1805–1814. The Townley Marbles, Coins, and Drawings.
Collected by the Townley Family, and chiefly by Charles Townley, of Townley in Lancashire; and acquired by Parliament, by successive purchases, in the years 1805 and 1814, for the aggregate sum of £28,200.
[See Book II, Chapter 2.]
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1807. The Lansdowne Manuscripts.
Collected by William Petty Fitzmaurice, Marquess of Lansdowne (Died 1805), who incorporated in it from time to time parts of the Libraries and Manuscript Collections of William Cecil, Lord Burghley (Died 1598); of Sir Julius Cæsar (Died 1636); of White Kennet, Bishop of Peterborough (Died 1728); of John Strype (Died 1737); of Philip Carteret Webb (Died 1770); and of James West (Died 1772). Purchased by Parliament for the sum of £4925.
[See Book II, Chapter 3.]
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1810. The Greville Minerals.
Collected by Charles Greville. Purchased by Parliament for the sum of £13,727.