Guide to the Papers of Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington, 1st Earl of Carrington (as filmed by the AJCP)
M917 - M932
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2018
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Wynn-Carrington, Charles Robert, 1st Earl of Carrington
- Title
- Papers of Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington, 1st Earl of Carrington (as filmed by the AJCP)
- Date Range
- 1860 - 1928
- Collection Number
- M917 - M932
- Extent
- 265 items
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Australian Joint Copying Project
- Sponsor
- The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) online portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Material filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project includes: Four volumes of speeches and notes by Lord Carrington 1879-1905; Notes and copies of correspondence with King Edward VII and Lord Rosebery; Correspondence of Lord and Lady Carrington with their family, especially their son Rupert; with other State Governors, namely Sir Robert Hamilton, Lord Hopetoun, Lord Kintore, Sir Henry Loch, Sir Anthony Musgrave, Sir William Robinson, Sir Hercules Robinson and Sir Henry Norman; and Governors of New Zealand Sir William Jervois and Lord Onslow, and with various individuals including Sir George Dibbs, Lord Knutsford, Edward Stanhope, Lord Normanby, Sir Henry Parkes, Sir Alfred Stephen, Lord Carnarvon, Sir Edmund Barton, James Bryce, Sir Arthur Ellis, General Arthur Fremantle, Lord Aberdeen, Lord Hamilton, Lord Lansdowne, Cardinal Manning, Lord Selborne and Lord Jersey; Memoirs of Lord Carrington; Cuttings and printed articles about the Mount Rennie Rape Case 1886; Speeches by Sir Henry Parkes; Diaries of Lord Carrington 1888-93 and Lady Carrington 1881-1913.
Conditions Governing Access
Available for Access.
Conditions Governing Use
Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.
Preferred Citation
Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.
Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.
Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)
Archival History
Material selectively filmed at the private residence of Brig. A.W.A. Llewellyn Palmer, Wiltshire, as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1972 (AJCP Reels: M917 - M932). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.
Existence and Location of Originals
The originals as located at the private residence of Brigadier A.W.A. Llewellyn Palmer. Channel Islands, England.
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-vn333727] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Finding-aid Notes
This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), published by the National Library of Australia in 2018. The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.
Dates used in this finding aid refer to the date range of the records selected for filming rather than to the date range of the Series or Files.
Subjects
Barton, Sir Edmund; Bryce, James, 1st Viscount; Child-Villiers, Sir Victor, 7th Earl of Jersey; Crime and criminals; Dibbs, Sir George R.; Edward VII, King of England; Ellis, Sir Arthur; Fremantle, Arthur J.L., Gen.; Gordon, Sir John, 7th Earl of Aberdeen; Governors and Governors General: New South Wales; Hamilton, John G.C., 1st Baron; Hamilton, Sir Robert G.C.; Herbert, Henry H.M., 4th Earl of Carnarvon; Holland, Sir Henry T., 1st Viscount Knutsford; Hope, John, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow; Jervois, Sir William; Keith-Falconer, Sir Algernon, 10th Earl of Kintore; Loch, Sir Henry B., 1st Baron; Manning, Henry E., Cardinal; Mount Rennie rape case (1886); Musgrave, Sir Anthony; New South Wales: politics and government; Norman, Sir Henry W.; Onslow, William H., 4th Earl; Palmer, Sir Roundell, 1st Earl of Selborne; Parkes, Sir Henry; Petty-Fitzmaurice, Henry C.K., 5th Marquess of Lansdowne; Phipps, George A.C., 2nd Marquess of Normanby; Primrose, Sir Archibald P., 5th Earl of Rosebery; Robinson, Sir Hercules G.B., 1st Baron Rosmead; Robinson, Sir William C.F.; Stanhope, Edward; Stephen, Sir Alfred; Wynn-Carrington Family; Wynn-Carrington, Cecilia, Countess Carrington; Wynn-Carrington, Charles R.W., 1st Earl Carrington; Wynn-Carrington, Rupert
Bibliography
Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 90, pp31-32.
Biographical / Historical
Charles Robert Carrington (1843-1928), 3rd Baron Carrington (succeeded 1868), 1st Earl Carrington (created 1895), 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire (created 1912), was born in London. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. As a schoolboy, he was introduced to the Prince of Wales and they were to be close friends for over fifty years. Carrington was the Liberal member for High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire in 1865-68. He became a captain in the Royal House Guards in 1869 and in 1875-76 was aide-de-camp to the Prince of Wales on his tour of India. In 1881 he was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the Royal Buckinghamshire Infantry. In 1878 he married Cecilia (Lily) Harbord, the daughter of Baron Suffield.
