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Businesses (1)
- John Glassford & Co, tobacco merchants Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Organisations (90)
- Admiralty
- HMS Aeolus (1758)
- HMS Albion (1802)
- HMS Alfred (1778)
- HMS Ariel (1781)
- HMS Asp (1808)
- HMS Astraea (1810)
- HMS Atalante (1808)
- HMS Avenger (1804)
- HMS Badger (1808)
- HMS Barrosa (1812)
- HMS Belleisle (1795)
- HMS Belliqueux (1780)
- HMS Blazer (1804)
- HMS Bramble (1808)
- HMS Britannia (1682)
- HMS Bustard (1806)
- HMS Cadmus (1808)
- HMS Captain (1787)
- HMS Ceres (1781)
- HMS Ceylon (1808)
- Chancery (general)
- HMS Cheerful (1806)
- HMS Cheerly (1804)
- HMS Cleopatra (1780)
- HMS Comus (1806)
- HMS Contest (1804)
- Council for Foreign Plantations
- Court of Common Pleas
- HMS Echo (1827)
- HMS Helicon (1808)
- HMS Hyacinth (1829)
- Inner Temple London
- HMS Iris (1807)
- HMS Jaseur (1813)
- HMS Jupiter (1813)
- King's Bench
- HMS Lyra (1821)
- HMS Magnificent (1806)
- Massachusetts Bay: treasurer and receiver general of revenue
- HMS Melville (1817)
- HMS Meteor (1823)
- HMS Moselle (1804)
- HMS Mulgrave (1812)
- HMS Nautilus (1830)
- HMS North Star (1824)
- HMS Nymphe (1812)
- HMS Pandora (1833)
- HMS Panther (1758)
- HMS Pembroke (1812)
- HMS Piercer (1804)
- HMS Pincher (1804)
- HMS Plantagenet (1801)
- HMS Pluto (1782)
- Potomac District: receiver of the revenue
- HMS Pylades (1824)
- HMS Racoon (1808)
- HMS Raisonnable (1768)
- 26th Regiment of Foot (later The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
- 43rd Regiment of Foot
- 55th later the 44th Regiment of Foot
- HMS Resistance (1805)
- HMS Resolute (1805)
- Rolleston chantry, Beverley College Beverley, Yorkshire
- HMS Rover (1808)
- HMS Rover (1832)
- 60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot (later Duke of York's Own Rifle Corps)
- HMS Russell (1764)
- HMS Safeguard (1804)
- HMS Samarang (c1784)
- HMS Sceptre (1802)
- HMS Scylla (1809)
- HMS Serpent (1832)
- HMS Southampton (1757)
- HMS Sparrowhawk (1807)
- HMS Spartan (1806)
- HMS Spey (1814)
- St John's College, Beverley (Beverley Minster) Beverley, Yorkshire
- Suffolk assizes Suffolk;Suffolk
- HMS Superb (1798)
- Surveyor and Auditor General of Revenues in America
- HMS Thunder (1829)
- HMS Undaunted (1807)
- HMS Valiant (1807)
- HMS Valorous (1816)
- HMS Vestal (1779)
- HMS Weazel (1805)
- HMS Winchester (1822)
- HMS Zealous (1785)
- HMS Zebra (1815)
Persons (113)
- Amherst, Jeffrey (1717-1797) 1st Baron Amherst, Field Marshal
- Archdale, John (1642-1717) Governor of Carolina
- Astor, William Waldorf (1848-1919) 1st Viscount Astor, newspaper proprietor
- Auden, Wystan Hugh (1907-1973), poet York, Yorkshire
- Balderston, John Lloyd (1889-1954), playwright
- Balfour, Arthur James (1848-1930) 1st Earl of Balfour, statesman
- Belcher, Jonathan (1681-1757), colonial governor
- Bell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922), teacher of deaf people and inventor of the telephone
- Benson, Stella (1892-1933), novelist, feminist, writer
- Bernard, Sir Francis (1711-1779) Knight Colonial Governor
- Blackmore, Richard Doddridge (1825-1900), author
- Blackwell, Elizabeth (1821-1910), physician
- Blake, William (1757-1827) Poet Painter and Engraver
- Blathwayt, William (1649-1717), statesman and civil servant
