Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1957 (Accumulation)
- 1725 (Publication)
Level of description
Extent and medium
Fo , 1 volume
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
WELSTED, LEONARD, eldest son of Leonard Welsted (qv); bapt. 3 Jun 1688; adm.; QS 1703; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1707, adm. pens. 12 Jun 1707, aged 18, but did not matr.; Clerk, Secretary of State’s Office; afterwards Clerk Extraordinary (by 1725) and Clerk in Ordinary (from 1730) to Clerk of Deliveries, Ordnance Office; Commissioner for managing State Lottery May 1731; quarrelled with the poet Alexander Pope, who immortalised him in the Dunciad; translated Longinus on the Sublime, 1712; author, Apple-Pye, 1704, and numerous other poems; m. 1st, Frances, dau. of Henry Purcell, Organist of Westminster Abbey; m. 2nd, 4 Dec 1712 (IGI) Anna Maria, dau., of Col. William Walker, Tankerstown, Queen’s Co., Ireland; d. Aug 1747. DNB.
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Access to rare books is granted to bona-fide researchers, by prior appointment, in cases where the item in unavailable at another UK repository.
Conditions governing reproduction
A reprographics service is available to researchers subject to the access restrictions outlined above. Copying will not be undertaken if there is any risk of damage to the item. Copies are supplied in accordance with Westminster School's Policy on Archive and Heritage Collections, and under provisions of any relevant copyright legislation. Permission to reproduce images of items in the custody of Westminster School must be sought from its Governing Body.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Name access points
- Westminster School (Accumulator)
- Greene, Godfrey George Roundell, 1888-1956 (Accumulator)
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Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin