William Weller Pepys

(b. Jan. 11, 1740, Lombard Street, City of London, London – d. June 2, 1825, Gloucester Place, Marylebone, London )

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William Weller Pepys (1758-1845), 2nd Baron Pepys, was a lawyer who became Master in Chancery. He was a a member of Elizabeth Montagu’s circle, and corresponded with Hannah More for over forty years. He was a friend of Lord Lyttelton, and defended him against the criticisms made by Samuel Johnson in his Lives of the Poets. He was a close friend of Sir James Macdonald, the “Scottish Marcellus”. Pepys’ correspondence with Elizabeth Montagu, Hester Chapone and others was published in 1904 (ed. Alice Gaussen, London, John Lane).

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Mentioned in 8 letters

Title	EMCO ID
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Hester Thrale Piozzi	1
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Hester Thrale Piozzi	2
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Hester Thrale Piozzi	5
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Hester Thrale Piozzi	7
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to James Beattie	2184
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter	3365
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Hester Thrale Piozzi	3434
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter	3559

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