Guide to the Guide to Papers of Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (as filmed by the AJCP)

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M1169

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Created: 2018

Collection Summary

Creator
Bathurst, Henry, 3rd Earl Bathurst
Title
Papers of Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (as filmed by the AJCP)
Date Range
1798 - 1829
Collection Number
M1169
Extent
75 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

Correspondence concerning administration of New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land and Singapore, referring especially to colonial appointments, land grants, Samuel Marsden and other clergy, recall of Governor Brisbane in 1824-25 and dismissal of J. Gellibrand as Attorney-General in Van Diemen's Land in 1826.

Correspondents include H. Goulburn, R.W. Hay, Wilmot Horton, Lord Hastings and J. Macarthur.

Conditions Governing Access

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use

Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the British Library. For more information visit: How I use the images I order?-The British Library [https://www.bl.uk/help/how-can-i-use-the-images-i-order].

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 as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1980 (AJCP Reels: M1169). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.

Existence and Location of Originals

British Library, 96 Euston Road, London. Collection reference: Loan MS 57. For further information see Henry Bathurst at the British Library (http://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000000587.0x00014c).

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-vn2250116] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Finding Aid Note

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.

Finding-aid Notes

This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP). The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.

Subjects

Anglican Church: Australia; Bathurst, Henry, 3rd Earl; Brisbane, Sir Thomas M.; Gellibrand, J.; Goulburn, Henry; Great Britain. Colonial Office; Hay, R.W.; Horton, Sir R.J Wilmot; Land: New South Wales; Land: Tasmania; Macarthur, John, Capt.; Marsden, Samuel, Rev.; New South Wales: politics and government; Politicians: Britain; Rawdon-Hastings, Henry, 1st Marquess of Hastings; Singapore; Tasmania; Tasmania: politics and government

Bibliography

Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 28, p9.

Biographical / Historical

Henry Bathurst (1762-1834), 3rd Earl Bathurst (succeeded 1794). Tory MP for Cirencester 1783-94. Lord of Admiralty 1783-89, Lord of Treasury 1789-91, Commissioner of Board of Control 1793-1802, President of Board of Trade 1807-12, Foreign Secretary Oct-Dec 1809, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies in the Liverpool Government June 1812-April 1827, Lord President of the Council in the Wellington Government 1828-30.

Item Descriptions

Series 57/1-19. Political correspondence, 1812 - 1827

37 items

Filmed selectively.

Lord Melville to Bathurst, 6 April [1812] (File 57/5/449)

East India Co. and fur trade with China; Java; renewal of Company's charter.

G. Rose to Bathurst, 3 April 1812 (File 57/5/450)

Renewal of East India Co.'s charter; fur trade between China and America.

J. Owen to Bathurst, 1 July 1812 (File 57/5/483)

Seeks grant of land in N.S.W. for brother Edward Lord, formerly officer at Van Diemen's Land.

Bathurst to J. Owen, 3 July 1812 (File 57/5/484)

Lord's accounts under investigation by Treasury.

I. McMahon to Bathurst, 14 July 1812 (File 57/5/496)

Transmits memorial from D. Allan, Deputy Commissary General in N.S.W.

Bathurst to I. McMahon, 15 July 1812 (File 57/5/498)

Rejects Allan's request; land grants originate with Governor.

Sir Charles Price to Bathurst, 22 August 1812 (File 57/5/539)

Recommends appointment of J. Ferrier to command of vessel at N.S.W.

J.F. Lumsden to Bathurst, 1 September 1812 (File 57/6/564)

Seeks position as attorney in N.S.W.

J. Belbin to Bathurst, 25 September 1812 (File 57/6/585)

Seeks financial relief; distressed position arose from support of Governor Bligh in Van Diemen's Land.

J. Owen to Bathurst, 25 September 1812 (File 57/6/585. (sic))

Seeks land grant for Edward Lord.

Bathurst to J. Owen, 3 October 1812 (File 57/6/590)

Land grants originate with Governor; promise to E. Lord made by Lord Castlereagh.

J. Princep to Bathurst, 24 June 1813 (File 57/7/680)

Seeks appointment as commissioner for disposal of Java produce.

