
124
1746 Nov 28: Chesterfield to Ligonier: the king approves Ligonier's actions and has signed warrants...
The National Archives, Kew
125
1746 Dec 13: Ligonier [to Chesterfield]: the German troops are now in winter quarters. The duke [of...
The National Archives, Kew
126
1746 Dec 23: Ligonier [to Chesterfield]: his pleasure at the presence of Cumberland and his relief...
The National Archives, Kew
127
5 October 1747: To Chesterfield from Cumberland: Dated at headquarters at Argenteau. ff. 367-370
The National Archives, Kew
128
5 October 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield: movements of the enemy. His visit to Tongres. He will send...
The National Archives, Kew
129
27 September 1747: Cumberland to Bathiani, requesting to know the number of troops Maria Theresa will put...
The National Archives, Kew
130
13 July 1747: Cumberland to William, prince of Orange: he wishes the six English battalions to be kept...
The National Archives, Kew
131
19 August 1747: Van Haren to the prince of Orange on the indiscipline of his troops. He encloses a copy...
The National Archives, Kew
132
16 July 1747: William, prince of Orange to Cumberland, enclosing a letter he has just received, which...
The National Archives, Kew
133
12 July 1748: Cumberland to Bedford, enclosing a packet from Sandwich. The army is going into...
The National Archives, Kew
134
8 July 1748: Bedford to Cumberland, enclosing a copy of his letter to Newcastle on his meeting with...
The National Archives, Kew
135
16 July 1748: Cumberland to Bedford: all the British, and most of the Hanoverian troops having gone...
The National Archives, Kew
136
23 July 1748: Cumberland to Bedford: he has delayed his voyage to England by a few days to see if the...
The National Archives, Kew
137
2 July 1748: Cumberland to Bedford: he thanks him for ordering the yacht, but cannot tell when he...
The National Archives, Kew
138
22 July 1748: Bedford to Cumberland: he looks forward to seeing him when the difficulties over the...
The National Archives, Kew
139
30 July 1748: Cumberland to Bedford: he has been ordered to go to Hanover before visiting England, and...
The National Archives, Kew
140
29 July 1748: Bedford to Cumberland: in the case of the officers of Guise's regiment under prosecution...
The National Archives, Kew
141
8 November 1748: Bedford to Cumberland: Harrington has consented to adding Bragg's regiment to the Irish...
The National Archives, Kew
142
15 November 1748: Cumberland to Bedford: he has met with the Hessian generals to discuss the extraordinary...
The National Archives, Kew
143
10 November 1748: Bedford to Cumberland, acknowledging his letter of 15 November NS. Dated (OS) at...
The National Archives, Kew
144
1745 Jul 14: Newcastle to Cumberland: alarm occasioned by a letter from Mr Hatton [consul at Ostend]....
The National Archives, Kew
145
1745 Sep 02: Cumberland to Newcastle: because of Saxe's equivocation, the garrison of Ostend will not...
The National Archives, Kew
146
1745 Jul 29: Cumberland to Newcastle, enclosing Chanclos' opinion of the state of Ostend [ SP...
The National Archives, Kew
147
17 July 1747: Cumberland to William, prince of Orange: he intends to reinforce the prince of...
The National Archives, Kew
148
19 July 1747: Cumberland to William, prince of Orange: he regrets the confusion over Bergen op Zoom....
The National Archives, Kew
149
14 July 1747: Chesterfield to Cumberland: the king has approved his sending a detachment to Dutch...
The National Archives, Kew
150
24 July 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield: a report that St Germain has marched with a corps to...
The National Archives, Kew
151
27 July 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield: possible candidates to command the highland regiment for the...
The National Archives, Kew
152
14 September 1747: Cumberland to Count Chanclos, urging that sorties be made by the garrison of Bergen op...
The National Archives, Kew
153
14 September 1747: Cumberland to General Cronstrom, instructing him to concert with Chanclos in making...
The National Archives, Kew
154
14 September 1747: Cumberland to van Haren, informing him of the instructions he has given to Count...
The National Archives, Kew
155
18 September 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield, informing him of the fall of Bergen op Zoom and enclosing...
