Hill, Richard (1655-1727) Statesman and Diplomat

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Surname:	Hill
Forenames:	Richard
Gender:	Male
Date:	1655-1727
History:	Diplomat. Envoy-extraordinary to the Elector of Bavaria, 1696. Ambassador at The Hague and a Lord of the Treasury, 1699. Member of Admiralty Council, 1702. Envoy to Savoy, 1703-1706.
Biography:	ODNB link for Hill, Richard (1655-1727) Statesman and Diplomat
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275946 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P139584 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1695-1697: Adam Cardonnel, William Blathwayt, George Stepney, `Mr Hill', etc	The National Archives, Kew	SP 87/1
2	1695 Jul 04: William Blathwayt [to the under secretary of state]: good progress of the siege. Hill...	The National Archives, Kew	SP 87/1/25
3	1696 Sep 06: [Richard] Hill [to the under secretary of state]: he has arrested an Irishman come from...	The National Archives, Kew	SP 87/1/115
4	1696 Sep 07: [Richard] Hill [to the under secretary of state]: he has received a letter from the...	The National Archives, Kew	SP 87/1/116
5	1703-06: letter books	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 37529-30
6	1704-06: corresp as envoy to Duke of Savoy	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng hist d 164
7	1692-1705: diplomatic corresp	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Eng hist d 146, 150
8	1703-04: corresp (28 items)	Northamptonshire Archives Service	FH	NRA 4485 Finch-Hatton
9	1694-1709: corresp and papers (c120 items)	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library		NRA 18661 Osborn coll
10	1685-1726: personal corresp and accounts, incl ledgers and estate rentals, financial papers rel to position as Deputy Paymaster General	Shropshire Archives	112/1/2867-2969, 112/1A	NRA 26124 Noel-Hill
11	1692-1700: corresp with William Blathwayt	Gloucestershire Archives	D1799,2659	NRA 9217 Blathwayt
12	1698: letters (16) to William Blathwayt	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library	OSB MSS 2	NRA 38863
13	1697-1704: letters to John Ellis	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 28886-916 passim
14	letters to Sidney Godolphin	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 28056-57
15	1703-04: letters to Lord Nottingham	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 29589-91
16	1696-98: letters from Duke of Shrewsbury	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng lett d 3
17	1704-06: letters to Alexander Stanhope	Kent History and Library Centre	U1590/O68	NRA 25095
18	1704: letters (27) to George Stepney	McGill University Archives		See Union list of MSS in Canadian repositories, suppl 1979-80
19	1696-1713: letters (23) from George Stepney	Archifdy Sir Gar / Carmarthenshire Archives		NRA 22052 Cowell-Stepney
20	1692-1716: letters from Benjamin Sweet	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 62526
21	1698-99: letters to James Vernon	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 4199
22	corresp	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives		See Accessions to Repositories 1989
23	1707-25: corresp with Samuel Hill	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library	EGT/2	NRA 30541 Egerton