Guide to the Collections held by the Cambridgeshire Record Office, Huntingdon (as filmed by the AJCP)

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M1854-M1855

National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record

Created: 2018

Collection Summary

Creator
Cambridgeshire Record Office. Huntingdon Office
Title
Collections held by the Cambridgeshire Record Office, Huntingdon (as filmed by the AJCP)
Date Range
1850 - 1911
Collection Number
M1854-M1855
Extent
45 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 material filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project includes: Records of H. Wilson, Clerk of the City of Peterborough Education Committee, relating to the exchange of flags between St Peter's Church School, Sydney, and St John's School, Peterborough, 1911; Papers 1856-1893 of George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester, and William Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester, concerning properties in Australia, Australian Transcontinental Railway and Queensland Emigration Scheme and Papers 1885-1900 of Linton Family of Stirtloe, Buckden, concerning the estate of Sydney Linton, Bishop of Riverina, and the marriage of Frederick Chamberlin and Helen Kaye.

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 Cambridgeshire Record Office, England, as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1983 (AJCP Reels: M1854-M1855). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.

Existence and Location of Originals

Cambridgeshire Archives. Formerly the 'Cambridgeshire Record Office', Shire Hall, Castle Hill, Cambridge CB3 0AP, England.

For further information, see Cambridgeshire Archives Service (https://calm.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/calmview/).

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-vn746708] 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

Australian Transcontinental Railway; Chamberlin, Frederick; Emigration and immigration; Kaye, Helen; Land: Australia; Linton Family; Linton, Sydney, Bishop; Montagu, George, 6th Duke of Manchester; Montagu, William, 7th Duke of Manchester; Peterborough, England; Queensland: immigration to; Railways: Australia; St John's School, Peterborough; St Peter's Church School, Sydney; Transcontinental Railway; Wilson, H.

Bibliography

Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 87, pp.30-31.

Item Descriptions

Fonds Acc. 2899. County Council. Education Department, 1911

Papers of H. Wilson, Clerk of the City of Peterborough Education Committee, relating to the exchange of flags between St. Peter's Church School, Sydney, and St. John's School, Peterborough, 1911. The flags were seen 'of symbols of the colonial relationship as well as the attachments suggested by the local names.' The papers include the programme for the ceremony of the unfurling of the flags at Peterborough, 3 Nov. 1911.

Fonds DDM. Manchester Muniments, 1850 - 1980

37 items

Papers of George Montagu (1799-1855), 6th Duke of Manchester (succeeded 1843) and William Montagu (1823-1890), 7th Duke of Manchester (succeeded 1855). The 7th Duke, who owned properties in New Zealand and Australia, was the first President of the Royal Colonial Institute.

Series DDM 8A/1. Guard book of H.J. Ker Porter (Brampton, Hunts.), 1856 - 1873

Agent of the Duke of Manchester, concerning the Duke's New Zealand properties 1856-1873. The correspondents include H. Scott (Christchurch), Harman and Stevens (Christchurch), H. Gresson (Christchurch) and V. Hill (St. Neots). In addition to correspondence, there are schedules of investments, accounts and lists of tenants.

Series DDM 8A/2. Correspondence, 20 October 1880

1 item

Filmed selectively.

A. Morris (Sydney) to Duke of Manchester, 20 October 1880 (File)

Award of gold medal of Sydney International Exhbibition for work in initiating and supporting Royal Colonial Institute.

Series DDM 10A/9. Correspondence and miscellaneous, 12 May 1881 - 6 January 1882

7 items

Filmed selectively.

Memorandum of association of Australian Trans-Continental Railway Syndicate Ltd. (3 pages, printed), 12 May 1881 (File)
Articles of association of Australian Trans-Continental Railway Syndicate Ltd. (21 pages, printed), 12 May 1881 (File)
Correspondence between Duke of Manchester and H. Kimber, 8 August 1881 - 15 August 1881 (File)

Declines to join Australian Trans-Continental Railway Syndicate.

Difficulty owing to Duke's election to board of Syndicate; distribution of shares between founders and principal capitalists; T. Archer.

Australian Trans-Continental Railway; loan of £100.

Sir Joshua Bell (Brisbane) to Duke of Manchester, n.d. (File)

Darling Downs and Western Land Co.; increase of capital; sends articles of association; debentures; rise in value of sheep and cattle properties in Queensland. (badly damaged).

T. McIlwraith (Brisbane) to Duke of Manchester, 10 October 1881 (File)

Duke's work for Queensland; Hut Rails scandal, McIlwraith's strong political position; Darling Downs and Western Land Co.; formation of mining and smelting company in Queensland by Robertson of Glasgow.

T. McIlwraith to Duke of Manchester, 30 December 1881 (File)

Death of Sir Joshua Bell; Sir Arthur Palmer to be managing director; London Board; tour of interior of Queensland; by-election victories; opposition to McIlwraith in Brisbane.

Sir Charles Stirling to Duke of Manchester, 6 January 1882 (File)

Appointment of City men to London board of Darling Downs and Western Land Co.; T. McIlwraith; debentures taken up in Queensland.

