Sir George Yonge Correspondence: Finding Aid mssYO
Gayle Richardson
The Huntington Library
February 2021
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Sir George Yonge correspondence
Creator:
Yonge, George, Sir,
1731-1812
Identifier/Call Number: mssYO
Physical Description:
14.4 Linear Feet
(12 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
Date (inclusive): 1750-1814
Abstract: A collection of correspondence related
to the career of Sir George Yonge, British Secretary at War.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Sir George Yonge correspondence, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from G. Michelmore and Co., London, 1922.
Biographical / Historical
Sir George Yonge (1731-1812) 5th Baronet, was a British Whig politician and Secretary at
War from 1782 to 1794. Yonge was educated at Eton and Leipzig. From 1766 to 1770 Yonge was
one of the Lords of the Admiralty and from April to July 1782 he was Vice-Treasurer for
Ireland. He became Secretary at War from July 1782 to April 1783 and again from December
1783 to July 1794. Yonge became Master of the Mint and was appointed Governor of the Cape of
New Hope until 1801. He died at Hampton Court at the age of eighty-one in 1812.
Scope and Contents
A collection of 850 items from 1750 to 1814, which contains correspondence from the War
Office; the material was accumulated by Sir George Yonge during his term of office as
Secretary at War from 1782 to 1794, together with some material of his predecessors and
successors in office. The collection includes routine correspondence, consisting of letters
regarding promotions, commissions, retirements, accounts, desertions, and troop movements.
The papers contain many references to past service of officers in America, the West Indies,
India, Gibraltar and elsewhere on the continent. Officials represented, in addition to
Yonge, are: William Wildman Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington; Charles Jenkinson; William
Windham; Sir James Murray-Pulteney, 7th Bart.; and Henry John Temple, Viscount
Palmerston.
Processing Information
Processed by Huntington Library Staff, circa 1925. In 2021, Gayle Richardson created the
finding aid derived from a legacy summary report.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
General
Individual call numbers included in the collection: mssYO 1-850.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Government records -- Great Britain -- 18th century
Military records -- Great Britain -- 18th century
Letters (correspondence) -- Great Britain -- 18th century
Barrington, William Wildman
Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793
Grafton, George Henry
Fitzroy, Duke of, 1760-1844
Jenkinson, Charles,
1727-1808
Lennox, George Henry,
1737-1805
Lindsay, David, Sir, approximately 1732-1797
Palmerston, John Henry Temple, Viscount,
1784-1865
Pulteney, James, Sir,
approximately 1751-1811
Osborn, George, Sir,
1742-1818
Picton, William
Windham, William,
1750-1810
Great Britain. Army --
History
Great Britain. Secretary-at-War
Great Britain. War Office --
History
Great Britain. Secretary-at-War (1778-1782 :
Liverpool)
Great Britain. Secretary-at-War (1782-1794 :
Yonge)
Great Britain. Secretary-at-War (1794-1801 :
Windham)
Great Britain. Secretary-at-War (1809-1828 : Palmerston)
Box 2
1762 February 2-1778 December 6
Box 6
1788 January 1-1789 June 24
Box 7
1789 July 3-1790 September
Box 8
1790 October 10-approximately 1791
Box 9
1792 January 7-1794 December 30
Box 11
Approximately 1796-1799 August 5
Box 12
1800 February 9-1814 June 23
Folder 1
John Carruthers. To Sir George Yonge, 5th Bart., Memorial to be reinstated to
full pay...
YO 157
1790 November 18
