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Howe, Richard, (1726-1799), Earl Howe, Admiral of the Fleet

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Surname: Howe
Forenames: Richard
Gender: Male
Date: 1726-1799
Title: Earl Howe
Biography: ODNB link for Howe, Richard (1726-1799) Earl Howe, Admiral of the Fleet
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P137629 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P14704 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Richard Howe
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1785-99: corresp and papers
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus

See HMC Papers of British cabinet ministers 1782-1900, 1982
2
misc corresp and papers
University of Michigan: William L Clements Library
See Guide, 1978, p64
3
1781-99: corresp with Lord and Lady Altamont
Kent History and Library Centre
NRA 1301 Knatchbull
4
1775-97: corresp with Lord Bridport
British Library, Manuscript Collections
5
1777-78: corresp with Sir Henry Clinton
University of Michigan: William L Clements Library
See D Syrett, Check List of Howe MSS in US Archives..., 1981
6
1776-99: letters (408) to Sir Roger Curtis
Huntington Library
See Guide 1982
7
1794-95: orders to Sir John Duckworth (copies)
Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library
NRA 18661 Osborn coll
8
letters to George III
Royal Archives
See Later Correspondence of George III, ed AAspinall, 5 vols 1962-70
9
1775-78: corresp with Lord George Germain
University of Michigan: William L Clements Library
See D Syrett, Check List of Howe MSS in US Archives..., 1981
10
1782-87: corresp with Lord Grantham
Bedfordshire Archives
NRA 6283 Wrest Park
11
1778-85: letters to Sir Frederick Haldimand
British Library, Manuscript Collections
12
1776-78: corresp with Sir AS Hamond
University of Virginia Library
See D Syrett, Check List of Howe MSS in US Archives..., 1981
13
1787-88: letters to Lord Hood
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
14
1776-80: letters (22) to Lord Hotham
Hull History Centre (Hull University Archives)
NRA 5408
15
1782-87: letters to Sir Henry Martin
British Library, Manuscript Collections
16
1783-88: corresp with Sir Charles Middleton
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
17
1759-78: letters to 2nd Duke of Newcastle
Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections
NRA 7411 Pelham
18
1758: corresp with William Pitt (21 items)
University of Michigan: William L Clements Library
See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)
19
letters (68) to William Pitt 2nd Earl of Chatham
The National Archives
20
1776-78: letters to Lord Sandwich
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
NRA 5472 Montagu
21
letters and papers in American archives and libraries
See information in published source
See David Syrett, Check List of Howe Manuscripts..., 1981