Series DDM 10A/14. Correspondence, 1850 - 1855

2 items

Filmed selectively.

Bundle of letters relating to Lord Frederick Montagu in New Zealand and New South Wales, 1850 - 1855 (File 74)

They refer to his ill-health, income, debts, the tack of servants in the Australian bush, rough treatment of horses, and Archdeacon W. Cowper. The correspondents include Lord Frederick Montagu and Sir S. Osborne Gibbs.

Lord Mandeville Montagu (London) to Lord Frederick Montagu, January 1853 - July 1853 (File 75)

Lord Frederick's conduct in New Zealand and New South Wales; income and debts. (3 letters).

Also includes a letter from H. Porter (Sydney) to Lord Mandeville Montagu regarding despatch of effects of Lord Frederick Montagu, 1855-06-01.

Series DDM 10A/16. Correspondence, 1854 - 1855

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Correspondence concerning illness and death of Lord Frederick Montagu, 1854 - 1855 (File 7-14)

The correspondents include H. Porter (Lyttelton), Sir.S. Osborne Gibbs (Sydney), and Mackellar and Mackay (Sydney).

Series DDM 10B/22. Papers relating to the Queensland Emigration Scheme, 1862

The papers include letters of H. Jordan on assistance to operatives in cotton mills to emigrate to Queensland, letters of J. Lang (Manchester), a letter of the Duke of Manchester to the Times, and H. Jordan. Queensland: emigration to the new colony of Australia the future cotton field of England. (London, 1862).

(12 documents).

Series DDM 12/7. Correspondence, 15 August 1851

2 items

Filmed selectively.

Lord Frederick Montagu (Sydney) to Duke of Manchester, 15 August 1851 (File)

Accident; loan from Capt. Fitzroy.

F. Clarke to Duke of Manchester, 28 Aug. (File)

Letter from Mrs Reav of Sydney concerning loan made to Lord Frederick Montagu.

Series DDM 17/2. Miscellaneous, 21 October 1880 - 1893

7 items
Menu for public banquet for Duke of Manchester, 29 October 1880 (File 1)
Address of welcome to Duke of Manchester by Mayor and Aldermen of Singleton, 21 October 1880 (File)
Address of welcome to Duke of Manchester by Mayor and Aldermen of Dubbo, 26 October 1880 (File)
Address of welcome to Duke of Manchester by residents of Gunnedah and district, 22 October 1880 (File 2)
Address of welcome to Duke of Manchester by residents of Camatanakan, 25 October 1880 (File)
Clanwilliam Meade to Rev. R.C. Meade (St. Neots), 1891 - 1892 (File 3)

Work on stations in Queensland and South Australia; drought. (3 letters).

Correspondence concerning disappearance of C. Meade in bush at Palparra Station, South Australia, 1893 (File)

Correspondents include A. Helling (Coworie), A. Hay (Palparra) H. Williamson (Canterbury, Queensland). (9 letters).

Series DDM 20A/3. Correspondence and miscellaneous, 23 November 1869 - 9 June 1871

6 items

Filmed selectively.

C. Eddy to Duke of Manchester, 23 November 1869 (File)

Requests signature for petition; sends statistics on colonial trade.

J. Bate to Duke of Manchester, 21 January 1870 (File)

Sends letter for daily papers and letter from G. Spottiswoode on need for assistance for emigration from Aberdeen.

W. Collands to Duke of Manchester and H. Cocks to Duke of Manchester, 3 February 1870 - 2 February 1871 (File)

W. Collands: Sends preface to pamphlet on emigration, 1870-02-03.

H. Cocks: Conference on colonial question, 1871-02-02.

H. Cocks to Duke of Manchester, 6 April 1871 (File)

Seeks donation for National Emigration League; impending departure of emigrant ships from Liverpool.

H. Cocks to Duke of Manchester, 4 May 1871 (File)

Contribution of Duke to National Emigration League.

Circular signed by E. Jenkins on Conference on Colonial Questions (printed), 9 June 1871 (File)

Series DDM 51C/7/3. Papers relating to Darling Downs and Western Land Co, 1881 - 1884

1 item
Papers relating to Darling Downs and Western Land Co, 1881 - 1884 (File)

The letters deal with leases in Western Australia, directorships, and the formation of the London board. Correspondents include J. Forrest (Perth), A. McIlwraith, Sir Charles Stirling and T. McIlwraith (Brisbane).

(9 documents).

Series DDM 2. Manchester Muniments, 1870 - 1886

8 items

Archival History

Acquired by the Cambridgeshire Record Office in 1980.

Subseries DDM 2 Book 4. Papers relating to the Duke of Manchester's estates in New Zealand, 1873 - 1886

Mainly dealing with his Feilding and Halcombe properties, they include correspondence, accounts, plans and newspaper cuttings. They refer to the purchase and sale of land, rents, reports on the condition of properties, agents' accounts, the Manchester Block in the Province of Wellington, assets and liabilities of the Emigrant and Colonists Aid Corporation, and donations to Christchurch Cathedral Fund. Most of the letters were from Harman and Stevens (Christchurch).