In 1885, at the urging of the Prince of Wales, Carrington was appointed governor of New South Wales. With his wife and three daughters, he arrived in Sydney in December 1885 and they remained in the colony for almost five years. The Carringtons were a popular couple and generous hosts, especially during the celebrations of Queen Victoria's jubilee in 1887 and the New South Wales centenary celebrations in 1888. On account of her young children (a fourth daughter was born in 1889), Lady Carrington mostly remained in Sydney and Moss Vale, but Carrington travelled widely in New South Wales and visited every Australian colony apart from Western Australia, as well as New Zealand and Norfolk Island. At home, he had to deal with the usual political instability, with five changes of ministry in five years, but he was tactful in his relations with ministers and parliamentarians. For most of his term, the premier was the ageing Sir Henry Parkes, with whom he had good relations. He supported Parkes in the initiatives that led to the first Federation Conference in 1890.
Carrington and his family returned to England and their home, Wycombe Abbey, in December 1890. He was a member of the London County Council in 1892-1907. He remained a strong supporter of the Liberal Party and was lord chamberlain in 1892-95, president of the Board of Agriculture in 1905-11 and lord privy seal in 1911-12. He was lord-lieutenant of Buckinghamshire in 1915-23.
By royal licence, the family name was changed to Carington in 1880 and Wynn-Carington in 1896. Lord Carrington's only son, Lord Wendover, was killed in France in 1916. On Carrington's death in 1928, the marquessate and earldom became extinct. The barony passed to his brother, Rupert Carington, who died the following year. Rupert's grandson, Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, was High Commissioner to Australia in 1956-59 and the British Foreign Secretary in 1979-82.
Item Descriptions
Series. Selected speeches, letters and recollections, 1878 - 1907
34 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M917.
Subseries. Speeches of Lord Carrington, 1879 - 1907
13 itemsNewspaper cuttings reporting speeches by Carrington, as well as speeches by others, bound in four volumes.
Subseries. King Edward VII as I knew him for 55 years, 1885 - 1890
1 itemThree volumes, only a selection from volume 1 was copied.
Archival History
Filmed selectively
Subseries. Lord Rosebery as I knew him, 1878 - 1903
3 itemsArchival History
Filmed selectively
Subseries. Political letters to Lord Carrington, 1886 - 1892
2 itemsTwo volumes, only a selection from volume 2 was copied.
Archival History
Filmed selectively
Subseries. Letters from Carrington to his wife, 1885
1 itemTwo volumes, only a selection from volume 1 was copied.
Archival History
Filmed selectively
Subseries. Miscellaneous papers, January 1887 - February 1888
3 itemsArchival History
Filmed selectively
Subseries. Congratulations to Lord and Lady Carrington on the birth of their son on 24 April 1895, May 1895
1 itemArchival History
Filmed selectively
Subseries. Congratulations to Carrington on being made an earl on 23 July 1895, July 1895
1 itemArchival History
Filmed selectively
Subseries. Congratulations and press cuttings on Carrington becoming a Cabinet minister in December 1905, December 1905 - January 1906
1 itemArchival History
Filmed selectively
Subseries. Congratulations and press cuttings on Carrington being made a K.G. in September 1906, October 1906
1 itemArchival History
Filmed selectively
Subseries. Recollections of my life from public school to the Privy Seal
3 itemsArchival History
Filmed selectively
Series. Australian correspondence, 1885 - 1918
37 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reels M918-M920.
