Guide to the PRO Personal Collections (as filmed by the AJCP)
PRO 30
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2018
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Public Record Office. Great Britain. Personal Collections
- Title
- Public Record Office. Personal Collections (as filmed by the AJCP)
- Date Range
- 1605 - 1938
- Collection Number
- PRO 30
- Extent
- 675 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 contributions 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
The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) filmed papers in nine of the collections of individuals in PRO 30.
The AJCP filmed the Hatton (PRO 30/45), Northcote (30/56) and Lord Kitchener (PRO 30/57) Papers in their entirety. Each of these Series have distinctive features.
The Hatton Papers is an artificial Series, in that the records were Home Office official papers that for some reason passed out of the custody of the Home Office and were acquired by Joseph Hatton.
The Northcote Papers are distinctive in that they were assembled in Australia rather than Britain, the letters all relating to Lord Northcote's term as Governor-General. Although only three correspondents are represented in the Series, no other personal papers of Lord Northcote are known to have survived.
The other seven Series have all been filmed selectively and in some cases the selections form a very small proportion of the total collection. Of the seven individuals who assembled the papers, six were British politicians, including two Prime Ministers (William Pitt (PRO 30/8) and Lord John Russell (PRO 30/22) and four Secretaries of State for the Colonies (Russell (PRO 30/22), Edward Cardwell (PRO 30/48), Lord Granville (PRO 30/29), Lord Carnarvon (PRO 30/6).
The remaining Series is somewhat different in that it dates from the twentieth century, was assembled by an official and businessman, Sir Alan Anderson (PRO 30/68), and deals with a single subject, the shipment of Australian wheat to Britain during World War I.
The subject matters of these political Series vary considerably. The Pitt Papers, the only eighteenth century collection, contain documents on the first British settlement in Australia, the establishment of the Pacific whale fishery, and British economic and strategic interests in South East Asia.
The papers filmed in the other Series include material on convicts and transportation (Abbot, Russell), appointments of governors, self-government for the colonies (Russell, Carnarvon), the withdrawal of imperial troops from the colonies (Cardwell, Granville), and British interests and annexations in New Guinea and the Pacific (Russell, Carnarvon, Granville).
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 National Archives of the UK. Further advice is available from: The National Archives of the UK. Copyright
Preferred Citation
Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material (The National Archives of the UK) and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.
Citation of items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material (The National Archives of the UK) and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.
Example: TNA Series: CO 201/429, New South Wales. Original Correspondence. Despatches May-June 1850 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)
Further information on TNA citation guidelines in available at The National Archives of the UK
Archival History
Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, National Library of Australia, 2017-2020.
Material selectively filmed as part of the Australian Joint CopyingProject. AJCP Reels: 6093-6118 (PRO 30/6 - Carnarvon Papers); AJCP Reel: 5992 (PRO 30/8 - Pitt Papers); AJCP Reel: 6322 (PRO 30/9 - Abbot Papers); AJCP Reel: 5993 (PRo 30/22 - Russell Papers); AJCP Reel: 6801-6803 (PRO 30/29 - Granville Papers); AJCP Reel: 6091 (PRO 30/45 - Hatton Papers); AJCP Reel: 6800 (PRO 30/48 - Cardwell Papers); AJCP Reel: 4098 (PRO 30/56 - Northcote Papers) and AJCP Reel: 6321 (PRO 30/68 - Anderson Papers)
Existence and Location of Originals
The National Archives of the UK (TNA).
Series Reference: PRO 30. For further information, see PRO 30 at The National Archives UK. ((http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C659)
Related Materials
The National Archives of the UK has acquired other personal or semi-personal Series from government departments and in such cases the Series are grouped with the other records of those departments. The AJCP also filmed a number of Foreign Office, Treasury and Cabinet Office Series consisting of papers of Ministers or officials.
Finding Aid Note
Dates used in the this finding aid refer to those of the records selected for filming by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) rather than to the date range of the original Series or File.
This online inding aid, published by the National Library of Australia in 2018, is a revised version of the original papers AJCP Handbooks:
Australian Joint Copying Project. Handbook Part 9: Public Record Office Personal Collections, National Library of Australia, reprinted 1991.
and
Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 11: Public Record Office, Classes filmed in the final five years of the Australian Joint Copying Project, National Library of Australia, printed 2005.
Because the nine Series differ considerably in size, content and arrangement, the descriptive lists prepared by the AJCP do not have the uniformity of the other TNA (PRO) finding aids. In some cases there is simply a general description, in others a list of pieces with brief details of subject content and in others a detailed calendar.
It is hoped that the descriptive list will alert the attention of researchers firstly to the existence of some of the personal papers held in the Public Record Office and secondly to the important and varied Australian and Pacific source material in the collections of The National Archives of the UK.
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.
Bibliography
First published as:
Australian Joint Copying Project. Handbook Part 9: Public Record Office Personal Collections, National Library of Australia, reprinted 1991.
and
Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 11: Public Record Office, Classes filmed in the final five years of the Australian Joint Copying Project, National Library of Australia, printed 2005.
Administrative History
Records acquired by the The National Archives of the UK, by means of gift, deposit or purchase from individuals, families or organisations are in a special Series, PRO 30. Most of the Series in PRO 30 in the Series comprise papers of individuals who were involved in public life.
The PRO (Public Record Office) was the previous name of The National Archives of the UK.
Item Descriptions
Fonds PRO 30/6. Papers of Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon (as filmed by the AJCP), 1858 - 1885
66 items,Correspondence received while Secretary of State for Colonies, 1874-1878. Subjects of correspondence selectively filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project include: covered in the correspondence include: annexation of Fiji and official appointments, return of British troops to Australia, honours and appointments, and Pacific labour trade.
From 1879-1882 correspondence covered the organisation of the Colonial Defence Commission, and colonial defences, and while Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1885-1886 he wrote about denominational education in Australia.
Archival History
Material was selectively filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP Reels 6093-6118).
Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, National Library of Australia, 2017-2020.
Existence and Location of Originals
The National Archives of the UK (TNA).
Series Reference: PRO 30/6. For further information, see PRO 30/6, Carnarvon Papers, at The National Archives of the UK. (http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C11952)
Existence and Location of Copies
The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2087268] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Subjects
Earl of Carnarvon (1831-1890); Australia; Oceania; Fiji; Indigenous Australians; Aboriginals, Australia; King Thakombau; Gordon, Sir Arthur Charles Hamilton; Tonga; Samoa; Norfolk Island; New Guinea; Sarawak; Bowen, Sir George Ferguson; Goodenough, James Graham, Commodore; New Zealand; Weld, Sir Frederick Aloysius; Childers, Hugh Culling Eardley; Federation, Australian; Grey, Sir George; Hawaii; Pacific labour trade; Parkes, Sir Henry; Stanley, Sir Edward; Victoria; Colonial Defence Commission; Missions and missionaries; Darling, Sir Charles Henry; Defence, naval; Suter, Andrew Burn, Bishop; Maori Wars; South Australia; Robinson, Sir Hercules George Robert; Defence, military; Cakobau, King of Fiji; France; Rosario, H.M.S.; Barry, Sir Redmond; Berry, Sir Graham; Daintree, Richard; Duffy, Sir Charles Gavan; Forrest, Sir John; Hackett, Sir William; Hobart, Tasmania; Macleay, Sir George; Selwyn, George Augustus, Bishop; Tonga; Basilisk, H.M.S.; Ireland; Leveson-Gower, Granville George; Milne, Sir Alexander; Moran, Patrick Francis, Cardinal; Moresby, John, Capt.; Pearl fisheries; Roman Catholic Church; Acland, Sir Thomas; Cairns, Sir Hugh McCalmont; Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Denison, Sir William Thomas; Colonial Office; Maoris; Pitcairn Island; Torres Strait; Adelaide, South Australia; Canada; Hamilton, Lord Claud; Hay, Lord John; Heathcote, Sir William; Kingsley, Charles; Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition (1866); Murchison, Sir Roderick; Nicholson, Sir Charles; Wentworth, William Charles; Wilberforce, Samuel, Bishop; Bannister, Saxe; Hale, Mathew Blagden, Bishop; Nixon, Francis Russell, Bishop; Peel, Jonathan, General
Biographical / Historical
Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert (1831-1890), 4th Earl of Carnarvon (succeeded 1849).
Carnarvon began his official career as Under-Secretary for the Colonies in the Conservative Government led by Lord Derby in 1858-1859. In June 1866 he joined Lord Derby's third Ministry as Secretary of State for the Colonies, but resigned in March 1867 on the question of parliamentary reform.
From February 1874 to January 1878 Carnarvon was again Secretary of State for the Colonies, resigning this time on the question of Disraeli's Eastern policy.
He was Chairman of the Royal Commission on Defence of Colonial Possessions from 1879 to 1882 and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from June 1885 to January 1886. He visited South Africa and Australia in 1887-1888.
Series (Pieces: 1-52). Secretary of State for Colonies: Correspondence, 1874 - 1878
63 items,
The Queen and her personal staff, February 1874 - July 1875 (File 1. AJCP Reel No: 6093-6094)
Subjects include annexation of Fiji; Sir Hercules Robinson's mission to Fiji; presentation of yacht to King Thakombau; appointment of Sir Arthur Gordon as Governor of Fiji; name of Fiji; war club of King Thakombau; Fijian mortality rate; photograph of Indigenous Australians.
The Queen and her personal staff, July 1875 - July 1876 (File 2. AJCP Reel No: 6094)
Subjects include measles epidemic in Fiji; presentation of statues of Royal Family to Melbourne Public Library; death of Commodore J. Goodenough; photographs of Fiji; passage from New Zealand for brother of J. Brown; site for capital of Fiji; despatches of Sir Arthur Gordon; completion of telegraph to New Zealand.
The Queen and her personal staff, July 1876 - January 1878 (File 3. AJCP Reel No: 6094-6095)
Subjects include statue of Queen for Melbourne Public Library; N.S.W. appointment for J. Fuller; site for capital of Fiji; new Parliament House in Melbourne; Norfolk Island; completion of telegraph to Western Australia; Sir Arthur Gordon.
Prince of Wales and his personal staff, March 1874 - January 1878 (File 4. AJCP Reel No: 6095)
Subjects include statues of Royal Family for Public Library of Victoria; dinner for Sir George Bowen; proposed visit to Australia by Prince of Wales.
Cabinet. First Lord of the Admiralty, February 1874 - February 1878 (File 5. AJCP Reel No: 6096)
Subjects include mission to Fiji of Commodore J. Goodenough; terms of annexation; ships and troops for Fiji; gift of H.M.S. Rosario to New Zealand; honour for Commodore Goodenough.
Cabinet. Lord Chancellor, May 1874 - August 1877 (File 6. AJCP Reel No: 6096)
Subjects include annexation of Fiji; appointment of Sir Arthur Gordon as Governor; the establishment of a court for the South Pacific; report of Sir George Bowen on Australia; possible annexation of New Guinea; resignation of W. Cairns as Governor of Queensland.
Cabinet. Chancellor of the Exchequer, March 1874 - January 1878 (File 7. AJCP Reel No: 6096)
Subjects include Fijian appointments; Fijian loan; New Zealand loan; financial proposals of Sir Julius Vogel; mission of J. Froude to South Africa and Australia.
Cabinet. Foreign Secretary, February 1874 - January 1878 (File 8. AJCP Reel No: 6097)
Subjects include annexation of Fiji; name of Fiji; French interest in New Guinea.
Cabinet. Home Secretary, Postmaster General, Lord Privy Seal, Irish Secretary, March 1874 - August 1877 (File 9. AJCP Reel No: 6097)
Subjects include F. Weld; colonial appointments.
Cabinet. Secretary for India, February 1874 - August 1877 (File 10. AJCP Reel No: 6097)
Subjects include Fiji; possible annexation of New Guinea.
Cabinet. Prime Minister, February 1874 - January 1878 (File 11. AJCP Reel No: 6097-6098)
Subjects include annexation of Fiji; appointment of Governor of Fiji; possible visit of Prince of Wales to Australia; Sir Julius Vogel; possible return of British troops to Australian colonies; colonial honours.
Cabinet. Secretary for War, March 1874 - January 1878 (File 12. AJCP Reel No: 6098)
Subjects include need for engineers in Fiji; defence of Fiji; possible return of British troops to Australia; proposed commission on colonial defences.
Official. Duke of Cambridge, Royal Family, February 1874 - October 1877 (File 14. AJCP Reel No: 6099)
Subjects include return of British troops to Australian colonies; appointment of Sir William Jervois to advise Australian colonies on defences; address from Melbourne on marriage of Duke of Edinburgh.
Official. Speaker, Law Officers, Local Government Board, Board of Works, May 1874 - February 1878 (File 16. AJCP Reel No: 6099)
Subjects include naturalist J. Young; N.S.W. constitutional crisis; Pacific Islanders Protection Bill.
Official. Under-Secretaries, May 1874 - January 1878 (File 17. AJCP Reel No: 6099)
Subjects include Colonial Stocks Bill; Pacific Islanders Bill; New Zealand loan; Sir Julius Vogel; situation in Samoa.
Honours and appointments, February 1874 - December 1877 (File 20. AJCP Reel No: 6100)
Subjects include Sir Edward Deas Thomson; Sir William Jervois; Sir George Macleay; G.E. Dalrymple; Sir Julius Vogel; Sir James Hector; Sir Anthony Musgrave; A. Macalister; R. Daintree; Sir Arthur Blyth; Bishop G.A. Selwyn; Sir Henry Parker; Sir Redmond Barry; Sir William Robinson; Sir Charles Gavan Duffy; Sir Arthur Gordon.
Lord Stanley of Alderley, T.B. Potter, May 1874 - January 1878 (File 21. AJCP Reel No: 6100)
Subjects include protection of Sandwich Islanders; annexation of Fiji; H. Parkes; free trade in N.S.W.
Colonial Governors. Australia, March 1874 - February 1878 (File 25. AJCP Reel No: 6101)
Correspondence between Carnarvon and State Governors. Western Australia: F. Weld (ff. 1–13), W. Robinson (ff. 14–69), Sir Harry Ord (ff. 70–2); Queensland: Lord Normanby (ff. 74–108), W.W. Cairns (ff. 109–26); South Australia: W.W. Cairns (ff. 127–8); Tasmania: C. Du Cane (ff. 130–6), F. Weld (ff. 137–54); New South Wales: Sir Hercules Robinson (ff. 156–247); Victoria: Sir George Bowen (ff. 248–430).
Subjects include introduction of responsible government in Western Australia; transfer of F. Weld to Tasmania; transfer of Lord Normanby to New Zealand; annexation of Fiji; J. Forrest; divisions within Hobart society; relations between squatters and free selectors in N.S.W.; honours; mission of Sir Hercules Robinson to Fiji in 1874; Australian defences and use of Imperial troops; H. Parkes; A. Garran; political factions in Victoria; visit of Sir George Bowen to Canada and Pacific Islands; political crisis in Victoria in 1876; G. Berry; protection in Victoria; obstacles to Australian federation; 1877 Victorian elections; Sir Charles Gavan Duffy; relations between Legislative Assembly and Council in Victoria.
Colonial Governors. New Zealand, Fiji, March 1874 - February 1878 (File 39. AJCP Reel No: 6102)
Correspondence between Carnarvon and Sir James Fergusson, Lord Normanby (ff. 1–176), Sir Arthur Gordon (ff. 177–361).
Subjects include ownership of Pacific Islands; annexation of Fiji; possible transfer of Norfolk Island to New Zealand; prerogative of mercy; return of Sir James Fergusson to Britain; honours; abolition of provinces in New Zealand; public finances; Sir Julius Vogel; Sir George Grey; plans of Sir Arthur Gordon for Government of Fiji; appointment of colonial officers; mission of Sir Hercules Robinson to Fiji; first impressions of Fiji; E. Layard; native lands; revenue; village burnings; relations with Tonga and Samoa; Gordon's interest in another governorship.
Colonial. Miscellaneous. A-B, 1874 - 1878 (File 42. AJCP Reel No: 6102)
Correspondents Include Lord Belmore, Sir Redmond Barry.
Subjects include appointment of Sir W. Hackett to Fiji; appointment of Sir James Martin as Administrator of N.S.W.; commutation of death sentence in N.S.W.; Pacific Islanders Bill; Melbourne Public Library.
Colonial. Miscellaneous. C-F, 1874 - 1878 (File 43. AJCP Reel No: 6103)
Correspondents include Lord Canterbury, H.C.E. Childers, Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, C. Du Cane, W. Vesey Fitzgerald, W. Forster, Sir James Fergusson.
Subjects include annexation of Fiji; the Colonial Museum; prerogative of mercy in Victoria; departure of C. du Cane from Tasmania.
Colonial. Miscellaneous. G-J, 1873 - 1878 (File 44. AJCP Reel No: 6103)
Correspondents include J. Goodenough, Lord Grey, E. Knatchbull Huggesson, A.B. Hope.
Subjects include annexation of Fiji; Sir Julius Vogel; Consul E. March (Fiji); N.S.W. Deceased Sister Act; Colonial Marriages Bill.
Colonial. Miscellaneous. K-M, 1874 - 1878 (File 45. AJCP Reel No: 6104)
Correspondents include Lord Kimberley, E. Layard, J. Lowther, Duke of Manchester, J. Moresby.
Subjects include Fiji Commission; use of British troops in colonies; discoveries by Basilisk in New Guinea; French expedition to New Guinea.
Colonial. Miscellaneous. N-R, 1874 - 1878 (File 46. AJCP Reel No: 6104-6015)
Correspondents include H. Parkes.
Subjects include visit of J. Churchill to N.S.W.; mission of Sir Hercules Robinson to Fiji; speeches of H. Parkes; restrictions on Chinese immigration into Queensland.
Colonial. Miscellaneous. S-W, 1874 - 1878 (File 47. AJCP Reel No: 6105)
Correspondents include Lord Stanley, G. Verdon, Sir Julius Vogel.
Subjects include Pacific labour question; colonisation of New Guinea; statue of Prince Albert for Melbourne; construction of cable to New Zealand.
Correspondence, memoranda, newspaper cuttings, 1874 - 1877 (File 48. AJCP Reel No: 6105)
Includes four memoranda on acreage; estimated revenue and expenditure; annexation and history of Fiji.
Memoranda, cuttings. Colonial, 1873 - 1877 (File 50. AJCP Reel No: 6106)
Includes thirteen memoranda on Queensland pearl fishery; New Guinea's mineral wealth; Fiji missionaries; Pacific labour trade; reports from E. Layard in Fiji; telegraph between Sydney and New Zealand.
Memoranda, cuttings. Colonial, 1874 - 1877 (File 51. AJCP Reel No: 6106)
Includes eighteen memoranda on Pacific labour trade; Fiji Commission; Commodore J. Goodenough; annexation of Fiji; Victorian politics; New Zealand stock; Chinese poll tax in Queensland; N.S.W. Legislative Council; Sir Hercules Robinson.
Correspondence etc. Colonial Defence Commission, 1879 - 1882 (File 52. AJCP Reel No: 6106)
Correspondence about the organisation of the Commission between Carnarvon and Lord Kimberley, Lord Cranbrook, Sir Michael Hichs-Beach, H.C.E. Childers, Sir Henry Holland, Sir Alexander Milne and Lord Granville.
Series (Pieces: 65-66). Correspondence, Memoranda etc. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, June 1885 - October 1885
3 items,Series (Piece: 76, 125). Publications (Colonial Office. Confidential), 1880 - 1885
2 items,Series (pieces 132-133). Papers as Under-Secretary of State for Colonies, 1858 - 1859
2 items,
Colonial memoranda, 1858 - 1859 (File 132. AJCP Reel No: 6107)
Australian and New Zealand memoranda (ff. 104–209), mostly written by Carnarvon.
Subjects include Australian federation; New Zealand politics; N.S.W. politics; Australian constitutions; Maoris; military affairs in New Zealand; railway from Lyttelton to Christchurch; New Zealand New Provinces Act; separation of Moreton Bay from N.S.W.; Northern Australian Exploring Expedition; Australian postal communications.
Colonial memoranda, 1858 - 1859 (File 133. AJCP Reel No: 6107)
Subjects include Church affairs in Victoria; bishopric of Brisbane; Roman Catholic ecclesiastical titles in colonies; ecclesiastical jurisdiction of Norfolk Island; transfer of Straits Settlements to Colonial Office; changes in governorships; cession of Fiji; annexation of Sarawak; colonial defences.
Series (Pieces 134-159). Correspondence as Colonial Secretary, 1866 - 1867
26 items,This Series was oriignally tiled "Secretary of State for Colonies, 1866-1867" in the AJCP Handbook. Part 9. PRO 30/6.
Correspondents. A, July 1866 - March 1867 (File 134. AJCP Reel No: 6108)
Correspondents include: Sir Thomas Acland, C. Adderley.
Subjects include: Pitcairn Islanders; colonial bishoprics; H. Sewell; appointment of Governor of Western Australia.
Correspondents. B, July 1866 - March 1867 (File 135. AJCP Reel No: 6108)
Correspondents include Sir George Bowen, Sir James Brooke, T. Gore Brown, Duke of Buckingham.
Subjects include appointment at Melbourne Mint; request of Sir George Bowen for transfer from Brisbane; currency question; Australian federation; naming of port in Queensland after Carnarvon; honours; appointment of Governor of N.S.W.; Colonial Office business.
Correspondents. Ca, July 1866 - March 1867 (File 136. AJCP Reel No: 6108)
Correspondents include Sir Hugh Cairns, Duke of Cambridge, Archbishop of Canterbury, E. Cardwell, Sir George Bowen.
Subjects include martial law in colonies; colonial Church; consecration of Bishop A.B. Suter and Bishop W. Sawyer; conduct of Sir Charles Darling; Sir George Grey; currency question in Queensland.
Correspondents. Ce-Cu, July 1866 - March 1867 (File 137. AJCP Reel No: 6108-6109)
Correspondents include W. Church, B. Cochrane, D. Cooper, Sir Walter Crofton.
Subjects include formation of colonial association; appointment of superintendent of police in Western Australia; H. Lefroy; convict management in Western Australia; Hawaiian Mission.
Correspondents. Da-De, July 1866 - March 1867 (File 138. AJCP Reel No: 6109)
Correspondents include Sir William Denison, Lord Derby.
Subjects include colonial Church; request by Victoria for naval assistance; honours.
Correspondents. De-Dy, July 1866 - March 1867 (File 139. AJCP Reel No: 6109)
Correspondents include Lord Derby.
Subjects include general colonial matters; appointments.
Correspondents. E, July 1866 - March 1867 (File 140. AJCP Reel No: 6110)
Correspondents Include Sir Philip Egerton. T. Elliot, Bishop E. Browne (Ely).
Subjects include appointment of Governor of Western Australia; Sir Charles Darling; appointment of Comptroller of Convicts in Western Australia; stipends of clergy in Western Australia; military campaign in New Zealand.
Correspondents. F, July 1866 - March 1867 (File 141. AJCP Reel No: 6110)
Correspondents include Lord Forester, W. Franks.
Subjects include appointment of Governor of New Zealand.
Correspondents. Ga-Gr, July 1866 - March 1867 (File 142. AJCP Reel No: 6110-6111)
Correspondents include F. Gisborne, A. Gordon.
Subjects include extension of telegraph to Australia.
Correspondents. Gr-Gy, July 1866 - March 1867 (File 143. AJCP Reel No: 6111)
Correspondents include Sir John Grant, H. Grogan, G. Grove.
Subjects include appointment of Deputy Surveyor-General of Western Australia and Colonial Treasurer of Queensland.
Correspondents. Gr, July 1866 - March 1867 (File 144. AJCP Reel No: 6111)
Correspondence between Carnarvon and Sir Charles Grey.
Subjects include appointment of bishops; construction of Albert Tower in Adelaide; Royal Society of N.S.W.; Melbourne Exhibition; police magistracy in Western Australia; Sir Charles Darling.
Correspondents. Ha-He, July 1866 - March 1867 (File 145. AJCP Reel No: 6111-6112)
Correspondents include Lord Claud Hamilton, Lord Harrowby, Lord John Hay, E. Hawkins, Sir William Heathcote, E. Henderson.
Subjects include extension of governorship of Sir George Bowen; appointment of Comptroller of Convicts in Western Australia; Governorship of Western Australia; M. Lefroy.
Correspondents. He-Hy, July 1866 - March 1867 (File 146. AJCP Reel No: 6112)
Correspondents include R. Herbert, A. Hodgson, A.B. Hope.
Subjects include return of R. Herbert from Queensland; Queensland politics; Sir George Bowen; visit of A. Hodgson to England; Bishopric of Labuan.
Correspondents. I-K, July 1866 - March 1867 (File 147. AJCP Reel No: 6112-6113)
Correspondents include W. Kemp, C. Kingsley.
Subjects include Church in South Australia.
Correspondents. L, July 1866 - March 1867 (File 148. AJCP Reel No: 6113)
Correspondents include H. Lefroy, Sir Edward Lugard, Lord Lytton.
