Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 702
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 17/28 Jul. 1705
Date	28 July 1705
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Refers to the success of the Duke of Marlborough; hopes that this will have a positive effect on the alliance; has not had time to lay Stanhope's letter before the queen; states that there is no lord who would advise her to accede to Mr Fogel's request and allow her forces to be commanded by 'one of the States'; suggests that Lord Galway be appointed to rule the forces of the alliance provisionally only for the next campaign and that a more permanent decision be made at a later date; discusses the progress of the negotiations regarding 'contraband'. 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, Portugal 1705
	trade, embargoes, against France
	armies, Anglo-Dutch, command of
	diplomacy, with Netherlands

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA13806	Churchill; John (1650-1722); 1st Duke of Marlborough; created 1702; Marquis of Blandford	1650-1722
NA29471	Fogel; - (fl 1705); Mr; diplomat?; of the Dutch States?	fl 1705
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