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Persons (131)
- Addington, Henry, (1757-1844), 1st Viscount Sidmouth, statesman
- Adelaide, (1792-1849), Queen Consort of William IV
- Albany, Leopold George Duncan Albert, (1853-1884), Duke of Albany, son of Queen Victoria
- Albert, (1819-1861), Prince Consort of Queen Victoria, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria
- Alexandra, (1844-1925), Queen Consort of Edward VII
- Amelia, (1783-1810), Princess, daughter of George III
- Amelia Sophia Eleanor, (1711-1786), Princess, daughter of George II
- Atterbury, Francis, (1663-1732), Dean of Westminster and Bishop of Rochester
- Augusta Sophia, (1768-1840), Princess, daughter of George III
- Augustus Frederick, (1773-1843), Duke of Sussex
- Bathurst, Allen, (1684-1775), 1st Earl Bathurst
- Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore, (1857-1944), Princess, Governor of the Isle of Wight and Musician
- Butler, James, (1665-1745), 2nd Duke of Ormonde, statesman
- Callcott, Sir Augustus Wall, (1779-1844), Knight Painter
- Cambridge, Adolphus Frederick, (1774-1850), 1st Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal
- Cambridge, Augusta Wilhelmina Louise, (1797-1889), Princess
- Cambridge, George William Frederick Charles, (1819-1904) 2nd Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal
- Canning, George, (1770-1827), statesman
- Caroline, (1683-1737), Queen of George II
- Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, (1768-1821), Consort of King George IV
- Caryll, John, (1625-1711), titular Baron Caryll, diplomat
- Catesby, Mark, (1679-1749), Naturalist and Traveller
- Cavendish-Bentinck, William Henry Cavendish, (1738-1809), 3rd Duke of Portland, statesman
- Charles I, (1600-1649), King of Great Britain and Ireland
- Charlotte Augusta, (1796-1817), Princess, daughter of George IV
- Charlotte Sophia, (1744-1818), Queen of George III,
- Churchill, John, (1650-1722), 1st Duke of Marlborough, General, statesman
- Colnaghi, Sir Dominic Ellis, (1834-1908), Knight, diplomat
- Connaught, Arthur William Patrick Albert, (1850-1942), 1st Duke of Connaught, Field Marshal
- Cumberland, Ernest Augustus, (1771-1851), Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover
- Cunliffe-Owen, Sir Francis Philip, (1828-1894), Knight, Director of the South Kensington Museum
- Delany, Mary, (1700-1788), artist and writer
- Dickens, Charles John Huffam, (1812-1870), novelist and journalist
- Dillon, Arthur, (1670-1733), General
- Disraeli, Benjamin, (1804-1881), Earl of Beaconsfield, statesman
- Dundas, Henry, (1742-1811), 1st Viscount Melville, statesman
- Durant, Sarah, (d 1873), Sculptor
- Edinburgh, Alfred Ernest Albert, (1844-1900), Prince, Duke of Edinburgh
- Edward VII, (1841-1910), King of Great Britain and Ireland
- Elizabeth, (1770-1840), Princess, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg, daughter of George III
- Ellis, Philip, (1652-1726), Royal Chaplain and Vicar Apostolic, Western district
- Elphinstone, Sir Howard, (1773-1846), Baronet Major-General
- Erskine, John, (1675-1732), 6th Earl of Mar
- Fane, John, (1784-1859), 11th Earl of Westmorland, General
- Fitzjames, James, (1670-1734), Duke of Berwick, Marshal of France
- Fox, Charles James, (1749-1806), statesman
- Fox, Sir Stephen, (1627-1716), Knight, statesman
- Fraser, Simon, (c 1667-1747), 12th Baron Lovat
- Frederica Sophia Charlotte Alexandrina, (1778-1841), Queen of Hanover
- Frederick Lewis, (1707-1751), Prince of Wales Hanover, Germany;London;Taplow, Buckinghamshire
- George I, (1660-1727), King of Great Britain and Ireland, and Elector of Hanover
- George II, (1683-1760), King of Great Britain and Ireland; Electoral Prince of Hanover
- George III, (1738-1820), King of Great Britain and Ireland
- George IV, (1762-1830), King of Great Britain and Ireland
- Gilbert, Sir Alfred, (1854-1934), Knight, sculptor
- Gloucester, William Frederick, (1776-1834), 2nd Duke of Gloucester
- Gloucester, William Henry, (1743-1805), 1st Duke of Gloucester
- Gordon, Alexander, (1678-1728), 2nd Duke of Gordon
- Goschen, George Joachim, (1831-1907), 1st Viscount Goschen, statesman
- Grenville, William Wyndham, (1759-1834), Baron Grenville, statesman
- Grey, Charles, (1764-1845), 2nd Earl Grey, statesman
- Helena Augusta Victoria, (1846-1923), Princess Christian of Schleswig Holstein, daughter of Queen Victoria
- Helps, Sir Arthur, (1813-1875), Knight, Clerk of the Privy Council