Bathurst to Archbishop C.M. Sutton, 3 July 1813 (File 57/7/684)

Acknowledges letter concerning United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.

J. McArthur to Bathurst, 20 April 1814 (File 57/7/757)

Transmits samples of wool imported from N.S.W.; Australian wool may remove necessity of importing Spanish wool.

J. Sneyd to Bathurst, 25 July [1814] (File 57/7/774)

Appointment of nephew to position at Java.

C. de Hogendais(?) to Bathurst, 10 November 1814 (File 57/8/851)

Report on Java.

H. Goulburn to Bathurst, 15 December 1815 (File 57/10/1112)

Governor Macquarie's excursion into interior of N.S.W.: legislation on plartation trade.

G. Rex to Bathurst, 14 January 1816 (File 57/11/1128)

Recommends W.N. Wylde for passage to and land grant in N.S.W.

Lord Moira (Calcutta) to Bathurst, 8 July 1816 (File 57/11/1155)

Transfer of Java to Dutch; prejudice against Dutch amongst natives.

Lord Melville to Bathurst, 11 August 1817 (File 57/11/1240)

Strength of naval forces at various stations; necessity of sending frigate to South American Station.

Lord Hastings (Calcutta) to Bathurst, 23 March 1819 (File 57/12/1377)

Acquisition of Singapore by Sir Stamford Raffles; Dutch claims to Singapore.

Lord Hastings (Calcutta) to Bathurst, 11 April 1819 (File 57/12/1381)

Occupation of Singapore; Singapore's relations with Johore.

Lord Hastings (Calcutta) to Bathurst, 11 May 1819 (File 57/12/1387)

Dutch claims to Singapore; influx of Malay settlers.

J. Stephen to Bathurst, 16 August 1819 (File 57/12/1401)

Establishment of colony at South Africa; disposal of Crown lands in colonies.

J.T. Bigge to Bathurst, 13 December 1821 (File 57/13/1599)

Declines appointment as Judge Advocate at Gibraltar.

H. Goulburn (Dublin) to Bathurst, 7 September 1824 (File 57/15/1860)

Frederick Goulburn; Bathurst's correspondence with Sir Thomas Brisbane.

Bathurst to King George IV, 12 November 1824 (File 57/15/1868)

Recall of Sir Thomas Brisbane and F. Goulburn; recommends appointment of General R. Darling as Governor of N.S.W.

Duke of Wellington to Bathurst, 20 November 1824 (File 57/15/1870)

Regrets recall of Sir Thomas Brisbane.

H. Goulburn (Dublin) to Bathurst, 28 November 1824 (File 57/15/1874)

Wilberforce's attack on F. Goulburn; character of F. Goulburn; charges against Dr. Douglas by S. Marsden.

R.W. Hay to Bathurst, 25 November 1825 (File 57/16/1986)

Colonial Office business; appointments in N.S.W. and Van Diemen's Land.

Memorandum on secret intelligence from Paris, 30 November 1825 (File 57/16/1989)

French plans to form convict settlement in New Holland.

Bathurst to Duchess of Atholl, 21 March 1826 (File 57/16/2036)

Appointment of J. Burnett as Colonial Secretary of Van Diemen's Land.

R.W. Hay to Bathurst, 31 March 1826 (File 57/16/2040)

Colonial Office business; letters concerning N.S.W.

Wilmot Horton to Bathurst, 28 June 1826 (File 57/16/2080)

Colonial finance; powers of governor vis a vis Secretary of State and Treasury.

Bathurst to Duke of Cambridge, 26 July 1826 (File 57/17/2102)

Naturalisation of Schmollett in Australia.

Wilmot Horton to Bathurst, 21 October 1826 (File 57/17/2118)

Emigration, effects on manufacturing districts and pressure for cheap corn.

To Bathurst, 19 March 1827 (File 57/17/2221)

Emigration of Major Bates to Australia.

Series 57/20-23. Political correspondence, 1808 - 1826

4 items

Filmed selectively.