- Browning, Robert (1812-1889), poet
- Campbell, Sir Francis Joseph (1834-1914), musician, educator and advocate for the blind
- Carew, Sir Benjamin Hallowell (1760-1834) Knight, Admiral
- Carleton, Guy (1724-1808) 1st Baron Dorchester, General
- Carnegie, Andrew (1835-1919), manufacturer and philanthropist
- Catt, Carrie Chapman (1859-1947), American women's suffrage activist
- Cavendish, Elizabeth Christiana (1759-1824), patron of arts, 2nd wife of 5th Duke of Devonshire
- Cavendish, Sir Henry (1732-1804) 2nd Baronet MP for Lostwithiel
- Cavendish-Bentinck, William Henry Cavendish (1738-1809) 3rd Duke of Portland, statesman
- Chalmers, George (1742-1825), antiquary and public servant
- Chapman, John (1801-1854), engineer and political economist
- Clerke, Francis (fl 1594) Civilian
- Cockburn, Sir George (1763-1847) Knight, naval officer
- Cockburn, Sir George (1772-1853), 8th Baronet Admiral of the Fleet
- Cockerell, Douglas Bennett (1870-1945), bookbinder
- Collinson, Peter (1694-1768) Naturalist Antiquary
- Compton, Spencer (1673-1743) 1st Earl of Wilmington
- Copley, John Singleton (1737-1815) Painter
- Darusmont, Frances (1795-1852), philanthropist
- Dawson, William (? 1705-1752) Church Commissary in Virginia Natural Philosopher
- Douglass, Frederick (1817-1895), abolitionist
- Dundas, Henry (1742-1811) 1st Viscount Melville, statesman
- Foster, Sir Augustus John (1780-1848) 1st Baronet, diplomat
- Franklin, William (c 1730-1813) Governor of New Jersey
- Frederic, Harold (1856-1898) Journalist
- Freud, Anna (1895-1982), psychoanalyst
- Freud, Sigmund (1856-1939), psychoanalyst
- Frewen, Moreton (1853-1924), MP monetary reformer
- Galloway, Joseph (1730-1803) American Loyalist
- Gladstone, William Ewart (1809-1898), statesman
- Greenwood, Sir Granville George (1850-1928) Knight MP Lawyer Shakespearean Scholar
- Grey, Edward (1862-1933) Viscount Grey of Falloden, statesman
- Holker, John (1719-1786) Jacobite
- Holker, John (1745-1822) French Consul at Philadelphia
- Housman, Alfred Edward (1859-1936), poet and classical scholar
- Housman, Laurence (1865-1959), writer and artist
- Howard, Francis (1643-1695) 5th Baron Howard of Effingham
- Howard, Henry (1757-1842) Antiquary
- Howard, Sir Henry (1843-1921) Knight Diplomat
- Hyndman, Henry Mayers (1842-1921) Socialist Leader
- James, Henry (1843-1916), novelist
- Johnson, Sir William (1715-1774) 1st Baronet Superintendent of Indian Affairs
- Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936), author Mumbai, India
- Laski, Harold Joseph (1893-1950), political scientist
- Law, Andrew Bonar (1858-1923) Statesman
- Lawrence, David Herbert (1885-1930), poet, novelist and essayist
- Lodge, Henry Cabot (1850-1924) American Statesman and Historian
- Macartney, George (1737-1806) Earl Macartney
- Marston, Philip Bourke (1850-1887) Poet
- Masefield, John Edward (1878-1967), poet
- Maugham, William Somerset (1874-1965), novelist and playwright
- Meredith, George (1828-1909), novelist and poet
- Merry, Robert (1755-1798) Dilettante
- Monckton, Robert (1726-1782) Lieutenant General MP
- Moore, George Augustus (1852-1933) Author
- Morley, John (1838-1923) Viscount Morley of Blackburn, statesman
- Morris, Lewis (1671-1746) Governor of New Jersey
- Morris, William (1834-1896), poet artist and socialist Walthamstow, Essex
