Guide to the Papers of Henry Pelham Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle under Lyme (as filmed by the AJCP), 1841-1865

Summary

Collection number:

M1575 - M1577

Creator:

Clinton, Henry Pelham, Earl of Lincoln, 5th Duke of Newcastle

Extent:

57 items

Language:

English

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)

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Letter-books, correspondence and official papers documenting such subjects as: colonial appointments; honours; constitutional difficulties in New South Wales; inter-colonial relations; Victorian goldfields; the New Zealand Company; church in the colonies; introduction of coloured labour; colonial defences; transportation to Western Australia; the Maori Wars; confiscation of Maori lands; and American claims to Fiji.

Correspondents include Queen Victoria, Sir George Grey, W.E. Gladstone, Sir Frederic Rogers, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Sir Charles Fitzroy, Sir William Denison, Sir John Young, C.J. La Trobe, Sir Charles Hotham, T.G. Browne and Governor Sir George Grey.

Biographical / Historical:

Henry Pelham Clinton (1811-1864), Earl of Lincoln, 5th Duke of Newcastle (succeeded 1851).

Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. Tory M.P. 1832-1846, Peelite M.P. 1846-1851. Lord of Treasury 1834-1835, Commissioner of Woods and Forests 1841-1846, Chief Secretary for Ireland 1846. Secretary of State for War and Colonies in Aberdeen Government December 1852-June 1854, Secretary of State for War in Aberdeen Government June 1854-February 1855, Secretary of State for Colonies in Palmerston Government June 1859-April 1864.

Related

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-vn735333] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

University of Nottingham Library, King's Meadow Campus, Lenton Lane, Nottingham, England.

For more information see: University of Nottingham Library archives catalogue [http://mss-cat.nottingham.ac.uk/CalmView/Default.aspx?]

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)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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