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Wedderburn, Alexander, (1733-1805), 1st Earl of Rosslyn, Lord Chancellor

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Surname: Wedderburn
Forenames: Alexander
Gender: Male
Date: 1733-1805
Title: 1st Earl of Rosslyn
Biography: ODNB link for Wedderburn, Alexander (1733-1805) 1st Earl of Rosslyn, Lord Chancellor
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P132846 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P30038 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1758-1804: corresp and papers
Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development
See HMC Papers of British cabinet ministers 1782-1900, 1982
2
1676-1801: corresp and papers rel to America
University of Michigan: William L Clements Library
Alexander Wedderburn papers
NRA 22710
3
1772-1804: corresp and papers
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD164
NRA 32774 St Clair-Erskine
4
legal papers
Lincoln's Inn Archives
See Catalogue suppl
5
1771-1804: corresp with Lord Auckland
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 34412-461, 46490-91 passim
6
1763-97: corresp with Edmund Burke
Sheffield City Archives
WWM
NRA 1083 Wentworth Woodhouse

See Copeland & Smith, Corresp of Burke, 1955
7
1780-1801: letters to 5th Earl of Carlisle
Castle Howard
NRA 24681
8
corresp with Philip Francis (12 items)
British Library: Asian and African Studies
MSS Eur C 8, D 18, E 12-22, F 5-6
9
1793-1801: corresp with Lord Grenville
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 58938
10
1779-86: corresp with Lord Liverpool
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 38212-17, 38306-10, 38403 passim
11
1791-1802: corresp with Lord Melville
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD51
NRA 10188 Dundas
12
1793-98: letters to William Pitt
Kent History and Library Centre
U1590/S5/O3/2
NRA 25095
13
letters (17) to William Pitt
The National Archives
PRO30/8
14
1783-95: corresp with Duke of Portland
Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections
PwF9208-52
NRA 7628 Cavendish-Bentinck
15
1762-1800: corresp with Andrew Stuart
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 5346-91