- Napier, Sir Charles (1786-1860) Knight, Knight, Admiral
- Nelson, Horatio (1758-1805) Viscount Nelson, Vice Admiral
- Newman, John Henry (1801-1890) Cardinal, priest, poet and theologian
- Nicholson, Sir Francis (1660-1728) Knight Colonial Governor
- North, Frederick (1732-1792) 2nd Earl of Guilford, statesman
- Pankhurst, Emmeline (1858-1928), suffragette and political activist
- Pellew, Edward (1757-1833) 1st Viscount Exmouth, Admiral
- Petty-Fitzmaurice, Henry Charles Keith (1845-1927) 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, statesman
- Phillipps, James Orchard Halliwell- (1820-1889), antiquary and literary scholar
- Phillipps, Sir Thomas (1792-1872) Baronet, antiquary, collector of MSS and books
- Phipps, Henry (1755-1831) 1st Earl of Mulgrave, statesman
- Pinfold, Charles (1709-1788) Governor of Barbados
- Pocock, Sir George (1706-1792) Knight Admiral MP for Plymouth
- Potts, Richard (fl 1963-1973) Musicologist
- Reade, Charles (1814-1884), novelist and dramatist
- Richards, Franklin Thomas Grant (1872-1948), publisher
- Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882), painter and poet
- Ruskin, John (1819-1900), author, artist and social reformer
- Russell, Charles Edward (1860-1941) Journalist and Politician
- Ryder, Sir Dudley (1691-1756), Knight, judge, Chief Justice of the King's Bench
- Sampson, William (1764-1836) United Irishman and Jurist
- Saunders-Dundas, Robert (1771-1851) 2nd Viscount Melville, statesman
- Skipwith, Fulwar (b 1720) Us Consul in France
- Smith, Lloyd Logan Pearsall (1865-1946) Man of Letters
- Sotheron, Frank (1765-1839) Rear Admiral
- Spencer, Herbert (1820-1903), philosopher
- Spencer-Churchill, Charles Richard John (1871-1934) 9th Duke of Marlborough
- Stephens, James (1882-1950), poet and novelist
- Stevens, Benjamin Franklin (1833-1902), historian
- Strachey, Sir Henry (1736-1810) 1st Baronet Politician
- Sylvester, James Joseph (1814-1897) Mathematician
- Thornton, Sir Edward (1766-1852) Knight Diplomat
- Twisden, Sir Thomas (1602-1683) Baronet Judge
- Vernon, Edward (1684-1757) Admiral
- Wager, Sir Charles (1666-1743) Knight Admiral
- Walpole, Sir Hugh Seymour (1884-1941) Knight Novelist and Man of Letters
- Whistler, James Abbot McNeill (1834-1903), painter
- Whitefield, George (1714-1770) Calvinistic Methodist Gloucester, Gloucestershire
- Whittaker, Sir Edmund Taylor (1873-1956), Knight, mathematician and astronomer
- Wilde, Oscar O'Flahertie Wills (1854-1900), author
- Witherspoon, John (1723-1794), Presbyterian minister President of Princeton University
Families (7)
- Archer family of Coopersale Hall, Theydon Garnon Coopersale Hall, Essex
- Bernard family, baronets, of Nettleham Nettleham, Lincolnshire;Chearsley, Buckinghamshire;Cuddington, Buckinghamshire;Nether Winchendon, Buckinghamshire;Sarratt, Hertfordshire
- Churchill, Spencer- family, Dukes of Marlborough Cople, Bedfordshire;Langley, Buckinghamshire;Upper Winchendon, Buckinghamshire;Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire;Sandridge, Hertfordshire;Agney, Kent;Ingoldsby, Lincolnshire;Marlborough House, London;Sunderland House, London;Begbroke, Oxfordshire;Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire;Cassington, Oxfordshire;Charlbury, Oxfordshire;Hensington, Oxfordshire;North Leigh, Oxfordshire;Witney, Oxfordshire;Woodstock, Oxfordshire;Bath, Somerset;Woolbeding, Sussex;Lockeridge, Wiltshire;Overton, Wiltshire;Rowde, Wiltshire;West Lavington, Wiltshire
