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Papers of David Urquhart : 1D - Correspondence

I D: D.U'S ATTEMPTS AT A POLITICAL CAREER: 1831- 3; 1842- 55.

I D1: CORRESPONDENCE CONNECTED WITH A DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENT FOR D.U.: 1831- 3.

 Mainly letters from Sir Herbert Taylor (H.T.), private secretary to William IV, to Mrs Urquhart (M.U.). These letters mention the reports on Greece that D.U. has sent to H.T. via M.U. and refer to Capodistrias, Palmerston (Pam.) and Stratford Canning (S.C.). Also 1 ALS from M.U. to D.U.'s uncle (I D1 10) re D.U.'s activities in Constantinople and relations with Pam. and S.C. For correspondence with H.T. see also: I B4, file 4; I C1- 2; I C4-6; I C6A and XI 3 10. The original pencilled numbers on the letters have been kept which is why 0 has been used to describe the two letters at the beginning of the file.

• 0. 2 ALS from Robert [Fardiner/Jardiner?] (for H.T.) to D.U. 1 and 5 May 1831. 2l.
• 1. 1 ALS from H.T. to M.U. 5 Dec. 1831. 1l.
• 2. 1 ALU from Foreign Office (for Pam.) to M.U. 12 Apr. 1831. 1l.
• 3. 1 ALS from Robert [Fardiner/Jardiner?] to H.T. 27 Apr. 1831. 1l.
• 4- 9. 6 ALS from H.T. to [M.U.]. 26 Apr.- 26 Oct. 1831. 6l.
• 10. 1 ALS from M.U. to George Hunter. 29 Mar. 1832. 1l.
• 11- 16. 6 ALS from H.T. to [M.U.]. 23 Mar. 1832- 8 July 1833. 6l.
• 17. 1 ALS from H.T. to [D.U.]. 22 July 1833. 1l.
• 18. 1 ALU [draft] from [D.U.] to H.T. [183?]. 3l.

I D2: CORRESPONDENCE WITH ADELAIDE TAYLOR RE STAFFORD ELECTION: 1842- 55.

6 items: 4 ALS, 2 ALU. Dates: 1842- 55. 2 n.d. Consists entirely of letters from Adelaide Taylor to [Hen. U.] Adelaide Taylor was the wife of Colonel Pringle Taylor who was involved in Chartism and Foreign Affairs Committees. The letters refer to the election of D.U. as M.P. for Stafford (1847), Pringle Taylor, Charles Attwood, David Ross of Bladensburgh (D.R.B.) and Francis Burdett. For Adelaide Taylor see also: III 19 4.

The original catalogue indicates that letters from Marx, D.R.B. and R.Monteith were once contained in this section. The entry for the Marx letter in that catalogue is marked "Missing 1946." It could be that the Marx letter was from Francis not Karl Marx since letters to F.Marx exist elsewhere in the collection.

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