Subjects include need for Engineers officers in Victoria; appointment of Deputy Surveyor-General of Western Australia; military affairs in Victoria.
Correspondents. Ma, July 1866 - March 1867 (File 149. AJCP Reel No: 6113)
Correspondents include J. Macdonald, Lord Malmesbury.
Subjects include honour for G. Verdon.
Correspondents. Me-Mu, July 1866 - March 1867 (File 150. AJCP Reel No: 6113-6114)
Correspondents include H. Merivale, A. Mills, Sir Roderick Murchison.
Subjects include Pitcairn Islanders.
Correspondents. Mo, July 1866 - March 1867 (File 151. AJCP Reel No: 6114)
Correspondence between Carnarvon and Lord Monck, Governor-General of Canada.
Correspondents. N-Pe, July 1866 - March 1867 (File 152. AJCP Reel No: 6114)
Correspondents include Sir Charles Nicholson, Bishop S. Wilberforce.
Subjects include telegraph communication with Australia; W.C. Wentworth; colonial bishops.
Correspondents. Pe-Py, July 1866 - March 1867 (File 153. AJCP Reel No: 6114)
Correspondents include General J. Peel, Bishop M.B. Hale.
Subjects include command of military forces in Australia; appointment of E. Hampton as Comptroller-General in Western Australia.
Correspondents. R, July 1866 - March 1867 (File 154. AJCP Reel No: 6115)
Correspondents include Sir Hercules Robinson, Sir Frederic Rogers, Lord Rosslyn.
Subjects include Victorian defences; colonial bishoprics; appointment of police magistrate in Western Australia.
Correspondents. Sa-St, July 1866 - March 1867 (File 155. AJCP Reel No: 6115)
Correspondents include Lord Stanley.
Subjects include colonial appointments.
Correspondents. St-Sy, July 1866 - March 1867 (File 156. AJCP Reel No: 6116)
Correspondents include Lord Stanley, Bishop A.B. Suter.
Subjects include Bishopric of Nelson.
Correspondents. T-V, July 1866 - March 1867 (File 157. AJCP Reel No: 6116)
Correspondents include H. Taylor, G. Verdon.
Subjects include Bishop F. Nixon; S. Bannister; Victorian Mint; Victorian defences; colonial honours.
Series. Colonial Papers. Registered Series., 1866 - 1867
1 item,
Africa and Australia, July 1866 - March 1867 (File 160. AJCP Reel No: 6117)
Printed and handwritten memoranda, including notes of conversations.
Subjects include: extension of telegraph to Australia; naval defenses of Victoria; Melbourne docks; alleged acts of inhumanity by troops in New Zealand; political affairs in South Australia; sentences passed on convicts in Western Australia.
Fonds PRO 30/8. Papers of William Pitt (as filmed by the AJCP), 1766 - 1808
103 items,The Australian Joint Copying Project selectively filmed records relating to the first British settlement in Australia, the establishment of the Pacific whaling fishery and British economic and strategic interests in South East Asia. As well as papers of William Pitt (the Younger) there are letters written to John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham (1756–1835), who held a number of offices in his brother's Government.
Also filmed is a letter written to their father, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, who was M.P. 1735-1766, Secretary of State 1756-1757 and 1757-1761, and Prime Minister in 1766-1768.
Archival History
Material selectively filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP Reel 5992).
Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.
Existence and Location of Originals
The National Archives of the UK (TNA).
Series Reference: PRO 30/8. For further information, see PRO 30/8, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, at The National Archives of the UK. (http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C11954)
Existence and Location of Copies
The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2087277] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Subjects
William Pitt (1759-1806); John Pitt, Earl of Chatham (1756-1835); East India Company; convicts; New South Wales; East Indies; East Indies: commerce; New Guinea; Hawaii; East India Company; East Indies; First Fleet; China; Great Britain, Navy Board; Timor; Netherlands; Manila, Philippines; Baring, Sir Francis; Bathurst, C.; Cape of Good Hope; Dundas, Henry; Phillip, Arthur, Capt.; Pitt, William; Royal Admiral, ship; Stewart, Robert, Viscount Castlereagh; Campbell, Duncan; Enderby, Samuel; Hamilton, Douglas; Nepean, Sir Evan; Sirius, H.M.S.; South Sea Company; Sumatra; Neptune, ship; Vestal, H.M.S.; Banks, Sir Joseph; Forrest, Thomas, Capt.; Young, Sir George; Japan; Java; Malacca
Biographical / Historical
Known as the Chatham Papers at the The National Archives of the UK, most of the papers selected for filming are those of William Pitt (The Younger) (1759–1806). A Tory M.P. 1781–1806, he was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1782 and became Prime Minister in 1783, at the age of only 24. He held both offices until 1801. Pitt re-entered office as Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1804 and died in office in 1806.
Series (Piece 31). Correspondence of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham and Lady Hester (Grenville), 24 November 1766
1 item,Biographical / Historical
William Pitt (1759–1806)
Series (Pieces: 110-361). Papers of William Pitt (The Younger), 1763 - 1805
46 items,Correspondence arranged alphabetically
Letters of William Eden, Lord Auckland, 5 January 1795 (File 110 (ff. 241). AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 item,Lord Auckland to Pitt, complains of exclusion from Government; urges cruisers be sent to Dutch colonies in East Indies
Letters to William Pitt Jnr., 27 December 1785 (File 111. (Part 3) (ff. 271-280). AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 item,F. Baring to Pitt, formation of King's Company of Philippine Islands to unite commerce of Asia and America and South Seas
Letters to William Pitt Jnr., 11 September 1797 - 27 February 1805 (File 112. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 items,
Letters to William Pitt Jnr., 10 February 1792 (File 113 (ff. 80). AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 item,J. Bentham to Pitt, penitentiary system could be established at much less cost than convict hulk system
Letters to William Pitt Jnr., 1794 (File 114 (ff. 152-153). AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 item,Capt. E. Bond to Pitt, seeks command of East Indiaman as reward for carrying out convicts to N.S.W. on Royal Admiral
Letters to William Pitt Jnr., 31 January 1795 (File 118 (ff249-251). AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 item,I. Byers to Pitt, proposes attack on Dutch settlements in East Indies
Letters to William Pitt Jnr., 20 July 1787 - 16 February 1805 (File 121. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 item,
Letters to William Pitt Jnr., 1789 (File 124 (ff. 195-196). AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 item,J. Colnett to [Pitt], n.d.: account of seizure of Colnett's ship by Spanish vessels on voyage to north-west Pacific
Letters to William Pitt Jnr., 13 March 1791 (File 126 (ff. 28-34). AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 item,S. Cottrell to Pitt, meeting of Board of Trade and East India Company; encloses proposal on trade and navigation in Pacific Ocean and Eastern Seas
Letters to William Pitt Jnr., 1787 (File 129. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
2 items,Letters to William Pitt Jnr., 1790 (File 133. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 item,
S. Enderby to Pitt, sends statement on southern whale fishery; seeks right to sail and fish in Pacific Ocean; neither South Sea Company nor East India Company have fisheries, 30 August 1790 (Item ff. 33–4. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
S. Enderby to Pitt, offers ships to carry stores to Botany Bay, 30 August 1790 (Item ff. 35–6. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
S. Enderby to Pitt, complains of duty on produce of southern whale fishery, 30 May 1798 (Item ff. 39–40. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
Letters to William Pitt Jnr., 1789 (File 134)
1 items,
Letters to William Pitt Jnr., 21 May 1792 (File 136 (f. 268). AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 item,J. Fowell to Pitt, seeks compensation on account of loss of property of late Lieut. N. Fowell when Sirius was wrecked
Letters to William Pitt Jnr., 1791 (File 138)
1 item,
Letters to William Pitt Jnr., 26 January 1787 (File 141)
1 item,Duke of Hamilton to Pitt, recommends pardon for G. Miller, sentenced to transportation; encloses letter and character references from W. Napier, J. Cleland, M. McCullock and others
Letters to William Pitt Jnr., 1789 - 1805 (File 148)
1 items,Letters to William Pitt Jnr., 1787 (File 160)
1 items,
Letters to William Pitt Jnr., 25 December 1787 (File 163 (ff 51-52). AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 item,E. Nepean. Memorandum on James Matra
Letters to William Pitt Jnr., 13 September 1797 (File 166 (ff. 106-107). AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 item,H. Perfect to Pitt, wishes to settle in N.S.W.; knowledge of sugar growing and other forms of farming
Letters to William Pitt Jnr., 29 October 1790 (File 168 (ff. 47–49). AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 item,W. Popham to Pitt, submits plan for conquest of Philippines
Letters to William Pitt Jnr., 1786 - 1792 (File 171. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 item,
W. Richards to Pitt, agreement with Navy Board and East India Company on Botany Bay convict ships, 28 September 1786 (Item ff. 17–19. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
W. Richards to Pitt, requests reply to plan submitted to Treasury on regulation of convicts, 7 September 1789 (Item ff. 20–1. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
W. Richards to Pitt, prevailing opinion no more convicts will be sent to Botany Bay; economical nature of Richards' scheme, 8 January 1791 (Item ff. 22–3. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
W. Richards to Pitt, corrects statement on cost of maintaining convicts in hulks, 22 April (Item ff. 24–5. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
W. Richards to Pitt, comparison of costs of D. Campbell and Richards in maintaining convict hulks, 17 April 1788 (Item ff. 26–9. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
W. Richards to Pitt, renews offer of scheme for maintaining convicts, 29 March 1788 (Item ff. 30–1. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
W. Richards to Pitt contract to carry convicts to Botany Bay; suggests ships return with East India Company cargoes, 9 September 1786 (Item ff. 32–3. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
W. Richards to Pitt, difficulties raised by shipowners; believes passage from Botany Bay to China may be performed in less than three months, 6 October 1786 (Item ff. 34–5. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
W. Richards to Pitt, superiority of Richards' plan for carrying convicts to N.S.W. to that of D. Campbell, 4 April 1792 (Item ff. 40–1. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
Letters to William Pitt Jnr., 1786 (File 173. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 item,
Letters to William Pitt Jnr., 22 January 1790 (File 176. (ff. 88–90). AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 item,D. Scott to [Pitt], Dutch Commercial Treaty; Dutch annoyance at British settlement at Prince of Wales Island and opposition to any settlements further east
Letters to William Pitt Jnr., 8 August 1795 (File 182 (ff. 65). AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 item,W. Tasker to G. Rose, valuation and sale of Dutch East India ships
Letters to William Pitt Jnr., 10 August 1788 - 23 August 1788 (File 183, AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 item,
Letters to William Pitt Jnr., 8 April 1796 (File 185 (ff. 63–68). AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 item,Capt. G. Vancouver to [Lord Spencer], encloses memorial on capture of Dutch East Indiaman; publication of account of voyage; payments made to A. Menzies
Letters to William Pitt Jnr., 19 October 1790 (File 192 (ff. 9–16). AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 item,N. Wraxall to Pitt, advantages and drawbacks of attacks on various Spanish colonies; difficulty of attacking Pacific colonies or Philippines
Miscellaneous Papers of William Pitt, 6 May 1786 (File 195 (ff. 81). AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 item,Pitt to J. Rolle, decision not yet made on destination for convicts; ships will be procured to transport about 1,000 convicts
Petitions, 28 September 1787 (File 220 (f. 131). AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 item,Petition of W. Powell against sentence of transportation
Admiralty, 1789 - 1792 (File 246. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 item,
Admiralty Papers, [n.d.] (File 250 (ff. 185-188). AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 item,J. Ewart. Memorandum on time required to sail from Cape of Good Hope to New Zealand and across Pacific to America
Victualling Office, 1799 (File 252 (ff. 170-183). AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 item,Accounts of tonnage of transport employed at various stations (including N.S.W.) in each month
Admiralty, 1787 - 1788 (File 258 (ff. 16-39). (Part 2) AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 item,Account of voyage of frigate Vestal to Cape of Good Hope, Christmas Island, Java, Natal and Plymouth
Whale Fishery, 1763 - 16 May 1790 (File 259. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 item,
Account of bounties paid to vessels fitted out for southern whale fishery, 1777 - 1786 (Item f. 191. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
Account of number of ships fitted out in Scotland for southern whale fishery, 1763 - 1785 (Item f. 192. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
Account of number of ships now fitting out In Scotland for Greenland and southern whale fishery, 6 April 1786 (Item f. 193. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
Account of number of ships fitted out in Britain for southern whale fishery, 1763 - 1785 (Item f. 199. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
Spain, [n.d.] (File 341 (ff. 113-116). AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 items,Memorandum on legislative amendments required to open up South Sea fishery in accordance with recent Convention with Spain
East India Company, 1786 - 1787 (File 353. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 items,East India Company. Heads of H Dundas' budget speech, 1788 - 1791 (File 354 (Part 3). AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 items,East India Company, 1788 (File 355. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 items,India, 1790 (File 360. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
1 items,Series (Pieces 365-366). Papers of John Pitt, 2nd Earl Chatham, 26 February 1791 - 20 October 1808
7 items,Letters to John PItt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, 26 February 1791 - 10 January 1794 (File 365. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
Sir Charles Middleton to Lord Chatham, history of Navy Board's administration of transports; refers to 'Botany Bay business', 10 January 1794 (Item ff. 58–60. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
Capt. J. Blankett (Macao) to Lord Chatham, account of voyage to East Indies, including Timor, 26 February 1791 (Item ff. 217–18. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
Letter to John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, 19 October 1807 - 20 October 1808 (File 366. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
Sir Edward Pellew (Madras) to Lord Chatham, naval operations in East Indies; Lord Minto, 19 October 1807 (Item ff. 231–4. AJCP Reel No: 5992)
Fonds PRO 30/9. Papers of Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester (as filmed by the AJCP), 1799 - 1802
14 items,Correspondence filmed selectively by the Australian Joint Copying Project date from period when Abbot was Chief Secretary for Ireland and concern convicts and transportation to Australia.
