Guide to the Collections held by the Northamptonshire Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP)
M2061 - M2063
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2019
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Northamptonshire Record Office
- Title
- Collections held by the Northamptonshire Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP)
- Date Range
- 1832 - 1982
- Collection Number
- M2061 - M2063
- Extent
- 40 items
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Australian Joint Copying Project
- Sponsor
- The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) online portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Papers 1849-59 of Charles Fitzgerald relating to his governorship of Western Australia, and of Valentine Cary Elwes concerning amateur theatricals in Perth.
Papers 1888-95 of Lord Winchilsea on Queensland properties of Weinhalt Estate Co.
Letters 1839-91 of Edward Holthouse and Thomas Le Gay Holthouse written from Adelaide, Ballarat and Auckland.
Papers 1837-50 of Rev. Abner Brown concerning emigration of rural poor to Australia and New Zealand.
Diary 1848-52 of Philip Wake kept on a voyage from Portsmouth to Melbourne and on a sheep station on Loddon River, Victoria.
Journal 1852-53 of Thomas V. Dickins on voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne on Albatross.
Conditions Governing Access
Available for Access.
Conditions Governing Use
Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.
Preferred Citation
Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.
Citation items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.
Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)
Archival History
Material selectively filmed at Northamptonshire Record Office, Northampton, as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1985 (AJCP Reels: M2061- M2063). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.
Existence and Location of Originals
Northamptonshire Record Office. Wootton Hall Park, Northampton, England.For further information see Northamptonshire Archives collections online (http://nro.adlibhosting.com/search/simple).
Existence and Location of Copies
The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn8063965] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Finding-aid Notes
This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), published by the National Library of Australia in 2019. The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.
Dates used in this finding aid refer to the date range of the records selected for filming rather than to the date range of the Series or Files.
Pieces that were not filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project have not been included in this Finding Aid.
Advisory Statement
Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this Finding Aid contains material and descriptive information which may be considered culturally sensitive and may cause distress, including names and images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people now deceased. This Finding Aid contains terms that reflect authors' views or those of the historical period, but which may not be considered appropriate today. While the information may not reflect current understanding, it is provided in an historical context.
Subjects
Adelaide, South Australia: visits to; Albatross (ship); Auckland, New Zealand; Australia; Ballarat, Victoria; Brown, Abner, Rev.; Dickins, Thomas V.; Elwes, Valentine C.; Emigrant voyages; Emigration and Immigration: paupers; Finch-Hatton, Henry, 13th Earl of Winchilsea; Fitzgerald, Charles; Governors and Governors Generals: Western Australia; Great Britain; Holthouse, Edward; Holthouse, Thomas Le G.; Liverpool, England; Loddon River, Victoria; Melbourne, Victoria: immigration to; Perth, Western Australia; Portsmouth, England; Queensland; Theatre; Wake, Philip; Weinhall Estate Co; Western Australia
Bibliography
Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 352, p135.
Item Descriptions
Fonds Adams.. Papers of Adams Family, 1905 - 1907
1 itemFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2061.
Correspondence between J.J. Palmer (Kardella, Victoria) and W. Adams (Kettering), 1905 - 1907 (File 8-13)
Death of Palmer's father; will; financial matters; British elections; three-party system in Australia; Labor Party; Agents-General; need for man to have capital in Australia; family news. (6 documents)
Fonds CE (B). Papers of Cary Elwes Family, 1890 - 1891
2 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2061.
Biographical / Historical
Dudley Cary Elwes (1868-1932) was the son of Valentine Dudley Cary Elwes of Great Billing, Northamptonshire. Like his father, he visited Australia as a young man. He was ordained to the Catholic priesthood in 1896 and worked in Northampton. He was appointed Bishop of Northampton in 1921 and held the office until his death.
Fonds D. Daventry Collection, 1832
1 itemArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2061.
Series 7484. Papers of E.S. Burton of Daventry, November 1832
1 itemFilmed selectively.
Biographical / Historical
Sir William Westbrooke Burton (1794-1888), who was a judge of the New South Wales Supreme Court from 1832 to 1844, was the son of Edmond Burton, a solicitor and town clerk of Daventry, Northamptonshire.
Fonds E (GB). Papers of Elwes Family of Great Billing, 1848 - 1859
6 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2061.
Biographical / Historical
Charles Fitzgerald (1791-1887) was born in County Clare, Ireland, and entered the Royal Navy in 1809. He commanded HMS Buzzard on the west coast of Africa in 1838-40. He was lieutenant-governor of the British settlements on the Gambia (1844-47) and governor of Western Australia (1848-55). In 1848 Fitzgerald married Eleanora Caroline Elwes, the daughter of Charles Elwes of Great Billing. Her brother Valentine Cary Elwes (1832-1909), who inherited the Billing estate in 1866, visited Western Australia in 1854-55.