The National Archives, Kew
156
16 September 1747: Chanclos to Cumberland, enclosing a letter from Cronstrom [SP 87/23/145] on the fall of...
The National Archives, Kew
157
16 September 1747: Cronstrom to Chanclos: the enemy have entered Bergen op Zoom through several breaches....
The National Archives, Kew
158
15 September 1747: Chesterfield to Lieutenant Colonel Braddock, directing him to await Cumberland's orders...
The National Archives, Kew
159
21 September 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield: The French have returned all but some twenty prisoners....
The National Archives, Kew
160
25 September 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield: Bathiani is to move with a detachment of Austrians to...
The National Archives, Kew
161
22 September 1747: Chesterfield to Cumberland, enclosing copies of his letter to Sandwich and another from...
The National Archives, Kew
162
19 August 1747: Van Haren to Cumberland on the indiscipline among the Dutch troops. He excepts Brigadier...
The National Archives, Kew
163
14 August 1747: Chesterfield to Cumberland, enclosing a paper on a conference with Lord Bentinck on...
The National Archives, Kew
164
21 August 1747: Chesterfield to Cumberland: the cartel does not extend to prisoners captured by Admiral...
The National Archives, Kew
165
30 August 1747: Ligonier to Saxe: Cumberland has ordered him to send the enclosed copy of a letter...
The National Archives, Kew
166
4 September 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield: Sandwich has arrived. Cumberland's confidence in him. He...
The National Archives, Kew
167
7 September 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield: if there is time to copy them he will enclose two plans of...
The National Archives, Kew
168
4 September, 1747: Chesterfield to Cumberland, enclosing a second memorial from Count Bentinck and his...
The National Archives, Kew
169
11 September 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield: the French king has postponed his departure, presumably in...
The National Archives, Kew
170
14 September 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield: he encloses a translation of General Trips' report on his...
The National Archives, Kew
171
6 July 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield: he commends the bearer, Captain Townshend. Although Bathiani...
The National Archives, Kew
172
10 July 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield, enclosing a list of the standards and colours taken at the...
The National Archives, Kew
173
9 July 1747: Ligonier's written version of a conversation with Saxe on 7 July: his most Christian...
The National Archives, Kew
174
10 July 1747: Cumberland's list of officer recommendations for the highland regiment to be raised for...
The National Archives, Kew
175
7 July 1747: Chesterfield to Cumberland: as many of the king's servants are in the country, he cannot...
The National Archives, Kew
176
1745 Aug 02: Newcastle to Cumberland: the pretender's son embarked at Nantes on 15 July NS and is...
The National Archives, Kew
177
22 April 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle, enclosing a letter from Sandwich. Poor state of affairs in the...
The National Archives, Kew
178
15 March 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: Sandwich and Bentinck have left for Aix. The British and...
The National Archives, Kew
179
19 March 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle, enclosing an account [SP 87/24/15] by the prince of...
The National Archives, Kew
180
17 March 1748: Prince of Wolfenbüttel to Cumberland (extract), enclosing his account [SP 87/24/16] of...
The National Archives, Kew
181
11 March 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland: the king approves Cumberland's actions since his arrival. He is...
The National Archives, Kew
182
11 March 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland, on Bentinck's memoire instructif and his reply to it. He...
The National Archives, Kew
183
22 March 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: he has been persuading the Dutch to move their forces towards...
The National Archives, Kew
184
15 March 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland: the king's pleasure at Haddich's victory. He encloses a letter...
The National Archives, Kew
185
1 April 1748: Cumberland to Colonel Kiesleben, appointing him commissary for Britain, as well as the...
The National Archives, Kew
186
2 April 1748: Cumberland to Sandwich: his remonstrances against Dutch inactivity have had no effect....
The National Archives, Kew
187
2 April 1748: Ligonier [to Newcastle]: Cumberland's recovery [from fever]. Lowendal's force, at 25,000...
The National Archives, Kew
188
29 March 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland: congratulations on his recovery. He encloses a letter to be...
The National Archives, Kew
189
5 April 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: Lieutenant Colonel Durand is about to set out for Vienna....
The National Archives, Kew
190
29 July 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle, commending the bearer, Sir James Caldwell. Dated at...
The National Archives, Kew
191
5 April 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: the weakness of the Dutch is due to mismanagement. He has added...
