Record

Document Reference	Ne C 2785
Title	Letter from W. Phillips, Exchequer, London, to H.F.C. Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle under Lyne; 21 Nov. 1774
Date	21 November 1774
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Comments that it 'is over - happily over - with credit, honor and success'; reports that he and General Clinton have seen Lord North who approves and observes that 'This Tryumph has given a spirit to our friends and I realy believe it is better that it has happen'd'; adds 'A much more serious matter may perhaps be in Your Grace's power to do, we want the Duke of Portland's friends'. Date identification is based on research of C. Priestly; dating on letter 'Monday one o'clock'.
Term	elections, general 1774

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA446	Clinton; Henry (1738-1795); Sir; K.B. 1777; M.P.; commander-in-chief in America 1776-78; governor of Gibraltar 1794-95; cousin of 2nd Duke of Newcastle under Lyne	1738-1795
NA977	North; Frederick (1732-1792); 2nd Earl of Guilford; better known as Lord North	1732-1792
NA905	Bentinck; William H.C. Cavendish- (1738-1809); 3rd Duke of Portland; succ. 1762	1738-1809
NA11341	Phillips; William (c.1731-1781); Major-General; 1776 served in Canada under Burgoyne and Carleton; 1781 joined Clinton at New York	c.1731-1781
NA968	Clinton; Henry F.C. Pelham- (1720-1794); 2nd Duke of Newcastle under Lyne; also styled 9th Earl of Lincoln from 1730; born Clinton, but assumed Pelham-Clinton in 1768 as 2nd Duke of Newcastle under Lyne	1720-1794