Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey (1792-1871), President of the Geological Society and the Royal Geographical Society

Letters from various correspondents, including Charles Darwin (149), Sir Francis Beaufort (37, 47, 56), John Gibson Lockhart (22-23, 28, 144), and Caroline Norton (77, 80). The subject matter is personal rather than scientific, although several letters relate to the business of scientific institutions such as the Royal Geographical Society.

A detailed listing of the individual letters follows:

1. Jos. Muter, Brussels, 27 July 1815, 2p.Ms.

2. William Harry Vane, 3rd Earl of Darlington, Raby Castle, 20 September 1819, to 'any Keeper or Person appointed by me to preserve & watch my Game', 1p.Ms. [bearer's letter allowing Murchison shooting rights on Darlington's estates.]

3. Game Duty Certificate D: for the year 1820. Certificate signed by Thomas Bowes, Clerk to the Commissioners, Office of Taxes for Darlington Ward, County Durham, as a receipt for Game Duty paid by Roderick Impey Murchison, 3 August 1820. 2p. printed and Ms.

4. William Harry Vane, Marquis of Cleveland and 3rd Earl of Darlington, n.d. [endorsed '1830'], 3p. Ms.

5. Hudson Gurney, Keswick nr. Norwich, 16 November 1831, 2p.Ms.

6. Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, 2nd Marquis of Northampton, St. James's Hotel, 7 June 1832, 1p.Ms.

7. Henry Lewis Wickham, Downing Street, n.d. [endorsed 'July 1832' but p.m. 10 February], 2p.Ms.

8. Charles William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton [later 5th Earl Fitzwilliam], Milton, 28 December 1832, 2p.Ms.

9. Charlotte Paget, Lady Anglesey, Uxbridge House, n.d. [pencil note states '1832'], 2p.Ms.

10. James David Forbes, Greenhill, Edinburgh, 3 January 1833, 1p.Ms.

11. William Harry Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland and 3rd Earl of Darlington, Newton House [?], 21 January n.y. [w.m. 1832, c.1833], 4p.Ms.

12. Henry Vane, Earl of Darlington [later 5th Duke of Cleveland], no place, n.d. [w.m. 1829, endorsed 'January 1833'], 1p.Ms.

13. Francis Legatt Chantrey, no place, 14 February 1833, 1p.Ms.

14. Henry Philpotts, Bishop of Exeter, 9 Mansfield Street, 17 May n.y. [w.m. 1832, endorsed '1833'], 2p.Ms.

15. E.B. [Elijah Barwell?] Impey, Clapham Common, 9 June 1833, 3p.Ms.

16. F.C. [Francis Legatt Chantrey], Belgrave Place, 15 June 1833, 1p.Ms.

17. Alexander Burnes, no place, 18 December 1833, 2p.Ms.

18. William Henry Sykes, no place, n.d. [w.m. 1832, endorsed '1833'], 2p.Ms.

19. James Parke [later Baron Wensleydale], n.d. [February 1834], 1p.Ms. With a programme of a dinner at the Athenaeum Club, 14 February 1834, in the hand of R.I. Murchison, 2p.Ms.

20. John Barrow, Woburn Place, Russell Square, n.d. [endorsed '1834'], 1p.Ms.

21. Benjamin Collins Brodie [the elder], Saville Row, n.d. [w.m. 1833, endorsed '1834'], 3p.Ms.

22. J.G.L. [John Gibson Lockhart], no place, n.d. [endorsed '1837'], 1p.Ms.

23. J.G.L. [John Gibson Lockhart], S.P. [Sussex Place], n.d. [endorsed 'about 1839?'], 1p.Ms.

24. Sarah Austin, no place, n.d. [endorsed '1841'], 1p.Ms.

25. William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth, Sandwich, 6 January 1842, 3p.Ms.

26. George Cancrin, Court Cancrin, St. Petersburg, 9 November 1843, 2p.Ms. French.

27. Sydney Morgan, Lady Morgan, 11 William Street, 11 April 1845, 3p.Ms.

28. John Gibson Lockhart, no place, 28 March 1845, 1p.Ms.

29. Christopher Leopold von Buch, Baron von Buch, 10 New Bond Street, 25 May n.y. [pencil note states '1845'], 1p.Ms.

30. Henry Hallam, Wilton Crescent, 25 April n.y. [endorsed '1845'], 2p.Ms.

31. Edward Law, Earl of Ellenborough, Charles Street, 21 January 1846, 3p.Ms.

32. Robert Jameson, 21 Royal Circus, 31 January 1846, to John Murray, Albemarle Street, London, 2p.Ms. Endorsed by R.I. Murchison '1846 Prof. Jameson on my Russian work'.

