Additional Manuscripts: 4th Earl of Chichester

Item

Country

Name of institution (official language of the state)

British Library

Language of name of institution

eng

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Reference number

Add MS 32679-33201

Type of reference number

Archival reference number

Title (official language of the state)

Additional Manuscripts: 4th Earl of Chichester

Language of title

eng

Creator / accumulator

Walter John Pelham, 4th Earl of Chichester

Date note

13th century/19th century

Language(s)

ara

deu

dut

eng

fra

ita

lat

por

spa

Extent

529 storage units

Type of material

Textual Material

Scope and content

This section of the Additional Manuscripts collection is composed of correspondence, memoranda, official records, diplomatic papers, accounting records, court books, legal documents and family papers gathered by Walter John Pelham, 4th Earl of Chichester. The bulk of these miscellaneous records dates from the 18th century. They include records produced by or related to Sephardic Jews from London. Some examples are the following:
Add MS 33057, fol. 310: petitions for naturalisation from Francis Salvador and John Mendes da Costa.
Add MS 32698, fol. 300: letter from Captain Leon Dumas to Benjamin Mendes da Costa in 1741.
Add MS 33053, fol. 382: Joseph Salvador's memorandum to the Duke of Devonshire with the proposal for an Act of the Parliament to permit the naturalisation of foreign-born Jews living in England, by abolishing the mandatory sacramental oath. January 14, 1753. Published by Roth (1938) and Samuel (2004).
Add MS 32928, fols. 60-64: correspondence of Joseph Salvador with the Duke of Newcastle in 1761 and 1762. Published by Woolf (1962). Other letters from Salvador to Newcastle in Add MS 32933.
Add MS 33055, fol. 219: relation of Sampson Gideon's services to the British Government, which outlines his contributions to raising loans to the war with Spain. Circa 1757-8. Published by Sutherland (1946). See also correspondence of Sampson Gideon with the Duke of Newcastle (Add MS 32862, 32864, 32879, 32884, 32885, 32887, 32888, 32890, 32898, 32899, 32901, 32914, 32916, 32938), William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (Add MS 32886) and H. V. Jones (Add MS 32887).

Archival history

The volumes of this section of the Additional Manuscripts were presented by Walter John Pelham, 4th Earl of Chichester to the British Museum in 1886 and 1887.

Administrative / Biographical history

Walter John Pelham, 4th Earl of Chichester (1838-1902) was a British Liberal politician. The eldest son of Henry Pelham, 3rd Earl of Chichester, he took his degree at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1859. Lord Pelham was elected to the House of Commons for Lewes in 1865. His tenure lasted until 1874. Pelham was also Alderman for East Sussex, deputy lieutenant of Sussex and Kent, and Presidente of Brighton College. He died on May 28, 1902, and was buried in Stanmer churchyard. His younger brother Reverend Francis Pelham (1844-1905) succeeded him as the 5th Earl of Chichester.

(source: A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge)