Posted on August 2, 2016 by Emma Seeley -
Sauveur-François Morand to Hans Sloane – July 10, 1732
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Date: July 10, 1732
Author: Sauveur-François Morand
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4052
Folio: f. 146
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Morand sends the figure of a stone. He requests that Sloane send the Royal Society’s list and newly printed works.
Sauveur-Francois Morand (1697-1773) was a French surgeon and son of John Morand, surgeon at the Hotel des Invalides. Morand was admitted as a surgeon at the Hotel des Invalides in 1724 at the age of 15. He became a Fellow of the Academie des sciences in 1722, Chief Surgeon of the Hospital of Charity in 1730, and Chief Surgeon of the French Guards in 1739. Morand published several texts on anatomy and surgery (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauveur-Francois_Morand).
Posted on January 28, 2017 by Tracey Cornish -
Anthony Grey, Earl of Harold b. 1695/6, d. 1723.
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Burke’s Peerage, vol. 1, p. 1065
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Posted on January 28, 2017 by Tracey Cornish -
Peregrine Hyde (Osborne), Marquess of Carmarthen 1712-1729, when he became the 3rd Duke of Leeds. He married his third wife, Juliana, in 1725.
Peregrine Hyde Osborne, 3rd Duke of Leeds was referred to as Marquess Carmarthen or Lord Carmarthen at the time.
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The Complete Peerage, vol. 7, p. 513
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Posted on January 29, 2017 by Tracey Cornish -
Lady Elizabeth Cavendish was born on 22 February 1654. She was the daughter of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and FrancesPierrepont. She married, firstly, Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, son of George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle and Anne Clarges, on 30 December 1669 at The Cockpit, Whitehall, London, England. She married, secondly, Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, son of Edward Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Boughton and Anne Winwood, on 8 September 1692. She died on 28 August 1734 at age 80 at House, Clerkenwell, London, ENewcastle ngland, without surviving issue. She was buried on 11 September 1734 at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England. She died intestate and her estate was administered on 4 November 1734.
From 30 December 1669, her married name became Monck. As a result of her marriage, Lady Elizabeth Cavendish was styled as Duchess of Albemarle on 3 January 1669/70. Lady Elizabeth Cavendish also went by the nick-name of ‘the Mad Duchess’. From 8 September 1692, her married name became Montagu. As a result of her marriage, Lady Elizabeth Cavendish was styled as Countess Montagu on 8 September 1692. As a result of her marriage, Lady Elizabeth Cavendish was styled as Duchess of Montagu on 14 April 1705.
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- [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 90.
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Posted on January 31, 2017 by Tracey Cornish -
Browne Langrish (d. 1759) was a physician and medical author. In 1734 he became an extra licentiate of the College of Physicians and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Langrish published works on general physic, stones, and smallpox
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browne_Langrish.
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Posted on January 31, 2017 by Tracey Cornish -
Mary Ashe (d. 1705) was born Mary Wilson to Robert Wilson and Katharine Rudd. She Married Joseph Ashe, 1st Baronet, who was the son of James Ashe and Grace Pitt. Mary and Joseph were married before 1658
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(George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton.
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Posted on January 31, 2017 by Tracey Cornish -
Charles Hatton was the son of Christopher Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton and brother of Christopher Hatton, 1st Viscount Hatton
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[Sir Bernard Burke, C.B. LL.D., A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, new edition (1883; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1978), page 269].
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Cornelius Jjanssens
Cornelius Janssens Van Ceulen, portrait of Christopher Hatton, 1641, 1st Viscount .Hatton. Credit: http://thepeerage.com/p2528.htm#c25274.2
Christopher Hatton, 1st Viscount Hatton, was a politician. He was elected MP for Northampton in 1663, but moved to the House of Lords upon the death of his father.
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(Jan Broadway, Hatton, Christopher, first Viscount Hatton (bap. 1632, d. 1706), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
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Posted on August 2, 2016 by Emma Seeley -
Clemina Pemberton to Hans Sloane – July 29, 1732
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Date: July 29, 1732
Author: Clemina Pemberton
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4052
Folio: ff. 153-154
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[fol. 153] Sr Mr Perronet told me yr Honr was very busy the morning, he carryd those curious manuscripts to your House, and Indeed, I beleive soe too: or otherways the five guineas, would never been the ocasion to Return such books back: which I beleive when yr Honr is pleas’d to take more notices off will appear to be worth 50 guineas instead of 5: however I have desir’d Mr Perronet, to carry them once more with another ancient vollume perhaps worthy of notice which shall be at yr Honrs service with the manuscripts for the aforesaid sum I am in the mean time Sr ye Honrs most obedient humble servant Clemina: Pemberton saturday July ye 29th 1732 P:S: I have desird Mr Perronet to leave them for two or three days on which time ye Honrs leasure may permitt to look into those valuable manuscripts
Posted on August 2, 2016 by Emma Seeley -
Claude Joseph Geoffroy to Hans Sloane – July 10, 1732
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Date: July 10, 1732
Author: Claude Joseph Geoffroy
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4052
Folio: ff. 144-145
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Sloane should have received ‘le Codex de Pharmacie’ by the last post. Geoffroy received two medals from London.
Claude Joseph Geoffroy (1685-1752) was a chemist, apothecary, botanist, and member of both l’Academie des sciences and Royal Society. His brother was the clergyman and librarian to Louis XIV Etienne Francois Geoffroy (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude-Joseph_Geoffroy).