Guide to the Papers of Frederick Robinson Goderich, 1st Viscount (as filmed by the AJCP)
M1173
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2018
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Robinson Goderich, Frederick John, 1st Viscount Goderich
- Title
- Papers of Frederick Robinson Goderich, 1st Viscount (as filmed by the AJCP)
- Date Range
- 1831 - 1832
- Collection Number
- M1173
- Extent
- 4 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
The papers all date from Goderich's second period at the Colonial Office. They mainly contain requests for appointments in the Australian colonies. Correspondents include Sir Richard Bourke, Ralph Darling, Judge John Stephen and Capt. W. Windeyer.
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 Reel: M1173). 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: Add MS 40862 - 40880 (Ripon Papers). For further information see Frederick Robinson Goderich at the British Library (http://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000000051.0x000386).
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-vn2250165] 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
Booth, Charles; Bourke, Sir Richard; Darling, Sir Ralph; Great Britain. Colonial Office; Politicians: Britain; Robinson, Frederick J., 1st Viscount Goderich, 1st Earl of Ripon; Stephen, John, Judge; Windeyer, W., Capt.
Bibliography
Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 191, p71.
Biographical / Historical
Frederick John Robinson (1782-1859), created 1st Viscount Goderich 1827, created 1st Earl of Ripon 1833. Educated at Harrow and St. John's College, Cambridge. Elected to Parliament as a Tory, in 1806, he was appointed Under Secretary for the Colonies in 1809 and subsequently held several junior ministerial posts. In the Liverpool Government he was President of the Board of Trade 1818-23 and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1823-27 and in the Canning Government he was Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, April-August 1827. On the death of Canning in August 1827 Goderich was appointed Prime Minister but he relinquished the office in January 1828. He was again Secretary of State for War and the Colonies in the Grey Government, November 1830-April 1833. He later held office in the Peel Government, as President of the Board of Trade 1841-43 and President of the Board of Control for the affairs of India, 1843-46.
Item Descriptions
Volume I, July 1831 - January 1832 (File Add MS 40862)
4 itemsSelect folios
Sir Herbert Taylor to R.W. Hay, 13 July 1831 (Item ff.276-77)
King sends Goderich application from Commander Windeyer for position in N.S.W.
Volume XVII, September 1822 - January 1833 (File Add MS 40878)
28 itemsSelect folios
D. Murray to Lord Anglesey, 25 January 1832 (Item f.10)
Requests memorial of J. McEncroe be sent to Goderich.
Rev. J. McEncroe to Rev. D. Murray, 23 January 1832 (Item ff.11-12)
Seeks position as chaplain in N.S.W.; does not wish to put J.H. Plunkett to expense of supporting him in colony.
A. Saunderson to Sir William Gossett, 3 May 1832 (Item f.28)
Urges appointment of Lt. M. Thornton to Constabulary, if not at home then in N.S.W.
J. Bishop to Goderich, 10 January 1832 (Item ff.64-65)
Seeks medical position in N.S.W. or Tasmania.
General R. Bourke to Goderich, 1 May 1832 (Item ff.144-45)
Appointment of W.C. Pery, son of Lord Limerick, to position in N.S.W. Post Office.
General R. Bourke to Goderich, 4 July 1832 (Item ff.178-79)
Appointment of Major Sullivan as Stipendiary Magistrate at Pt. Macquarie.
A. Balfour to Goderich, 12 September 1832 (Item ff.199-200)
Seeks civil or medical position in Tasmania.
J.D. Burridge to Goderich, 11 November 1832 (Item ff.236-37)
Seeks information on passage to N.S.W. and possibility of legal position in Sydney.
W. Banting to Lady Goderich, 11 December 1832 (Item f.257)
Recommends W. Pickworth for position in Sydney.
Lieut. W. Boys to Goderich, 24 Dec. (Item f.266)
Seeks letters of introduction to General Bourke and Colonel Arthur for his son.
Lieut. J.P. Curran to Goderich, 16 February 1832 (Item ff.315-16)
Seeks position in N.S.W. or recommendation to Governor.
Lord Cleveland to Goderich, 27 October 1832 (Item ff.398-99)
Recommends interview with W.G. Samps of Tasmania.
General R. Darling to Goderich, 11 June 1832 (Item ff.464-65)
Seeks interview; wishes to be presented to King.
C. Grant to Goderich, 13 February 1832 (Item ff.621-22)
Supports application of Capt. Robison for position in N.Z.
C. Grant to Goderich, 23 March 1832 (Item ff.639-40)
Encloses letter from merchants connected with trade to N.S.W. and N.Z. on Capt. Robison.
Volume XVIII, November 1831 - October 1832 (File Add MS 40879)
12 itemsSelect folios
Sir John Hobhouse to Goderich, 22 Nov. (Item ff.66-67)
Recommends accountant for position in Canada or N.S.W.
Goderich to Lord Kenyon, 1 March 1832 (Item ff.234-35)
Appointment of clergyman to N.S.W. convict ship.
Sir John Hay to T.F. Kennedy, 18 Aug. (Item ff.253-54)
Seeks letter of Introduction from Goderich to General Bourke, for T. Burnett who is returning to N.S.W.
Rev. T. Ludbey to Goderich, 24 March 1832 (Item ff.295-96)
Seeks interview concerning son emigrating to Tasmania.
Capt. R.G. Meares (Swan River) to Goderich, 7 November 1831 (Item ff.307-8)
Encloses memorial to King on his distressed condition; seeks position.
Volume XIX, June 1831 - December 1832 (File Add MS 40880)
23 itemsSelect folios
A. Hawkes to T. Price, 9 June 1831 (Item ff.82-83)
Seeks post of Superintendent of Convicts at Tasmania for E. Richards.
J.C. Powell to Goderich, 16 October 1832 (Item ff.115-16)
Seeks position as chaplain in Western Australia.
R. Postlethwaite to Goderich, 26 October 1832 (Item ff.118-119)
Seeks position as chaplain in N.S.W. or Tasmania.
G. Hollis to Lord Palmerston, 21 October 1832 (Item ff.133-35)
Seeks letter of introduction for T. Hood who is emigrating to Tasmania.
Harriott Reed to Goderich, 18 September 1832 (Item ff.187-88)
Seeks teaching position in N.S.W. or Tasmania.
J. Stephen to Balfour, 26 March 1832 (Item ff.255-56)
His suspension from office in N.S.W. by Governor Darling.
Rev. W. Stawell to Goderich, 12 June 1832 (Item ff.288-99)
Seeks position of chaplain in N.S.W. or Tasmania.
James Stephen to I.N. Pearson, 30 July 1832 (Item ff.305-6)
Recommendation of chaplaincy in N.S.W. to Mr. Styles (copy).
Duke of Sussex to Goderich, 16 September 1832 (Item ff.324-25)
Discovery by Mr. King in N.S.W. of sand suitable for manufacture of glass.
Goderich to Duke of Sussex, 23 September 1832 (Item ff.326-27)
Mr. King's discovery; requests more information (copy).