Papers of Henry Wellesley

This material is held atTaylor Institution Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 486 MSS. Octavo E. 4-8
  • Dates of Creation
    • 18th-19th century
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 5 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Sermons, numbered between 1 and 464, thought to have been formerly owned by Henry Wellesley, and preached between 1753 and 1812. There are also texts and drafts of Wellesley's Anthologia polyglotta, a Greek anthology published in London in 1849.

Administrative / Biographical History

Henry Wellesley (1794-1866) was Principal of New Inn Hall, Oxford, and an art connoisseur. Wellesley also had a talent for languages; he became curator of the Taylor Institution from 1855, and donated his books to the Library. See the Dictionary of National Biography for details.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Given to the Library ?1866.

Note

Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

The Library's card catalogue for manuscripts.

Subjects

Sermons