Museum of Grenville's Baron

The current holder of Baron de Grenville's title, in Quebec,
also Count of Argenteuil, possesses a real museum dedicated
to Lord William Wyndham Grenville,
who was the first Baron of Grenville in Quebec.

Some pieces are outlined below

The reserved museographic themes evoke
Lord Grenville and his period (during the reign of king Georges III)

1740 - Original engraving uniformed soldiers

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1755 - Beautiful original engraving : Composition entitled "Anglus"

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This engraving depicts King George III and his court.

Engraving by Martin Engelbrecht - Famous German sculptor and engraver (1684-1756)

1763 - Large original engraving of George Grenville

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George Grenville, born October 14, 1712 in Westminster and died November 13, 1770
in London, was a British statesman who was Prime Minister
Britain from 1763 to 1765.
He was the father of Lord William Wyndham Grenville.

1765 - Original engraving civilian clothes

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1773 - St James's square in London

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1775 - Original engraving of King George III of Great Britain

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1775 - Original Engraving of Buckingham House

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This is the first Buckingham Palace
built in 1703 and inserted into the current palace
(see architect's plan above).

1775 - Original Engraving of Oxford market

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1776 - Original engraving of Windsor Castle

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Engraving of Michael Angelo Rooker,
famous English sculptor and engraver (1746-1801)

1777 - Original engraving of the chapel Saint-Georges to Windsor

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Engraving of William Watts - Famous English sculptor and engraver (1752-1851)

1777 - Original engraving of Eton college

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Engraving of William Watts - Famous English sculptor and engraver (1752-1851)

1777 - original engraving property of the Baron Amherst of Montreal

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Jeffery Amherst was born in Sevenoaks, Kent. It was page to the Duke of Dorset.
In 1731, he enlisted in the army and in 1741 became aide-de-camp to General John Ligonier .
He participated in the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745.

Appointed Commander-in-Chief in North America ,
Amherst is planning to attack three armies against Montreal :
James Murray up the St. Lawrence from Quebec
William Haviland from Lake Champlain
and Amherst himself forward from Lake Ontario.
In early September 1760, the junction of the three armed
works perfectly and led to the surrender of the French on September 8.
The Battle of Signal Hill and the surrender of Fort St. John
put an end to the French adventure in North America.

He was the first governor under the military occupation of New France from 1760 to 1763.
Amherst was also governor of Virginia from 1759 to 1768.
It was titled, in 1776, Baron Amherst of Holmesdale .
He was governor of Guernsey from 1770 to 1794. He retired with the title of marshal.

In 1788, another barony was conferred with the title of "Baron Amherst of Montreal".
The above engraving represents his family domain in Sevenoaks, Kent.

Engraving of William Watts - Famous English sculptor and engraver (1752-1851)

Another copy of this engraving is preserved in the Archives of Canada.

1777 - Original engraving of Shrewsbury Castle

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Castle Shrewsbury in Shropshire
is built of sandstone and overlooks a meander of the River Severn.

Engraving of William Watts - Famous English sculptor and engraver (1752-1851)

1777 - original engraving property of the Duchess of Atholl, Kent

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Engraving of William Watts - Famous English sculptor and engraver (1752-1851)

1780 - original engraving property of Constable family in Burton (Yorkshire)

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A building existed on the site since the Middle Ages.
The castle was enlarged and embellished in 1560, then in the 18th century.

Engraving of William Watts - Famous English sculptor and engraver (1752-1851)

1780 - original engraving property
of Baronet Sir William Stanley in Hooton (Houton)

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The site was created in 1487 when Sir William Stanley are building a half-timbered house.
In 1788 the old house was replaced by a mansion called "Hooton Hall"
built in local stone quarries Storeton.
Hooton Hall was designed by architect James Wyatt in the Italian style
"Palladian" for the fifth baronet, Sir William Stanley.

The family sold the property in the nineteenth century after Sir Stanley Massey had failed.
This building was used as a military hospital
during the First World War and was demolished in 1935.
The park was transformed into airbase until 1957
then automobile factory in 1962 (Vauxhall).

Engraving of William Watts - Famous English sculptor and engraver (1752-1851)

1780 - Original engraving uniformed soldiers

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1785 - Original engraving civilian clothes

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1789 - original engraving of Lord Hawkesbury property (near Croydon)

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Charles Jenkinson (1727 - 1808), 1st Earl of Liverpool
known as Lord Hawkesbury
between 1786 and 1796, was a British statesman.

