Papers relating to Prince Albert’s personal life and enthusiasms
Miscellaneous private and official correspondence of the Prince Consort 1845-1853 12 Jan 1845 - 2 Aug 1853
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Miscellaneous private and official correspondence of the Prince Consort 1845-1853 12 Jan 1845 - 2 Aug 1853
A volume containing a variety of miscellaneous private and official correspondence of the Prince Consort, dated between 1845 and 1853.
Included is correspondence with various members of European royalty and nobility, and with British government ministers on both national and international matters. Subjects covered in official correspondence include parliamentary proceedings, British foreign affairs, the administration of British colonies, Royal Household appointments, the granting of Honours and the proposed reconstruction of Westminster Bridge in 1852. Personal correspondence in the volume includes letters from the Belgian astronomer Lambert Adolphe Quetelet, Victoria, Princess Royal and Edward, Prince of Wales and covers the deaths of George Edward Anson, the 1st Duke of Wellington and Dowager Queen Adelaide.
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860)
Letter from Lord Aberdeen to Prince Albert
Georg, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1779-1860)
Letter from the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz to Prince Albert
Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)
Draft letter from Prince Albert to Lord Aberdeen
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860)
Letter from Lord Aberdeen to Prince Albert
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860)
Letter from Lord Aberdeen to Prince Albert
Karl Robert, Count Nesselrode (1780 - 1862)
Copy letter from Count Nesselrode to Lord Aberdeen
Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia (1796-1855)
Letter from Nicholas I to Prince Albert
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860)
Letter from Lord Aberdeen to Prince Albert
Grand Duke Michael of Russia (1798-1849)
Letter from Grand Duke Michael of Russia to Prince Albert
Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)
Copy letter from Prince Albert to Duke Ernest of Württemberg
Ernst, Duke of Württemberg (1807-68)
Letter from Duke Ernest of Württemberg to Prince Albert
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860)
Letter from Lord Aberdeen to Prince Albert
Frederick III, German Emperor (1831-88)
Letter from Prince William of Prussia to Prince Albert
Ludwig II, Grand Duke of Baden (1824-58)
Letter from Louis Grand Duke of Baden to Prince Albert
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)
Letter from the Duke of Wellington to Prince Albert
Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst (1818-93)
Letter from Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst to Prince Albert
Sir Robert Stopford
Letter from Sir Robert Stopford to George Anson
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860)
Letter from Lord Aberdeen to Prince Albert
Edward Everett (1794-1865)
Letter from Edward Everett to Prince Albert
Christian Carl Josias, Baron Bunsen (1791-1860)
Letter from Chevalier Bunsen to George Anson
Ludwig II, Grand Duke of Baden (1824-58)
Letter from the Grand Duke of Baden to Prince Albert
Newcastle, Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4D (1785-1851)
Letter from the Duke of Newcastle to Prince Albert
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)
Letter from the Duke of Wellington to Prince Albert
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860)
Letter from Lord Aberdeen to Prince Albert
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860)
Letter from Lord Aberdeen to Prince Albert
Christian Carl Josias, Baron Bunsen (1791-1860)
Letter from Chevalier Bunsen to Prince Albert
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860)
Letter from Lord Aberdeen to Prince Albert
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799-1869)
Letter from Lord Stanley to Prince Albert
Frederick William IV, King of Prussia (1795-1861)
Letter from the King of Prussia to Prince Albert
Princess Marie, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1796-1880)
Letter from Grand Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Strelitz to Prince Albert
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864)
Letter from Giacomo Meyerbeer to Prince Albert
Henry, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1778-1847)
Letter from the Duke of Anhalt-Kothen to Prince Albert
Frederick August II, King of Saxony (1797-1854)
Letter from the King of Saxony to Prince Albert
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799-1869)
Letter from Lord Stanley to Prince Albert
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860)
Letter from Lord Aberdeen to Prince Albert
Sarah Spencer, Lady Lyttelton (1787-1870)
Letter from Lady Lyttelton to Prince Albert
Samuel Wilberforce (1805-73)
Letter from the Dean of Westminster to Prince Albert
Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)
Letter from Prince Albert to the Bishop of Oxford
Samuel Wilberforce (1805-73)
Letter from the Bishop of Oxford to Prince Albert
Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850)
Letter from Sir Robert Peel to Prince Albert
