Saint John, Henry, (1678-1751), 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, statesman

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Alternative name(s):	Bolingbroke, Viscnt (Also known as)
Surname:	Saint John
Forenames:	Henry
Gender:	Male
Date:	1678-1751
Title:	1st Viscount Bolingbroke
History:	Statesman. Secretary at War, 1704-1708; Secretary of State, 1710. In charge of negotiations for Treaty of Utrecht 1712. Attainted, 1714. Joined pretender in France as Secretary of State. Pardoned and returned to England, 1723. Created viscount, 1712.
Biography:	ODNB link for John, Henry St (1678-1751) 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, statesman
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P276014 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P140331 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Henry St John

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	literary MSS	See information in published source		See Index of English literary MSS vol 3 1700-1800
2	1707-14: military papers, letterbooks, diplomatic corresp and despatches	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 22205-07, 22264, 37272-73, 49970-71
3	1665-1739: corresp and papers (248 items)	New York Public Library: Manuscripts and Archives Division		See NUC MS 71-337
4	misc corresp and papers	Royal Archives		See HMC [56] Stuart MSS
5	corresp	Lambeth Palace Library		See Annual Report 1983-84
6	1714-54: Berkshire estate papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 36243
7	1710-11: letters to John Drummond	Alnwick Castle		NRA 836 Percy
8	1705-08: corresp with Thomas Erle	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	DRAX	NRA 1075
9	1732-36: letters to Lord Essex	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 27732-35
10	1733-45: letters to Lord Hardwicke	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 35585-88 passim
11	corresp with Robert Harley, Lord Oxford	Longleat House	PO	See HMC [58] Bath MSS I
12	corresp with Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford	British Library, Manuscript Collections	loan 29	NRA 20953 See HMC Portland V-VI
13	1712: corresp with T Harley	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 40621
14	1736-38: letters to Henrietta Knight	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 45889
15	1712-13: corresp with Lord Lexington	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 46543, 46545
16	letters to Lord and Lady Luxborough etc	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 34196
17	1740-50: letters (61) to Lord Marchmont	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 37994
18	1709-13: letters (incl copies) to Earl of Orrery	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Eng lett e 44; Eng misc e 180	See Friends of the National Libraries Annual Report 1989
19	1711-14: letters (10) to Earl of Orrery	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 37209
20	1713-14: corresp with Shrewsbury and Stanley	Trinity College Dublin	MSS 2021-23	NRA 24846 Talbot
21	1711-12: corresp with Lord Strafford	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 70286
22	1713: letters to Lord Strafford	British Library, Manuscript Collections		See Annual Return 1997
23	1711-34: corresp with Jonathan Swift	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 4291, 4804-06 passim
24	1702-10: corresp with Sir William Trumbull	British Library, Manuscript Collections		NRA 7864
25	1710-14: corresp with Charles Whitworth	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 37358-61
26	1723-41: letters (58) to Sir William and Charles Wyndham	Collection held privately: enquiries to West Sussex Record Office	PHA	NRA 15719 Wyndham (Petworth)