- Compton, family, Marquesses of Northampton Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire;Moulsoe, Buckinghamshire;Callington, Cornwall;Callyland, Cornwall;Buckland Filleigh, Devon;Cotleigh, Devon;Manaton, Devon;Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire;Hurstbourne, Hampshire;Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire;Hilton, Huntingdonshire;Erith, Kent;Great Dalby, Leicestershire;Canonbury, Middlesex;Clerkenwell, Middlesex;Ecton, Northamptonshire;Great Doddington, Northamptonshire;Long Sutton, Somerset;Pitney, Somerset;Wearne, Somerset;Chelsham, Surrey;Tandridge, Surrey;Compton Place, Sussex;Eastbourne, Sussex;Wilmington, Sussex;Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire;Whatcote, Warwickshire;Torloisk, Argyllshire;Kirkness, Kinross-shire;Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty;Lochluichart, Ross and Cromarty
- Howard family, Earls of Effingham Tusmore, Oxfordshire;Great Bookham, Surrey;Lingfield, Surrey;Kimberworth, Yorkshire;Ottringham, Yorkshire;Rotherham, Yorkshire
- Newton family, baronets, of Barr's Court, Bitton Barr's Court, Gloucestershire;Bitton, Gloucestershire;Aunsty, Lincolnshire;Barkston, Lincolnshire;Culverthorpe, Lincolnshire;Great Ponton, Lincolnshire;Skillington, Lincolnshire;East Harptree, Somerset;Eastwood, Somerset
- Townshend, family, Marquesses Townshend Calverton, Buckinghamshire;Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire;Ely, Cambridgeshire;Fordham, Cambridgeshire;Soham, Cambridgeshire;Ashbourne, Derbyshire;Walton-upon-Trent, Derbyshire;East Donyland, Essex;Great Bentley, Essex;Wivenhoe, Essex;Kempsford, Gloucestershire;Amwell, Hertfordshire;Balls Park, Hertfordshire;Bengeo, Hertfordshire;Gorhambury, Hertfordshire;Wigston Magna, Leicestershire;London;Canonbury, Middlesex;Clerkenwell, Middlesex;Binham, Norfolk;Coxford, Norfolk;East Raynham, Norfolk;Great Yarmouth, Norfolk;Helhoughton, Norfolk;Horsham St Faith, Norfolk;Langham, Norfolk;Morston, Norfolk;Oxwich with Pattesley, Norfolk;Raynham Hall, Norfolk;Stiffkey, Norfolk;Weasenham, Norfolk;Wellingham, Norfolk;West Rudham, Norfolk;Elkington, Northamptonshire;Tamworth, Staffordshire;Tettenhall, Staffordshire;Akenham, Suffolk;Great Thurlow, Suffolk;Kentford, Suffolk;Rendlesham, Suffolk;Flecknoe, Warwickshire;Lea Marston, Warwickshire;Wellesbourne, Warwickshire;Hannington, Wiltshire;Inglesham, Wiltshire;Ramsbury, Wiltshire;Risby, Yorkshire
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (9)
- NRA 28001 Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Cockburn: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 22522 Moreton Frewen, monetary reformer: corresp and papers
- NRA 22521 Francis Howard, 5th Baron Howard of Effingham, Governor of Virginia
- NRA 25957 Sir Henry Howard, diplomat: corresp and papers
- NRA 17409 Neil Jamieson corresp
- NRA 29865 Lawson family, Barons Burnham: deeds and papers
- NRA 22523 Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bt: American collections
- NRA 19082 Charles E Russell, journalist: papers
- NRA 24302 Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Bt: misc American corresp