The National Archives, Kew
192
7 September 1748: Ligonier to Newcastle: Cumberland left the previous evening. He hopes the sickness is...
The National Archives, Kew
193
3 April 1748: Postscript to Cumberland's letter to Sandwich of 2 April [SP 87/24/46] enclosing...
The National Archives, Kew
194
30 September 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland, enclosing orders for forwarding to the plenipotentiaries at Aix...
The National Archives, Kew
195
5 April 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle, expressing broad satisfaction with the appointments of sheriffs...
The National Archives, Kew
196
20 August 1748: T Blackwell to Cumberland, soliciting his appointment as principal of Aberdeen...
The National Archives, Kew
197
8 April 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: he will inform the prince of Orange of the decision always to...
The National Archives, Kew
198
27 September 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle, informing him of his return to Eindhoven on 24 September. Dated...
The National Archives, Kew
199
1 April 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland: Cumberland is to dispatch authorization for the 4,000 Austrian...
The National Archives, Kew
200
3 October 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland, enclosing a copy of his letter to the plenipotentiaries at Aix....
The National Archives, Kew
201
11 April 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: Ligonier has crossed the Maas with 18 battalions and 18...
The National Archives, Kew
202
23 June 1748: Cumberland to Sandwich: he agrees with Sandwich that a mistake has been made, and on...
The National Archives, Kew
203
25 June 1748: Cumberland to Sandwich: rectification of the error in the interpretation of the peace...
The National Archives, Kew
204
11April 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: he is forwarding two packets from Sandwich under flying seal....
The National Archives, Kew
205
27 June 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: the mistake in the proclamation regarding cessation of...
The National Archives, Kew
206
5 April, 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland (private), enclosing a copy of a letter to Sandwich. The prince...
The National Archives, Kew
207
28 June 1748: Cumberland to [Under Secretary Andrew] Stone: he expects Newcastle, Bentinck, Sandwich...
The National Archives, Kew
208
15 April 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: fifty siege guns have been landed at Liège for Maastricht. His...
The National Archives, Kew
209
12 April 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland: the king is impatient to hear the results of his letter to...
The National Archives, Kew
210
16 April 1748: Major Scott, one of his aides de camp, to Cumberland on his attempt to demolish a bridge...
The National Archives, Kew
211
16 April 1748: Cumberland to Field Marshal Doßow: he has written to the British minister at Berlin...
The National Archives, Kew
212
27 May 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland, enclosing letters to Sandwich for his perusal. Dated (OS) at...
The National Archives, Kew
213
15 March 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland, enclosing a note from Bentinck describing the financial...
The National Archives, Kew
214
18 March 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland: in view of the weakness of the Dutch, the king is in favour of...
The National Archives, Kew
215
18 March 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland, enclosing a list of the sheriffs depute appointed to the...
The National Archives, Kew
216
26 March 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle, enclosing a state of the French army for the coming campaign...
The National Archives, Kew
217
18 March 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland: as the secretary at war is away, he will speak to Lieutenant...
The National Archives, Kew
218
26 March 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: a messenger of M del Puerto, the Spanish ambassador, fell in...
The National Archives, Kew
219
18 March 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland: he thanks him for the letters in cipher [SP 87/24/33, 34],...
The National Archives, Kew
220
25 March 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland, enclosing a letter from the lords of the admiralty stating that...
The National Archives, Kew
221
25 March 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland: the necessity for Sandwich to sound St Severin on the...
The National Archives, Kew
222
20 April 1748: Cumberland to the prince of Orange, suggesting the junction of their armies at 's...
The National Archives, Kew
223
23 April 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: Sandwich's negotiations with St Severin. After joining the...
The National Archives, Kew
224
25 April 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: French breaches of the neutrality of Aix la Chapelle. Progress...
The National Archives, Kew
225
19 April 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland, enclosing a dispatch to Sandwich, who has been instructed to...
The National Archives, Kew
226
22 April 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland, partially enciphered, enclosing two specifications of Dutch...
The National Archives, Kew
227
29 April 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: progress of the siege of Maastricht. The imperial artillery has...
The National Archives, Kew
228
29 April 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: construction of a fort at 'Adeseer' Point [Scotland]. The duke...
The National Archives, Kew
229
2 May 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: the march of the Russians. The transports have arrived at...
