Guide to the Papers of the Vyvyan Family of Trelowarren, Mawgan in Meneage (as filmed by the AJCP), 1857-1868
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Summary
- Collection number:
- M402
- Creator:
- Vyvyan (Family)
- Extent:
- 67 items
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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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:
- 64 letters, including eight from J. Henry Vyvyan to his uncle Sir Richard Vyvyan, describing: conditions in New Zealand; land regulations; copper mining; the difficulties of his farming life; and the obstacles to his return to England. Most of the remaining letters are from J.H. Vyvyan's father, Rev. Vyell Vyvyan, and his uncle Sir Richard Vyvyan concerning family affairs, especially J. Henry Vyvyan's position in New Zealand. The other four items include memorandums and receipts.
- Biographical / Historical:
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Sir Richard Rawlinson Vyvyan (1800-1879), 8th Baronet, the son of Sir Vyell Vyvyan, 7th Baronet, was born at Trelowarren, Cornwall. He was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford, although he did not graduate. He succeeded to the family estates in Cornwall on the death of his father in 1820. He was a Tory parliamentarian, representing Cornwall (1825-31), Okehampton (1831-32), Bristol (1832-37) and Helston (1841-57). He was the High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1840-41. Vyvian had a strong interest in metaphysics and carried out experiments on light, heat and magnetism. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1826 and he was also a Fellow of the Geological Society. He was unmarried.
Vyell Francis Vyvyan (1801-1877), the brother of Sir Richard Vyvyan, was educated at Ottery St Mary, Devon, and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was ordained as a priest in 1825 and was the rector of Withiel, near Bodmin in Cornwall, from 1825 until his death. He married Anna Taylor in 1825 and they had nine sons and four daughters.
Sir Vyell Donnithorne Vyvyan (1826-1917), 9th Baronet, was the eldest son of Rev. Vyell Vyvyan and his wife Anna. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge. He was ordained as a priest in 1855 and was the rector of Winterbourne-Monkton, Dorset (1856-66), the vicar of Broad Hinton, Wiltshire (1866-77) and the rector of Withiel, Cornwall (1877-79). He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his uncle in 1879. He married Louisa Bourchier in 1857 and they had four children.
Thomas Henry Vyvyan (1827-1908) was the second son of Rev. Vyell Vyvyan and his wife Anna. He enlisted in the 52nd Regiment in 1846 and was made a lieutenant in 1848. He married Mary Ellen Salisbury in 1850 and they had three sons and five daughters. They lived in New Zealand from 1853 to 1867.
Access and use
- 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:
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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:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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