Guide to the Papers of Reverend Henry Stobart (as filmed by the AJCP), 1846-1896

Summary

Collection number:

M467

Extent:

22 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-23 September 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:

1) Letters from Stobart to his mother, Mrs Thomas Chilton, 15 Aug. 1846, Oct. 1852-Apr.1856, on board the ships Resolute, Early Bird, Singapore, Bengal, Calcutta, Indus and Lotus and from Sydney, Brisbane, Wollongong, Ceylon, India, the Nile, Cairo, Jerusalem, Paris and Cannes. Many are written in diary form and they are chiefly descriptive.

2) Journal of Stobart commenced on board the ship Resolute in Nov. 1852 and continued until 7 July New South Wales and Queensland with notes on the prices of commodities, land and livestock at this time.

3) Sketches, including views of Armidale Church. Nobby's Head, Newcastle, and a station residence.

4) Newspaper clippings on the death of Stobart, Jan. 1896.

5) Portrait of Stobart.

Biographical / Historical:

Henry Stobart (1824-1895), the son of William and Barbara Stobart, was born at Chester le Street, County Durham. He was educated at the Grange School, Sunderland, Queen's College, Oxford, and Wells Theological College. He was ordained as a deacon in 1849 and as a priest in 1852. He was a curate in Yorkshire in 1849-1851 and then spent about five years travelling overseas as the tutor and companion of Lord Henry Scott, the son of the Duke of Buccleuch. In 1853-54 Stobart and Scott, together with Lord Schomberg Kerr and the Reverend Thomas Bowles, spent several months in Australia before sailing to the New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Hong Kong, Canton, Singapore, Ceylon and India. In the following two years Stobart spent much of his time travelling in Egypt, the Middle East and Europe.

In 1857 Stobart married Annie Mulholland. In the following few years he was the curate of parishes in Gloucester, Sussex and Staffordshire. In 1865 the Duke of Buccleuch appointed him Rector of Warkton, Northamptonshire, where he remained until 1881. He was chiefly responsible for the substantial restoration of St Edmund's Church, which he partly funded himself. He died in 1895 at Funchal, Madeira.

Lord Henry Scott (1832-1905) was the second son of the 5th Duke of Buccleuch. From 1861 to 1884 he was a Conservative member of the House of Commons. In 1885 he was created Baron Montagu of Beaulieu. One of his brothers, Lord Charles Scott, was Admiral of the Australian Station in 1889-1892. The John Oxley Library at the State Library of Queensland holds a sketchbook containing nine watercolours and pencil sketches by Lord Henry Scott.

Lord Schomberg Kerr (1833-1900) was the second son of the 7th Marquess of Lothian. He was educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond, and New College, Oxford. From 1854 to 1870 he served in the British Diplomatic Service. In 1865 he married Lady Victoria Scott, the sister of Lord Henry Scott. He succeeded his brother as the 9th Marquess of Lothian in 1870. He was Secretary for Scotland in the second ministry of Lord Salisbury in 1887-1892 and was the elected Rector of Edinburgh University in 1887-1890.

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-vn716669] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

Private Residence: Miss M.G. Newman, Sussex, England.

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-23 September 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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