T. Ritchie (Greenock) to Bathurst, 18 October 1808 (File 57/20/38)

Advocates abolition of East India Co's privileges in seas east of Cape of Good Hope and west of Cape Horn.

J. Ferrier to Bathurst, 19 August 1812 (File 57/21/89)

Seeks command of vessel at N.S.W.

R.W. Hay to J. Brickwood, 15 August 1826 (File 57/23/293)

Employment of convicts by Australian Agricultural Co.

Suggestions on emigration and corn laws, n.d. (File 57/23/324)

Series 57/55. Letters from various correspondents, 1824

11 items

Filmed selectively.

Capt. J. Bremer to Bathurst, 25 November 1824 (File 57/55/4-5)

Settlement at Melville Island; seeks promotion for son.

Lord Gwydir to Bathurst, 23 July (File 57/55/12-13)

Supports application of McIntyre for land grant in Van Diemen's Land.

Lord Gwydir to Percy, 23 July (File 57/55/14-15)

Supports application of McIntyre for land grant in Van Diemen's Land.

Wilmot Horton to T. Macqueen, 17 April 1824 (File 57/55/16-17)

Transmits letter for Sir Thomas Brisbane stating that McIntyre is Macqueen's represetnative and authorising land grant.

Wilmot Horton to T. Macqueen, 18 August 1823 (File 57/55/18-19)

Bathurst approves of land grant of 10,000 acres in N.S.W.

Sir Patrick Murray to Sir George Murray, 19 July 1824 (File 57/55/20)

Seeks letter of introduction to Sir Thomas Brisbane for P. McIntyre. (Copy).

L. Macquarie to Bathurst, 1 June 1824 (File 57/55/27-28)

Requests letters be returned to him.

Lord Northampton to Bathurst, 28 November 1824 (File 57/55/30-31)

Supports claims for advancement of E. Abbott, returned from Van Diemen's Land.

J. Owen to Bathurst, 26 January 1824 (File 57/55/33-34)

Seeks appointment of his brother as N.S.W. Commissioner of Excise and Collector of Duties.

W. Wilberforce to Bathurst, 6 December 1823 (File 57/55/36-37)

Shortage of clergy in Van Diemen's Land.

Extract from Bigge Report on need for clergymen in Van Diemen's Land (File 57/55/38)

Series 57/57-59. Letters to Secretary, 1825 - 1828

26 items

Filmed selectively.

Bathurst to R.W. Hay, 30 October [1825] (File 57/57/88)

Despatches; tea for convicts at N.S.W.

Bathurst to R.W. Hay, 7 November 1825 (File 57/57/109-10)

Lord Melville's view on action of Capt. C. Mitchell (Slaney) in seizing merchant ship Almorah at Sydney.

Bathurst to R.W. Hay, 10 November 1825 (File 57/57/111)

Acquittal of Capt. Mitchell; appointment of Attorney-General in N.S.W.

Bathurst to R.W. Hay, 15 November 1825 (File 57/57/120)

Despatch on juries addressed to Governor R. Darling.

Bathurst to R.W. Hay, 29 March 1826 (File 57/58/47)

Utility of sending convicts to Melville Island; despatches to Shark's Bay; property of convicts, banishment to Norfolk Island.

Bathurst to R.W. Hay, 17 June 1826 (File 57/58/70-71)

Private letters from Governor R. Darling; good relations between Lieut. Governor G. Arthur and Chief Justice; appointment of Attorney-General for Van Diemen's Land.

Bathurst to R.W. Hay, 19 June 1826 (File 57/58/72)

Appointment of governors.

Bathurst to R.W. Hay, 19 June 1826 (File 57/58/74)

Dismissal of J. Gellibrand as Attorney-General; despatch to Governor R. Darling.

Bathurst to R.W. Hay, n.d. (File 57/58/82)

Appointment of Attorney-General for Van Diemen's Land.

Bathurst to R.W. Hay, 22 June 1826 (File 57/58/84-85)

Letter of J. Gellibrand to be sent to Lieut. Governor G. Arthur.

Bathurst to R.W. Hay, 10 June 1826 (File 57/58/94)

Australian paper; equipment of steam vessels.