C. Fitzgerald. Despatch book, August 1848 - November 1849 (File 944)
1 item
Register and copies of official despatches to Lord Grey from Charles Fitzgerald, Governor of Western Australia (106pp.), August 1848 - November 1849 (Item)
Subjects include arrival in Perth; exploration; transmission of reports, regulations and newspapers; applications for emigrants; mineral discoveries; estimates; import duties; disposal of convicts.
C. Fitzgerald. Despatch book (322pp.), November 1849 - December 1851 (File 945)
Register and copies of official despatches to Lord Grey from Charles Fitzgerald. Subjects include arrival of Roman Catholic mission from Spain; appointments; arrival of convicts; transmission of returns, reports and newspapers; discovery of guano at Sharks Bay; establishment of Convict Department; aboriginal prisoners; applications for female convicts; erection of lighthouses; mineral discoveries; postage rates; memorial of T. Peel.
C. Fitzgerald (Perth) to Lord Grey, 20 December 1849 (File 946)
Account of expedition to Champion Bay and Murchison River with A. Gregory; attack by large number of Australian Aboriginals. (4pp., draft).
Proceedings of a meeting to organise amateur theatricals in Perth, Valentine Cary Elwes in chair (3pp.), 8 May 1854 (File 947)
Theatre bills (2 on silk) of three amateur theatricals held at Court House, Perth, July 1854 - September 1854 (File 948)
Sarah Dyett (Perth) to V. Cary Elwes, 1855 - 1859 (File 980-90)
Loan of book; advice on religion and matrimony; behaviour of Mrs E. Fitzgerald; difficulty of returning to England; Governor Kennedy; social events; Bishop M. Hale; family news; marriage of V. Cary Elwes. (11 letters, legibility varies).
Fonds F.H.. Papers of Finch-Hatton Family of Kirby Hall, 1888 - 1895
1 itemFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2062.
Biographical / Historical
Murray Finch-Hatton (1851-1898), 12th Earl of Winchilsea (succeeded 1887), was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford, and was a member of the House of Commons from 1884 to 1887. His main interest was agriculture and he was the founder of the National Agricultural Union. His bothers Harold and Heneage Finch-Hatton lived in Queensland for several years.
Series 2085-94. Papers of Lord Winchilsea concerning Weinholt Estates Company, 1888 - 1895
Papers include deed of mortgage and trust (15 Oct. 1888); 1894 annual report of Weinholt Estates Company; correspondence of Lord Winchilsea with R. Stewart, A. Blackwood (Melbourne) and J. Huggins (Melbourne) concerning inspection and management of properties in Australia; and reports of A. Crombie and W.B. Slade of Saltern Creek, Katandra, Fassifern and Maryvale Stations, Queensland (1895).
Fonds G (K). Papers of Gotch Family of Kettering, 1836 - 1840
1 itemFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2062.
Fonds Holt. Papers of Holthouse Family of Hellidon, 1839 - 1891
5 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2062.
Biographical / Historical
Edward Holthouse (1813-1890) arrived in South Australia on the Duke of Roxburghe in July 1838. He engaged in farming and agency business and was later associated with the Destitute Asylum, Audit Office and South Australian Volunteers. His brother Thomas Le Gay Holthouse (d. 1901) spent some years in New Zealand and arrived in Victoria on the ship Charles in 1853. He practised as a doctor in Ballarat and was the medical officer of the Benevolent Asylum. Another brother Charles Holthouse (d. 1881) was the vicar of Hellidon, Northamptonshire.
Edward Holthouse (Adelaide, Auckland) to parents and other members of family, 1839 - 1871 (File 388)
Strength of dissenters in South Australia; experiences in New Zealand; farming; relations with Maoris; New Zealand economy; Governor R. FitzRoy; return to Adelaide in 1845; purchase of properties; South Australian Constitution; progress of Adelaide; visit to Palmerston. (28 letters, most written crosswise).
Edward Holthouse (Adelaide) to nephew Edwin Holthouse, 1877 - 1887 (File 389)
Family news; medical matters; concern in Australia about New Guinea and New Hebrides; financial matters. (27 letters).
Thomas Le Gay Holthouse (Auckland) to mother and Charles Holthouse, 1841 - 1843 (File 390)
Economic stagnation; financial and family matters. (3 letters, very poor legibility).
Fonds Loake. Records of Loake Bros. Ltd.; shoe manufacturers of Kettering, 1893 - 1896
1 itemFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2062.
Biographical / Historical
John Loake and his brothers Thomas and William opened a shoe factory in Kettering in 1888. It was originally called the Unique Boot Factory. The business has been at the same location since 1894.
