Guide to the Papers of William Ewart Gladstone (as filmed by the AJCP), 1835-1886

Summary

Collection number:

M2230-M2240

Creator:

Gladstone, William Ewart

Extent:

220 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, letters, memoranda and official papers extending from Gladstone's first post at the Colonial Office in 1835 until the collapse of his third Ministry in 1886. They deal with: the New Zealand Co; Treaty of Waitangi; Maori affairs; recall of Sir John Eardley Wilmot from Van Diemen's Land in 1846; colonial bishoprics; Australian and New Zealand constitutions; Sydney Mint; colonial tariffs; appointment of governors; establishment of settlement at Canterbury; annexation of Fiji and New Guinea; French and German activities in the Pacific; trade with Dutch East Indies; affairs of Sarawak; and North Borneo Co.

Correspondents include Lord Granville, Lord Kimberley, Lord Derby, Lord Lyttelton, H.C.E Childers, E. Cardwell, Sir Arthur Gordon, Sir George Grey, Rev. E. Coleridge, Bishop G.A. Selwyn, Rev. J.P. Gell, Bishop W.G. Broughton, J.E. Fitzgerald, Sir George Bowen and Sir Henry Parkes.

Biographical / Historical:

William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898). Born in Liverpool, educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. Tory M.P. 1832-1846. Under-Secretary for War and Colonies 1835. Vice-President of Board of Trade 1841-1843, President of Board of Trade 1843-1845, Secretary of State for War and Colonies in Peel Government December 1845-June 1846. Peelite and later Liberal M.P. 1847-1895. Chancellor of Exchequer in Aberdeen Government December 1852-February 1855. Chancellor of Exchequer in Palmerston and Russell Governments June 1859-June 1866, Leader of the House of Commons October 1865-June 1866. Leader of the Liberal Party 1867-1875, 1880-1894. Prime Minister December 1868-February 1874, April 1880-June 1885, February-July 1886, August 1892-March 1894.

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-vn776469] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

British Library, 96 Euston Road, London. Collection reference: Add MSS 44086-44835. For further information see William Ewart Gladstone at the British Library (http://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000000046.0x000186).

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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