Letters from governors and premiers, 1887 - 1918 (File 1)
32 items
Lord Carnarvon, former Secretary of State for the Colonies, to Carrington, October 1887 - February 1890 (Item)
Sir Henry Loch, Governor of Victoria and Cape Colony, to Carrington, June 1885 - September 1892 (Item)
Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of New South Wales, to Carrington, November 1886 - December 1887 (Item)
Bundle 1
Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of New South Wales, to Carrington, July 1890 - November 1891 (Item)
Bundle 6
Sir William Robinson, Governor of South Australia, to Carrington, February 1886 - February 1889 (Item)
Australian letters, 1885 - 1900 (File 2)
The letters are arranged chronologically. The New South Wales correspondents include Sir Joseph Carruthers, Sir Frederick Darley, Lady Darley, Sir Robert Duff, Edward Eddy, William McMillan, Archbishop Patrick Moran, Laidley Mort, Daniel O'Connor, Sir George Reid, Sir John Robertson, Admiral Lord Charles Scott, Bruce Smith, Sir Alfred Stephen and B.R. Wise. Correspondents in other colonies include Richard Baker (Adelaide), Lord Brassey, Sir Frederick Napier Broome (Perth), John Douglas (Brisbane, Thursday Island), Major-General J.B. Edwards (Melbourne), Sir Arthur Gordon (Kandy), Lady Hamilton (Hobart), George Higinbotham (Melbourne), A. Hood (Melbourne), Charles Kingston (Adelaide), Sir Thomas McIlwraith, Robert Murray Smith (Melbourne), Alfred Newman (Wellington), Louis Nouet (Noumea), William Shiels (Melbourne), Sir John Thurston (Suva), Sir George Verdon (Melbourne) and Sir Samuel Way (Adelaide).
Letters of resignation from premiers and others, 1885 - 1890 (File 3)
The letters were written by George Dibbs (16 Dec. 1885), Sir John Robertson (18 Feb. 1886), Julian Salomons (16 Nov. 1886), Sir Patrick Jennings (10 Jan. 1987), George Dibbs (6 March 1889) and William McMillan (20 Sept. 1890).
Series. Australian papers, 1877 - 1891
23 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reels M920-M922.
Manuscript concerning the appointment of Sir Henry Blake as governor of Queensland, the dispute between the Colonial Office and Sir Thomas McIlwraith, and Blake's resignation, 1888 - 1889 (File)
Notes and printed documents of the Department of Public Instruction for Arbour Day speech, 1890 (File)
Sir Henry Parkes. The Federal Government of Australia: speeches, 1890 (File)
Dedicated to Lord Carrington
Copies of correspondence with Sir Henry Loch, Sir Henry Parkes and Sir William Jervois on a Naval Defence Scheme, 1885 - 1886 (File)
Printed papers and correspondence relating to the formation of the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales, 1888 - 1891 (File)
The correspondents include George Coppin (Melbourne), Sir Samuel Way (Adelaide), Shadwell Clerke (London), Charles Stokes, Arthur Bray and Sir Archibald Campbell.
Miscellaneous papers, 1889 - 1890 (File)
Includes a letter from Major-General J.B. Edwards (Brisbane), an address to Carrington from the Legislative Assembly (26 Nov. 1889), correspondence and memoranda on Australian medical men and the possible registration in Britain of Australian medical practitioners, notes for speeches on the uniform railway gauge and the birth 'crisis', copies of correspondence with Lord Knutsford (London), Lord Hopetoun (Melbourne), Sir Henry Norman (Brisbane) and Sir Henry Parkes (Sydney), diary notes by Carrington (April-May 1890), newspaper cuttings and notes on Australian federation, notes of a meeting with Sir Thomas McIlwraith (12 June 1890), farewell messages and telegrams, the program of a grand farewell concert, Centennial Hall, Sydney (29 Oct. 1890), a speech concerning the University of Sydney, and notes for a speech to be given when Carrington returned to England.
Series. Newspaper cuttings and printed works, 1886 - 1915
40 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reels M923-M924.
Lord Carrington. Memorandum regarding legal practitioners in New Zealand, Christchurch, 20 January 1890 (File)
United Grand Lodge of New South Wales. Program of a banquet to commemorate the installation of Lord Carrington as Worshipful Grand Master, 18 September 1888 (File)
Miscellaneous magazine articles, 1884 - 1886 (File)
Includes The evils of a university education (1886) and Impressions of Australia
Statistical view of the progress of New South Wales from the separation of Queensland in 1859 to the year 1889 (File)
Hugo Alpen Cantata for Vice-Regal inspection of Fort Street Model Public School, 25 July 1890 (File)
New South Wales. Further correspondence respecting the proposed alteration of the constitution of Western Australia, 1889 (File)
A bill for the union of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and the government thereof and for purposes connected therewith, 1889 (File)
Debate on the appointment of Australian governors, New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 21 November 1888 (File)
St Paul's Cathedral. A form of prayer to be used at a memorial service for the men of Australia and New Zealand who have fallen in the War, 15 June 1915 (File)
The Admiral complains of officers of H.M. colonial warship Wolverine wearing the Naval uniform, Sydney (1p), May 1889 (File)
Question of the precedence of the Admiral with regard to other Australian governors on a visit, 1888 (File)
Claim of Rear-Admiral Lord Charles Scott to the title of 'His Excellency' in official correspondence with the Ministry of New South Wales (8pp), July 1890 (File)
Journal of the Royal Colonial Institute, February 1891 (File Vol. 22)
Includes an article by Carrington, 'Australia as I saw it' (pp. 165-88)
Proceedings of the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales from July 1889 to June 1890 (71pp), 1889 - 1890 (File)
Manual of public examinations held by the University of Sydney for the year 1890 (51pp), 1890 (File)
Series. General Correspondence, 1885 - 1928
78 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reels M924-M925.
