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Businesses (1)
- John Glassford & Co, tobacco merchants Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Organisations (90)
- 26th Regiment of Foot (later The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
- 43rd Regiment of Foot
- 55th later the 44th Regiment of Foot
- 60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot (later Duke of York's Own Rifle Corps)
- Admiralty
- Chancery (general)
- Council for Foreign Plantations
- Court of Common Pleas
- HMS Aeolus (1758)
- HMS Albion (1802)
- HMS Alfred (1778)
- HMS Ariel (1781)
- HMS Asp (1808)
- HMS Astraea (1810)
- HMS Atalante (1808)
- HMS Avenger (1804)
- HMS Badger (1808)
- HMS Barrosa (1812)
- HMS Belleisle (1795)
- HMS Belliqueux (1780)
- HMS Blazer (1804)
- HMS Bramble (1808)
- HMS Britannia (1682)
- HMS Bustard (1806)
- HMS Cadmus (1808)
- HMS Captain (1787)
- HMS Ceres (1781)
- HMS Ceylon (1808)
- HMS Cheerful (1806)
- HMS Cheerly (1804)
- HMS Cleopatra (1780)
- HMS Comus (1806)
- HMS Contest (1804)
- HMS Echo (1827)
- HMS Helicon (1808)
- HMS Hyacinth (1829)
- HMS Iris (1807)
- HMS Jaseur (1813)
- HMS Jupiter (1813)
- HMS Lyra (1821)
- HMS Magnificent (1806)
- HMS Melville (1817)
- HMS Meteor (1823)
- HMS Moselle (1804)
- HMS Mulgrave (1812)
- HMS Nautilus (1830)
- HMS North Star (1824)
- HMS Nymphe (1812)
- HMS Pandora (1833)
- HMS Panther (1758)
- HMS Pembroke (1812)
- HMS Piercer (1804)
- HMS Pincher (1804)
- HMS Plantagenet (1801)
- HMS Pluto (1782)
- HMS Pylades (1824)
- HMS Racoon (1808)
- HMS Raisonnable (1768)
- HMS Resistance (1805)
- HMS Resolute (1805)
- HMS Rover (1808)
- HMS Rover (1832)
- HMS Russell (1764)
- HMS Safeguard (1804)
- HMS Samarang (c1784)
- HMS Sceptre (1802)
- HMS Scylla (1809)
- HMS Serpent (1832)
- HMS Southampton (1757)
- HMS Sparrowhawk (1807)
- HMS Spartan (1806)
- HMS Spey (1814)
- HMS Superb (1798)
- HMS Thunder (1829)
- HMS Undaunted (1807)
- HMS Valiant (1807)
- HMS Valorous (1816)
- HMS Vestal (1779)
- HMS Weazel (1805)
- HMS Winchester (1822)
- HMS Zealous (1785)
- HMS Zebra (1815)
- Inner Temple London
- King's Bench
- Massachusetts Bay: treasurer and receiver general of revenue
- Potomac District: receiver of the revenue
- Rolleston chantry, Beverley College Beverley, Yorkshire
- St John's College, Beverley (Beverley Minster) Beverley, Yorkshire
- Suffolk assizes Suffolk;Suffolk
- Surveyor and Auditor General of Revenues in America
Persons (113)
- Amherst, Jeffrey, (1717-1797), Baron Amherst of Holmesdale, Field Marshal
- Archdale, John, (1642-1717), Governor of Carolina
- Astor, William Waldorf, (1848-1919), 1st Viscount Astor, newspaper proprietor
- Auden, Wystan Hugh, (1907-1973), poet York, Yorkshire
- Balderston, John Lloyd, (1889-1954), playwright
- Balfour, Arthur James, (1848-1930), 1st Earl of Balfour, statesman
- Belcher, Jonathan, (1681-1757), colonial governor
- Bell, Alexander Graham, (1847-1922), teacher of deaf people and inventor of the telephone
- Benson, Stella, (1892-1933), novelist, feminist, writer
- Bernard, Sir Francis, (1711-1779), Knight Colonial Governor
- Blackmore, Richard Doddridge, (1825-1900), author
- Blackwell, Elizabeth, (1821-1910), physician
- Blake, William, (1757-1827), Poet Painter and Engraver
- Blathwayt, William, (?1649-1717), statesman and civil servant
- Browning, Robert, (1812-1889), poet
