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Trevor, Robert, (1706-1783), 1st Viscount Hampden, diplomat

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Alternative name(s):
  • Hampstead, 1st Viscount (Also known as)
Surname: Trevor
Forenames: Robert
Gender: Male
Date: 1706-1783
Title: 1st Viscount Hampden
History: Diplomat: secretary, then minister at The Hague 1734-1746. 1st Viscount Hampden (1776) and 4th Baron Trevor of Bromham, Beds (1764). Took surname of Hampden for himself and his heirs (1754).
Biography: ODNB link for Trevor, Robert (1706-1783) 1st Viscount Hampden
References: DNB; 'Complete Peerage', Cokayne; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P276079 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P137422 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1746 Feb 01-03: Charles Stuart [deputy consul at Veere] to Trevor: he beleives a great number of troops...
The National Archives, Kew
SP 87/20/37
2
1746 Nov 06: Ligonier [to Harrington]: dispositions of Hanoverian and British winter quarters. The...
The National Archives, Kew
SP 87/21/77
3
1746 Oct 31: Ligonier [to Harrington], enclosing a letter from Trevor [ SP 87/21/75 ] on the...
The National Archives, Kew
SP 87/21/74
4
1746 Jun 11: Charles Stuart [deputy consul at Veere] to Trevor, on his accounts of expenses. Reports...
The National Archives, Kew
SP 87/20/88
5
1746 Jun 12: Harrington to Mr [Thomas] Jones, enclosing a letter asking Trevor to do all in his power...
The National Archives, Kew
SP 87/20/91
6
1746 Jan 06: Charles Stuart [deputy consul at Veere] [to Trevor]: he has had confirmation that...
The National Archives, Kew
SP 87/20/8
7
1746 Jan 13: Charles Stuart [deputy consul at Veere] [to Trevor]: preparations for the invasion...
The National Archives, Kew
SP 87/20/21
8
1746 Apr 11: Dunmore to Harrington: he has recovered from his illness. The sloop with his baggage has...
The National Archives, Kew
SP 87/20/78
9
1745 May 21: Newcastle to Cumberland: Dutch dissatisfaction at the level of British reinforcements....
The National Archives, Kew
SP 87/19/135
10
1746 Oct 28: Trevor [to Ligonier]: the Dutch have already decided the disposition of winter quarters,...
The National Archives, Kew
SP 87/21/75
11
1746 Nov 06: Ligonier to Trevor: dispositions of winter quarters for British and German troops. he...
The National Archives, Kew
SP 87/21/78
12
1746 Nov 07: Chesterfield to Ligonier: he cannot yet give instructions on the exchange of prisoners....
The National Archives, Kew
SP 87/21/81
13
1746 Sep 09: [Brigadier] Daniel Houghton [to Harrington]: he has written to Ligonier and Trevor....
The National Archives, Kew
SP 87/21/14
14
1736-46: official corresp (60 bundles)
Buckinghamshire Archives
D/MH
NRA 1
15
1736-46: official corresp rel to service at the Hague
Buckinghamshire Archives
AR 62/92
See Annual Report 1992
16
1742-44: corresp with Lord Carteret
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 22532-33, 40846-47
17
1744-46: letters (13) to Lord Chesterfield
University of California Library, Berkeley
NRA 6791 Stanhope
18
1741-82: letters to Earls of Hardwicke etc
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 35407-693 passim
19
1736-68: corresp with Benjamin Keene, Duke of Newcastle etc
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 32701-33072 passim
20
1744-45: letters (12) to Henry Pelham
Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library
See Osborn collection 6th biennial report Jan 1980
21
1734-47: letters to Thomas Robinson and I Dunant
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 23792-824 passim
22
1736-44: corresp with Walter Titley
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Eg MSS 2683-93
23
1736-45: letters to Lord Tyrawley
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 23628-31 passim
24
c1727-40: corresp with 1st Earl Waldegrave
Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development
NRA 28249 Waldegrave
25
1732-46: letters (14) to E Weston
Lewis Walpole Library
NRA 22339 Weston