33. Francis Palgrave, Rolls, 29 January 1847, 2p.Ms.

34. Frank Vardon, no place, 11 April 1850, 1p.Ms.

35. William Henry Smyth, 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, 5 April 1851, 2p.Ms.

36. A.G. Rosen [?], Jermyn Street, 24 May n.y. [pencil note states '1851'], 1p.Ms.

37. Francis Beaufort, Admiralty, 2 June 1851, 1p.Ms.

38. Thomas Musgrave, Archbishop of York, 41 Belgrave Square, 15 March 1852, 1p.Ms.

39. Thomas Babington Macaulay, [later 1st Baron Macaulay], Albany, 22 March 1852, 1p.Ms.

40. Charles Wentworth Dilke, 76 Sloane Street, 12 April 1852, 1p.Ms.

41. Abbot Laurence, Legation of the United States, London, 4 October 1852, 2p.Ms.

42. William Henry Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland, 20 Lowndes Square, 30 July 1852, 3p.Ms.

43. John Ponsonby, Viscount Ponsonby, no place, 31 July 1852, 2p.Ms.

44. Edward Geoffrey Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, St. James's Square, 27 April 1855, 2p.Ms.

45. Charles Grant, Baron Glenelg, Albany, 12 October 1853, 2p.Ms.

46. 'The question is settled...'. Note in the hand of R.I. Murchison, quoting 'Lonsdale to me when his articulation failed him, Bath Octr.25.1853'. [presumably William Lonsdale (1794-1871) F.G.S.], 1p.Ms. and endorsement.

47. Francis Beaufort, Gloucester Place, 22 May 1854, 2p.Ms.

48. Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl Zetland, Arlington Street, 21 June 1855, 2p.Ms.

49. [Jonathan] Frederick Pollock, no place, 30 July 1855, 2p.Ms.

50. Richard Collinson, Boldon, Gateshead, 28 November 1856, 2p.Ms.

51. H. J. Hartstene, Ship 'Resolute', Cowes, 16 December 1856, 2p.Ms.

52. H. J. Hartstene, Ship 'Resolute', Cowes, 17 December [1856], 3p.Ms.

53. Count Grinwell, York hotel, Brighton, 30 December 1856, 3p.Ms.

54. Frederick Temple Hamilton Temple Blackwood, 6th Baron Dufferin, No.2 Suffolk Place, Haymarket, n.d. [endorsed '1856'], 2p.Ms.

55. John George Shaw-Lefevre, 8 Spring Gardens, 6 April 1857, 1p.Ms.

56. Francis Beaufort, 11 Gloucester Place, 30 July 1857, 2p.Ms.

57. Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope, Grosvenor Place, 29 January 1858, 1p.Ms.

58. Charles Richard Fox, 1 Addison Road, 6 April 1858, 1p.Ms.

59. Richard Chenevix Trench, Westminster, 23 June 1858, 2p.Ms.

60. George Granville Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland, no place, 22 August 1858, 3p.Ms.

61. [illegible - More?], Fir Grove Lodge, 29 August 1858, to Lady Murchison, 4p.Ms.

62. Charles Gordon Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond, Gordon Castle, 3 September 1858, 1p.Ms.

63. Richard William Penn, 1st Earl Howe, Go-sall, Athlestone, 27 October 1858, 3p.Ms.

64. George Grote, 12 Saville Row, 31 October 1858, 1p.Ms.

65. Charles Richard Fox, Turin, 28 February 1859, 3p.Ms.

66. Edward George Lytton Bulwer, 1st Baron Lytton, Great Malvern, 25 April 1859, 1p.Ms.

67. Charlotte Anne, Lady Buccleuch, no place, 28 September n.y. [pencil note states '1859'], 2p.Ms.

68. Frederick Doyle [?], 15 Maddox Street, 16 June 1862, 2p.Ms.

69. Comte Adlerberg, Tsarskoé Sélo, 2 October 1862, 1p.Ms.

70. Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, - Hall, n.d. [w.m. 1861, endorsed '1862'], 3p.Ms.

