Guide to the Collections held by the Cambridgeshire Record Office, Huntingdon (as filmed by the AJCP)
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 itemsPapers 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 10A/9. Correspondence and miscellaneous, 12 May 1881 - 6 January 1882
7 itemsFilmed 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.
Series DDM 10A/14. Correspondence, 1850 - 1855
2 itemsFilmed 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 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 17/2. Miscellaneous, 21 October 1880 - 1893
7 itemsSeries DDM 20A/3. Correspondence and miscellaneous, 23 November 1869 - 9 June 1871
6 itemsFilmed 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.
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 itemsArchival 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 itemsFilmed selectively.
Sir Frederic Rogers to Duke of Manchester, 12 October 1870 (File)
Objections of Lord Kimberley to scheme of Emigrant and Colonists Aid Association.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Fonds Acc. 148. Thornhill Collection, 10 January 1842
1 itemFilmed 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.
Fonds Acc. 1832. Papers of Linton Family of Stirtloe, Buckden, 8 March 1885 - April 1895
4 itemsFilmed 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.
Fonds Acc. 2651. Papers of Kaye Family of Tetworth Hall, 5 June 1882
2 itemsFilmed selectively.