- Campbell, Sir Francis Joseph, (1834-1914), musician, educator and advocate for the blind
- Carew, Sir Benjamin Hallowell, (1760-1834), Knight, Admiral
- Carleton, Guy, (1724-1808), 1st Baron Dorchester, General
- Carnegie, Andrew, (1835-1919), manufacturer and philanthropist
- Catt, Carrie Chapman, (1859-1947), American women's suffrage activist
- Cavendish, Elizabeth Christiana, (1758-1824), patron of arts
- Cavendish, Sir Henry, (1732-1804), 2nd Baronet MP for Lostwithiel
- Cavendish-Bentinck, William Henry Cavendish, (1738-1809), 3rd Duke of Portland, statesman
- Chalmers, George, (1742-1825), antiquary and public servant
- Chapman, John, (1801-1854), engineer and political economist
- Clerke, Francis, (fl 1594), Civilian
- Cockburn, Sir George, (1763-1847), Knight, naval officer
- Cockburn, Sir George, (1772-1853), 8th Baronet Admiral of the Fleet
- Cockerell, Douglas Bennett, (1870-1945), bookbinder
- Collinson, Peter, (1694-1768), Naturalist Antiquary
- Compton, Spencer, (1673-1743), 1st Earl of Wilmington
- Copley, John Singleton, (1737-1815), Painter
- Darusmont, Frances, (1795-1852), philanthropist
- Dawson, William, (? 1705-1752), Church Commissary in Virginia Natural Philosopher
- Douglass, Frederick, (1817-1895), abolitionist
- Dundas, Henry, (1742-1811), 1st Viscount Melville, statesman
- Fitzmaurice, Henry Charles Keith, (1845-1927), 5th Marquess of Landsdowne, statesman
- Foster, Sir Augustus John, (1780-1848), 1st Baronet, diplomat
- Franklin, William, (c 1730-1813), Governor of New Jersey
- Frederic, Harold, (1856-1898), Journalist
- Freud, Anna, (1895-1982), psychoanalyst
- Freud, Sigmund, (1856-1939), psychoanalyst
- Frewen, Moreton, (1853-1924), MP monetary reformer
- Galloway, Joseph, (1730-1803), American Loyalist
- Gladstone, William Ewart, (1809-1898), statesman
- Greenwood, Sir Granville George, (1850-1928), Knight MP Lawyer Shakespearean Scholar
- Grey, Sir Edward, (1862-1933), Viscount Grey of Falloden, statesman
- Halliwell-Phillipps, James Orchard, (1820-1889), antiquary and literary scholar
- Holker, John, (1719-1786), Jacobite
- Holker, John, (1745-1822), French Consul at Philadelphia
- Housman, Alfred Edward, (1859-1936), poet and classical scholar
- Housman, Laurence, (1865-1959), writer and artist
- Howard, Francis, (1643-1695), 5th Baron Howard of Effingham
- Howard, Henry, (1757-1842), Antiquary
- Howard, Sir Henry, (1843-1921), Knight Diplomat
- Hyndman, Henry Mayers, (1842-1921), Socialist Leader
- James, Henry, (1843-1916), novelist
- Johnson, Sir William, (1715-1774), 1st Baronet Superintendent of Indian Affairs
- Kipling, Joseph Rudyard, (1865-1936), author Mumbai, India
- Laski, Harold Joseph, (1893-1950), political scientist
- Law, Andrew Bonar, (1858-1923), Statesman
- Lawrence, David Herbert, (1885-1930), poet, novelist and essayist Australia;France;United States of America;Eastwood, Nottinghamshire
- Lodge, Henry Cabot, (1850-1924), American Statesman and Historian
- Macartney, George, (1737-1806), Earl Macartney
- Marston, Philip Bourke, (1850-1887), Poet
- Masefield, John Edward, (1878-1967), poet
- Maugham, William Somerset, (1874-1965), novelist and playwright
- Meredith, George, (1828-1909), novelist and poet
- Merry, Robert, (1755-1798), Dilettante
- Monckton, Robert, (1726-1782), Lieutenant General MP
- Moore, George Augustus, (1852-1933), Author