Subseries DDM 2 Box 14. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 12 October 1870 - 27 January 1886
3 items

Filmed selectively.

Sir Frederic Rogers to Duke of Manchester, 12 October 1870 (File)

Objections of Lord Kimberley to scheme of Emigrant and Colonists Aid Association.

Memorandum on Austral Downs Run, Northern Territory (14 pages, printed), [1885] (File)
Envelope, 1882 - 1885 (File)
14 items
Prospectus of Australian Mortgage Investment and Agency Corporation, October 1882 (Item)

List of proposed directors of Australian Mortgage Investment and Agency Corporation.

M. Smith to Duke of Manchester, 24 November 1882 (Item)

Urges Duke to have nothing to do with Corporation.

J.C. Bray (Adelaide) to Duke of Manchester, 27 January 1886 (Item)

Investments in South Australia.

F.H. Moore (Sydney) to Duke of Manchester, 28 July 188- (Item)

Thanks for cheese; price of stations in Australia; land investments in Western Australia.

F. Dalgety to Duke of Manchester, 17 October 1882 (Item)

Stocking of land in Western Australia.

W. Mackinnon to Duke of Manchester, July 1885 - December 1885 (Item)

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-762387074.

Election: value of runs in Australia. (3 letters).

Memorandum on Walhallow and Piallaway sheep runs (Item)
Sir William Robinson (Perth) to Duke of Manchester, 15 April (Item)

Land investments in Western Australia; development of Kimberleys.

New Zealand Trust and Loan Co. to Duke of Manchester: loan (3 letters), July 1882 - August 1882 (Item)
E. Stevens (Christchurch) to Duke of Manchester, 20 March 1882 (Item)

Sale of property in New Zealand.

Capt. A. Cooter (Hobart) to Duke of Manchester, 29 January 1883 (Item)

Railway development in Western Australia.

Newspaper cuttings on Capt. A. Coote (Item)
J. Jamieson to Duke of Manchester Walhallow run (3 letters), May 1885 (Item)
R.C. Want to Duke of Manchester Walhallow run (2 letters), May 1885 (Item)
Subseries DDM 2 Box 33. Correspondence and miscellaneous, 15 December 1873 - 12 March 1874
4 items

Filmed selectively.

Prospectus of New Zealand Land and Emigration Department of Emigrant and Colonists Aid Corporation (File)
Some particulars relating to the lands of the Emigrant and Colonists Aid Corporation, known as the Manchester (Manawatu) Block, in the Province of Wellington, New Zealand, 12 March 1874 (File)

Comprises: Extract of note by A.F. Halcombe on Manchester Block (Printed), 15 December 1973.

Circular signed by Duke of Manchester on investment in New Zealand Department of Emigrant and Colonists Aid Corporation, 12 March 1874 (File)
Plan of Manchester Block (File)

Fonds Acc. 148. Thornhill Collection, 10 January 1842

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Biographical / Historical

The Thornhill Family had estates in Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire and Lincolnshire. George Thornhill (1783-1852) of Diddington Hall, Huntingdonshire, was a member of the House of Commons from 1837 until his death. Lieutenant Joseph Henry Kay (1815-1875) was the director of the magnetic observatory at Van Diemen's Land from 1840 to 1853.

Joseph Kay (London) to George Thornhill, 10 January 1842 (File TH/5/153)

Appointment of son, W. Kay, to observatory at Van Diemen's Land; building plans.

Fonds Acc. 1832. Papers of Linton Family of Stirtloe, Buckden, 8 March 1885 - April 1895

4 items

Filmed selectively.

Biographical / Historical

Sydney Linton (1841-1894), who was born at Diddington, Huntingdonshire, was the bishop of Riverina in New South Wales from 1884 until his death. His brother John Linton (1840-1917) was the owner of Stirtloe House in Buckden, Huntingdonshire.

Will of Sydney Linton, Bishop of Riverina, 22 September 1887 (File 14)

With codicils of 16 April 1891 and 16 November 1891 (copies).

Power of attorney from George Mair and A.P. Stewart (Sydney) to John Linton (Buckden), 8 March 1885 (File 251)

Gurney and Co. (Norwich) to J. Linton, April 1895 (File 252-53)

Estate of Bishop S. Linton; power of attorney. (2 letters)

A.P. Stewart (Hay, N.S.W.) to J. Linton, 17 August 1894 (File 254)

Sends death certificate and will of Bishop S. Linton.

Fonds Acc. 2651. Papers of Kaye Family of Tetworth Hall, 5 June 1882

2 items

Filmed selectively.

Promissory note of F.E. Stewart (Christchurch) for £7,000 10 February 1865. Statement of trustees of marriage settlement of Mr. and Mrs. F. Chamberlin, 26 May 1900 (File F2)

Refers to institution of proceedings against Stewart and his insolvency.

Settlement on marriage of Frederick Chamberlin and Helen M. Kayem, 5 June 1882 (File T5)

Refers to promissory note for £7,000 received by F. Chamberlin from F.E. Stewart of St. Kilda, Victoria.


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