71. Philip, Baron von Brunnow, Brighton, n.d. [w.m. 1862, endorsed '1862'], 3p.Ms.

72. William Thomas Knollys, Buckingham Palace, 2 February 1863, 3p.Ms.

73. William Montagu Scott McMurdo, War Office, 2 February 1863, 3p.Ms.

74. Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt, 61 Ebury Street, 4 February n.y. [endorsed '1863'], 3p.Ms.

75. Thomas Davidson, Park Crescent, Brighton, 13 February 1863, 3p.Ms.

76. C[ornelius?] Nicholson, 5 Cleveland Row, St. James's Palace, 4 March n.y. [w.m. 1863, endorsed '1863'], 2p.Ms.

77. Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton, 3 Chesterfield Street, 30 July n.y. [pencil note states '1863'], 2p.Ms.

78. Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl Zetland, Upleatham Place, Redcar, Yorkshire, 18 September 1863, 1p.Ms.

79. Archibald Alison, Glasgow, 28 December 1863, 2p.Ms.

80. [Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton], no place, n.d. [endorsed 'July 1863'], 1p.Ms.

81. George William Frederick Charles, Duke of Cambridge, Gloucester House, 17 February 1864, 4p.Ms.

82. Julie Vogel, 9 Regent Terrace, Edinburgh, 22 June 1864, 4p.Ms.

83. John Simon [?], 17 Hanover Terrace, Regents Park, 28 December 1864, 4p.Ms.

84. James Parke, Baron Wensleydale, 56 Park Street W., 8 January 1865, 1p.Ms.

85. Frederick Temple Hamilton Temple Blackwood, 5th Baron Dufferin, India Office, 10 February 1865, 2p.Ms.

86. Henry John Reynolds Moreton, 3rd Earl of Ducie, Tortworth Court, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, 16 February n.y. [w.m. 1861, endorsed '1865'], 2p.Ms.

87. John Arthur Douglas Bloomfield, 2nd Baron Bloomfield, 45 Rutland Gate, 1 March 1865, 3p.Ms.

88. Austen Henry Layard, Foreign Office, 28 March 1865, 1p.Ms.

89. George Charles Pratt, 2nd Marquis Camden, 16 Grosvenor Square, 23 May 1865, 2p.Ms.

90. Sylvain Van de Weyer, 21 Arlington Street, Piccadilly, 29 May 1865, 2p.Ms.

91. John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, 30 May 1865, 3p.Ms.

92. Ralph Gordon Noel Milbanke, Baron Wentworth, 26 Half Moon Street, 17 June 1865, 1p.Ms.

93. Francis William Rice, 5th Baron Dynevor, 19 Princes Gardens, Kensington, 22 June 1865, 2p.Ms.

94. Edward Drouyn de Lhuys, Paris, 2 October 1865, 1p.Ms.

95. [illegible - Coxe?], Englefield House, Reading, 25 November 1865, 1p.Ms.

96. John Thadeus Delane, 10 Sergeants Inn [?], 30 November n.y. [endorsed '1865'], 2p.Ms.

97. [Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington], Hatfield, 26 December 1865, 2p.Ms.

98. Charles Richard Fox, Bournemouth, Hampshire, 28 December 1865, 3p.Ms.

99. Richard Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam, no place, n.d. [endorsed '1865'], 2p.Ms.

100. Louis Napoleon, Count Randwyck, Claridges Hotel, Brook Street, n.d. [w.m. 1864, endorsed '1865'], 3p.Ms.

101. Paul Belloni Du Chaillu, 129 Mount Street, 11 January 1866, 2p.Ms.

102. George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon, Grosvenor Crescent, 21 June n.y. [pencil note states '1866'], 1p.Ms.

