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Wentworth, Sir John, (1737-1820), 1st Baronet, colonial governor

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Surname: Wentworth
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: John
Gender: Male
Date: 1737-1820
Title: 1st Baronet
Biography: ODNB link for Wentworth, Sir John (1737-1820) 1st Baronet Colonial Governor
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P133671 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P30144 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir John Wentworth
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1763-1808: corresp, letterbooks and papers
Nova Scotia Archives
RG1; MG1
NRA 27280 Wentworth

See HMC Papers of British colonial governors 1782-1900, 1986
2
1791-1813: corresp rel to Nova Scotia
Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections
Coll/335
See INdex to MSS
3
1791: account of white vegetable earth
Linnean Society of London
See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
4
1786-1810: letters to Lord Fitzwilliam
Sheffield City Archives
WWM
NRA 1083 Wentworth Woodhouse
5
1764-75: corresp with Thomas Gage
University of Michigan: William L Clements Library
Thomas Gage papers
NRA 10567
6
1773-1801: corresp with Lord and Lady Rockingham
West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds
RA
NRA 7344 Ramsden
7
1768-92: letters (18) to Lord and Lady Rockingham
Sheffield City Archives
WWM
NRA 1083 Wentworth Woodhouse
8
c1649-1900: copy swan register, made by John Martin
Norfolk Record Office
MC 2712
See Annual Return 2010