Correspondence about the marriage of Rupert Carington, 1889 - 1891 (File)
Biographical / Historical
Rupert Carington (1852-1929), the brother of Lord Carrington, came to Australia in 1887 and was aide-de-camp to his brother in 1888-90. In 1891 he married Edith Horsfall in New Norfolk, Tasmania. He served in the South African War and was a grazier in the Riverina in New South Wales until he returned to England during World War I. Apart from some letters from military officers, the letters were nearly all written to Lord Carrington by Rupert Carington (Sydney, Melbourne) and John Horsfall (Melbourne), the father of Edith Horsfall. There are also letters from Carrington's sisters Augusta, Lady Blythswood, and Eva, Lady Harrington.
Correspondence with the Colonial Office, 1887 - 1892 (File)
Private letters to Carrington from Sir Henry Holland, later Lord Knutsford, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and Sir Robert Herbert, Permanent Under-Secretary at the Colonial Office. The letters refer to naval defence, the 1887 Colonial Conference in London, Chinese immigration, Sir Henry Parkes, the Blake affair in Queensland, Sir Henry Loch, honours, Australian Federation, the possibility of the Australian colonies separating from the Empire, the appointment of Lord Jersey as governor, and Carrington's return to England.
Letters from individuals, 1885 - 1928 (File)
76 itemsIn the case of most correspondents, there is only a single letter or a few letters. The main exceptions are Carrington's brother, Rupert Carington, and Lord Jersey, who succeeded Carrington as governor of New South Wales.
Series. Portraits
12 undated photographs of Lord and Lady Carrington. One photograph of Lady Carrington was taken before her marriage in 1878, when she was Hon. Cecilia Harbord, and another shows her with three of her children.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M925.
Series. Miscellaneous papers, 1860 - 1914
26 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reels M926-M928.
Mount Rennie rape case, 1886 - 1887 (File)
2 itemsBiographical / Historical
In September 1886 a 16 year-old servant, Mary Jane Hicks, was abducted and raped by a gang of youths in bushland known as Mount Rennie in Waterloo, Sydney. In November 1886 eleven men were tried in the Supreme Court before Justice William Windeyer, of whom nine were convicted and sentenced to death. The sentences divided the community, with many considering that they were too harsh, in view of the ages of the criminals. The Executive Council reviewed all the sentences and, following the recommendation of Windeyer, three were commuted to life imprisonment. Subsequently, the Governor commuted two more to life imprisonment. The remaining four prisoners were hanged at Darlinghurst Gaol on 5 January 1887.
An album (337pp) containing official documents, petitions, letters and newspaper cuttings relating to the Mount Rennie Case, 1886 - 1887 (Item)
They include the report of Justice W.C. Windeyer (9 Dec. 1886), annotated by Carrington, Carrington's minute to the Executive Council recording his decision to commute the sentences of three of the prisoners (4 Jan. 1887), copies of appeals by prisoners, copies of police reports, and petitions, addresses and letters to Carrington urging him either to uphold the sentences or exercise his prerogative of mercy. Most of the correspondents were private individuals, including some living in other colonies, but there are also letters from public figures such as Sir Henry Parkes, Sir Frederick Darley, Sir Alfred Stephen, the journalist John Haynes, the prison chaplain Rev. Charles Rich, and the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Sir Henry Holland. The newspaper cuttings were taken from many papers and include the Bulletin Extraordinary of 24 December 1886 which appealed to Carrington for mercy. 'The 'popular' Governor' was depicted in a cartoon by Phil May.
Aroz Le Bam, Eventide; a romance. (manuscript, 236pp) (File)
Aroz Le Bam was the pseudonym of Zora Mabel Campbell. Her novel Aceldama, published by William Brooks & Co. in Sydney, was also dedicated to Lord and Lady Carrington.