- Hobart, Robert, (1760-1816), 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire, statesman
- Howe, Richard, (1726-1799), Earl Howe, Admiral of the Fleet
- Hurd, Richard, (1720-1808), Bishop of Worcester
- Innes, Lewis, (1651-1738), Principal of the Scots College at Paris and Almoner to Exiled
- James Francis Edward Stuart, (1688-1766), Prince of Wales; Chevalier de St George; The 'Old Pretender', the 'old Pretender'
- James II, (1633-1701), King of Great Britain and Ireland
- Jenkinson, Robert Banks, (1770-1828), 2nd Earl of Liverpool, statesman
- Jervis, John, (1735-1823), Earl of St Vincent, Admiral of the Fleet
- Johnson, Samuel, (1709-1784), lexicographer, essayist, literary biographer
- Jordan, Dorothy, (1762-1816), actress
- Kean, Charles John, (? 1811-1868), Actor
- Kean, Ellen, (1805-1880), actress
- Keith, George, (1693-1778), 9th Earl Marischal
- Kent, Edward Augustus, (1767-1820), Duke of Kent
- Key, Sir Astley Cooper, (1821-1888), Knight Admiral
- Knighton, Sir William, (1776-1836), 1st Baronet, physician, private secretary to George IV
- Knollys, Francis, (1837-1924), 1st Viscount Knollys
- Knollys, Sir William Thomas, (1797-1883), Knight, General
- Lamb, William, (1779-1848), 2nd Viscount Melbourne, statesman
- Locock, Sir Charles, (1799-1875), Knight, obstetric physician
- Louise, (1848-1939), Princess, Duchess of Argyll
- Marshall, Alexander, (c1639-1682), botanist
- Martin, Sir Theodore, (1816-1909), Knight, biographer
- Mary, (1658-1718), Queen, wife of James II
- Mary, (1776-1857), Princess, Duchess of Gloucester, daughter of George III
- Mcmahon, Sir John, (d 1817), 1st Baronet Colonel Secretary to Prince of Wales
- Merian, Maria Sibylla, (1647-1717), naturalist and artist
- Murray, William, (d 1746), Marquess of Tullibardine
- North, Frederick, (1732-1792), 2nd Earl of Guildford; Lord North, statesman
- Osborne, Francis Godolphin, (1751-1799), 5th Duke of Leeds, statesman
- Paget, Sir James, (1814-1899), 1st Baronet, surgeon
- Parratt, Sir Walter, (1841-1924), Knight Organist Composer
- Payne, John Willett, (1752-1803), Rear Admiral MP
- Pelham, Thomas, (1756-1826), 2nd Earl of Chichester, statesman
- Perceval, Spencer, (1762-1812), statesman
- Phipps, Henry, (1755-1831), 1st Earl of Mulgrave, statesman
- Pitt, John, (1756-1835), 2nd Earl of Chatham, General
- Pitt, William, (1759-1806), statesman
- Ponsonby, Sir Henry Frederick, (1825-1895), Knight, General, private secretary to Queen Victoria
- Pratt, John Jeffreys, (1759-1840), 1st Marquess Camden, statesman
- Pulman, James, (1783-1859), Herald
- Quin, Frederic Hervey Foster, (1799-1878), homoeopathic physician
- Ross, Sir William Charles, (1794-1860), Knight Miniature Painter
- Russell, Lord John, (1792-1878), 1st Earl Russell, statesman
- Ryder, Richard, (1766-1832), Statesman
- Saint John, Henry, (1678-1751), 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, statesman
- Scott, John, (1751-1838), 1st Earl of Eldon, Lord Chancellor
- Seymour, Sir Francis, (1813-1890), 1st Baronet General
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, (1751-1816), dramatist and politician Dublin, County Dublin
- Sophia Matilda, (1773-1844) Princess, ranger of Greenwich Park
- Spencer, George John, (1758-1834), 2nd Earl Spencer, statesman
- Steuart-Denham, Sir James, (1712-1780), 7th Baronet, economist
- Stewart, Robert, (1769-1822), 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, statesman
- Stuart, Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir, (1720-1788), Young Chevalier; The 'Young Pretender', the Young Pretender
- Stuart, Henry Benedict Maria Clement, (1725-1807), Cardinal Duke of York
- Sussex, Augustus Frederick, (1773-1843), Duke of Sussex, son of George III
- Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana, (1806-1868) Duchess of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes
- Townshend, Thomas, (1733-1800), 1st Viscount Sydney, statesman
- Victoria, (1819-1901), Queen of Great Britain and Ireland
- Wellesley, Richard Colley, (1760-1842), Marquess Wellesley, statesman
- Wharton, Philip, (1698-1731), Duke of Wharton
- William Augustus, (1721-1765), Duke of Cumberland, General
- William IV, (1765-1837), King of Great Britain and Ireland
- Windham, William, (1750-1810), statesman
- York, Edward Augustus, (1739-1767), Duke of York, brother of George III
- York, Frederick Augustus, (1763-1827), Duke of York
- York, Henry Benedict Maria Clement, (1725-1807), Duke of York Cardinal
- Yorke, Charles Philip, (1764-1834), statesman
