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Auction 56  17 Mar 2021
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Lot 701

Estimate: 100 GBP
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Ephemera, John Pitt (1756-1835), 2nd Earl of Chatham (succeeded 1778), a warrant of payment of a pensions on the Civil List, following the death of William Pitt, Jr., drawn up by Thomas Coutts, for payments from 'His Majestys Treasure', 26th October – 3rd November, 1806; the payment to 'the Earl of Chatham & Bishop of Lincoln', each £300; and in trust, 'Lady Lucy Rachel Taylor and Lady Griselda Tekell' each £150, 'for one quarter of the year ended 10 October 1806 on their Pensions of £600 p. ann each', signed by [Sir] Watkin Williams Wynn, with note 'Camden may pay this Order out of 4 ½%', part printed, part handwritten, watermarked paper [W. Turner 1803], perhaps a page from a ledger, folded, good order
The document names:
John Pitt: elder brother of William Pitt Jr., who had died on 23 January, 1806
Lady Griselda Tekell, née Stanhope (1778-1851): married in 1800 to John Tekell; 2nd daughter of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope and Lady Hester, née Pitt, sister of John and William Pitt Jr.;
Lady Lucy Rachel Taylor, née Stanhope (1780-1814): 3rd daughter of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope and Lady Hester, née Pitt, who had caused a scandal by eloping with Thomas Taylor – they were married 26 April 1796 (their elder sister, Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope (1776–1839), the famed adventurer and traveller, had been granted a separate pension of £1200 a year).
The Bishop of Lincoln - Sir George Pretyman Tomline, Bt. (1750-1827): confidant of William Pitt, Jr.. He was an opponent of Catholic emancipation.
John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden (1759-1840): The Earl Camden (1806)
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