Archival History
Material selectively filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP Reel 6322). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.
Existence and Location of Originals
The National Archives of the UK (TNA).
Series Reference: PRO 30/9. For further information, see PRO 30/9, Abbot Papers (Colchester), at The National Archives of the UK. (http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C11955)
Existence and Location of Copies
The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2087286] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Subjects
Charles Abbot (1757-1829); British Politicians: Correspondence; Convict transportation; Australia; Ireland; Convict ships; Botany Bay, New South Wales; Atlas, ship; Bentinck, William Henry Cavendish; Cornwallis, Charles; Fox, L., Judge; Hayes, Sir Henry Browne; Hercules, ship; Marsden, A.; Wolfe, Arthur; Yorke, Philip
Biographical / Historical
Charles Abbot (1757-1829) entered the House of Commons in 1797. After serving on a number of committees he was appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1801. In 1802 Abbot became the Speaker of the House of Commons, a position he occupied until 1817, when he retired with a peerage.
Series (Pieces 105-173). Chief Secretaryship, Ireland Papers of Charles Abbot (CA), 1st Baron Colchester, November 1799 - 1802
14 items,The Irish Papers. (Irish Correspondence), 1801 - 1802 (File 112. AJCP Reel No: 6322)
6 items,
C. Abbot to Judge L. Fox (Limerick), sends report by Judge R. Day on case of Sir Henry Hayes; enormity of offence; sentence should be commuted to transportation for life, 25 July 1801 (Item ff. 57-60. AJCP Reel No: 6322)
L. Fox (Cork) to [Abbot], sentence of death on Sir Henry Hayes; power of respite rests with executive government; similar sentence passed on T. Murphy, 18 August 1801 (Item ff. 61-2. AJCP Reel No: 6322)
L. Fox (Monagh) to [Abbot], trial of T. Murphy; likely effect of different punishments on public mind, 2 September 1801 (Item ff. 63-7. AJCP Reel No: 6322)
W. Grant to Abbot, case of Sir Henry Hayes; appeals for further mitigation of sentence, 22 October 1801 (Item ff. 187-8. AJCP Reel No: 6322)
[Lord Hardwicke correspondence], 26 August 1801 - 15 September 1801 (File 113. AJCP Reel No: 6322)
3 items,
Lord Chancellor of Ireland to Lord Hardwicke, trial of Sir Henry Hayes; criticises Abbot for directing Judge to signify sentence was not to be executed (extract), 26 August 1801 (Item ff. 52-5. AJCP Reel No: 6322)
[A. Marsden correspondence], 23 January 1802 - 6 February 1802 (File 114. AJCP Reel No: 6322)
2 items,
Lord Hardwicke correspondence (File 118 (f. 311). AJCP Reel No: 6322)
Memorial of T. Neilson to Lord Hardwicke appealing against sentence of transportation for stealing soap to value of sixpence passed by Lifford Assizes
Fonds PRO 30/22. Papers of Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (as filmed by the AJCP), 1835 - 1875
169 items,Correspondence includes letters and memoranda on convicts and transportation, the appointment of Governors and other colonial appointments, self-government for the Australian colonies, British interests in the Pacific.
Archival History
Material selectively filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP Reel 5993). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.
Existence and Location of Originals
The National Archives of the UK (TNA).
Series Reference: PRO 30/22. For further information, see PRO 30/22, Lord John Russell: Papers, at TNA.
Existence and Location of Copies
The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn564983] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Subjects
John Russell; 1788-1900Earl Russell (1792-1878); Convicts; Convict transportation; ; Aboriginals, Australian; France; Norfolk Island; Grey, Sir George; Hawaii; Selwyn, George Augustus, Bishop; Victoria; Ireland; Roman Catholic Church; Missions and missionaries; Defence, naval; Denison, Sir William Thomas; Great Britain, Colonial Office; Sarawak; Canada; Maori Wars; South Australia; Wilberforce, Samuel, Bishop; Hale, Mathew Blagden, Bishop; New Zealand; Tasmania; Arthur, Sir George; Colonial Land and Emigration Commission; New Zealand Company; Wakefield, Edward Gibbon; Gladstone, William Ewart; Labouchere, Henry; Pacific Naval Station; Royal Navy; Villiers, George; Goldfields; Shenandoah (ship); New Caledonia; Governors; Fiji; Defence, military; Church of England; Penang, Malaysia; Constitutional law: Australia; Franklin, Sir John; Howard, George William, Viscount Morpeth; Hume, Joseph; Port Arthur, Tasmania; Gipps, Sir George; Polding, John Bede, Archbishop; Tahiti; Wakefield, Edward Gibbon; Wellesley, Arthur (1st Duke of Wellington); Fitzroy, Sir Charles Augustus; Hornby, Sir Phipps, Admiral; Jervis, Sir John; West Indies; Ballarat, Victoria; Eureka rebellion; Auckland, New Zealand
Biographical / Historical
Lord John Russell (1792-1878). Son of the 6th Duke of Bedford, Russell was a Whig M.P. from 1813-1817 and 1818-1861. Offices which he held included Leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Commons 1835-1855, Home Secretary 1835-1839, Secretary of State for War and Colonies in the Melbourne Government in 1839-1841, Prime Minister 1846-1852, Foreign Secretary in the Aberdeen Government 1852-1853, Secretary of State for the Colonies in the Palmerston Government Feb.–July 1855, Foreign Secretary in the Palmerston Government 1859-1865, and Prime Minister 1865-1866.
Series (Pieces 1E-117). Correspondence and Papers, 2 October 1835 - 16 January 1875
170 items,Political correspondence, memoranda and reports, 8 December 1837 - 13 December 1837 (File 2F. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
3 items,
Archbishop of Dublin to Russell, criticises system of loading colonies with worst reprobates, 8 December 1837 (Item ff. 213–14. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Political and administrative correspondence and memoranda, 15 April 1838 - 20 April 1838 (File 3A. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
3 items,Political correspondence, 9 May 1838 - 20 June 1838 (File 3B. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
2 items,Political and administrative correspondence, 12 December 1838 - 29 August 1839 (File 3C. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
7 items,
Russell to Lord Melbourne, Canadian rebels should be transported to Van Diemen's Land, 12 December 1838 (Item ff. 82–3. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Russell. Memorandum on changes in transportation system and free emigration to Australia, [n.d.] (Item ff. 162–3.AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Russell to Lord Melbourne, submits resignation on account of Government's conduct of colonial affairs, 2 February 1839 (Item ff. 184–5.AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Notes on transportation and secondary punishment, 2 February 1839 (Item ff. 186–204. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Lord Hill to Lord Normanby, proposed rearrangement of infantry battalions, including those in N.S.W., 29 August 1839 (Item ff. 433–5. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Political correspondence and memoranda, 2 September 1839 - 6 June 1840 (File 3D. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
2 items,Correspondence and memoranda, 2 September 1840 - 22 October 1840 (File 3E. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
2 items,Political correspondence and memoranda, 10 March 1841 - 22 April 1841 (File 4A. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
5 items,
Lord Devon to Russell, seeks information on appointment of Bishop of New Zealand, 27 Feb. [1841] (Item f. 132. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
R. Stewart to Russell, seeks appointment as Governor of Port Phillip, 10 March 1841 (Item ff. 135–7. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Politcal correspondence, 19 August 1841 - 13 November 1841 (File 4B. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
3 items,Political correspondence, 26 June 1844 - 17 July 1844 (File 4C. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
4 items,
J. Stephen to Russell, Sir James Stirling willing to be Governor of New Zealand, 10 Sept. [1842] (Item f.87. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
J. Somers to Russell, submission of New Zealand Company to Select Committee on affairs of New Zealand; Russell's agreement with Company in 1840, 26 June 1844 (Item ff. 190–1. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Political and personal correspondence, 20 December 1844 - 26 October 1845 (File 4D. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
4 items,
Lord Palmerston to Russell, emigration and condition of labouring classes, 20 December 1844 (Item ff. 36–40. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Lord Palmerston to Russell, discussions with France on Tahiti and weakness of British port defences, 9 January 1845 (Item ff. 106–8. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Political and personal correspondence, 3 January 1846 - 30 June 1846 (File 5A. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
2 items,Political and administrative correspondence, 17 September 1846 - 27 September 1846 (File 5C. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
2 items,Political and administrative correspondence, 26 December 1846 - 29 December 1846 (File 5G. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Lord Bessborough to Russell, fisheries; emigration proposals, 26 December 1846 (Item ff. 61–2. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
4 items,
Russell to Lord Bessborough, emigration to colonies, 29 December 1846 (Item ff. 119–20. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Political and administrative correspondence, 8 January 1847 - 27 January 1847 (File 6A. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
4 items,Political and administrative correspondence and memoranda, 5 May 1847 - 31 May 1847 (File 6C. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
2 items,Administrative and electoral correspondence, 27 June 1847 - July 1847 (File 6D. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
2 items,Political and administrative correspondence and memoranda, 9 March 1848 (File 7B. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
1 item,Political and administrative correspondence and memoranda, 17 May 1848 - 30 August 1848 (File 7C. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
6 items,
T.F. Kennedy (Dublin) to Russell, trial of W. Smith O'Brien, T. Meagher and J. Mitchel, 17 May 1848 (Item ff. 55–6. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
F. Scott and others to Russell, objects of Society for Promotion of Colonization, 6 June 1848 (Item ff. 139–41. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Propositions to be considered by Committee on Colonization from Ireland, July 1848 (Item ff. 199–201. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Lord Grey to Russell, colonial matters; Mitchel should be sent to Van Diemen's Land with ticket of leave, 20 July 1848 (Item ff. 259–60. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Political and administrative correspondence, 15 September 1848 - 29 December 1848 (File 7D. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
6 items,
Sir George Grey to Russell, possibility of Smith O'Brien issuing subpoena against Russell, 15 September 1848 (Item ff. 78–9. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Sir John Jervis to Russell, subpoena served on Russell to attend Smith O'Brien trial, 19 September 1848 (Item ff. 99–100. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Sir Charles Wood to Russell, possibility of reducing naval strength in eastern Pacific and increasing it in East Indies and Australia, 25 November 1848 (Item ff. 249–50. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Lord Clarendon (Dublin) to Russell, emigration plan; trial of Gavan Duffy, 17 December 1848 (Item ff. 304–9. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Political and administrative correspondence, 29 March 1849 - 29 May 1849 (File 7F. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
3 items,Political and administrative correspondence, 19 August 1849 - 22 September 1849 (File 8A. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
3 items,Political and administrative correspondence, 15 October 1849 - 21 November 1849 (File 8B. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
4 items,
Lord Grey to Russell, power of Australian legislatures to alter their constitutions; defence of Labuan, 15 October 1849 (Item ff. 77–8. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Sir John Hobhouse to Russell appointment of Recorder of Penang, 27 October 1849 (Item ff. 169–70. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Political and adminstrative correspondence, 14 December 1849 - 11 January 1850 (File 8C. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
4 items,
Lord Grey to Russell, self-government for Cape Colony; refers to assistance of J. Stephen with Australian Constitution, 14 December 1849 (Item ff. 61–4. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Lord Grey to Russell, Order-in-Council on transportation to N.S.W., 20 December 1849 (Item ff. 91–2. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Political and administrative correspondence and memoranda, 27 March 1850 - 2 May 1850 (File 8D. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
4 items,
Lord Grey to Russell, proposal of J. Morphett and W. Hutt for House of Lords in South Australia, 27 March 1850 (Item ff. 143–4. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Lord Grey to Russell, despatch from Van Diemen's Land on land sales, 21 April 1850 (Item f. 208. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Political and administrative correspondence and memoranda, 19 June 1850 (File 8E. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
1 item,Political and administrative correspondence and memoranda, 4 October 1850 - 30 October 1850 (File 8F. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
2 items,Administrative correspondence and memoranda, 1846 - 1850 (File 8G. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
3 items,Political and administrative correspondence, 6 January 1851 - 8 January 1851 (File 9A. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
2 items,Political correspondence, 11 February 1851 - 18 February 1851 (File 9B. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
2 items,Political and administrative correspondence and memoranda, 9 August 1850 - August 1851 (File 9E. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
2 items,Political and administrative correspondence, 4 October 1851 (File 9G (1). AJCP Reel No: 5993)
1 item,Political correspondence and defence memoranda, 5 February 1852 (File 10B. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
1 item,Political, adminstrative and Crimean war correspondence, 20 September 1854 - 30 October 1854 (File 11E. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
4 items,
F.L. Arthur to Russell, death of Sir George Arthur, 20 September 1854 (Item ff. 91–2. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Lord Clarendon to Russell, foreign affairs; annexation of Sandwich Islands, 25 September 1854 (Item ff. 125–6. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Political correspondence, July 1854 - December 1854 (File 11F. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
5 items,
Sir George Grey to Russell, Colonial Church legislation; thanks for comments on Australian Acts, 6 November 1854 (Item ff. 13–14. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Correspondence on Constitution of South Australia, July 1854 - December 1854 (Item ff. 184–9. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
(printed)
Sir George Grey to W.E. Gladstone, debt to New Zealand Company charged on land sales, 14 December 1854 (Item ff. 287–8. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Political correspondence and memoranda, 23 February 1855 - 24 February 1855 (File 12B. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
3 items,Political correspondence and memoranda, 7 March 1855 - 26 March 1855 (File 12C. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
4 items,
Sir George Grey to Russell, colonial matters; Ballarat disturbances, 7 March 1855 (Item ff. 49–52. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Sir George Grey to Russell, no news from Sir Charles Hotham; influx of ex-convicts into Victoria; Australian Constitution Bills, 13 March 1855 (Item ff. 161–4. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Political correspondence, 4 April 1855 - 9 April 1855 (File 12D. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
3 items,
Lord Palmerston to Russell, Russell's absence from England; likely criticism of Colonial Office being left leaderless, 4 April 1855 (Item ff. 129–30. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Political correspondence, 11 May 1855 - 13 July 1855 (File 12E. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
4 items,
Sir George Grey to Russell, sends correspondence with W.E. Gladstone on New Zealand Company debt, 11 May 1855 (Item f. 1. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
C.B. Adderley to Russell, draft agreement with New Zealand Company on debt and loan to New Zealand Government, 22 June 1855 (Item f. 78–82. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Correspondence relating to foreign affairs, 18 July 1865 - 11 August 1865 (File 15D. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
2 items,Political and administrative correspondence, 14 December 1865 (File 15G. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
2 items,Political and administrative correspondence and memoranda, 20 April 1866 (File 16B. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
2 items,Series (Pieces 19-29). Cabinet Correspondence, 15 June 1859 - 18 October 1865
Correspondence. W.E. Gladstone, 30 June 1859 - 23 December 1862 (File 19. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
2 items,Private Correspondence. Lord Palmerston, 15 June 1859 - 31 December 1859 (File 20. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
2 items,Cabinet Correspondence, 1 February 1863 (File 26. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
3 items,
E. Cardwell to Russell, 18 Aug. 1865: detention of Shenandoah; should not be left to Australian civil authorities, 18 August 1865 (Item ff. 74-76. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
Series (Pieces 31-106). Correspondence, 1859 - 1865
Private Correspondence. Lord Cowley, 22 June 1859 - 30 December 1859 (File 53. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
2 items,Private Correspondence. Lord Cowley, 13 January 1865 - 22 October 1865 (File 61. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
1 item,Miscellaneous Correspondence, July 1859 - October 1865 (File 97. AJCP Reel No: 5993)
3 items,Fonds PRO 30/29. Papers of Lord Granville Leverson-Gower, 1st Viscount Granville, 1st Earl Granville and Granville George Leverson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (as filmed by the AJCP), 1822 - 1886
239 items,The papers selectively filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project are predominantly those of the 2nd Earl Granville relating to his service in the first three Gladstone Ministries.
Selected correspondence filmed concerns transportation of convicts, annexations in New Guinea, colonial appointments and other colonial matters such as Australian naval defence, war in Fiji. Additional papers of the 1st Earl Granville, include claims for expenses in search of Laperouse.
Dates used in the this finding aid refer to those of the records selected for filming by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) rather than to the date range of the original , Series or File.
Archival History
Material selectively filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP Reels 6801-6803). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.
Existence and Location of Originals
The National Archives of the UK (TNA).
Series Reference: PRO 30/29. For further information, see Pro 30/29, Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville, at The National Archives of the UK. (http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C11975)
Existence and Location of Copies
The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn564993] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Subjects
Earl Granville (1815-1891); Granville Leveson-Gower (1773-1846); Leveson-Gower, Lord Granville; Australia: Defences; Convicts; Papua; Bowen, Sir George Ferguson; France; Goodenough, James Graham, Commodore; Gordon, Sir Arthur Charles Hamilton; New Guinea; New Zealand; Berry, Sir Graham; Federation, Australian; Forster, William Edward; Grey, Sir George; Hawaii; Pacific labour trade; Samoa; Tonga; Victoria; Missions and missionaries; Cardwell, Edward; Defence, naval; Great Britain, Colonial Office; Canada; Maori Wars; China; Netherlands; Wakefield, Edward Gibbon; Gladstone, William Ewart; Goldfields; New Caledonia; Campbell, George Douglas; Carrington, Charles Robert Wynn; Kalakanao, King of Hawaii; New Hebrides; Tryon, Sir George, Admiral; United States of America; New Britain; Rothschild, A. de; Aunay, C.M.S. Le Peletier, Comte d'; Lyons, Richard Bickerton; Australian Naval Defence Scheme; Pacific Islands; Fiji; Defence, military; Bigge, John Thomas; Huskisson, William; Murdoch, Sir Thomas; Peel, Sir Robert; Canterbury, New Zealand
Biographical / Historical
Lord Granville Leveson-Gower (1773-1846) 1st Viscount Granville (created 1815), 1st Earl Granville (created 1833).Son of 1st Marquess of Stafford, Granville held a number of diplomatic posts and in particular was Ambassador to France in 1824-1828, 1830-1835 and 1835-1841.
Granville George Leveson-Gower (1815-1891) 2nd Earl Granville (succeeded 1846).
An M.P. in 1837-1840 and 1841-1846, Granville was Foreign Secretary in 1851-1852, Lord President of Council 1852-1854, 1855-1858 and 1859-1866, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1854-1855, Secretary of State for the Colonies 1868-1870, Foreign Secretary 1870-1874 and 1880-1885, and Secretary of State for the Colonies Feb. - Aug. 1886. Granville was leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords from 1868 to 1891.
Series (Pieces 7/12-9/6). Papers of 1st Earl Granville: Correspondence
3 items,
F. Byng to Granville, May 1824 - November 1824 (File 7/12 (ff.625-669). AJCP Reel No: 6801)
Appointment as master of ceremonies to King and Queen of Sandwich Islands; description of royal party; visits to country house, theatre and British Museum; illnesses of Sandwich Islanders; meeting with King George IV; Sandwich Island accounts; Foreign Office news; appointment of Granville as Ambassador at Paris. (8 letters)
Series (Pieces 23/4 - 213). AJCP Reel No: 6801. Papers of 2nd Earl Granville
223 items,Correspondence, 1868 - 1875 (File 25A. AJCP Reel No: 6801)
10 items,Archival History
The papers in Piece 25A are arranged in subject and miscellaneous bundles and are not foliated.
Lord Carnarvon to Granville (Pages 11-24 bundle), 17 July 1874 (Item [Part 1]. AJCP Reel No: 6801)
Delay in distribution of Fiji papers.
Sir Thomas Murdoch: memorandum on funding of emigration to colonies (Pages 34-9 bundle), 23 October 1869 (Item [Part 1]. AJCP Reel No: 6801)
Granville: draft reply on New Zealand loan (Pages 34-9 bundle), 10 May 1870 (Item [Part 1]. AJCP Reel No: 6801)
Granville to R. Lowe: answers to objections to New Zealand loan (Pages 34-9 bundle), 10 May 1870 (Item [Part 1]. AJCP Reel No: 6801)
J. Hardcastle (Bury St. Edmunds) to Granville: seeks appointment as Governor of Victoria (Foreign Affairs, Bundle 3), 1 December 1869 (Item [Part 4]. AJCP Reel No: 6801)
Sir Frederic Rogers to Granville: recommends honour for Fitzherbert, New Zealand negotiator (Foreign Affairs, Bundle 3), 20 January 1869 (Item [Part 4]. AJCP Reel No: 6801)
Sir George Bowen (Wellington) to Fortescue: sends Parliamentary Paper; lengthy resistance of Maoris; opposition to removal of Imperial troops; influence of F. Weld, J. Fitzgerald and Canterbury doctrinaires; objections to martial law; relations with political leaders (Unnumbered bundle), 2 November 1868 (Item [Part 4]. AJCP Reel No: 6801)
R. Meade. Minute on Governor J. Hampton (Unnumbered bundle), n.d. (Item [Part 4]. AJCP Reel No: 6801)
Correspondence, 1879 - 1883 (File 27A. AJCP Reel No: 6801)
4 items,
Lord Blachford to Granville: Sir George Grey and withdrawal of British troops from New Zealand; defence of Cape Colony, 17 February 1879 (Item ff. 192-195. AJCP Reel No: 6801)
Includes part of a letter (f.196) to Granville regarding a demonstration in Brussels in 1848, Feb. 19 1879.
F. Knollys to Granville: invites Granville to be Royal Commissioner for Australasian Exhibitions, 28 March 1879 (Item ff. 333. AJCP Reel No: 6801)
Includes: Telegram from the Queen, Aug. 12, 1881; Civil G.C.B.
