Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 765
Title	Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], Whitehall, London, to Mr [Alexander] Stanhope; 10/21 Sep. 1706
Date	21 September 1706
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Comments on rumours that there has been a 'general action' between King Charles [XII of Sweden?] and the Duke of Anjou; requests that Stanhope confirm this; reports that Prince Eugene has 'routed' the Duke of Orleans and hopes that Stanhope can confirm this; instructs Stanhope as to how to proceed in the matter of Serongmo? Clifford; says that he will send the relevant documents. 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

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29489	Eugene (1663-1736); Prince of Savoy	1663-1736
NA29447	Charles XII (1682-1718 ); King of Sweden; (acc. 1697)	1682-1718
NA29505	Luis (1707-1724 ); King of Spain; (acc. 1724 on abdication of Philip V; Duke of Anjou?)	1707-1724
NA29506	Philippe de Bourbon (1674-1723); 2nd Duke of Orléans; (nephew of Louis XIV; regent for Louis XV)	1674-1723
NA29507	Clifford; Serongmo? (fl 1706)	fl 1706
NA18634	Charles VI (1685-1740); Holy Roman Emperor	1685-1740
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