Diaries (2)
- Coman, William, Royal Mews Employee
- Winter, William, Royal Gardener Windsor, Berkshire
Families (3)
- Cowper family, Earls Cowper Kilkhampton, Cornwall;Castleton, Derbyshire;Melbourne, Derbyshire;Over Haddon, Derbyshire;Bideford, Devon;Chopwell, Durham;Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire;Cole Green, Hertfordshire;Digswell, Hertfordshire;Hatfield, Hertfordshire;Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire;Lemsford, Hertfordshire;Panshanger, Hertfordshire;Tewin, Hertfordshire;Tewin Water, Hertfordshire;Fordwich, Kent;Ratling, Kent;Castle Donington, Leicestershire;Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire;Sysonby, Leicestershire;Boothby Graffoe, Lincolnshire;Wilsford, Lincolnshire;London;Holborn, Middlesex;Westminster, Middlesex;Duston, Northamptonshire;Beauvale, Nottinghamshire;Greasley, Nottinghamshire;Selston, Nottinghamshire;Brandon, Suffolk;Middleton, Westmorland;Bolsterstone, Yorkshire;Langsett, Yorkshire;Leeds, Yorkshire;Potter Newton, Yorkshire;County Wicklow;Italy
- Knollys family, formerly Earls of Banbury Winchester, Hampshire;Authorpe, Lincolnshire;Great Harrowden, Northamptonshire;Kilnwick, Yorkshire
- Montagu-Douglas-Scott family, Dukes of Buccleuch Byreburnfoot, Dumfriesshire;Canonbie, Dumfriesshire;Drumlanrig, Dumfriesshire;Kirkmahoe, Dumfriesshire;Langholm, Dumfriesshire;Mouswald, Dumfriesshire;Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire;Tibbers, Dumfriesshire;Tinwald, Dumfriesshire;Torthorwald, Dumfriesshire;Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire;Aberdour, Fife;Burntisland, Fife;Inchkeith, Fife;Loch Leven, Kinross-shire;Lincluden, Kirkcudbrightshire;Abington, Lanarkshire;Crawford, Lanarkshire;Murdieston, Lanarkshire;Canongate, Midlothian;Caroline Park, Midlothian;Cowden, Midlothian;Dalkeith, Midlothian;Edinburgh, Midlothian;Granton, Midlothian;Holyrood House, Midlothian;Inveresk, Midlothian;Musselburgh, Midlothian;Sheriffhall, Midlothian;Smeaton, Midlothian;Kirkurd, Peeblesshire;Branxholm, Roxburghshire;Eckford, Roxburghshire;Hawick, Roxburghshire;Melrose, Roxburghshire;Liddesdale, Roxburghshire;Bowhill, Selkirkshire;Buccleuch, Selkirkshire;Ettrick, Selkirkshire;Newark, Selkirkshire;Bolnhurst, Bedfordshire;Colworth, Bedfordshire;Hoo, Bedfordshire;Pertenhall, Bedfordshire;Chalvey, Buckinghamshire;Datchet, Buckinghamshire;Ditton, Buckinghamshire;New Hall, Essex;Beaulieu, Hampshire;Coppingford, Huntingdonshire;Folksworth, Huntingdonshire;Blackheath, Kent;Clitheroe, Lancashire;Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire;Egton with Newland, Lancashire;Hawkshead, Lancashire;Muchland, Lancashire;Plain Furness, Lancashire;Torver, Lancashire;Ulverston, Lancashire;Great Bowden, Leicestershire;Hinckley, Leicestershire;Loughborough, Leicestershire;Holbeach, Lincolnshire;Norton Disney, Lincolnshire;London;Holborn, Middlesex;St Martin in the Fields, Middlesex;Foxley, Norfolk;Sparham, Norfolk;Armston, Northamptonshire;Barnwell, Northamptonshire;Boughton, Northamptonshire;Brigstock, Northamptonshire;Deene, Northamptonshire;Geddington, Northamptonshire;Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire;Hemington, Northamptonshire;Kettering, Northamptonshire;Luddington, Northamptonshire;Polebrook, Northamptonshire;Weekley, Northamptonshire;Wark, Northumberland;Adderbury, Oxfordshire;Banbury, Oxfordshire;Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire;Barlaston, Staffordshire;Grindon, Staffordshire;Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire;Petersham, Surrey;Sudbrook Park, Surrey;Cawston, Warwickshire;Sussex;Church Lawford, Warwickshire;Dunchurch, Warwickshire;Knightlow, Warwickshire;Newbold-on-Avon, Warwickshire;Newnham Regis, Warwickshire;Nuneaton, Warwickshire;Amesbury, Wiltshire;Urchfont, Wiltshire;High Bowland Forest, Yorkshire;Low Bowland Forest, Yorkshire;Bad Gastein, Austria;Cannes, France;Naples, Italy
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (7)
- NRA 1157 Charles I: letters from Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight
- NRA 43350 William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland: military papers
- NRA 43351 William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne: political corresp
- NRA 879 Palmer family of Holme Park: family and estate papers
- NRA 43931 Royal Archives, Windsor: Georgian Papers
- NRA 43349 Royal Archives, Windsor: Stuart papers
- NRA 43346 Royal Archives, Windsor: Victorian papers