Correspondence, 1850 - 1891 (File 28A. AJCP Reel No: 6801)
4 items,
Political letters: Summary of proposals made by Rear-Admiral Sir George Tryon to Australasian colonies as to colonial naval defence in circular letter, 24 December 1885 (Item ff. 1373-1374. AJCP Reel No: 6801)
Political letters: Lord Carrington (Sydney) to Granville: naval defence scheme; New Hebrides, 27 May 1886 (Item ff. 1101–1104. AJCP Reel No: 6801)
The Queen and her personal staff, June 1881 - December 1881 (File 39. AJCP Reel No: 6801)
6 items,
Sir Henry Ponsonby to Granville: Queen Victoria hopes to see King of Hawaii, 5 July 1881 (Item f. 61)
Sir Henry Ponsonby to T. Sanderson: arrangements for Queen to meet King of Hawaii, 7 July 1881 (Item ff. 64–65. AJCP Reel No: 6801)
Queen Victoria to Granville: agrees to G.C.M.G. (telegram), 21 July 1881 (Item f. 87. AJCP Reel No: 6801)
Duke of Argyll, 1869 - 1873 (File 51. AJCP Reel No: 6801)
2 items,Edward Cardwell, 1869 - 1874 (File 53. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
11 items,
E. Cardwell to Granville: claims of P.E. Strzelecki for financial assistance; Victorian Government might give grant, 2 April 1869 (Item ff. 18-19. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Granville to E. Cardwell: discussion with Duke of Cambridge on colonial defences, 14 April 1869 (Item ff. 32–33. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
E. Cardwell to Granville: receipt of New Zealand despatches; withdrawal of troops, 19 May 1869 (Item ff. 38–40. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
E. Lugard to E. Cardwell: sends statement on detention of 18th Regiment in New Zealand, 28 September 1869 (Item ff. 55–60. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
E. Cardwell (Harrogate) to Granville: detention of 18th Regiment in New Zealand; need to reverse confiscation policy of Sir George Grey; need for precise directions for Sir Trevor Chute, 5 October 1869 (Item ff. 62–63. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
E. Cardwell to Granville: orders for Sir Trevor Chute, 8 October 1869 (Item ff. 65–66. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
H.C.E. Childers: Lord Hartington, G.J. Goschen, 1869 - 1874 (File 54. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
7 items,
H.C.E. Childers to Granville: naval defence of New Zealand, 27 October 1869 (Item ff. 31–32. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Granville to H.C.E. Childers: no wish to substitute ships for troops in New Zealand on permanent basis, 27 October 1869 (Item ff. 34–35. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
G. Goschen to Granville: guano island near New Zealand, 30 May 1870 (Item f. 188. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Granville to G. Goschen: proposal by Hammond for amalgamation of Chinese, Japanese and Australian squadrons; Fiji question awaiting decision by Cabinet, 10 January 1872 (Item f. 260. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
G. Goschen to Granville: visit of H.M.S. Cameleon and Scout to Hawaii as counter demonstration to United States naval visit, 25 February 1873 (Item ff. 332–333. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Lord Clarendon, Lord Kimberley, 1869 - 1874 (File 55. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
6 items,
Lord Kimberley to Granville: despatch of free emigrants to Western Australia, 18 June 1869 (Item ff. 164-166. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Lord Kimberley to Granville: Treasury proposals on expenses incurred in sending ships to Australian waters, 28 March 1871 (Item ff. 223–225. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Lord Kimberley to Granville: sends memorandum by R. Herbert on Fiji, 16 December 1871 (Item ff. 247–248. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Lord Kimberley to Granville: deputation on South Sea kidnapping, 9 February 1872 (Item ff. 255–256. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
W.E. Gladstone, November 1868 - June 1870 (File 57. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
6 items,
W.E. Gladstone to Granville: refers to P.E. Strzelecki, 24 March 1869 (Item ff. 16-17. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
W.E. Gladstone to Granville: request of P.E. Strzelecki for financial aid; promise made by Sir George Gipps, 29 March 1869 (Item ff. 18–20. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
W.E. Gladstone to Granville: concurs in action about New Zealand, 21 May 1869 (Item ff. 35–37. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
W.E. Gladstone to Granville: sends letter from A. Kinnaird about crisis in New Zealand; disaffection spreading to other colonies, 2 August 1869 (Item ff. 93–95. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
W.E. Gladstone, 1872 (File 61. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
2 items,Duke of Cambridge, 1869 - 1874 (File 72. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
4 items,
Duke of Cambridge to Granville: retention of Imperial troops in colonies; Australian colonies cannot be left undefended, 2 June 1869 (Item f. 28. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Duke of Cambridge to Granville: deplores proposed reduction of military force in colonies; believes it will diminish efficiency of troops, 11 January 1870 (Item ff. 31–35. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Official Correspondence, D–H, 1868 - 1874 (File 73. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
5 items,Official Correspondence, J–P, 1869 - 1874 (File 74. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
2 items,H.C.E. Childers, 1884 - 1885 (File 119. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
4 items,
H.C.E. Childers to Granville: anger of Australians at failure of Lord Derby to convey Cabinet decision on Germany and New Guinea, 29 September 1884 (Item ff. 193–195. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
H.C.E. Childers to Granville: inquires about German annexation of New Guinea; if true, 'disastrous in the last degree', 23 December 1884 (Item ff. 240–241. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Lord Derby, 1883 - 1885 (File 120. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
22 items,
Lord Derby to Granville: Dutch claims to New Guinea, [7 May 1883] (Item ff. 7-8. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Lord Derby to Granville: possible appointment of Duke of Albany as Governor of Victoria, 20 May [1883] (Item f. 11. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Lord Derby to Granville: proposed statement on eastern New Guinea, [2 July 1883] (Item ff. 12–13. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Granville to Lord Derby: letters of H.C.E. Childers on French convicts in Pacific, 5 October 1883 (Item f. 16. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Lord Derby to Granville: possible appointment of Lord Lorne as Governor of N.S.W.; no plan for Australian federation, 18 August 1884 (Item ff. 23–24. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Lord Derby to Granville: letter to H. Bismarck; surprised that Lord Lorne should seek Governorship of N.S.W., 20 August 1884 (Item ff. 26–27. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Lord Derby to Granville: proclamation of New Guinea protectorate; consultation with Bismarck, 16 September 1884 (Item ff. 43–44. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Granville to Lord Derby: interview with Count Munster about Samoa and Tonga, 11 December 1884 (Item ff. 78–79. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Lord Derby to Granville: interview with Count Munster, 11 December 1884 (Item f. 80. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Lord Derby to Granville: interview with Count Munster, 11 December 1884 (Item ff. 81–82. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Lord Derby to Granville: consultation with Cabinet on colonial annexations, 16 December 1884 (Item ff. 83–84. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Lord Derby to Granville: memorandum of R. Meade on Anglo-German relations; need to secure north-east New Guinea, 16 December 1884 (Item ff. 87–88. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Sir Robert Herbert to C. Spring-Rice: extension of British protectorate in New Guinea to meet German southern boundary, 20 December 1884 (Item ff. 89–90. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Lord Derby to Granville: reluctance to join in scramble for colonies; German actions in Africa and New Guinea, 28 December 1884 (Item ff. 91–92. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Granville to Lord Derby: proposal of Sir Henry Loch that Britain acquire Dutch New Guinea, 10 January 1885 (Item ff. 93–94. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Lord Derby to Granville: Lord Lorne and Governorship of N.S.W.; suspects Prince of Wales intriguing in favour of Lord Carrington, 15 January 1885 (Item ff. 97–98. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Sir Robert Herbert to Lord Derby: Lord Lorne, Lord Carrington and Governorship of N.S.W., 14 January 1885 (Item ff. 99–100. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
W.E. Gladstone, 1884 (File 128. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
5 items,
Granville to W.E. Gladstone: Egyptian finance; China; assumes Bismarckian annexations in Pacific must be accepted, 23 December 1884 (Item ff. 372–3. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
W.E. Gladstone to Granville: Egyptian finance; German annexation of New Guinea, 25 December 1884 (Item f. 378. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
W.E. Gladstone to Granville: Lord Derby; reaction to German annexations; doubts whether there are grounds for complaint, 28 December 1884 (Item ff. 391–392. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
W.E. Gladstone, 1885 (File 129. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
9 items,
W.E. Gladstone to Granville: suggestion of Sir Henry Loch that Britain seek to acquire Dutch New Guinea, 13 January 1885 (Item ff. 26–27. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
W.E. Gladstone to Granville: objections to proposal of Sir Henry Loch; no evidence it would be supported by Australian colonies, 13 January 1885 (Item ff. 28–31. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
W.E. Gladstone to Granville: Bismarck and annexation of New Guinea; involvement of Australian colonies in affair; German colonisation should strengthen hold of Britain on its colonies, 29 January 1885 (Item ff. 60–62. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
W.E. Gladstone to Granville: need to deal liberally with Germany about New Guinea, 31 January 1885 (Item ff. 66–67. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Granville to W.E. Gladstone: reply to Count Munster about New Guinea, 1 February 1885 (Item ff. 68–70. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
W.E. Gladstone to Granville: reply to Count Munster; German treaty with Samoa, 3 February 1885 (Item ff. 73–74. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Lord Kimberley, 1880 - 1883 (File 135. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
5 items,
Granville to Lord Kimberley: response to Germany concerning Samoa, 22 August 1880 (Item f. 8. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Lord Kimberley to Granville: opposes annexation of Samoa, 24 August 1880 (Item f. 9. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Lord Derby to Lord Kimberley: doubts if United States will annex Sandwich Islands but will seek paramount influence, 14 January 1883 (Item f. 159. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Official, M–Z, 1880 - 1885 (File 147. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
17 items,
R. Meade: correspondence concerning negotiations with Germany on colonial matters (printed), December 1884 (Item ff. 14–16. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
R. Meade to Granville: proposed interview between H. Bismarck and Sir Robert Herbert on New Guinea, 26 September 1884 (Item ff. 98–100. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
R. Meade (Berlin) to Granville: Anglo-German negotiations; allegations of criminal acts against Germans in Fiji, 15 November 1884 (Item ff. 107–111. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
R. Meade to Granville: sends memorandum on interview with Dr Busch of German Foreign Ministry; refers to Cameroons, Bechuanaland, New Guinea, Tonga, Samoa, 13 December 1884 (Item ff. 141–158. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Sir Edward Malet (Berlin) to Granville: message from R. Meade on New Guinea negotiations (cable), 14 December 1884 (Item ff. 17. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
R. Meade to Granville: Anglo-German negotiations; refers to New Britain, Samoa, Tonga, 18 December 1884 (Item ff. 18–21. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Sir Edward Malet to Granville: message from R. Meade on German proclamation of New Guinea protectorate (cable), 20 December 1884 (Item ff. 24–25. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
R. Meade to Granville: German annexation of New Guinea; likely storm in Australia and New Zealand; hopes Britain will annex Louisiade and other islands; possible German annexation of Samoa, 20 December 1884 (Item ff. 26–29. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
R. Meade to Granville: plans to return to England; Bismarck, 20 December 1884 (Item ff. 34–35. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
R. Meade to Granville: decision to remain in Berlin; likely German defence of its actions in New Guinea, 22 December 1884 (Item ff. 37–39. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Granville to R. Meade: Bismarck; New Guinea annexations, 23 December 1884 (Item ff. 40–41. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
R. Meade to Granville: interview with Bismarck; New Guinea annexations; Rock Island and Long island and Australia–China trade; German Colonization Society, 27 December 1884 (Item ff. 42–47. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
R. Meade to Granville: amendments to cables about New Guinea; internationalisation of Samoa and Tonga, 10 January 1885 (Item ff. 56–58. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Miscellaneous, P–R, 11 June 1884 (File 152. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
6 items,
Lord Rosebery to Lord Derby: suggests amendments to French Recidiviste Bill which would mollify Australian colonies (Item ff. 310–311. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
Lord Rosebery to Granville: still hopes Recidiviste Bill will not be implemented, 10 July 1884 (Item ff. 312–313. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
A. de Rothschild to Granville: correspondence with H. Bismarck, 22 April 1885 (Item ff. 368–369. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
H. Bismarck (Berlin) to A. de Rothschild: Anglo-German relations; criticises change of policy on colonial question by British negotiators; refers to J.B. Thurston, 20 April 1885 (Item ff. 372–374. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
United States, 1880 - 1885 (File 154. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
2 items,France: Embassy in Paris, 1884 - 1885 (File 174. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
2 items,France: Embassy in London, 1880 - 1885 (File 176. AJCP Reel No: 6802)
2 items,Germany: Embassy in Berlin, 1882 - 1884 (File 178. AJCP Reel No: 6803)
7 items,
Lord Ampthill (Berlin) to Granville: urges speedy settlement of German claims in Fiji, 9 May 1883 (Item ff. 148–9. AJCP Reel No: 6803)
Lord Ampthill to Granville: German proposal for mixed Commission to investigate German claims in Fiji; anger aroused by Australian authorities concerning annexation of New Guinea and other islands, 15 March 1884 (Item ff. 197–201. AJCP Reel No: 6803)
Lord Ampthill to Granville: interview with Bismarck; complaints of treatment of German claims by colonial authorities, 13 April 1884 (Item ff. 221–222. AJCP Reel No: 6803)
Lord Ampthill to Granville: interview with Count Munster on Fijian claims; Egypt, 24 April 1884 (Item ff. 231–233. AJCP Reel No: 6803)
Germany: Embassy in Berlin, 1884 - 1885 (File 179. AJCP Reel No: 6803)
5 items,
Sir Edward Malet (Berlin) to Granville: Bismarck in a state of irritation against Britain on account of Cameroons, Samoa, Bechuanaland (cable), 6 December 1884 (Item ff. 74–75. AJCP Reel No: 6803)
Sir Edward Malet to Granville: interview with Count Hatzfeldt about Cameroons, Samoa, Bechuanaland, 6 December 1884 (Item ff. 76–79. AJCP Reel No: 6803)
Sir Edward Malet to Granville: German protectorate in New Guinea (cable), 14 December 1884 (Item ff. 85. AJCP Reel No: 6803)
Germany: Embassy in London, 1880 - 1885 (File 180. AJCP Reel No: 6803)
2 items,Filmed selectively.
Foreign Office officials: Lord Tenterden, 1880 - 1882 (File 193. AJCP Reel No: 6803)
1 item,Filmed selectively.
Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Hawaii, 1880 - 1885 (File 198. AJCP Reel No: 6803)
1 item,Filmed selectively.
Germany: Embassy in Berlin, 1880 - 1885 (File 206. AJCP Reel No: 6803)
4 items,Filmed selectively.
Granville to Lord Ampthill: German claims in Fiji, 23 April 1884 (Item AJCP Reel No: 6803)
Although described individually, this document was originally microfilmed with a page from another document. The last page of the document described can be found at the beginning of nla.obj-728735380.