Addresses to Lord and Lady Carrington on their return to England from the High Wycombe Literary and Scientific Institute, the Carrington Lodge of the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes, and the 'Bud of Hope' Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, December 1890 (File)
There is also a poster headed 'Welcome home! Lord & Lady Carrington to High Wycombe, December 23rd 1890'
Program of a reception to the Prince of Wales at the Belgatchia Villa, Calcutta, 28 December 1875 (File)
Lord Carrington's arrival in New South Wales. (File)
Typescript with manuscript amendments. (43pp, pp. 35-38 are missing)
John Lackey. Horses and horse breeding (35pp), 1873 (File)
Typescript copy of a paper read by John Lackey at a meeting of the Agricultural Society, Sydney, with Sir Hercules Robinson presiding.
John Lackey. Reminiscences of horse racing and sporting in the early years, 1887 (File)
Typescript (8pp)
Despatch from Carrington to Lord Knutsford on Australian federation (printed, 9pp), 21 November 1889 (File)
Australian Federation. Speech by the Hon. Julian Salomons, Q.C., M.L.C. (printed, 33pp), 4 June 1890 (File)
Frank Wilkinson. Australian Cavalry: the N.S.W. Lancer Regiment and the First Australian Horse (64pp), 1901 (File)
Published in Sydney, Angus and Robertson
Major George Lee. New South Wales Lancers. A diagrammatic history of the engagements of the Regiment in the Boer War, 1899-1900 (printed, 2pp), 1899 - 1900 (File)
Carrington's private notes on the Chinese crisis in New South Wales (printed, 26pp), March 1888 - September 1888 (File)
Photograph of largest black rock cod ever seen in Australia caught by Carrington on the Queensland coast, 1889 (File)
Album of newspaper cuttings on the departure of Carrington and the appointment of Lord Jersey as the next governor of New South Wales, June 1890 - December 1890 (File)
The album also contains a few notes, letters, cables and copies of letters.
Papers on the appointment of Carrington as governor of New South Wales and major events and issues during his term as governor, 1885 - 1891 (File)
Includes letters, despatches, speeches, official documents, programs and newspaper cuttings. Most of the printed documents are duplicated elsewhere in the collection, such as papers on the Chinese crisis in 1888, the views of the Admiral of the Australian Station on precedence, the Mount Rennie case, Australian federation, the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales, and the New South Wales Lancers. There is an extensive series of speeches by Carrington, some of which are duplicated elsewhere. The papers on Carrington's appointment in 1885 include letters from Lord Derby, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Lord Granville, the Foreign Secretary, and Sir Robert Herbert, Robert Meade and John Bramston of the Colonial Office. Among these papers are documents relating to the conferral of the KCMG on Carrington. Other correspondents include Sir Frederick Darley, Sir Francis Knollys, Sir Henry Ponsonby, Lord Charles Scott, Lord Roberts, Justice William Windeyer and Walter Vernon. There are also typescript copies of letters from Sir Alfred Stephen, Sir Henry Parkes, Lord Jersey, Henry Gullett, Laidley Mort and others.
General register of 157 horses belonging to Carrington, 1860 - 1914 (File)
Records date of purchase, the name of the vendor, the price, the name of the horse, the class of the horse, the date when sold and the purchaser. At the end of the register is a list of winners and horses placed second and third in the Epsom Derby, 1781-1838.
Series. Diaries of Lady Carrington, 1881 - 1913
22 itemsThe diaries of Lady Carrington were written in printed diaries issued by stationers or publishers, such as Pettit's Diary or T.J. & J. Smith's Official Diary. They usually had either one day or two days to the page. The format limited the length of entries, but during her time in Australia Lady Carrington generally wrote in some detail about her daily activities. The later diaries, which have no Australian relevance, have much briefer entries and in some instances have only a few entries.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reels M929-M931.
Diary of Lady Carrington, 1885 (File)
The diary refers to social events at High Wycombe and London, meetings with Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales, the offer to Carrington of the governorship of New South Wales (3 March 1885), the defeat of the Gladstone Government (June 1885), the award of the GCMG to Carrington, preparations for the journey, the departure from London (26 Oct. 1885), the journey overland to Paris, Turin, Bologna and Brindisi and the voyage on SS Carthage to Suez, Colombo, Albany, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney (11 Dec. 1885), meetings with ministers and leading figures in the colony, social events at Government House, and the opening of the Art Gallery at the Sydney Domain (23 Dec. 1885).
