Guide to the Papers of Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess (as filmed by the AJCP), 1792-1805

Summary

Collection number:

M1888 - M1889

Creator:

Wellesley, Richard Colley, 2nd Earl Mornington, 1st Marquess Wellesley

Extent:

44 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:

Correspondence relating to: the spice trade; settlement in India of convicts from New South Wales; relations with Dutch East Indies; expedition against Batavia 1800-01; British defences at Malacca; and administration of Prince of Wales Island (Penang). There is also correspondence concerning the Residency of R.T. Farquhar at Moluccas and Prince of Wales Island, and a journal of Capt. W.C. Lennon with an account of Ambon and Banda 1795-96. Main correspondents are Lord Hobart, General D. Baird, R.C. Birch, C. Stokes, Sir Home Popham, Sir Edward Pellew, Admiral P. Rainier, Capt. R.T. Farquhar and Capt. W. Bathurst.

Biographical / Historical:

Richard Colley Wellesley (1760-1842), 2nd Earl of Mornington (succeeded 1781), 1st Marquess Wellesley (created 1799). Brother of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley.

Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, Tory M.P. 1784-97. Lord of Treasury, 1786-97, member of Board of Control for affairs of India, 1793-97. Governor-General of India, 1797-1805. Ambassador Extraordinary to Spain 1809. Foreign Secretary in Perceval Government, 1809-12. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1821-28, 1833-34.

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-vn761066] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

British Library, 96 Euston Road, London. Collection reference: Add MS 12564-13915. For further information see Richard Wellesley at the British Library (http://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000000046.0x00002a).

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)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

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