Correspondence, 1885 - 1886 (File 213. AJCP Reel No: 6803)
36 items,The papers in Piece 213 are arranged in alphabetical and subject bundles and are not foliated.
G. Buckley to Granville: as New Zealand colonist, supports suggestion that a number of Army commissions be open to Australian-born youths, 9 April 1886 (Item AJCP Reel No: 6803)
Sir George Bowen to Granville: Imperial Federation; sends copy of letter to W.E. Forster, 12 May 1886 (Item AJCP Reel No: 6803)
E. Chadwick to Granville: meeting with Agents-General on sanitation in Australia and New Zealand; suggests Dr Richardson be sent on lecture tour, 28 April 1886 (Item AJCP Reel No: 6803)
L. Fry to Granville: recommends appointment of R. Simpson as Medical Officer in Western Australia, 26 March 1886 (Item AJCP Reel No: 6803)
R. Finlay to Granville: recommends J.F. Carruthers be confirmed as Sub-Agent for Immigration for Fiji, 20 May 1886 (Item AJCP Reel No: 6803)
Q. Hogg to Granville: seeks letters of introduction to Governors of Australia and New Zealand, 19 March 1886 (Item AJCP Reel No: 6803)
W. James to Granville: sends speech of Sir William Des Voeux on native question in Fiji and Australia, 23 April 1886 (Item AJCP Reel No: 6803)
Lord Monck to Granville: sends letter from Sir William Jervois (Wellington) recommending appointments for his private secretary, F. Pennefather, 4 May 1886 (Item AJCP Reel No: 6803)
Sir P. Maxwell to Granville: seeks appointment for son W. Maxwell as High Commissioner of New Guinea, 9 February 1886 (Item AJCP Reel No: 6803)
Prince Jon Ghica to Granville: seeks letter of introduction to Governor of Queensland for Count Michael Stourdza, former Prince of Moldavia (Bundle R), 15 February 1886 (Item AJCP Reel No: 6803)
F. Russell to Granville: sends book on Pacific Islands by nephew H. Romilly, 12 March 1886 (Item AJCP Reel No: 6803)
F. Langton to Granville: Lord Wolverton seeks information about new goldfields in Western Australia (Bundle W), 21 June 1886 (Item AJCP Reel No: 6803)
Cabinet correspondence. Lord Ripon to Granville: inquires about directions to Admiral G. Tryon on annexation of Kermadec Islands, 22 June 1886 (Item AJCP Reel No: 6803)
Cabinet correspondence: Granville to Lord Rosebery: dangers of French convicts in Pacific and violent legislation by Australian colonies; acquisition of Rapa, 3 April 1886 (Item AJCP Reel No: 6803)
Confidential letters. Granville to Lord Selborne: references by Sir Henry James and judge to conduct of Sir Arthur Gordon in case of Bryce v. Rusden; suggests Selborne might inform Gordon of charge, 24 March 1886 (Item AJCP Reel No: 6803)
Confidential letters. Lord Selborne to Granville: Bryce v. Rusden; Sir Arthur Gordon and information received from Bishop O. Hadfield; sends draft letter to Gordon, 24 March 1886 (Item AJCP Reel No: 6803)
Confidential letters. Lord Selborne to Granville: sends explanation of Sir Arthur Gordon; requests it not be made public in view of possible legal action, 19 May 1886 (Item AJCP Reel No: 6803)
Confidential letters. Lord Selborne to Granville: relations between Sir Arthur Gordon and G. Rusden following publication of book by Rusden, 16 June 1886 (Item AJCP Reel No: 6803)
Governors. Sir Frederick Napier Broome to Granville: seeks transfer from Western Australia to Tasmania, 12 February 1886 (Item AJCP Reel No: 6803)
Governors. Lord Carrington (Sydney) to Granville: congratulations on appointment; Australian Naval Defence Scheme; difficulty of arranging meeting of Governors and Premiers, 24 February 1886 (Item AJCP Reel No: 6803)
Governors. E.B.P. to R. Meade: mode of establishing Australian Naval Defence Scheme, 12 April 1886 (Item AJCP Reel No: 6803)
Governors. Granville to Lord Carrington: Australian Naval Defence Scheme; political crisis in Britain, 16 April 1886 (Item AJCP Reel No: 6803)
Governors. Lord Carrington to Granville: Australian Naval Defence Scheme; meeting of unemployed in Sydney; social news, 3 May 1886 (Item AJCP Reel No: 6803)
Governors. Sir William Jervois (Wellington) to Granville: colonial objections to French annexation of New Hebrides; role of missionaries; Australia has no grounds for Monroe Doctrine in Pacific; encloses cuttings and letter from J. Service on New Hebrides, 21 May 1886 (Item AJCP Reel No: 6803)
Governors. Sir Henry Loch (Melbourne) to Granville: Australian Naval Defence Scheme; N.S.W. opposition to meeting of Governors and Premiers; New Hebrides agitation, 18 March 1886 (Item AJCP Reel No: 6803)
Governors. Sir Henry Loch to Granville: Australian naval defence; meeting of N.S.W., Victorian and Queensland representatives with Admiral G. Tryon, 20 April 1886 (Item AJCP Reel No: 6803)
Series (Pieces 394 - 412). AJCP Reel No: 6803. Additional Papers of 1st Earl Granville: French Embassy
11 items,Various, 1832 (File 403. AJCP Reel No: 6803)
3 items,
P. Dillon (Paris) to Granville: claims on French Government on account of expedition in search of Lapérouse, 7 January 1832 (Item 403. AJCP Reel No: 6803)
Encloses printed letter to Count Sebastiani, 17 Sept. 1831.
Fonds PRO 30/45. Papers of Joseph Hatton, (as filmed by the AJCP), 1779 - 1854
1 item,The Hatton Papers are Home Office estrays. They have been copied in their entirety by the Australian Joint Copying Project.
The papers comprise petitions and letters to the King, Prince Regent and Home Secretaries from convicts or friends of convicts appealing against their sentences. The bulk of the letters (ff. 51–799) date from 1812 to 1823 and are addressed to Lord Sidmouth and Robert Peel. Other papers were sent to Lord Sydney, Lord Grenville, R. Ryder and Lord Spencer and to Home Office officials such as J. Beckett, J. Capper, G. Dawson and H. Hobhouse. There are some copies of replies.
Many of the papers refer to transportation and to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. Some appeals sought the commutation of death sentences to transportation, others appealed against sentences of transportation. There are requests for free passage for wives of convicts and requests for information about convicts in N.S.W. Among the correspondents are L. Macquarie (ff. 61–2), T. Davey (f. 202) and Sir Thomas Brisbane (ff. 761–2).
Dates used in the this finding aid refer to those of the records selected for filming by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) rather than to the date range of the original Series or File.
Archival History
Material selectively filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP Reel 6091). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.
In about 1868 Hatton puchased at a sale a collection of miscellaneous papers of the Home Secretary and Home Office officials which for some reason were not incorporated in the official records of the Home Office. They were presented to the Public Record Office by his daughter in 1942.
Existence and Location of Originals
The National Archives of the UK (TNA).
Series Reference: PRO 30/45. For further information, see PRO 30/45, Joseph Hatton Collection of Home Office Criminal Papers, at TNA.
Existence and Location of Copies
The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2087305] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Subjects
Convict transportation: New South Wales; Convict transportation: Tasmania; Convicts; Great Britain; New South Wales; Tasmania; Peel, Sir Robert; Addington, Henry; Brisbane, Sir Thomas Makdougall; Capper, J.; Davey, Thomas; Dawson, G.; Home Office; Grenville, William Wyndham; Hatton, Joseph; Hobhouse, Henry; Macquarie, Lachlan; Ryder, Richard; Spencer, George John; Townshend, Thomas
Biographical / Historical
Joseph Hatton (1841-1907) was a journalist and a prolific novelist. He edited publications such as the Gentleman's Magazine, Illustrated Midland News and the Sunday Times, and acted as London correspondent for the New York Times, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Berlin Kreuz-Zeitung. Apart from the popularity of his numerous novels, he had some success in dramatising both his own work and that of others.
In about 1868 Hatton puchased at a sale a collection of miscellaneous papers of the Home Secretary and Home Office officials which for some reason were not incorporated in the official records of the Home Office. They were presented to the Public Record Office by his daughter in 1942.
Fonds PRO 30/48. Papers of Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell (as filmed by the AJCP), 1848 - 1873
44 items,The papers filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project relate primarily to Cardwell's period as Secretary of State for War, but also include two items from his term at the Colonial Office.
Papers filmed include correspondence and memoranda from Cardwell while he was Secretary of State for War. The papers cover withdrawal or retention of Imperial troops in the colonies, issue of medals for the New Zealand and Abyssinian campaigns and the appointment of Commandants. As Secretary of State for Colonies Cardwell received congratulations on his role in the New Zealand war. Earlier correspondence discusses the Smith O'Brien case.
Dates used in the this finding aid refer to those of the records selected for filming by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) rather than to the date range of the original , Series or File.
Archival History
Material selectively filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP Reel 6800). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.
Filmed selectively.
Existence and Location of Originals
The National Archive of the UK (TNA).
Series Reference: PRO 30/48. For further information, see PRO 30/48, Viscount Edward Cardell: Papers, at TNA. (http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C11994)
Existence and Location of Copies
The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn565003] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Subjects
Edward Cardwell; Viscount Cardwell (1813-1886); War Office: Records and correspondence; Maori: Warfare; New Zealand; Norfolk Island: politics and government; Medals: New Zealand; Stirling, C.E., Capt.; Bowen, Sir George Ferguson; Bowen, Sir George Ferguson; Childers, Hugh Culling Eardley; George William, Prince of England; Grey, Sir George; Victoria; Leveson-Gower, Granville George; Wodehouse, John; Cardwell, Edward; Maori Wars; Temple, Henry John; O'Brien, William Smith (1803-1864); Peel, Sir Robert; Lowe, Robert; Chute, Sir Trevor; Goschen, George Joachim; Noel, J.; Featherston, Isaac Earl; Wodehouse, E.; Airey, R.; Biddulph, R.; Carmichael, J.; Harvest, Edward Douglas, Major; Osborne, S.; Pitt, Henry Dowdeswell, Capt.; Seymour, W.B.; Snee, William Henry, Capt.; Stubbs, Thomas; Sullivan, E.H.; Tauranga, New Zealand; Goulburn, Henry
Biographical / Historical
Edward Cardwell (1813-1886), 1st Viscount Cardwell (created 1874).
Successively a Conservative, Peelite and Liberal M.P. from 1846 to 1874, Cardwell was President of the Board of Trade in 1852-1855, Chief Secretary for Ireland 1859-1861, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1861-1864, Secretary of State for the Colonies 1864-1866 and Secretary of State for War in the first Gladstone Ministry, 1868-1874.
Series (Pieces 1-37). War Office. Correspondence and memoranda
41 items,The Queen, 1868 - 1869 (File 1. AJCP Reel No: 6800)
5 items,Duke of Cambridge, 1868 - 1869 (File 11. AJCP Reel No: 6800)
4 items,
Duke of Cambridge to Cardwell: colonial garrisons; refers to need for at least two British regiments in Australian colonies, 19 December 1868 (Item ff. 14–19. AJCP Reel No: 6800)
Duke of Cambridge to Cardwell: suggests half-pay field officers be sent to New Zealand to help raise and organise local militias and volunteers, 1 February 1869 (Item ff. 52–53. AJCP Reel No: 6800)
Lord Granville, 1868 - 1869 (File 28. AJCP Reel No: 6800)
1 item,
Correspondence between Cardwell and Lord Granville, Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1868-1869. Subjects include retention of 18th Regiment in New Zealand; proposal of Granville that Sir George Grey replace Sir George Bowen as Governor of New Zealand; Grey's confiscation policy; Cardwell's detestation of Grey; Bowen's despatch to Sir Trevor Chute; correspondence between Granville and Grey; Grey's proposal for separating North Island from rest of New Zealand, 1868 - 1869 (Item ff. 1–118. AJCP Reel No: 6800)
Lord Kimberley, 1868 - 1870 (File 31. AJCP Reel No: 6800)
2 items,Lord Kimberley, 1871 - 1872 (File 32. AJCP Reel No: 6800)
12 items,
Lord Kimberley to Cardwell: request by New Zealand Government for torpedoes, 24 April 1871 (Item ff. 23–24. AJCP Reel No: 6800)
Lord Kimberley to Cardwell: stores to be given to N.S.W. Government without payment, 6 November 1871 (Item f. 48. AJCP Reel No: 6800)
R. Airey to Cardwell: question of Capt. Pitt remaining on staff of Sir George Bowen, 9 January 1872 (Item f. 55. AJCP Reel No: 6800)
Lord Kimberley to Cardwell: request by New Zealand Government that Capt. Pitt remain in colony, 29 December 1871 (Item ff. 59–60. AJCP Reel No: 6800)
E. Wodehouse to R. Biddulph: appointment of Commandant in Western Australia, 19 January 1872 (Item f. 62. AJCP Reel No: 6800)
H.C.E. Childers, 1868 - 1869 (File 36. AJCP Reel No: 6800)
6 items,
Cardwell to H.C.E. Childers: undertakes to help Stubbs, 11 January 1869 (Item f. 3. AJCP Reel No: 6800)
H.C.E. Childers to Cardwell: sends draft letter about New Zealand, 4 June 1869 (Item f. 104. AJCP Reel No: 6800)
H.C.E. Childers, 1870 - 1874 (File 37. AJCP Reel No: 6800)
5 items,
W.B. Seymour to S. Osborne: application to Treasury for funds for repair of cemetery at Tauranga, 23 December 1870 (Item ff. 28–29. AJCP Reel No: 6800)
J. Carmichael to R. Biddulph: request by H.C.E. Childers for assistance to Capt. Snee of Victorian Military Department, 23 November 1872 (Item ff. 91–92. AJCP Reel No: 6800)
H.C.E. Childers to Cardwell: request of Capt. Snee to attend Gunnery School at Shoeburgness, 2 April 1873 (Item f. 99a. AJCP Reel No: 6800)
Series (Piece: 45). Colonial Office. Correspondence and Memoranda
2 items,Fonds PRO 30/56. Papers of Sir Henry Stafford Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote of Exeter (as filmed by the AJCP), 1904 - 1908
4 items,The papers filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project and include correspondence with three leading British politicians Arthur Balfour, Joseph Chamberlain and Lord Elgin; while Lord Northcote was Governor-General of Australia. Subjects covered include Australian politics, defence, immigration, tariff, honours and the New Hebrides.
