Henrietta Hobart Howard, Countess of Suffolk papers

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Descriptive Summary

Title: Henrietta Hobart Howard, Countess of Suffolk papers
Dates: 1715-1824
Collection Number: mssHM 6659-6698
Creator OR Collector: Suffolk, Henrietta Hobart Howard, Countess of, 1688?-1767
Extent: 40 items
Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Manuscripts Department
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2203
Fax: (626) 449-5720
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: Collection of letters to and from Henrietta Hobart Howard, Countess of Suffolk.
Language of Material: The records are in English.

Administration Information

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Henrietta Hobart Howard, Countess of Suffolk papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Acquisition Information

Purchased from George D. Smith, 1920s.

Biographical Note

Henrietta Hobart, daughter of Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Bart., married in 1706 Charles Howard, afterward 9th Earl of Suffolk (1675-1733). She was the acknowledged mistress of the Prince of Wales (afterward George II), and a Lady of the Bedchamber to his wife, Princess (later Queen) Caroline. As such, the countess was much courted for favor and patronage, and was also well known in literary circles of the time. She retired from Court in 1734, and the following year, married, for a second husband, the Hon. George Berkeley (d. 1746). She died in 1767 at the age of 86. A selection of her letters, edited by John Wilson Croker, was published in 1824.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of letters which shed light on the activities and social life of the Countess of Suffolk and her circle. Included are an anonymous but purportedly first-hand account of the alleged murder of Samuel Molyneux by the physician Nathaniel St. Andre, and Sir Walter Scott's autograph review of the 1824 edition of the publication of the Countess's letters. There is little in the collection concerning George II or Court politics.

Indexing Terms

Personal Names

Berkeley, George, 1693?-1746
Molyneux, Samuel, 1689-1728
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
St. André, Nathanael, 1680-1776
Suffolk, Henrietta Hobart Howard, Countess of, 1688?-1767

Subjects

Countesses -- Great Britain -- Correspondence
Women -- England -- Social life and customs -- 18th century

Genre

Letters (correspondence) -- Great Britain -- 18th century
Letters (correspondence) -- Great Britain -- 19th century


Box 1

1715-1824 (HM 6659-6698)

 

 HM 6659  Molesworth, Elizabeth (Welwood). Letter to Henrietta (Hobart) Howard, Countess of Suffolk ([1720], June 25)

Axminster [England]
 

 HM 6660  Killigrew, Thomas. Letter to Henrietta [Hobart] Howard, Countess of Suffolk [c. 1715]

 

 HM 6661  Killigrew, Thomas. Letter to {Henrietta (Hobart) ] Howard, [Countess of Suffolk] [c.1715]

 

 HM 6662  [Finch, Daniel, 8th Earl of Winchilsea & Earl of Nottingham]. Letter to [Henrietta (Hobart) Howard, Countess of Suffolk] [before 1730]

 

 HM 6663  [Grenville-Temple,] Anna (Chamber), [Countess Temple]. Letter to [George] Berkeley [before 1737]

 

 HM 6664  [Germain, Lady Elizabeth (Berkeley)]. Letter to George Berkeley ([1720], Oct. 17)

 

 HM 6665  [Keppel], Anne (Lennox), Countess of] Albemarle. Letter to [Henrietta (Hobart), ] Howard, [the Countess of Suffolk] [1726, June ?]

Rowhampton
 

 HM 6666  [Montagu,] M[ary (Churchill) Duchess of] Montagu. Letter to [Henrietta (Hobart) Howard, Countess of Suffolk] [c. 1725]

 

 Hm 6667  [Montagu,] M[ary (Churchill) Duchess of ]Montagu. Letter to [Henrietta (Hobart, Howard, Countess of Suffolk] [c. 1725]

 

 HM 6668  Murray, [Lady] Grisell [ (Baillie)]. Letter to [Henrietta (Hobart) Howard, Countess of Suffolk] [before 1732]

 

 HM 6669  [Howard, Henrietta (Hobart), Sountess of Suffolk]. Letter to [Charles Churchill] [before 1722]

 

 HM 6670  [Hervey, Elizabeth (Felton), Countess of Bristol]. Letter to [Henrietta (Hobart)] Howard, [Countess of Suffolk} ([before 1723] July 26)

 

 HM 6671  [Howard, Henrietta (Hobart) Countess of Suffolk] ([c. 1726] July 29)

Richmond [England]
 

 HM 6672  Anonymous. Letter to [Henry] Lord Herbert [Afti . 9th Earl of Pembroke & 6th Earl of Montgomery] (1726, Oct. 29)

 

 HM 6673  [Berkeley, George]. Letter to [Mary (Chamber) Beauclerk, Baroness Vere of Hawworth] [before 1737]

 

 HM 6674  [Campbell], Mary (Bellenden). Letter to [Henrietta (Hobart)] Howard, [Countess of Suffolk} [before 1720?]