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860)
Letter from Lord Aberdeen to Prince Albert
Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904)
Letter from Prince George of Cambridge to Prince Albert
Queen Adelaide of the United Kingdom (1792-1849)
Letter from the Queen Dowager to Prince Albert
Queen Adelaide of the United Kingdom (1792-1849)
Letter from the Duc de Nemours to Prince Albert
Reverend Henry George Liddell (1811-98)
Letter from the Reverend G. Liddell to George Anson
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860)
Letter from Lord Aberdeen to Prince Albert
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)
Letter from the Duke of Wellington to Prince Albert
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)
Letter from the Duke of Wellington to Prince Albert
Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)
Draft letter from Prince Albert to Colonel W. Wylde
Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)
Draft letter from Prince Albert to Sir Edward Bowater
General Wylde
Letter from Colonel W. Wylde to Prince Albert
Edward Bowater (1787-1861)
Letter from Sir Edward Bowater to Prince Albert
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860)
Letter from Lord Aberdeen to Prince Albert
Colonel Francis Seymour
Letter from Colonel Francis Seymour to George Anson
Frederick William IV, King of Prussia (1795-1861)
Letter from the King of Prussia to Prince Albert
Prince Louis d'Orleans, Duke of Nemours (1814-96)
Letter from the Duke of Nemours to Prince Albert
William Ewart Gladstone (1809-98)
Letter from William Gladstone to Prince Albert
William, Prince of Prussia (1783-1851)
Letter from Prince William Charles of Prussia to Prince Albert
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860)
Letter from Lord Aberdeen to Prince Albert
William Ewart Gladstone (1809-98)
Letter from William Gladstone to Prince Albert
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860)
Letter from Lord Aberdeen to Prince Albert
Frederick August II, King of Saxony (1797-1854)
Letter from the King of Saxony to Prince Albert
William Ewart Gladstone (1809-98)
Letter from William Gladstone to Prince Albert
Louis Philippe I, King of the French (1773-1850)
Letter from King Louis Philippe to Prince Albert
Prince Louis d'Orleans, Duke of Nemours (1814-96)
Letter from the Duke of Nemours to Prince Albert
Louise Marie d'Orleans, Queen of the Belgians (1812-50)
Letter from Queen Louise of Belgium to Prince Albert
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860)
Letter from Lord Aberdeen to Prince Albert
Frederick John Grantham, Earl of Ripon (1782-1859)
Letter from Lord Ripon to Prince Albert
Frederick John Grantham, Earl of Ripon (1782-1859)
Letter from Lord Ripon to Prince Albert
Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790-1871)
Letter from Lord Ellenborough to Prince Albert
Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790-1871)
Letter from Lord Ellenborough to Prince Albert
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860)
Letter from Lord Aberdeen to Prince Albert
Louis Philippe I, King of the French (1773-1850)
Letter from the King of the French to Prince Albert
Princesss Hélene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchess of Orléans (1814-58)
Letter from the Duchess of Orleans to Prince Albert
Grand Duke Constantine of Russia (1827-92)
Letter from the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia to Prince Albert
Frederick William IV, King of Prussia (1795-1861)
Letter from the King of Prussia to Prince Albert
Spencer, Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl (1798-1857)
Letter from Lord Spencer to George Anson
Sidney Herbert (1810-61)
Letter from Sidney Herbert to Prince Albert
Waldemar, Prince of Prussia (1817-49)
Letter from Prince Waldemar to Prince Albert
Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge of Lahore (1785-1856)
Letter from Lord Hardinge to Prince Albert
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878)
Letter from Lord John Russell to Prince Albert
George William Frederick Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle (1802-64)
Letter from Lord Morpeth to Prince Albert
Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)
Letter from Victoria, Princess Royal, to Prince Albert
Frederick William IV, King of Prussia (1795-1861)
Letter from the King of Prussia to Prince Albert
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865)
Letter from Lord Palmerston to Prince Albert
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878)
Letter from Lord John Russell to Prince Albert
George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland (1784-1849)
Letter from Lord Auckland to Prince Albert
Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (1802-94)
Letter from Lord Grey to Prince Albert
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865)
Letter from Lord Palmerston to Prince Albert
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865)
Letter from Lord Palmerston to Queen Victoria
Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859)
Letter from Alexander von Humboldt to Prince Albert
Christian Carl Josias, Baron Bunsen (1791-1860)
Letter from Chevalier Bunsen to Prince Albert
Christian Carl Josias, Baron Bunsen (1791-1860)
Letter from Chevalier Bunsen to Prince Albert
Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)
Poem from Victoria, Princess Royal, to Prince Albert
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-47)
Letter from Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy to Prince Albert
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865)
Letter from Lord Palmerston to Prince Albert
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878)
Letter from Lord John Russell to Prince Albert
Count Maurice Dietrichstein
Letter from Count Dietrichstein to Prince Albert
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860)
Letter from Lord Aberdeen to Prince Albert
Emmanuel, Count Mensdorff-Pouilly (1777-1852)
Letter from Count Emmanuel Mensdorff-Pouilly to Prince Albert
Emmanuel, Count Mensdorff-Pouilly (1777-1852)
Letter from Count Emmanuel Mensdorff-Pouilly to Prince Albert
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878)
Letter from Lord John Russell to Prince Albert
Christian Carl Josias, Baron Bunsen (1791-1860)
Letter from Chevalier Bunsen to Prince Albert
Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet (1796-1874)
Letter from Lambert Quetelet to Prince Albert
Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)
Letter from Prince Albert to Lambert Quetelet
Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (1802-94)
Letter from Lord Grey to Prince Albert
Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (1802-94)
Letter from Lord Grey to Prince Albert
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865)
Letter from Lord Palmerston to Prince Albert
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878)
Letter from Lord John Russell to Prince Albert
Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (1802-94)
Letter from Lord Grey to Prince Albert
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878)
Letter from Lord John Russell to Prince Albert
Frederick August II, King of Saxony (1797-1854)
Letter from the King of Saxony to Prince Albert
Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (1802-94)
Letter from Lord Grey to Prince Albert
Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (1802-94)
Letter from Lord Grey to Prince Albert
King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910)
Letter from the Prince of Wales to Prince Albert
Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (1802-94)
Letter from Lord Grey to Prince Albert
Gustavus, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (active 1848)
Letter from Duke Gustavus of Mecklenburg-Schwerin to Prince Albert
Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet (1796-1874)
Letter from Lambert Quetelet to Prince Albert
Thomas Philip Grantham De Grey, 2nd Earl (1781-1859)
Letter from Lord de Grey to Prince Albert
George William Frederick Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle (1802-64)
Letter from Lord Morpeth to Prince Albert
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878)
Letter from Lord John Russell to Prince Albert
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801-85)
Letter from Lord Ashley to Prince Albert
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice (1780-1863)
Letter from Lord Lansdowne to Prince Albert
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice (1780-1863)
Letter from Lord Lansdowne to Prince Albert
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878)
Letter from Lord John Russell to Prince Albert
Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (1802-94)
Letter from Lord Grey to Prince Albert
Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps (1801-66)
Letter from Colonel Charles Beaumont Phipps to Prince Albert
Sir Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax (1800-85)
Letter from Sir Charles Wood to Prince Albert
Sir George Grey (1799-1882)
Letter from Sir George Grey to Prince Albert
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878)
Letter from Lord John Russell to Prince Albert
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)
Letter from the Duke of Wellington to Prince Albert
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878)
Letter from Lord John Russell to Prince Albert
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878)
Letter from Lord John Russell to Prince Albert
George Edward Anson (1812–49)
Letter from George Edward Anson to Prince Albert
Samuel Wilberforce (1805-73)
Letter from the Bishop of Oxford to Prince Albert
Queen Adelaide of the United Kingdom (1792-1849)
Letter from the Queen Dowager to Prince Albert
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878)
Letter from Lord John Russell to Prince Albert
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878)
Letter from Lord John Russell to Prince Albert
Jean Sylvain Van de Weyer (1802-74)
Letter from Sylvain de Weyer to Prince Albert
Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue (1783-1861)
Letter from Lord Fortescue to Prince Albert
Louis Philippe I, King of the French (1773-1850)
Letter from Louis Philippe I of France to Prince Albert
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865)
Letter from Lord Palmerston to Prince Albert
Reverend Wriothesley Russell (1804-1886)
Letter from Reverend Lord Wriothesley Russell to Prince Albert
Edward Maltby (1770-1859)
Letter from Reverend Edward Maltby to Prince Albert
