# Cadogan, William, Earl of.

comprising: eight autograph letters by the 2^{nd Earl Stair as Ambassador at Paris, with news of court politics ("... his [i.e. the Regent Philippe d'Orléans's] court is at present divided and subdivided into so many different cabals, that it is difficult to make any judgment of the parts the severall ministers will play..."), treaties with Russia and Prussia, the ongoing Great Northern War, Spanish moves in Italy, and with intelligence of Jacobite activity and the Duke of Ormond, including attempts to gain Swedish support for the Jacobites, with later letters discussing Sicily, Sardinia, and the finance minister John Law, together with two copy letters by Stair, 29 September 1717 to 14 June 1720; three letters signed by Eugene of Savoy, one concerning the disposition of troops under Count Vehlen during the War of the Quadruple Alliance, 22 June 1715 to 1 April 1719; three letters signed by Lord Galway, asking for financial support on behalf of individual soldiers, 3 February-17 April 1719; letters by Anthony Compton (on the Jacobite Rebellion, 3 pages, 23 January 1716), George Macartney, Lord March ("...Mississippi goes very ill, but our family keeps up their spirits pretty well..."), Lord Sunderland, Lord Torphichen, the Duke of Parma (discussing the terms of the Treaty of the Hague), and two others, together with two copy letters from Stockholm at the outbreak of the War of the Quadruple Alliance; an autograph letter signed by William Cadogan, to his mother, and a draft letter by Cadogan, in French, about the Spanish desire to discuss the return of Gibraltar, and one other document, 16 April 1715-23 December 1720; in total 80 pages, English, French, Dutch, and Italian, chiefly folio and 4to, 1715-1720, some items docketed, each item in a paper folder, dust-staining, nicks and tears, a few items affected by damp}

Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, where appropriate.
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"...the Regent continues to give us the best words in the world, to believe his words HRH has no other views than those of the Quadruple Alliance, to observe his actions one would think that he had entirely given himself up to follow the great views mr Law sets before his eyes..." (Lord Stair to Cadogan, Paris, 15 April 1720)

William Cadogan (1671/2-1726), created Earl Cadogan in 1718, was a highly skilled soldier who rose to prominence as chief of staff to Marlborough. After the accession of George I he played a crucial role in suppressing the 1715 Jacobite uprising, and played important diplomatic roles at The Hague and later Vienna during the period of the Triple and then the Quadruple Alliance.