Bathurst to R.W. Hay, 4 July 1826 (File 57/58/98)

Suggests Sir Herbert Taylor see Sir Thomas Brisbane.

Bathurst to R.W. Hay, 12 July 1826 (File 57/58/102-3)

Instructions to Governor R. Darling concerning Rev. S. Marsden; Marsden's intemperate letter.

Bathurst to R.W. Hay, 30 July 1826 (File 57/58/106)

Sir Thomas Brisbane and Sir Herbert Taylor.

Bathurst to R.W. Hay, 2 August 1826 (File 57/58/112-13)

Brisbane's encouragement of trial by jury and legislative assembly.

Bathurst to R.W. Hay, 4 August 1826 (File 57/58/116)

Letter for Sir Herbert Taylor.

Bathurst to R.W. Hay, 12 September 1826 (File 57/58/152)

Letter from J. Gellibrand.

R.W. Hay to Bathurst, 14 September 1826 (File 57/58/153)

Papers on J. Gellibrand.

R.W. Hay to Wilmot Horton, 23 September 1826 (File 57/58/172-73)

Admission of French ships to colonies, including N.S.W.

Bathurst to R.W. Hay, 24 September 1826 (File 57/58/174)

Letters of Governor R. Darling.

Bathurst to R.W. Hay, 25 October 1826 (File 57/58/182-83)

Hood's case; Australian's treatment of Lieut. Governor G. Arthur; W. Sorell's opposition to Arthur and appointment of J. Beamont.

Bathurst to R.W. Hay, 26 October 1826 (File 57/58/186)

Howell's report on J. Gellibrand.

Bathurst to R.W. Hay, 30 October 1826 (File 57/58/203-4)

Inconvenience of replacing Lieut. Governor G. Arthur.

Bathurst to R.W. Hay, 13 January 1827 (File 57/59/19-20)

Emigration to N.S.W., Lord Melville's representations.

Bathurst to R.W. Hay, 5 September 1828 (File 57/59/135)

Requests copy of regulations on land grants in Australia.

Bathurst to R.W. Hay, 24 December 1828 (File 57/59/160-62)

Assessment of Wilmot Horton; relations between Privy Council and colonies.

Series 57/64. Letters on Eastern Colonies, 1822 - 1824

Items of interest include:

Bathurst to General Vancoune (25/01/1822): Formation of separate government in Van Diemen's Land; emigration restriction.

Bathurst to General A. Brooke (25/01/1822): Appointment of governor of N.S.W.

Bathurst to Lord Kenyon (16/03/1822): Appointment of Brook as chaplain in Van Diemen's Land or N.S.W.

Bathurst to Lord Kingston (26/04/1822): Passage to N.S.W. for J. Burnets.

Bathurst to L. Macquarie (7/07/1822): Declines offer of gift of N.S.W. sheep.

Bathurst to Sir George Murray (12/11/1822): Letter from Sir Thomas Brisbane; Macquarie's mistake in considering N.S.W. a colony; establishment of penal settlement; Brisbane's interest in astronomy.

Bathurst to Lord Lauderdale (10/06/1823): Appointment for Wood in Van Diemen's Land.

Bathurst to Sir Thomas Brisbane (23/08/1824): Irregularities in case of Campbell v. McArthur; establishment of Presbyterian Church in N.S.W.; complaints that Brisbane has left Government to F. Goulburn and pursues his private interests and that he criticizes privately the acts of his Government; predicts attack on Brisbane and Goulburn in Parliament.

Series 57/89. Private letters and drafts, 1813

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Bathurst to Elliot, 22 August 1813 (File 57/89/3-4)

Appointment as governor of Java; transfer of Java from East India Co. to Crown.

Series 57/107. Correspondence with Lord Melville, 1798 - 1830

2 items

Filmed selectively.

Lady Carpenter to H. Dundas, 15 May 1798 (File 57/107/37)

Appointment of Capt. Baird as Deputy Master Attendant at Prince of Wales Island.

G. Wyke to Bathurst, 20 May 1829 (File 57/107/115-15a)

Seeks promotion for son, midshipman on Alligator.


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