 

 HM 6675  Howard, Harriott. Letter to [Henry Scott, 1st Earl of] Deloraine [c. 1727]

 

 HM 6676  Howard, H[enrietta (Hobart), Countess of Suffolk]. Letter to [Katharine (Hobart) Churchill] [c. 1721]

 

 HM 6677  [Howard, Henrietta (Hobart), Countes of Suffolk] [c. 1726]

 

 HM 6678  To [Henrietta (Hobart) Howard, Countess of Suffolk] [c. 1726]

 

 HM 6679  To [Henrietta (Hobart) Howard, Countess of Suffolk] [C. 1726]

 

 HM 6680  [Scott,] M[ary (Howard) , Countess of] Deloraine. Letter to [Henrietta (Hobart)] Howard, [Countess of Suffolk] [c. 1727]

 

 HM 6681  [Sherard, Bennet, 1st Earl of] Harborough [c. 1726]

 

 HM 6682  [Trevor, Sir Thomas, 1st Baron] Trevor. Letter to [Henrietta (Hobart), Howard, Countess of Suffolk] (1727)

Whitehall
 

 HM 6683  {Wentworth,] A[nne,(Johnson), Countess of] Strafford. Letter to [Henrietta (Hobart) Howard, Countess of Suffolk] [c. 1731]

 

 HM 6684  Forbes, M[ary (Forbes)) Baroness Forbes]. Letter to [Henrietta (Hobart)] Howard, [Countess of Suffolk] (1727?], July 19)

 

 HM 6685  Bedingfeld, A[nn]. Letter to [Henrietta (Hobart) Howard, Countess of Suffolk] [before 1728]

 

 HM 6686  [Finch, Daniel, 8th Earl of Winchilsea & Earl of Nottingham]. Letter to [Henrietta (Hobart) Howard, Countess of Suffolk] (1728, June 22)

 

 HM 6687  To [Lady Elizabeth Diana (Capel) Molyneux St. Andre] (1728, Dec. 21)

 

 HM 6688  [Shirley,] M[ary Levinge), Countess] Ferrers. Letter to [Henrietta (Hobart) Howard, Countess of Suffolk] ([1728?], May 1)

Paris {France]
 

 HM 6689  [Shirley,] M[ary (Levinge), Countess] F[errers]. Letter to [Caroline, Queen of George 11, of England] [1728?, May 1]

[Paris] [France]
 

 HN 6690  [Grenville-Temple], A[nna (Chamber) Countess of] Temple. Letter to [Henrietta (Hobart) Howard] Countess of Suffolk] ([1766] July 10)

 

 HM 6691  Hotham[-Thompson], [Lady] D[orothy (Hobart)]. Letter to [Henrietta (Hobart) Howard,] Countess of Suffolk [between 1752 and 1767]

 

 HM 6692  [Capell, William, 3rd Earl of] Essex. Letter to [Henrietta (Hobart) Howard, Countess of Suffolk} (1733, Sep. 14)

Turin, [Savoy]
 

 HM 6693  Hotham [ - Thompson, Sir] Cha[rles, 8th Bart.]. Letter to [Henrietta (Hobart) Howard, Countess of Suffolk] [between 1752 and 1767]

 

 HM 6694  Hotham, [Sir] Beaum[on]t, 7th Bart.]. Letter to [Henrietta (Hobart) Howard, Countess of Suffolk] (1752, Aug. 28)

Bromley, [England]
 

 HM 6695  Earle, G[iles]. Letter to [Henrietta (Hobart) Howard, Countess of Suffolk ([1717], Aug. 10)

 

 HM 6696  [Howard, Henrietta (Hobart), Countess of Suffolk] [before 1722]

 

 HM 6697  [Croker, John Wilson]. [Memoranda referring to the papers of Henrietta Hobart Howard, Countess of Suffolk] [c. 1824]

 

 HM 6698  [Scott, Sir Walter, 1st Bart.] [1824]