Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 682
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], Whitehall, London, to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 24 Oct./4 Nov. 1704
Date	4 November 1704
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Says that he has been permitted to go 'into the country' for reasons of his health and settling his 'own affairs'; comments that Mr Secretary Hedges will deal with any matters which may arise when he is away; encloses copies [not present] of the speech of Queen Anne at the opening of Parliament and the unanimous resolution of the House of Commons passed upon it. Draft of postscript to Mr Stanhope [later 1st Earl Stanhope] in unidentified hand, n.d. [c.4 Nov. 1704]; relays a report that a 'squadron of French ships were come into Gibraltar Bay'; says that Sir J. Leake is preparing to go and 'fall upon them'. Parts of text missing due to damage to document. This document has been identified as being in the hand of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford. Old Style dating on letter.
Term	naval actions, Gibraltar, 1704
	military campaigns, Gibraltar 1704-1705
	parliamentary business, speeches, Queen Anne

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29461	Leake; John (1656-1720); Sir; admiral; M.P.; lord of Admiralty 1709	1656-1720
NA29366	Hedges; Charles (-1714); Sir; politician; lawyer; knighted 1689	-1714
NA18608	Anne (1665-1714); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland	1665-1714
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