The Substance of Additional Observations Intended to Have Been Delivered in the House of Commons, in the Debate on the Petition of the Roman Catholics of Ireland, on the 13th and 14th of May, 1805. Presentation Copy Signed By Sir John Coxe Hippisley

Hippisley, Sir J. C., Bart.

Published by Printed for R. Faulder, By J. Brettell, London, 1806

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1806 First Edition. Very rare, not published. Presentation copy signed by Sir John Coxe Hippisley. Size octavo, 112 pages. Original paper covered boards, brown boards with blue spine section, paper title label to the spine, page edges rough trimmed. Condition very good, spine rubbed and a little sunned, with loss of the paper to the head of the spine, title label rubbed, hinges rubbed, a few spots to end-papers, 2 couple of spots to the odd occasional page, edges slightly browned, else contents clean. Signed by Sir John Coxe Hippisley to the half-title. Sir John Coxe Hippisley (1748-1825). From 1792 to 1796 he resided in Italy, and was engaged in negotiations with the Vatican, the effects of which were acknowledged in flattering terms by the English government. In 1796 he successfully negotiated the marriage of the reigning Duke of Würtemberg with the Princess Royal of England. For this service he was created a baronet 30 April 1796. The duke granted him the privilege of bearing the ducal arms, with the motto of the order of Würtemberg, Amicitiæ virtutisque fidus, and the grant was confirmed by royal sign-manual 7 July 1797. Hippisley was appointed a commissioner and trustee of the royal marriage settlement. The pecuniary distresses of the last survivor of the Stuarts, Henry Benedict, cardinal York, were first brought under George III's notice through letters addressed to Hippisley by Cardinal Borgia. Hippisley successfully pressed the cardinal's claims for relief. The cardinal bequeathed him several mementoes, now owned by a descendant. He became recorder of Sudbury and M.P. for the borough in 1790. At the general elections of 1796 and 1801 he was not returned to parliament, but he was successful in 1802. He continued to represent Sudbury until 1819, when he finally retired from the House of Commons. While a member of the House of Commons Hippisley strenuously supported Roman Catholic Emancipation, and wrote in favour of the policy, this book is the second of his works on the cause of Catholic Emancipation: 1. Observations on the Roman Catholics of Ireland, 1806. 2. Substance of Additional Observations, intended to have been delivered in the House of Commons, on the Petition of the Roman Catholics of Ireland, 1806. 3. Substance of his Speech on seconding the motion of the Right Hon. Henry Grattan, to refer the Petition of the Roman Catholics of Ireland to a Committee of the House of Commons, 1810. 4. Correspondence respecting the Catholic Question. 5. Letters to the Earl of Fingal on the Catholic Claims. 1813. He was also deeply interested in the treadmill question, and published an octavo volume in 1823, recommending it as a substitute the hand crank mill.

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• Title: The Substance of Additional Observations Intended to Have Been Delivered in the House of Commons, in the Debate on the Petition of the Roman Catholics of Ireland, on the 13th and 14th of May, 1805. Presentation Copy Signed By Sir John Coxe Hippisley
• Publisher: Printed for R. Faulder, By J. Brettell, London
• Publication Date: 1806
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)