Fonds NPL. Northampton Public Library Collection, 1837 - 1850
1 itemFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2062.
Series 1651-1729. Papers of Rev. Abner Brown, Vicar of Pytchley, relating to emigration of rural poor to Australia, 1837 - 1850
The papers, which are in no apparent order, include:
Government Emigration Office. Regulations for selection of labourers for passages to South Australia (1837), Australia and New Zealand (1845), N.S.W. (1848-49).
Notices concerning shipping to Australia.
J. Dixon. Prices for clothing and bedding for emigrants. (1838)
Correspondence of Rev. A. Brown with South Australian Commissioners (1838), Dixon & Co. (1838), Government Emigration Office (1844), Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners (1846-50), Australian Line of Packet Ships (1850) and intending migrants.
Form for J. Flavel seeking free passage to South Australia. (1838)
Bills and receipts for Flavel's party (1838).
Rough estimates of clothing expenses.
List of Bibles and prayer books given to emigrants.
Account books listing purchases on behalf of each migrant.
Draft petition to Poor Law Commissioners concerning emigration of paupers from Pytchley.
Expenses of A. Faulkner and party emigrating to Melbourne (1844).
Accounts of 35 persons emigrating from Pytchley to Adelaide (1850).
Printed extracts from press about conditions on emigrant ships (1850).
Biographical / Historical
Abner William Brown (1801-1872), the son of a plantation owner in Jamaica, was educated at Edinburgh University and Queen's College, Oxford. He was ordained as a priest in 1831 and in the following year became vicar of Pytchley in Northamptonshire. In 1851 he moved to the parish of Gretton, where he lived for the rest of his life.
Fonds WH. Papers of Ward Hunt, 1868
1 itemFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2062.
Biographical / Historical
George Ward Hunt (1825-1877) was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, and was called to the bar in 1851. He was elected to the House of Commons in 1857. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer in the first Disraeli ministry (1868) and First Lord of the Admiralty in the second Disraeli ministry (1874-77). Charles Bowyer Adderley (1814-1905), 1st Baron Norton (created 1878), had a long interest in the colonies, especially New Zealand, and was one of the founders of the Colonial Reform Society (1849). He was a member of the House of Commons (1841-78) and was President of the Board of Trade in the Disraeli Ministry (1874-78).
Fonds X3834. Diary of Philip Wake, 1848 - 1852
1 itemArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2063.
Biographical / Historical
Philip Wake (1830-1863) was the fourth son of Sir Charles Wake, 10th Baronet (succeeded 1846). He spent several years working and travelling in Australia.
Fonds. Miscellaneous Documents, 1852 - 1937
6 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2063.
G.J. Whincop to J.M. Mobbs (Pytchley), 6 January 1937 (File YZ5247)
Search for wills and certificates in pursuit of fortune left by John Mobbs in 1791; money raised by Australian members of family. (copy).
G.J. Whincop to J.M. Mobbs, 15 April 1937 (File YZ5249)
Impending return to Australia; search for 1831 marriage certificate lists addresses of various Mobbs. (copy).
Two cuttings and notes concerning 'Mobbs Millions', referring to meeting in Sydney to form 'Mobbs Millions Investigation Association' (File YZ5250)
Thomas V. Dickins. Journal kept on on voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne (36pp.), 15 November 1852 - 7 April 1853 (File ZA1451)
Detailed account of voyage, including storms, Christmas celebrations, mutiny by sailors, gambling, auctions, visit to Cape Town.
Fonds ZB85. Papers of Attenborough Family, 1855 - 1869
3 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2063.
Biographical / Historical
Thomas Attenborough (1829?-1899) and his sister Mary (d. 1876), who came from Dingley, Northamptonshire, arrived in Port Phillip on the Roxburgh Castle in 1853. In 1856 they purchased land in the parish of Mordialloc and built a house which they called 'Dingley Grange'. They worked assiduously to establish a school and a church in the Dandenong district.
Power of attorney from Thomas Attenborough and Mary Attenborough (Melbourne) to George Attenborough and Richard Attenborough (London), 25 April 1853 (File 6[a])
Fonds ZB91. Documents deposited by Messrs. Becke Phipps, 1865 - 1888
1 itemFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2063.
Fonds ZB324. Records deposited by H.L. Percival of Moulton, 1865 - 1885
3 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2063.
Fonds ZB351/1. Papers of Langley Family, 1879 - 1982
2 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2063.
Fonds ZB351/2. Papers of Dickins Family, 1865 - 1982
4 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2063.
Biographical / Historical
Joseph Dickins (1823?-1900) of Langley, near Kyneton, came to the colony in 1853.