103. D. Katchinowsay, The Athenaeum, 16 July 1866, 2p.Ms.

104. William Maynard Gomm, 6 Cloisters, Windsor, 26 July 1866, 3p.Ms.

105. David Le Marchant, no place, n.d. [w.m. 1865, endorsed '1866'], 1p.Ms. incomplete.

106. Julian Henry Charles Fane, British Embassy, Paris, 17 January 1867, 2p.Ms.

107. Nicolas, Duke of Leuchtenberg, St. Petersburg, 19 January 1867, 1 telegram.

108. George Robert Gleig, War Office, 28 January 1867, 2p.Ms.

109. Philip, Baron von Brunnow, Paris, 15 June 1867, 2p.Ms.

110. William Withey Gull, 12 Prince's Gardens, 2 July 1867, 1p.Ms.

111. Samuel Mackie, 5 St. Peter's Terrace, Kensington Park Road, Bayswater, 22 April 1868, 3p.Ms.

112. Henry Holland, 72 Brook Street, 3 July n.y. [w.m. 1867, pencil note states '1868'], 1p.Ms.

113. Robert Lowe, 34 Lowndes Square, 11 December 1868, 2p.Ms.

114. Andrew Scott Waugh, The Athenaeum, 3 February n.y. [endorsed '1869'], 3p.Ms.

115. George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon, Grosvenor Crescent, 13 February 1869, 1p.Ms.

116. Adolf [?], Count Marschall von Bieberstein, Wollzeil 33, Vienna, 19 February 1869, 1p.Ms.

117. Emily Anne Smythe, Viscountess Strangford, 22 Upper Berkeley Street, 22 May 1869, 4p.Ms.

118. [Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo], Simla, 29 July 1869, to [George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll], 1 telegram informing Murchison of the safe return of Robert Barkley Shaw from Yarkund and Kashgar.

119. [Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington], 22 October 1869, 2p.Ms.

120. George Byng, 7th Viscount Torrington, 4 Warwick Square, 23 November 1869, 1p.Ms.

121. Alexander William Crawford Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford and 8th Earl of Balcarres, Haigh, 5 March 1870, 1p.Ms.

122. Philip, Baron von Brunnow, Chesham House, 30 June n.y. [endorsed '1870'], 4p.Ms.

123. Saba Holland, Holland House, 12 November n.y. [endorsed '1870'], 3p.Ms.

124. Christiana, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein, Frogmore, 28 May 1871, 2p.Ms.

125. Sybil Mary Beauclerk, Duchess of St. Albans, 2 Cromwell Houses, 2 August 1871, 4p.Ms.

126. Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge, St. James' Palace, n.d. [w.m. 1837], 2p.Ms.

127. Henry Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne, Richmond Hill, n.d. [w.m. 1856], 3p.Ms.

128. Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope, Grosvenor Place, 13 December n.y. [w.m. 1857], 1p.Ms.

129. W. Couper, Office of Works, Whitehall Place, 6 March n.y. [w.m. 1858], 1p.Ms.

130. John Gent, Durham School, 27 August n.y. [w.m. 1863], 2p.Ms.

131. Augusta Stanley, Windsor Castle, 16 November n.y. [w.m. 1864], 3p.Ms.

132. Marquis de Beauvoir, no place, n.d., 1p. printed invitation to the marriage of the Comte de Paris and Princess Isabelle d'Orleans.

133. George Hamilton Gordon?, no place, n.d. [pencil note states '1832'], 2p.Ms.

134. Frederick Temple Hamilton Temple Blackwood, 5th Baron Dufferin, India Office, n.d., 1p.Ms.

135. Joseph Philip Robson, 2 Angas Court, Bigg Market, Newcastle-on-Tyne, n.d., 1p.Ms.

136. Sydney Smith, no place, n.d. [w.m. 1839], 1p.Ms.

137. James Parke [later Baron Wensleydale], no place, n.d. [early February 1834], 1p.Ms.

138. Philip, Baron von Brunnow, Chesham Place, n.d., 1p.Ms.

139. John Thadeus Delane, no place, 21 January n.y., 1p.Ms.

140. George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon, Grosvenor Crescent, 1p.Ms.

141. George Augustus Frederick Fitzclarence, 1st Earl of Munster, no place, n.d., 1p.Ms.

142. Richard Monckton Milnes [later Baron Houghton], 16 Upper Brook Street, 16 July [?] n.y., 1p.Ms.

143. [George] De Lacy Evans, 6 Great Cumberland Street, Hyde Park, n.d., 1p.Ms.

144. John Gibson Lockhart, no place, n.d., 3p.Ms.

145. George von Helmersen, no place, n.d., 1p.Ms. French.

146. 'D' [William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth?], no place, n.d. [pencil note states '1865'], 1p.Ms.

147. Edward Hammond Hargraves, no place, n.d., 1p.Ms. incomplete.

148. Sarah Austin, no place, n.d., to Lady Murchison, 1p.Ms.

149. Charles Darwin, Down, Bromley, Kent, 24 no month, n.y., 1p.Ms.