Diary of Lady Carrington, 1886 (File)
The diary was mostly written at Government House and 'Hill View', the governor's summer residence at Moss Vale. The entries refer to visitors to Government House, social events, drives, horse riding, harbour cruises, race meetings, regattas, church services, visits to hospitals, schools and orphanages, the agricultural show, occasional political events, such as the resignation of Sir John Robertson as Premier, and news from England. There are also accounts of travels to Bathurst, Newcastle, Maitland and Melbourne. The entries cover the period 27 November – 31 December.
Diary of Lady Carrington, 1887 (File)
This diary has two days to the page and the entries in this diary are generally shorter than those in the 1886 diary. Apart from a brief trip to the Blue Mountains, Lady Carrington spent the whole year at Government House in Sydney and at 'Hill View' near Moss Vale. She stayed at 'Hill View' almost continuously from January to April. The entries refer to social events, cricket matches, visits to schools and hospitals, meetings of the Queen's Jubilee Fund, and visitors to Government House, including long visits by Sir Henry and Lady Loch and Lord and Lady Brassey.
Diary of Lady Carrington, 1888 (File)
This diary has one day to the page, but the entries are generally fairly short. The exceptions are the Lady Carrington's accounts of the Centenary Celebrations (Jan. 1888), her cruise on HMS Nelson to Norfolk Island and Brisbane (May 1888) and the Exhibition of Women's Industries in Sydney (Oct. 1888). Apart from the cruise and visits to Melbourne and Katoomba, the entries were all written at Government House in Sydney and 'Hill View' near Moss Vale. There are many references to meetings of the Women's Industries Exhibition Committee, the Queen's Jubilee Fund, and the Horticultural and Floral Fete Committee, as well as social events, visitors to Government House, church services, race meetings and other sporting events. Political events are occasionally mentioned, especially the debates about Chinese immigration and anti-Chinese demonstrations in Sydney.
Diary of Lady Carrington, 1889 (File)
The diary has one day to the page, but the entries are shorter than those in the other diaries. They were all written at Government House in Sydney or at 'Hill View', where Lady Carrington spent the first three months of the year. They refer to the birth of her daughter Judith (27 Sept. 1889), a kindergarten at Government House, visitors to Government House, including Lord and Lady Onslow from New Zealand, church services, visits to the theatre, tennis matches and race meetings, and the opening of Centennial Hall (27 Nov. 1889). There are also references to the London dock strike and the substantial Australian contribution to relief funds for the families of the dock labourers.
Diary of Lady Carrington, 1890 (File)
The diary has one day to the page. The Australian entries were mostly written at Government House in Sydney and 'Hill View' near Moss Vale, with the remainder written at Bourke, Stanwell Park, Widgiewa Station in the Riverina, and Melbourne. They refer to visitors to Government House, including Sir Robert and Lady Hamilton and Lord and Lady Hopetoun, social events, visits to the theatre and the races, the Queen's Jubilee Fund, the Women's College Committee, Lord Carrington's visit to New Zealand, the Australasian Federation Conference (Feb. 1890), parliamentary debates on federation, the appointment of Lord Jersey as Carrington's successor, the inauguration of the Sydney Town Hall organ (9 Aug. 1890), the great maritime strike (Sept. 1890) and the enthronement of Bishop Saumarez Smith as Primate of Australia (9 Oct. 1890). The later entries describe farewells given to the Carringtons, their departure from Sydney (30 Oct. 1890) and Moss Vale (2 Nov. 1890), the rail journeys to Melbourne and Adelaide, the voyage on the Orizaba to Albany, Colombo, Suez and Naples, the overland journey to Rome, Milan and Calais, and their arrival in England (10 Dec. 1890).
Diary of Lady Carrington, 1891 (File)
The entries start on 25 July and continue to the end of the year.
Diary of Lady Carrington, 1900 (File)
The only entries are dated 2-3 April, 6-7 April, 23 April and 5 May.
Diary of Lady Carrington, 1903 (File)
The only entries are dated 4 January – 12 February, 7 April, 30 May, 15 June, 1 July, 3 August, 10-11 August, 5 September, 8 September, 26 September, 26 October, 30 October, 2 November, 16-24 November and 1 December.
Diary of Lady Carrington, 1906 (File)
Many days have no entries and there are no entries after 11 September.
