Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 753
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], Whitehall, London, to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 26 Jul./6 Aug. 1706
Date	6 August 1706
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Comments on the progress of the embarkation of the 'foot' and Dragoons; has received the unfortunate news of the death of their ambassador Methuen at Lisbon; hopes that Lord Galway can 'supply that defect' although he cannot leave the army now it is at Madrid. This document has been identified as being in the hand of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford. Old Style dating on letter.
Term	armies, English, manoeuvres
	military campaigns, Madrid 1706
	military campaigns, Iberian Peninsular 1706

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29468	Methuen; John (c.1650-1706); Mr; ambassador to Portugal	c.1650-1706
NA973	Ruvigny; Henry Massue de (1648-1720); 1st Earl of Galway; succ. as 2nd Marquis de Ruvigny 1689; cr. 4th Viscount Galway 1692; cr. 1st Earl of Galway 1697; commanded troops in Portugal and Spain 1704-1710	1648-1720
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