Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 750
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], Whitehall, London, to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 16/27 Jul. 1706
Date	27 July 1706
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Acknowledges receipt of Stanhope's letter and others from Lisbon; is satisfied that Madrid is 'in the hands of our friends'; discusses the uncertainty of the news and rumours received from the area; comments on the timetable for the embarkation of troops; says that it is now up to Stanhope to negotiate the [English] succession now that Lord Halifax has 'come away'; says that the queen is ready to guarantee 'their Barriére' [border?] if they guarantee 'our succession'; says that they have agreed all the articles of the union between the 'two kingdoms' [England and Scotland] and have ordered them to be engrossed. This document has been identified as being in the hand of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford. Old Style dating on letter.
Term	military campaigns, Iberian Peninsular 1706
	royalty, succession
	treaties, Articles of Union 1706
	diplomacy, with Scotland
	unification, Great Britain
	military campaigns, Madrid 1706

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29197	Montague; Charles (1661-1715); 1st Earl of Halifax; cr. Baron 1700; cr. Earl 1714	1661-1715
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