Series. Diaries of Lord Carrington, 1888 - 1893
6 itemsThe diaries of Lord Carrington, like those of Lady Carrington, were written in quarto-sized printed diaries, with either one or two days to the page. Carrington's entries tend to be shorter, often just a few notes, but there are no gaps and some entries are much longer.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reels M931-M932.
Diary of Lord Carrington, 1888 (File)
The diary, which has two days to the page (and one page for Saturdays), has mostly short entries referring inter alia to meetings of the Executive Council, correspondence, conversations with the Premier, deputations, appointments of judges and royal commissioners, parliamentary debates, visits to Melbourne, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Brisbane, Wellington, Bourke, Wilcannia and Broken Hill, anti-Chinese demonstrations, the Chinese Restriction and Regulation Bill, laying the foundation stone at Parliament House (30 Jan. 1888), the erratic behaviour of Sir Henry Loch, the arrival of Royal Navy vessels in Sydney, visitors to Government House, social events, regattas, tennis, race meetings, riding, shooting excursions, visits to the theatre, and news from England and Europe. Many newspaper cuttings have been inserted in the diary. There are some photographs at the beginning of the volume and at the end a list of letters from Britain.
Diary of Lord Carrington, 1889 (File)
The entries in the diary, which has two days to the page, refer inter alia to meetings of the Executive Council, the resignation of Sir Henry Parkes (Jan. 1889), the New South Wales general election (Feb. 1889), the resignation of George Dibbs (March 1889), conversations with the Premier, despatches from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, deputations, visits to Melbourne, Bathurst, Junee, Narrandera, Hay and Cootamundra, the opening of the Hawkesbury River Bridge (1 May 1889), honours, appointments to Carrington's personal staff, visitors to Government House, social events, church services, concerts, visits to the theatre, lectures, and news from England and Europe. The volume contains many newspaper cuttings. They mention parliamentary proceedings, race meetings, Carrington's visit to Adelaide and Melbourne, the report of Major-General James Edwards on Australian defences, and the strong interest of Sir Henry Parkes in Australian federation.
Diary of Lord Carrington, 1890 (File)
The diary contains numerous newspaper cuttings and, as a result, there are no entries for many days and most entries are quite short. The major exception is Carrington's tour of New Zealand in January 1890, which is described in some detail. The entries refer inter alia to the Australasian Federal Conference in Melbourne (Feb. 1890), conversations with ministers and others about federation, Executive Council meetings, debates in the New South Wales Parliament, activities of Rupert Carington and other staff, deputations, visits to Gundagai, Bourke, Dubbo, Wagga, Melbourne, Hobart and Launceston, flooding of the River Darling, honours, the arrival of Royal Navy vessels in Sydney, the great maritime strike (Sept. 1890), visitors to Government House, visits to schools, concerts, race meetings, plans for Carrington's return to England, the appointment of Lord Jersey as his successor, the farewell levée at Government House and other farewell gatherings, the departure of the Carringtons from Moss Vale (2 Nov. 1890), the journey to Melbourne and Adelaide, and the voyage on the Orizaba from Adelaide to Naples.
Diary of Lord Carrington, 1891 (File)
The 1891-93 diaries contain occasional references to Australia, such as Carrington's lecture entitled 'Australia as I saw it' (1891), the 1891 Australasian Federal Convention in Sydney, the marriage in New Norfolk, Tasmania, of his brother Rupert Carington and Edith Horsfall, and meetings with visitors from Australia, such as Sir Samuel Way (1891) and Sir George Dibbs (1892).
Diary of Lord Carrington, 1892 (File)
The 1891-93 diaries contain occasional references to Australia, such as Carrington's lecture entitled 'Australia as I saw it' (1891), the 1891 Australasian Federal Convention in Sydney, the marriage in New Norfolk, Tasmania, of his brother Rupert Carington and Edith Horsfall, and meetings with visitors from Australia, such as Sir Samuel Way (1891) and Sir George Dibbs (1892).
Diary of Lord Carrington, 1893 (File)
The 1891-93 diaries contain occasional references to Australia, such as Carrington's lecture entitled 'Australia as I saw it' (1891), the 1891 Australasian Federal Convention in Sydney, the marriage in New Norfolk, Tasmania, of his brother Rupert Carington and Edith Horsfall, and meetings with visitors from Australia, such as Sir Samuel Way (1891) and Sir George Dibbs (1892).