- Morley, Sir John, (1838-1923), 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn, statesman
- Morris, Lewis, (1671-1746), Governor of New Jersey
- Morris, William, (1834-1896), poet artist and socialist Walthamstow, Essex
- Napier, Sir Charles, (1786-1860), Knight, Knight, Admiral
- Nelson, Horatio, (1758-1805), 1st Viscount Nelson, Vice Admiral
- Newman, John Henry, (1801-1890), Cardinal, priest, poet and theologian
- Nicholson, Sir Francis, (1660-1728), Knight Colonial Governor
- North, Frederick, (1732-1792), 2nd Earl of Guildford; Lord North, statesman
- Pankhurst, Emmeline, (1858-1928), suffragette and political activist
- Pellew, Edward, (1757-1833), 1st Viscount Exmouth, Admiral
- Phillipps, Sir Thomas, (1792-1872) 1st Baronet Phillips, antiquary, collector of MSS and books
- Phipps, Henry, (1755-1831), 1st Earl of Mulgrave, statesman
- Pinfold, Charles, (1709-1788), Governor of Barbados
- Pocock, Sir George, (1706-1792), Knight Admiral MP for Plymouth
- Potts, Richard, (fl 1963-1973), Musicologist
- Reade, Charles, (1814-1884), novelist and dramatist
- Richards, Franklin Thomas Grant, (1872-1948), publisher
- Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, (1828-1882), painter and poet
- Ruskin, John, (1819-1900), author, artist and social reformer
- Russell, Charles Edward, (1860-1941), Journalist and Politician
- Ryder, Sir Dudley, (1691-1756), Knight, judge, Chief Justice of the King's Bench
- Sampson, William, (1764-1836), United Irishman and Jurist
- Saunders-Dundas, Robert, (1771-1851), 2nd Viscount Melville, statesman
- Skipwith, Fulwar, (b 1720), Us Consul in France
- Smith, Lloyd Logan Pearsall, (1865-1946), Man of Letters
- Sotheron, Frank, (1765-1839), Rear Admiral
- Spencer, Herbert, (1820-1903), philosopher
- Spencer-Churchill, Charles Richard John, (1871-1934), 9th Duke of Marlborough
- Stephens, James, (1882-1950), poet and novelist
- Stevens, Benjamin Franklin, (1833-1902), historian
- Strachey, Sir Henry, (1736-1810), 1st Baronet Politician
- Sylvester, James Joseph, (1814-1897), mathematician
- Thornton, Sir Edward, (1766-1852), Knight, diplomat
- Twisden, Sir Thomas, (1602-1683), Baronet Judge
- Vernon, Edward, (1684-1757), Admiral
- Wager, Sir Charles, (1666-1743), Knight Admiral
- Walpole, Sir Hugh Seymour, (1884-1941), Knight Novelist and Man of Letters
- Whistler, James Abbot McNeill, (1834-1903), painter
- Whitefield, George, (1714-1770), Calvinistic Methodist Gloucester, Gloucestershire
- Whittaker, Sir Edmund Taylor, (1873-1956), Knight, mathematician and astronomer
- Wilde, Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills, (1854-1900), author
- Witherspoon, John, (1723-1794), Presbyterian minister President of Princeton University
Families (7)
- Archer family of Coopersale Hall, Theydon Garnon Coopersale Hall, Essex
- Bernard family, baronets, of Nettleham Nettleham, Lincolnshire;Chearsley, Buckinghamshire;Cuddington, Buckinghamshire;Nether Winchendon, Buckinghamshire;Sarratt, Hertfordshire
