Guide to the Bunbury Family Papers (as filmed by the AJCP), 1824-1872

Summary

Collection number:

M1909-M1911

Creator:

Bunbury Family

Extent:

12 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:

The collection contain 12 groups of correspondence: 1. Letters of Capt. Richard Hanmer Bunbury to his wife Sarah Bunbury, 1840-1857 (41 letters); 2. Letters of Capt. Richard Hanmer Bunbury to his father Sir Henry Bunbury, 1840-1850 (52 letters); 3. Letters of Capt. Richard Hanmer Bunbury to his step-mother Lady Bunbury, 1840-1844 (5 letters); 4. Letters of Capt. Richard Hanmer Bunbury to his father-in-law R. C. Sconce, 1839-1840 (7 letters); 5. Letters of Capt. Richard Hanmer Bunbury to George Repton, 1842-1843 (3 letters); 6. Letters of Sarah Bunbury to her father R. C. Sconce 1840-1846 (54 letters); 7. letters of Sara Bunbury to her mother and to Sir Henry and Lady Bunbury, 1840-1850 (8 letters); 8. Letter of Hanmer and Sarah Bunbury, 1840-1843 (18 letters); 9. Letters of Rev. R.K. Sconce to R. Hanmer Bunbury, 1844-1846 (4 letters); 10. Miscellaneous letters to R. Hanmer Bunbury, 1824-1856 (7 letters); 11. Miscellaneous letters to Sarah Bunbury, 1843-1870 (17 letters); 12. Miscellaneous documents, including bapmistal certificate of Bunbury.

Biographical / Historical:

Captain Richard Hanmer Bunbury (1813-1857), youngest son of Lt. General Sir Henry Bunbury (1778-1860), 7th Baronet, author of works on military history. Served in Royal Navy. In 1838 married Sarah Susanna Sconce, daughter of Robert Sconce, Chief Commissary of Navy at Malta. Bunbury and his wife, togther with Robert K. Sconce (later Anglican minister at St. Andrew's, Sydney) and his wife, emigrated to Port Phillip on the Argyle, arriving in March 1841. Bunbury was appointed a magistrate in 1841, Superintendent of Water Police at Williamstown in 1842 and Harbour Master at Williamstown in 1844. He returned to England in 1857.

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-vn667466] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Photocopies of the papers are held at the National Library of Australia: Manuscript Reference no: MS 8098 (https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1574404).

Existence and Location of Originals:

Argyll Etkin Ltd., 55 New Bond Street, London.

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

Contact:

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