Guide to the Guide to Papers of Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (as filmed by the AJCP)
M1169
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
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 itemsFilmed 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.
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. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Series 57/20-23. Political correspondence, 1808 - 1826
4 itemsFilmed selectively.
Series 57/55. Letters from various correspondents, 1824
11 itemsFilmed 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).
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.
Series 57/57-59. Letters to Secretary, 1825 - 1828
26 itemsFilmed selectively.
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 57/58/74)
Dismissal of J. Gellibrand as Attorney-General; despatch to Governor R. Darling.
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, 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, 2 August 1826 (File 57/58/112-13)
Brisbane's encouragement of trial by jury and legislative assembly.
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, 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, 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.
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.