Record

Document Reference	Ne C 177
Title	Letter from [T. Pelham-Holles] 4th Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne [later 1st Duke of Newcastle under Lyne], Hanover [Germany], to Henry Pelham; 6/17 Jul. 1750
Date	17 July 1750
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Complains that he has not received any instructions from the Secretary of State and does not know what to do about the Duke of Wolfenbuttel's demands, the Hanoverian and Hessian prisoners and Nova Scotia; also complains that he has heard nothing about the Staffordshire Riots from the Duke of Bedford so could not give a proper account to the King; reports that he has heard about the treasonable student behaviour at Christ Church as the Solicitor General sent him a full account; observes that the University of Cambridge has accepted all their regulations by the intervention of his friend Mr Hubbard of Emanuel; hopes that the 'principal authors of these Jacobite Riots are like to be discovered'. Letter dated 6/17 Jul. 1750.
Term	governments, Pelham 1746-1754
	Jacobites, England 1748
	royalty, authority of
	prisoners of war, Hanover and Hesse
	civil disorder, Staffordshire 1748

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA12023	Russell; John (1710-1771); 4th Duke of Bedford	1710-1771
NA18756	Hubbard; Henry (1708-1778); Mr; Fellow of Emanuel College Cambridge and a Tory	1708-1778
NA18751	Louis (fl 1748); Prince of Wolfenbüttel; (general)	fl 1748
NA487	Holles; Thomas Pelham- (1693-1768); 1st Duke of Newcastle under Lyne; also 4th Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne; cr. 1756	1693-1768
NA967	Pelham; Henry (1696-1754); Mr; Prime Minister 1743-1754 brother of T. Pelham-Holles 1st Duke of Newcastle under Lyne	1696-1754