Louis Philippe I, King of the French (1773-1850)
Letter from the Louis Philippe I of France to Prince Albert
Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)
Letter from Prince Albert to Samuel Rogers
Samuel Rogers (1763-1855)
Letter from Samuel Rogers to Prince Albert
Ida of Saxe-Meiningen, Princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1794-1852)
Letter from the Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach to Prince Albert
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878)
Letter from Lord John Russell to Prince Albert
Henry Labouchere, Baron Taunton (1798-1869)
Letter from Henry Labouchere to Prince Albert
Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia (1796-1855)
Letter from the Emperor of Russia to Prince Albert
Colonel Berkeley Drummond
Letter from Colonel Berkeley Drummond to Prince Albert
Henry Birch
Letter from Henry Birch to Prince Albert
Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (1802-94)
Letter from Lord Grey to Prince Albert
Prince Louis d'Orleans, Duke of Nemours (1814-96)
Letter from the Duke of Nemours to Prince Albert
Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (1802-94)
Letter from Lord Grey to Prince Albert
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878)
Letter from Lord John Russell to Prince Albert
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878)
Letter from Lord John Russell to Prince Albert
Empress Augusta of Germany (1811-90)
Letter from the Princess of Prussia to Prince Albert
Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps (1801-66)
Letter from Colonel Charles Beaumont Phipps to Prince Albert
Antonia, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1797-1862)
Letter from Duchess Ferdinand George of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Prince Albert
Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1824-84)
Letter from Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Prince Albert
Prince August of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1818-81)
Letter from Prince Augustus of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Prince Albert
Victoria, Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Duchess of Nemours (1822-57)
Letter from the Duchess of Nemours to Prince Albert
Empress Augusta of Germany (1811-90)
Letter from the Princess of Prussia to Prince Albert
Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1811-73)
Letter from Prince Adalbert of Prussia to Prince Albert
Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet (1796-1874)
Letter from Lambert Quetelet to Prince Albert
Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope (1805-75)
Letter from Lord Mahon to Prince Albert
Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)
Draft letter from Prince Albert to Lord Mahon
George II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1826-1914)
Letter from Prince George of Saxe-Meiningen to Prince Albert
Princess Alexandrine, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1820-1904)
Letter from the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Prince Albert
Count Alphonse of Mensdorff-Pouilly (1810-94)
Letter from Count Alphonse Mensdorff-Pouilly to Prince Albert
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799-1869)
Letter from Lord Derby to Prince Albert
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799-1869)
Letter from Lord Derby to Prince Albert
Alexander Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein (1813-71)
Letter from Count Alexander Mensdorff-Pouilly to Prince Albert
Dr McArthur
Letter from Dr. McArthur to Prince Albert
Dr J Kendall
Letter from Dr. J. Kendall to 'Shackle'
Gerald Valerian Wellesley (1809-82)
Letter from Reverend Gerald Wellesley to Prince Albert
George Combe (1788-1858)
Letter from George Combe to Prince Albert
Captain John Shepherd
Letter from Captain John Shepherd to Prince Albert
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799-1869)
Letter from Lord Derby to Prince Albert
Jean Sylvain Van de Weyer (1802-74)
Letter from Monsieur Van de Meyer to Prince Albert
W Nassau Senior
Letter from Nassau Senior to Prince Albert
Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)
Copy letter from Prince Albert to Nassau Senior
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860)
Letter from Lord Aberdeen to Prince Albert
James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury (1807-89)
Letter from Lord Malmesbury to Prince Albert
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878)
Letter from Lord John Russell to Prince Albert
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878)
Letter from Lord John Russell to Prince Albert
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878)
Letter from Lord John Russell to Prince Albert
Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1835-1909)
Letter from the Duke of Brabant to Prince Albert
William Ewart Gladstone (1809-98)
Letter from William Gladstone to Prince Albert
William Ewart Gladstone (1809-98)
Letter from William Gladstone to Prince Albert
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860)
Letter from Lord Aberdeen to Prince Albert
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799-1869)
Letter from Lord Derby to Prince Albert
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