BIB_ID
459119
Accession number
MA 14909.18
Creator
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of Kent, 1767-1820, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (5 pages) ; 24.8 x 20 cm
Notes
Written from Kensington Palace.
D'Anseville is Antoine-Nicolas Dandasne-Danseville (1734-1816), former French commandant and ordonnateur of St. Pierre and Miquelon who surrendered the islands to the British in 1793 and was their prisoner for some years after.
"Major Lyons" is probably Charles Lyons (died 1812), town major of Halifax court-martialed and "reduced to penury" in 1798. Edward made appeals to the government on behalf of his widow and children over some years (see Gerald Hamilton-Edwards, Edward, Duke of Kent, and the Lyons Family in Nova Scotia, Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research [vol. LVI no. 225], pp. 39-47).
"Mr. Parkins" is George Isham Parkyns (circa 1750-circa 1820). His oil painting View of the Prince's Lodge, Halifax, Nova Scotia is in the Royal Collection Trust (RCIN 404247).
Part of a collection of letters from Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, to Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet (MA 14909).
D'Anseville is Antoine-Nicolas Dandasne-Danseville (1734-1816), former French commandant and ordonnateur of St. Pierre and Miquelon who surrendered the islands to the British in 1793 and was their prisoner for some years after.
"Major Lyons" is probably Charles Lyons (died 1812), town major of Halifax court-martialed and "reduced to penury" in 1798. Edward made appeals to the government on behalf of his widow and children over some years (see Gerald Hamilton-Edwards, Edward, Duke of Kent, and the Lyons Family in Nova Scotia, Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research [vol. LVI no. 225], pp. 39-47).
"Mr. Parkins" is George Isham Parkyns (circa 1750-circa 1820). His oil painting View of the Prince's Lodge, Halifax, Nova Scotia is in the Royal Collection Trust (RCIN 404247).
Part of a collection of letters from Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, to Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet (MA 14909).
Provenance
Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Acknowledging receipt of November 10 letter on December 16; thanking for congratulations on safe arrival in England and inquiries on health, which is improved; reporting he has made "repeated applications" on behalf of Mr. Longueville and his family to both the office for the relief of the Emigrants and the Treasury; remarking on the case of the prisoner Monsieur D'Anseville; informing of a petition given to the "Secretary at War" regarding a particular person; requesting Wentworth to think of some position for "poor Major Lyons"; expressing gratitude to Mr. Parkins [sic] for sending "his view of the Lodge" and agreeing to "your request in his favor, that he may style himself draughtsman to me"; conveying good wishes to Wentworth's son and wife; reports no prospects for appointment to Ireland or elsewhere and so must enjoy current leave.
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