George I, King of Great Britain, Sir Luke Schaub, the Comtesse de Platen, Robert Walpole
£4,500
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 January 2015 at 11:00 GMT
Description
A large collection of letters, largely relating to Sir Luke Schaub (d.1758) including George I, King. Autograph letter signed [probably to Baroness Sophia Charlotte von Platen und Hallermund, referring to [Sir Luke] Schaub, Lord Carteret, & "l'affaire de Mr. de la Vrilliere", saying he is "bien aise que vous avez surmonté tous les embarras que votre mary vous a causé", 2 pages, integral blank, St. James, 21/10 April 1724; copy of a letter to the Duc de Bourbon, giving his blessing to the proposed marriage of the Marquis de la Vrilliere and the Comtesse de Platen, 3 pages, St. James, 26 Jan. 1724:[Geoge I] Copy letter to the French King, recalling Sir Luke Schaub as his envoy, 1 page, integral blank, Whitehall, 11 April 1724; [George I] Copy letter to [Mme de la Valliere] approving the alliance between her family and that of the Comtesse de Platen and stating that "je fis la demande de la Duché pour le Marquis de la Vrilliere", 2 pages, integral blank, St. James 17/24 March [1724]; Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (1692-1740) Copy of a letter to George I, regarding the above correspondence, 3 pages, Versailles, 24 Jan. 1724; Comtesse de Platen 4 autograph letters signed, to ?Sir Luke Schaub, regarding the negotiations in regard to the marriage of her daughter, Emilie [Amelia] to the Marquis de la Vrilliere, 16 pages, Hanover, 3 April 1723-18 Sept. 1725; Letter from ?William Lock to an unknown correspondent, regarding Sir Luke Schaub's diplomatic activities and Robert Walpole, 14 pages, Nov. 1802; Walpole, Robert Autograph letter signed to Sir Luke Schaub (d.1758), ordering Schaub to send him copies of all his dispatches to Hannover and reassure Cardinal Dubois of his esteem. 4 pages, 6 Jule 1723; Letter signed to Sir Luke Schaub regarding the death of Cardinal Dubois, 2 pages, Whitehall, 12 August, 1723, and 2 contemporary copies of an extract from a letter of George I to Mme. la Comtesse de Platen, relating to the marriage, one page each; Wellington, Duke of. A.L.S. declining invitation from Mr Angerstein, 2 pages, Stow Hall, 24 Nov. 1824; and other material (quantity)
Footnote
Provenance: John Julius Angerstein, contained in metal box, lettered "John Julius Angerstein, Norfolk & Suffolk Estates. Angerstein (1732-1823), London businessman and Lloyd's under-writer, was a patron of the fine arts. It was the prospect that his collection of paintings was about to be sold by his estate in 1824 that galvanised the founding of the National Gallery, London. He had two children, Juliana, who married General Nicolas Sabloukoff of the Russia Service, and John Angerstein, M.P. (1773-1858).
Sir Luke Schaub (1690-1758), British diplomat, chargé d'affaires at Vienna 1715-16, and at Madrid 1719-20. He was envoy to France 1721-24, special envoy to Poland 1730-31 and envoy to Switzerland 1738-43. One of Schaub's daughters, Frederica Augusta, married, in 1767, William Lock, who, with his wife, long dispensed a generous hospitality at his residence, Norbury Park, Mickleham, Surrey.
Baroness Sophia Charlotte von Platen und Hallermund, later Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg, Countess of Darlington and Countess of Leinster (1675-1725) was the half-sister of King George I, being the illegitimate daughter of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover. (1629-98). In 1724, Louis Phelypeaux, comte de St. Florentin, and later marquis and duc de la Vrilliere, (1705-77) married Amelie Ernestine de la Platen.