Key Information
Reference code
KA/IC/H/1
Title
Letters, 1828, to the Secretary of King’s College London from correspondents with surnames or topics beginning with H
Date(s)
- 1828 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
14pp
Scope and content
Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including William Howley (1766-1848), Archbishop of Canterbury, suggesting the new College be built near Regent’s Park; Sir Andrew Halliday (1782-1839), physician, naming William Shrubsole as a shareholder; Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846), history painter and diarist, stating his wish to become an annual subscriber to the College; Leonard Horner (1785-1864), Secretary of London University (later University College London), requesting tickets for opening lectures at King’s. Also includes an anonymous letter from a ‘holder of 5 shares in the King’s College’, complaining about education being mixed with politics.