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Chambers, Sir William, (1726-1796), Knight and architect

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Surname: Chambers
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: William
Gender: Male
Date: 1726-1796
Biography: ODNB link for Chambers, Sir William (1726-1796) Knight Architect
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P138384 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P5321 )
Online related resources Artists' Paper Register link for Sir William Chambers Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir William Chambers
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
corresp and papers
Royal Institute of British Architects
CHA
NRA 34208 Chambers
2
1769-75: letter-books
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 41133-6
3
drawings (300+)
Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library
See Handbook to Department of Prints and Drawings p44
4
drawings for bridge at Sans Souci, Potsdam
Canadian Centre for Architecture
See information from website 18/7/01
5
misc corresp, notes and bills
Royal Academy of Arts
CHA
NRA 14837 Royal Academy
6
c1762-68: letters to Lord Abercorn
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
D623; T2541
NRA 15790 Hamilton
7
1763-79: letters to Lord Charlemont
Royal Irish Academy
See HMC 28, Charlemont MSS I
8
corresp rel to Society of Artists
Royal Academy of Arts
SA; index
NRA 14837 Royal Academy
9
1762: receipted account for building work at Wilton and Whitehall
Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre
2057
NRA 22080 Herbert