Sir Philip Francis

(1740-1818)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Francis, Philip, Sir, 1740-1818 NRA: Francis Sir Philip (1740-1818) Knight Politician DNB: Francis, Sir Philip (1740–1818), politician and political writer LBT ID: PhFranc1818 VIAF ID: 44804 LOC ID: n85024816	B/BAP: 1740-10-22 DIED: 1818-12-23
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Son of the translator of the same name, and the likely author of the Junius letters; he was first clerk at the war office (1762-72), made a fortune in India, and served in Parliament as a Whig MP.
REFERENCES TO Sir Philip Francis: Lord Byron to Samuel Rogers, 3 March 1818 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Found 1: ¶ 6 George Canning to [John Cam Hobhouse] 10 April 1818 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Found 1: ¶ 9a-2 Sydney Smith to John Whishaw, 13 April 1818 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Found 1: ¶ 9a-2 Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 29 January 1821 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 6 Medwin, Thomas, 1788-1869, Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron (London: Henry Colburn, 1824) Sir Walter Scott Found 1: ¶ 13 Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859, Lord Byron and Some of his Contemporaries (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Mr. Dubois. Found 1: ¶ 2 William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch XIII. 1816-1820 Found 5: ¶ 22 ¶ 23 ¶ 24 ¶ 25 ¶ 27 Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1818 Henry Roscoe, The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833) Chapter XI. 1809-1810 Found 1: ¶ 34 Chapter XXI. Found 1: ¶ 49 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter V 1821 Found 1: ¶ 36 Thomas Grenville to William Jerdan, 27 December 1842 in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Found 2: ¶ 1 ¶ n1 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 16: British Association Found 2: ¶ n1 ¶ n1 C. Kegan Paul, William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Ch. VI. 1794-1796 Found 1: ¶ 20 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter I. 1803-1805. Found 1: ¶ 3 Chapter VIII. 1818-19. Found 1: ¶ 10 Chapter I. 1828-1830. Found 1: ¶ 19 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 22: 1850-53 Found 1: ¶ 17 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch. III: 1805 Found 1: ¶ 55 Ch. V: 1809 Found 1: ¶ 1 Ch. VII: 1811 Found 3: ¶ 1 ¶ 1 ¶ 1 Ch I: 1821 Charles Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Letters: 1821 Found 1: ¶ 1 Whishaw, J. (John), 1764 or 5-1840, The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Chapter XIII: 1806-40 Found 1: ¶ 9a-2