- Compton family, Marquesses of Northampton Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire;Moulsoe, Buckinghamshire;Callington, Cornwall;Callyland, Cornwall;Buckland Filleigh, Devon;Cotleigh, Devon;Manaton, Devon;Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire;Hurstbourne, Hampshire;Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire;Hilton, Huntingdonshire;Erith, Kent;Great Dalby, Leicestershire;Canonbury, Middlesex;Clerkenwell, Middlesex;Ecton, Northamptonshire;Great Doddington, Northamptonshire;Long Sutton, Somerset;Pitney, Somerset;Wearne, Somerset;Chelsham, Surrey;Tandridge, Surrey;Compton Place, Sussex;Eastbourne, Sussex;Wilmington, Sussex;Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire;Whatcote, Warwickshire;Torloisk, Argyllshire;Kirkness, Kinross-shire;Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty;Lochluichart, Ross and Cromarty
- Howard family, Earls of Effingham Tusmore, Oxfordshire;Great Bookham, Surrey;Lingfield, Surrey;Kimberworth, Yorkshire;Ottringham, Yorkshire;Rotherham, Yorkshire
- Newton family, baronets, of Barr's Court, Bitton Barr's Court, Gloucestershire;Bitton, Gloucestershire;Aunsty, Lincolnshire;Barkston, Lincolnshire;Culverthorpe, Lincolnshire;Great Ponton, Lincolnshire;Skillington, Lincolnshire;East Harptree, Somerset;Eastwood, Somerset
- Spencer-Churchill family, Dukes of Marlborough Cople, Bedfordshire;Langley, Buckinghamshire;Upper Winchendon, Buckinghamshire;Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire;Sandridge, Hertfordshire;Agney, Kent;Ingoldsby, Lincolnshire;Marlborough House, London;Sunderland House, London;Begbroke, Oxfordshire;Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire;Cassington, Oxfordshire;Charlbury, Oxfordshire;Hensington, Oxfordshire;North Leigh, Oxfordshire;Witney, Oxfordshire;Woodstock, Oxfordshire;Bath, Somerset;Woolbeding, Sussex;Lockeridge, Wiltshire;Overton, Wiltshire;Rowde, Wiltshire;West Lavington, Wiltshire
- Townshend family, Marquesses Townshend Calverton, Buckinghamshire;Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire;Ely, Cambridgeshire;Fordham, Cambridgeshire;Soham, Cambridgeshire;Ashbourne, Derbyshire;Walton-upon-Trent, Derbyshire;East Donyland, Essex;Great Bentley, Essex;Wivenhoe, Essex;Kempsford, Gloucestershire;Amwell, Hertfordshire;Balls Park, Hertfordshire;Bengeo, Hertfordshire;Gorhambury, Hertfordshire;Wigston Magna, Leicestershire;London;Canonbury, Middlesex;Clerkenwell, Middlesex;Binham, Norfolk;Coxford, Norfolk;East Raynham, Norfolk;Great Yarmouth, Norfolk;Helhoughton, Norfolk;Horsham St Faith, Norfolk;Langham, Norfolk;Morston, Norfolk;Oxwich with Pattesley, Norfolk;Raynham Hall, Norfolk;Stiffkey, Norfolk;Weasenham, Norfolk;Wellingham, Norfolk;West Rudham, Norfolk;Elkington, Northamptonshire;Tamworth, Staffordshire;Tettenhall, Staffordshire;Akenham, Suffolk;Great Thurlow, Suffolk;Kentford, Suffolk;Rendlesham, Suffolk;Flecknoe, Warwickshire;Lea Marston, Warwickshire;Wellesbourne, Warwickshire;Hannington, Wiltshire;Inglesham, Wiltshire;Ramsbury, Wiltshire;Risby, Yorkshire
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (9)
- NRA 28001 Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Cockburn: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 22522 Moreton Frewen, monetary reformer: corresp and papers
- NRA 22521 Francis Howard, 5th Baron Howard of Effingham, Governor of Virginia
- NRA 25957 Sir Henry Howard, diplomat: corresp and papers
- NRA 17409 Neil Jamieson corresp
- NRA 29865 Lawson family, Barons Burnham: deeds and papers
- NRA 22523 Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bt: American collections
- NRA 19082 Charles E Russell, journalist: papers
- NRA 24302 Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Bt: misc American corresp