The City of Hawkesbury in Ontario, Canada and the Hawkesbury River in Australia
have been named so when this character was created Baron Hawkesbury.

1790 - A rare original engraving of the Thames in London

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This view was colored by hand.

1791 - Autograph letter of the Honourable Arthur Paget,
Envoy Extraordinary of King George III near
the Elector Palatine and the Minister of the Diet of Regensburg.

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The diplomat requested payment of expenses
for the period from July to October 1790 for a total of 75 pounds.
Note approved by the hand of Lord Grenville to Downing Street on 20 february 1791.

Arthur Paget was the third son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge and his wife
Jane Champagné daughter of Arthur Champagné, dean of Clonmacnoise in Ireland.
He was the younger brother of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey.
He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church College Oxford.
He entered the British diplomatic service in 1791.
In 1794 he was elected member of parliament for Anglesey.
He was sent as envoy extraordinary to Berlin to remind
its obligations King Frederick William II.
He was also Envoy Extraordinary to the Elector Palatine
and the Diet of Regensburg.
Then he was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary first to Naples in 1800
then in Vienna the following year. He remained in Vienna until 1806
and was nicknamed "The Emperor" because of his extravagance.
In 1807, he was then sent to the Ottoman Sultan.

1793 - Original print of a bourgeois woman in London

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1795 - Letters of Junius in two volumes

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Junius is the pseudonym of an author not yet identified a series of letters
published between 1769 and 1772 to support the opposition to George III.

1798 - Original engraving of George Grenville

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Portrait of Charlotte Grenville and his son,
sister and nephew of Lord William Wyndham Grenville, in 1799

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This is Charlotte Grenville, sister of Lord William Wyndham Grenville,
said Lady Williams Wynn and his son Henry Watkin Williams Wynn

1799 - Anonymously pamphlet

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publied by Bertrand Barère (1755-1841)
in response to a speech by Lord William Grenville
in the House of Lords on the necessity of carrying on the war with France.

1799 - Autograph letter of Thomas Jackson,
Minister of King George III at the court of Turin

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The diplomat requested payment of expenses
for the period from January 5 to April 5, 1799 for a total of 75 pounds.
Note approved by the hand of Lord Grenville to Downing Street on 6 July 1799.

Thomas Jackson was Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Turin
and to the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Original engraving of King George III of Great Britain, 1800

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Inset is referred to the attempt on 15 May 1800 to the King, in Hyde Park.

Original engraving of receipt of the Turkish Ambassador and his suite, 1800

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Inset is referred to the attempt on 2 august 1786 to the King, by Margaret Nicholson

1806 - Investigation into the conduct of the Princess Charlotte, Princess of Wales
1813 book with 355 pages

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Princess Charlotte was accused by a nurse of giving birth to a child in secret.
This book traces the investigation by the Commission of Inquiry
and results which acquitted the princess

Here, below, extracts the summary of the case told
several years after the adviser of Queen Victoria:

The Prince of Wales was warned by two of his brothers, the Duke of Kent and the Duke of Sussex,
that the most serious crimes were alleged against the princess. It was really a matter of state.
Two persons of distinction, Sir John. Douglas and his wife, who lived in Blackheath
in the vicinity of the princess, had been received at her closely enough
to discover things that interested the throne. The princess said Lady Douglas,
would have become pregnant as a result of illegal trade, and towards the end of 1802
would secretly gave birth to a male child
who grew up with her in Blackheath. The king wanted that information
would be for the service of the highest figures in the state. Lord Grenville, First Lord of the Treasury,
Lord Ellenborough, the trial judge, Lord Erskine, Chancellor, Lord Spencer, secretary of state,
were involved in this survey under a secret order signed by hand
even the king May 29, 1806. The result of the procedure was that the charge
pregnancy and childbirth underground should be dismissed, but some
peculiarities in the conduct of the princess gave rise to very unfavorable interpretations.
It remained only to sentencing. The king gave his advice in the care of writing.
The bottom line was that we just mentioned: statement
the four lords of the innocence of the Princess of Wales regarding
charges of pregnancy and childbirth clandestine expression
contentment caused the king by the verdict, but need a serious warning to the princess,
because the investigation showed that the circumstances could not be considered without concern.