The papers were filmed in their entirety.
Dates used in the this finding aid refer to those of the records selected for filming by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) rather than to the date range of the original , Series or File.
Archival History
Material filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP Reel 4098). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.
Existence and Location of Originals
The National Archive of the UK (TNA).
Series Reference: PRO 30/56. For further information, see PRO 30/56, Henry Stafford - 1st Baron Northcote: Papers, at The National Archives of the UK. (http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C12002)
Existence and Location of Copies
The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2087321] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Subjects
Northcote, Sir Henry Stafford; Baron Northcote (1846-1911); Chamberlain, Joseph (1836-1914); Politicians: correspondence; Tariff: Australia; Decorations of honour: Australia; Australia: politics and government; Australia: Defences; Australia: emigration and immigration; Vanuatu: History; Vanuatu; Australia; Australian Labour Party; Balfour, Arthur James; Bruce, Victor Alexander; Chamberlain, Mary E.; Colonial Conference (1907); Deakin, Alfred; Outhwaite, Mr; Reid, Sir George Houston; Ward, William Humble; Watson, John Christian; Constitutional law: Australia; Japan; Defence, naval; Federation; New Hebrides
Biographical / Historical
Sir Henry Stafford Northcote (1846-1911) 1st Baron Northcote of Exeter (created 1900).
The second son of Sir Stafford Henry Northcote (later 1st Earl of Iddesleigh), Northcote was a Conservative Member for Exeter in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1899. He was Governor of Bombay from 1899 until 1903 and assumed office as Governor-General of Australia in 1904. Northcote played an active role in Australian politics, and his time in office was not without controversy. Returning to England in 1908 he was a prominent 'diehard' in the dispute over reform of the House of Lords. He held no further public office.
Series 1. AJCP Reel No: 4098. Northcote Papers, 1904 - 1908
Letters of the British politicians: Arthur Balfour, Joseph Chamberlain and Lord Elgin, to the Australian Governor-General, Lord Northcote. the Australian Joint Copying Project filmed the Series in its entirety.
Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930), 1st Earl Balfour, Conservative M.P. 1874-1922, 1st Lord of Treasury 1895-1905, Prime Minister 1902-1905, Leader of the Conservative Party 1902-1911.
Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914), Liberal and later Unionist M.P. 1876-1914, Secretary of State for the Colonies 1895-1903.
Victor Alexander Bruce (1849-1917), 9th Earl of Elgin, Viceroy of India 1894-1899, Secretary of State for the Colonies 1905-1908.
A.J. Balfour to Northcote (4 letters), January 1905 - March 1908 (File ff. 1-11. AJCP Reel No: 4098)
Subjects includes: tariff question; honours; possibility of promoting migration by diverting £200,000 from the Navy; Labor Party; third party system; departure of Northcote from Australia; appointment of Lord Dudley as Governor-General.
Joseph Chamberlain to Northcote (16 letters), April 1904 - March 1908 (File ff. 12–75. AJCP Reel No: 4098)
Includes a letter from Mary E. Chamberlain, Chamberlain's wife, written on his behalf during his illness.
Subject include: Includes: political situation in the U.K.; Imperial preference; Australian political situation; Sir George Reid; J.C. Watson; A. Deakin; Imperial defence; immigration to Australia; proposal for an Australian Fleet; need for closer ties, especially commercial, within the Empire; question of whether Outhwaite from Victoria has the right to represent colonial opinion in the U.K.; honours lists; Liberal Government's colonial policy; 1907 Colonial Conference; State rights and Federal powers; Australian Constitution; New Hebrides.
Lord Elgin to Northcote (13 letters), February 1906 - March 1908 (File ff. 76–124. AJCP Reel No: 4098)
Subjects include: Commonwealth–State relations; honours list procedures; 1907 Colonial Conference; relations between the colonies and Britain; Anglo-Japanese Alliance; Naval Agreement; New Hebrides Convention; Empire Day; ill-health of A. Deakin; anti-federal movement; portraits of the King and Queen for Government Houses; appointment of Lord Dudley as Governor-General; possible abolition of State Governors; the All Red Line.
Fonds PRO 30/57. Papers of Sir Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (as filmed by the AJCP), 1901-1916 (1938)
30 items,Papers filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project include: Kitchener's correspondence relating to the Boer War and World War I; his tour of Australia and New Zealand and views on the defences of these countries; correspondence on the Dardanelles expedition; his visit to Gallipoli; newspaper cuttings (1916-1938); congratulations on Kitchener's knighthood; his estate and personal correspondence; the death of Lord Kitchener. Correspondents, among others, include: Lord Roberts, St. John Broderick, Sir J. Maxwell and Sir Douglas Haig.
Pieces 40, 61-66 were filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project in their entirety. All other pieces were filmed selectively.
Dates used in the this finding aid refer to those of the records selected for filming by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) rather than to the date range of the original , Series or File.
Archival History
Material selectively filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP Reels 7055-7057). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.
Existence and Location of Originals
The National Archives of the UK (TNA).
Series Reference: PRO 30/57. For further information, see PRO 30/57, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum: Papers, at The National Archives of the UK. (http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C12003)
Existence and Location of Copies
The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2943563] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Subjects
Horatio Herbert Kitchener; Sir John Grenfell Maxwell; St. John Broderick; Sir Douglas Haig; World War 1; World War 1: British personal narratives; South African War; Australia; New Zealand; Australia: defences; New Zealand: defences
Biographical / Historical
Sir Horatio Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916), 1st Baron Kitchener (created 1898), 1st Earl Kitchener (created 1914).
Sirdar of Egyptian Army (1892-1899), Chief of Staff (1899-1900) and Commander-in-Chief in South Africa (1900-1902), Commander-in-Chief in India (1902-1909), appointed Field Marshal (1910), Secretary of State for War (1914-1916).
He visited Australia and New Zealand in 1910 to advise on defence organisation. He lost his life on 5 June 1916 when H.M.S. Hampshire was sunk on her way to Russia.
Series 1. Official and private papers, mainly pre-dating the First World War, 1910 - 1916
10 items,
Boer War correspondence: Kitchener's speech at unveiling South African war memorial in Bathurst, 1910 (File)
Boer War correspondence: letters of Lord Roberts, 1901 - 1902 (File 20. AJCP Reel No: 7055)
Filmed selectively.
Boer War and India correspondence: correspondence with St John Broderick, 1901 - 1902 (File 22. AJCP Reel No: 7055)
Filmed selectively.
Correspondence and memoranda concerning Kitchener's appointment to Mediterranean Command, 1909 - 1910 (File 38. AJCP Reel No: 7056)
Filmed selectively.
Far Eastern, Australian and New Zealand tour: miscellaneous correspondence, 1909 - 1910 (File 39. AJCP Reel No: 7056)
Imperial Defence Committee correspondence: political situation in New Zealand and Australia's defence, 1910 - 1912 (File 41. AJCP Reel No: 7055)
Series 2. Papers relating to Kitchener's work as Secretary of State for War, 1914 - 1916
12 items,
Western Front correspondence with Sir Douglas Haig: visit by W.M. Hughes and evacuation of Anzac, 1915 - 1916 (File 53. AJCP Reel No: 7055)
Filmed selectively.
Western Front correspondence with Lieut. Gen. William Robertson, 1916 (File 55. AJCP Reel No: 7055)
Filmed selectively.
Dardanelles expedition, correspondence, January 1915 - May 1915 (File 61. AJCP Reel No: 7057)
Filmed selectively.
Recruiting and manpower memoranda and reports, 1914 - 1916 (File 74. AJCP Reel No: 7055)
Filmed selectively.
Series PRO 30/68. Papers of Sir Alan Garrett Anderson (as filmed by the AJCP), 1915 - 1929
5 items,The Australian Joint Copying Project selectively filmed papers relating to the shipment of Australian wheat to Britain during World War I, when Anderson was Vice-Chairman of the Royal Commission on Wheat Supplies, and papers on Australian shipping 1926-1929.
Dates used in the this finding aid refer to those of the records selected for filming by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) rather than to the date range of the original Series or File.
Archival History
Material selectively filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP Reel 6321). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.
Filmed selectively.
Existence and Location of Originals
The National Archives of the UK (TNA).
Series Reference: PRO 30/68. For further information, see PRO 30/68, Sir Alan Garrett Anderson: Papers, at The National Archives of the UK. (http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C12014)
Existence and Location of Copies
The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2087329] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Subjects
Anderson, Sir Alan Garrett (1877-1952); Royal Commission on Wheat Supplies (Great Britain); Wheat transportation: Australia; Businessmen: Correspondence; Overseas Shipowners Representatives Association; Shipping: Australia; Kearley, Sir Hudson Ewbanke, 1st Viscount Devonport; Beale, J.F.; Price, Waterhouse & Co.; Wheat trade
Biographical / Historical
Sir Alan Garrett Anderson (1877-1952) was a shipowner, a director of Orient Co. and P & O., Vice-chairman of the Royal Commission on Wheat Supplies from 1916 to 1917, and Controller of Admiralty from 1917 to 1918.
From 1927 until his death he was one of the British directors of the Suez Canal Company. He represented the City of London in the House of Commons in 1935-1940 and was also Chairman of the Cereals Control Board (1939-1941) and Controller of Railways (1941-1945).
Notes and copies of cables to and from the Australian Government concerning the purchase of wheat from Australia and shipping arrangements, November 1915 - July 1917 (File 1. AJCP Reel No: 6321)
Papers concerning the Royal Commission on Wheat Supplies, c.1916 (File 2. AJCP Reel No: 6321)
Established in October 1916 to enable the Government to control the import of wheat into Britain.
Papers iIncludes a memorandum on the Commission's activities, a memorandum by the Transport Department on tonnage for the new wheat programme, notes by Admiralty on the revised wheat programme (Dec. 1916), and data on shipping and wheat available and required from Australia for Britain and Italy.
Miscellaneous papers of the Royal Commission on Wheat Supplies, 1916 - 1917 (File 7. AJCP Reel No: 6321)
Includes the 1916-1917 import requirements, weekly wheat stocks Feb. 1915–Dec. 1916, memorandum on Australian 'white' flour, shipment clause in the Australian wheat contract, notices to distributing merchants and brokers, and estimates of the quantities of wheat available to the Allies.
Memoranda by the Wheat Commission and letters from Anderson to J.F. Beale and Lord Devonport, the Food Controller, December 1916 - September 1917 (File 8. AJCP Reel No: 6321)
Refers to the purchase of Australian wheat and problems of tonnage and distance.
Papers on Australian shipping, 1926 - 1929 (File 25. AJCP Reel No: 6321)
Includes figures on Australian shipping 1926-1928 compiled by Price, Waterhouse & Co., notes on the Australian Navigation Act, and the final dossier of the delegation of the Overseas Shipowners Representatives Association, 28 March 1929.