Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 729
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 16/29 Nov. 1705
Date	29 November 1705
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Says that they have voted 40,000 men for the 'service' [for the following year's war?]; refers to a party in the House of Lords who wished to have the Elector of Hanover sent for; comments that the queen opposed this and defeated their motion; believes that the group will attempt the same thing in the House of Commons. This document has been identified as being in the hand of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford. Old Style dating on letter.
Term	parliamentary business, debates, Hanover
Term	armies, English, augmentation of

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA19598	George I (1660-1727); King of Great Britain and Ireland	1660-1727
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724
NA29446	Stanhope; Alexander (1638-1707); Mr; English Envoy Extraordinary to the Netherlands 1700-6; father of 1st Earl Stanhope	1638-1707