The National Archives, Kew
230
2 May 1748: Cumberland to Saxe, proposing a meeting to set a date for the cease fire to come into...
The National Archives, Kew
231
2 May 1748: Cumberland to Lieutenant General d'Aylva, commandant of Maastricht, informing him that...
The National Archives, Kew
232
29 September 1748: To Newcastle from Cumberland: Bathiani has received orders to march nearly all the...
The National Archives, Kew
233
30 September 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle, endorsing Professor Blackwell's claim for the principalship of...
The National Archives, Kew
234
8 October 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: satisfaction with the project of the French, which will help...
The National Archives, Kew
235
12 October 1748: Lieutenant General Grovestein to Cumberland on the quartering and arrangements for...
The National Archives, Kew
236
26 September 1748: Cumberland to Lieutenant General Kröcher, requesting the release of Engineer Baugh and...
The National Archives, Kew
237
18 October 1748: Sandwich and Robinson to Cumberland: the Piedmontese have refused to accede to the...
The National Archives, Kew
238
3 November 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: [Charles Schaw Cathcart], Lord Cathcart, has volunteered to...
The National Archives, Kew
239
31 July 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: he has sent Sandwich an exact account and return of the...
The National Archives, Kew
240
1 August 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: there is no foundation to Count Klingraff's demand [for damage...
The National Archives, Kew
241
5 August 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: he hopes to arrive in Hanover the following Friday. He welcomes...
The National Archives, Kew
242
25 August 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland, enclosing letters from Sandwich and Robinson. Cumberland is to...
The National Archives, Kew
243
25 August 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: the subject of Ligonier's letter was a band of deserters. He...
The National Archives, Kew
244
30 August 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland, enclosing all the correspondence written and received from Aix,...
The National Archives, Kew
245
29 August 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: timidity of Kaunitz. He has written to Bentinck to tell him he...
The National Archives, Kew
246
3 September 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: his satisfaction with the progress at Aix and the good faith of...
The National Archives, Kew
247
6 September 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: as Bentinck has been delayed, he intends to set out for London...
The National Archives, Kew
248
26 July 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland, enclosing a letter to Sandwich. Dated at Hanover. f.87
The National Archives, Kew
249
24 July 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: the Austrians have no cause for jealousy at the negotiations in...
The National Archives, Kew
250
28 July 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland enclosing a promemoria with four papers [SP 87/25/44-48]...
The National Archives, Kew
251
29 July 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland, enclosing correspondence with Sandwich and Mordaunt. Dated at...
The National Archives, Kew
252
27 July 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: difficulties caused by the court of Vienna, which must be...
The National Archives, Kew
253
27 July 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: he looks forward to his visit to Hanover and to seeing his...
The National Archives, Kew
254
26 April 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland: Cumberland's letter regarding 'Adeseer' Point has been copied...
The National Archives, Kew
255
6 May 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle, enclosing a copy of Saxe's reply [SP 87/24/100] to his letter...
The National Archives, Kew
256
6 May 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle, enclosing dispatches from Sandwich. Bathiani is hopeful that...
The National Archives, Kew
257
15 April 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland, enclosing dispatches to Sandwich and Robinson, to which...
The National Archives, Kew
258
4 June 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle, enclosing dispatches from Sandwich and a letter from Major...
The National Archives, Kew
259
19 May 1748: Mordaunt to Cumberland: the Russians have arrived and he has impressed on Prince Repuin...
The National Archives, Kew
260
31 May 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland: his pleasure that the king of Sardinia has acceded to the peace...
The National Archives, Kew
261
4 May 1748: Prince of Orange to Cumberland: Bentinck has told him that Kaunitz' reaction to the news...
The National Archives, Kew
262
9 May 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle, enclosing a copy of the articles of capitulation for Maastrich...