1806 - Rare engraving of "Cabinet of all the talents"

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Cabinet of all talents is a government formed by Lord William Grenville
following his appointment as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom February 11, 1806.
Lord Grenville aspires to be the most solid government can
and includes ministers of almost all political groups.
The entry of Charles James Fox stirs distrust of the gathering, as King George III,
very long hostile to Fox, but the eagerness of the king to set aside the enmities of the past
in the name of national unity encourages many personalities
to enter the government or support.

1807 -Riders of the regiment of Life Guards of King George III

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Reconstruction of the late nineteenth century

1807 - Riders of the Royal Horse Guards regiment of King George III

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Reconstruction of the late nineteenth century

1808 - Original engraving of Westminster Abbey, Henry VII Chapel - Buttress

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called "The Lady chapel"

Original Engraving published by Robert Dighton in 1808.

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Original hand-colored engraving by Robert Dighton (1751-1814),
famous artist and cartoonist, head of a family of artists from the late 18th
and early 19th century. Topic in academic costume is William Cleaver (1742-1815),
director of Brasenose College 1785-1809,
who was also Bishop of Chester in 1787, Bangor in 1800, and St. Asaph in 1806.
He was the tutor of Lord Grenville.

An interesting feature : To the rear of the engraving
is pasted a sheet of music of the 18th century!

The British Museum also has a copy in his collection of prints.
His specimen was exposed in 2007 by the Museum of London cartoon
on the occasion of a major exhibition of works by Dighton.

1815 - Original of a beautiful official portrait of Lord Grenville

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Another copy of this portrait is part collections
exhibited at the Palace of Versailles in France.

Medal of Princess Charlotte & Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg May 2, 1816

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Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (born January 7, 1796 and died November 6, 1817)
was a member of the British royal family, became Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.
Only child of the Prince of Wales, the future George IV of the United Kingdom
and his wife Princess Caroline of Brunswick, she was designated as the heir
the throne behind his father and grandfather George III of the United Kingdom,
but she died suddenly during her confinement at the age of 21 years
She grew up in a difficult environment, his parents hating each other
because of their arranged marriage, and attended their separation. His father,
Prince George, left his education in the care of nannies and servants, not allowing
that brief encounters with her mother, who eventually left the country.
When Charlotte reached adulthood, it was first decided that she would marry the
future William II of the Netherlands, before his father retracts and make him marry
Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, future king of the Belgians.
She died a year later, giving birth to a stillborn son.

1818 -Riders of the third regiment of Hussars King George III

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Reconstitution of 1898

Book of 62 pages published in 1820 describing
the speech of Lord Grenville in the House of Lords 30 November 1819

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on the marquis of lansdown's motion, that a select committee be appointed
to inquire into the state of the country, and more particulary into the distresses
and discontents prevalent in manufacturing districts, and the execution
of the laws with respect to the numerous meetings wich have taken place.

1820 - original hand-colored engraving
Library of Christ Church College Oxford

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Place of studies of Lord William Wyndham Grenville in 1776/1780

Original of a beautiful private portrait of Lord Grenville, 1820

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"Nugae Metricae" - Book written by Lord William Wyndham Grenville in Oxford in 1824

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It is a mixture of prose in Latin, Greek and English.
Private Edition published by the author. 89 pages, cover calf with golden decorations.
This copy is dedicated to Sir John Newport (1756-1843), politician, banker,
Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer, and the General controller of the Exchequer.
Only 250 copies of this book have been printed.
It is one of the few copies leather cover still in excellent condition.

Original of a beautiful official engraving of Lord Grenville - 1825

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Book about the correspondence of Charlotte Grenville
Sister of Lord William Wyndham Grenville - 1832

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This is the correspondence between Charlotte Grenville, sister of Lord William Grenville,
said Lady Williams Wynn with his three son from 1795 to 1832.

Original official engraving of Lord Grenville - 1834

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Engraving published by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Original official engraving of Lord Grenville - 1839

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1850 - View of Windsor Castle

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Engraving of E. Brandard

Rare original engraving of architecture
of the cathedral Saint-Paul in London - Before 1850

St Paul's Cathedral is the fifth on the site.
The first church was built in the Roman wall.
This building was designed by Sir Christopher Wren.
The cathedral was built between 1675 and 1710. The dome rises to 110 meters (361 ft).

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1860 - Beautiful engraving of the children of King George III

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It is Princess Mary, Princess Sophia and Princess Amelia.

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of the title of Baron of Grenville in Quebec.
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