Wilberforce, William, (1759-1833), MP, philanthropist

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Surname:	Wilberforce
Forenames:	William
Gender:	Male
Date:	1759-1833
Biography:	ODNB link for Wilberforce, William (1759-1833), MP philanthropist
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P151270 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P30503 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for William Wilberforce

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	17th-19th cent: family corresp and legal papers	Wilberforce House and Georgian Houses		NRA 10757 Wilberforce House See HMC Papers of British politicians 1782-1900, 1989
2	1799-1833: corresp	Wilberforce House and Georgian Houses
3	1771-1833: corresp and papers, incl diary	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Wilberforce; Don e 164-65	NRA 7132 Wilberforce
4	1782-1833: corresp, bank account books	Duke University: William R Perkins Library	William Wilberforce Papers	NRA 29600 See Guide to the cataloged collections (1980) p622
5	letters and papers (68 items)	Boston Public Library		NRA 11046 Boston Library
6	misc family papers	West Sussex Record Office	Wilberforce Mss	NRA 11474 Wilberforce
7	1792-1833: misc corresp	Cambridge University: St John's College Library	Wilberforce Papers	NRA 42839
8	1799-1832: misc corresp	Hull History Centre (Hull Local Studies)	HLS2	NRA 43433
9	1815-18: letters to Sir Thomas Dyke Acland	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	1148M	NRA 14687 Acland
10	1787-99: corresp with Henry Addington	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	152M	NRA 8747 Addington
11	c1806: corresp with JF Barham	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Clar dep	NRA 6302
12	1795-1811: corresp with Jeremy Bentham	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 33542-4
13	corresp with Lord Brougham	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections		See R Irwin & R Staveley, Libraries of London (Lib Assoc 1964)
14	c1820-33: letters (29) to Thomas Fowell Buxton	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Brit Emp s 18 (C106)	NRA 1095
15	1820-30: letters to Thomas Fowell Buxton	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Brit Emp s 558	NRA 24097 Buxton
16	1815-30: letters (c40) to Lord Calthorpe	Hampshire Archives	26M62	NRA 25396 Gough-Calthorpe
17	1827-32: letters (27) from Thomas Chalmers (copies)	Edinburgh University: New College Library	3.27	NRA 27818 Chalmers
18	1817-21: letters to Lt-Col James Chisholm	National Army Museum Templer Study Centre	9301-2	NRA 39458 Chisholm
19	1787-88: corresp with William Eden	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 34427
20	1817-30: letters (15) to Sir John Gladstone	Gladstone's Library	Glynne-Gladstone MSS 321	NRA 14174 Gladstone
21	1787-1825: corresp with Lord Grenville	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 58978, 69038
22	1780-1812: letters to John and Thomas Grimston	East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and Local Studies Service	DDGR	NRA 13468 Grimston
23	1801-11: letters to 3rd Earl of Hardwicke	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 35424, 35649
24	1810-22: corresp with JS Harford	Bristol Archives	28048	NRA 19634
25	1807-32: corresp with Lord Holland	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 51820
26	corresp with Sir Charles Hotham-Thompson	Hull History Centre (Hull University Archives)	DDHO; DDHO(2); DDHO(3)	NRA 5408
27	1810-22: corresp with 2nd Earl of Liverpool	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 38191, 38288, 38323, 38416, 38566, 38742
28	letters to Edward Locker	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library	OSB MSS 152	NRA 12288
29	c1811-15: letters rel to Luddites	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds		NRA 5980 Radcliffe
30	letters (47) to Zachary Macaulay	Huntington Library		See Guide to British hist MSS (1982)
31	1815-23: corresp with George and Mary Malkin	Hampshire Archives	26M81	NRA 25456
32	1791-1804: corresp with 1st Viscount Melville	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 41085
33	letters (26) to Elizabeth Montagu	Huntington Library		See Guide to British hist MSS (1982)
34	1782-1806: letters to William Pitt and others	Kent History and Library Centre	U1590/S5/O4/11-13	NRA 25095
35	letters (14) to William Pitt	The National Archives	PRO 30/8
36	1811-33: letters to Samuel Roberts	Sheffield City Archives		NRA 15715 Roberts
37	1787-1825: letters (20) to the Ryder family, Earls of Harrowby	Harrowby Manuscripts Trust	vols 8,12,16,19,102	NRA 1561 Ryder
38	corresp with Granville Sharp	Gloucestershire Archives	D49, D3549	NRA 10000 Lloyd-Baker
39	1815-24: corresp rel to Charles Singleton of Winchester	Hampshire Archives		See Accessions to Repositories 1982
40	letters (24) to William Smith	Duke University: William R Perkins Library	William Smith Papers	See NUC MS 62-1019
41	1814-33: letters to Lady Sparrow	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Eg MS 1964
42	1812-32: letters to the Thornton family and Charles Forster (12 items)	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	MS Add.7674	NRA 30090
43	1819-31: letters to Henry Venn	University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections	C35	NRA 2694 Venn
44	1797-1801: letters (10) to Lord Wellesley	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 37308-10
45	1822-30: letters to Sir RJ Wilmot-Horton	Derbyshire Record Office	D3155 (WH2893)	NRA 27876 Wilmot-Horton
46	corresp with Christopher Wyvill	North Yorkshire County Record Office	ZFW	NRA 13480
47	1796-1820: letters to A Young	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 35127-33 passim
48	1788-1825: corresp (41 items)	Hull History Centre (Hull City Archives)	C DFW	NRA 25933
49	1788-1832: letters (91)	Huntington Library		See Guide to Literary MSS 1979
50	letters (1 vol)	Rutgers University Libraries		See Hamer, Archives and MSS in USA 1961
51	1816-26: misc corresp	Barnet Local Studies and Archives	2250
52	1830: corresp	Barnet Local Studies and Archives	2519-20