The National Archives, Kew
263
8 May 1748: Baron d'Aylva to Cumberland: covering letter for the articles of capitulation for...
The National Archives, Kew
264
8 May 1748: Saxe to Cumberland, informing him that the French king has consented to the peace...
The National Archives, Kew
265
9 May 1748: Cumberland to Saxe: he proposes the eleventh of that month for the start of the...
The National Archives, Kew
266
9 May 1748: Paragraph suggested by Bathiani for inclusion in Cumberland's letter to Saxe [SP...
The National Archives, Kew
267
11 May 1748: Saxe to Cumberland: he has ordered the cease fire to be published that day. Measures to...
The National Archives, Kew
268
11 May 1748: Cumberland to Saxe, enclosing a blank passport for M du Mesnil. He agrees to 'Maseyck'...
The National Archives, Kew
269
12 May 1748: Cumberland to Major General Borch, appointing him to negotiate troop boundaries with M...
The National Archives, Kew
270
12 May 1748: Saxe to Cumberland (extract) agreeing Stohem rather than Maseyck as the venue for their...
The National Archives, Kew
271
1 April 1748: Cumberland to the duke of Wolfenbüttel appointing Colonel Kiesleben as commissary for...
The National Archives, Kew
272
8 April 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland, enclosing a confidential note [SP 87/24/64] on a conversation...
The National Archives, Kew
273
2 May 1748: Cumberland to the prince of Orange: Bentinck has informed him that the peace...
The National Archives, Kew
274
16 May 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: he intends to march next day to the vicinity of...
The National Archives, Kew
275
10 May 1748: To Cumberland from Newcastle: his concern that Cumberland has not received his last. He...
The National Archives, Kew
276
13 May 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland: orders have been sent for the cessation of hostilities in the...
The National Archives, Kew
277
20 May 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: he intends to establish his camp near Graves. Co-operation of...
The National Archives, Kew
278
21 May 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle, enclosing a dispatch from Sandwich, expressing satisfaction at...
The National Archives, Kew
279
24 May 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: he considers that the Wolfenbüttel contingent should join him,...
The National Archives, Kew
280
27 February 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: he has arrived at Helvoetsluys, where some of the transports...
The National Archives, Kew
281
12 March 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle, enclosing his answers [SP 87/24/12] to Mordaunt's queries. He...
The National Archives, Kew
282
12 February 1748: Cumberland's answers to six questions submitted to Newcastle by Mordaunt concerning...
The National Archives, Kew
283
27 September 1748: Cumberland's proposed military establishment for Ireland and total reductions. ff. 167,...
The National Archives, Kew
284
27 September 1748: Cumberland's proposed military establishment for Great Britain. f. 166
The National Archives, Kew
285
6 August 1748: To Bedford from Cumberland: he intends to leave for Hanover next day, leaving Ligonier...
The National Archives, Kew
286
22 May 1748: Saxe to Cumberland, protesting at the presence of allied troops in Brecht and requesting...
The National Archives, Kew
287
31 May 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: favourable turn of events at the court of Vienna. He is pleased...
The National Archives, Kew
288
28 February 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: he is detained by a contrary wind. He encloses a list [SP...
The National Archives, Kew
289
26 February 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: his concern at the contents of the memoire instructif [SP...
The National Archives, Kew
290
26 February 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland, enclosing some queries from Mordaunt, who also requests a...
The National Archives, Kew
291
1745-46: account book of his expenditure
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Annual Return 2010
292
c1763: letters to Lord Rockingham, 1765: account of negotiations rel to change of ministers
Sheffield City Archives
NRA 1083 Wentworth Woodhouse
293
1745-52: correspondence with Henry Pelham, Lord Chesterfield, Mr Compton, Horace Walpole, Sen, Duke of Newcastle, Sir Michael Bruce
Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections
NRA 7411 Pelham
294
1746-48: letters (79) from Lord Chesterfield
The National Archives
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
295
1746: corresp with General Campbell
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
296
1745-64: letters to Dukes of Devonshire
Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
NRA 20594 Cavendish
297
1745-50: corresp with Lord Hardwicke
British Library, Manuscript Collections
298
1756-61: corresp with Lord Holdernesse
British Library, Manuscript Collections
299
1749-62: letters to Lord Holland
British Library, Manuscript Collections
300
letters (12) to Earl of Loudon
Huntington Library
See Guide 1982
301
1740-65: corresp with Duke of Newcastle etc
British Library, Manuscript Collections
302
1750-62: corresp with Lord Sandwich
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
NRA 5472 Montagu
303
1745-48: letters from Sir Joseph Yorke
British Library, Manuscript Collections
304
1745-1765: military papers incl corresp, accounts, order books and maps
Royal Archives
NRA 43350 Cumberland