Guide to the Papers of George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (as filmed by the AJCP), 1828-1855

Summary

Collection number:

M1890 - M1892

Creator:

Gordon, George Hamilton, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, 1st Viscount Gordon

Extent:

59 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 mostly dated 1841-46, dealing particularly with Anglo-French rivalry in the Pacific, the French annexation of Tahiti, actions of Sir James Brooke in Sarawak, and the Dutch East Indies.

Major correspondents are Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Sir Robert Peel, Lord John Russell, Lord Palmerston, W.E. Gladstone, Lord Derby, Lord Ripon, Sir Charles Bagot, F.P.G. Guizot, Lord Clarendon, Sir James Graham, Lord Brougham, Duke of Newcastle, Sir George Grey, J.W. Croker, Sir Edward Disbrowe, Lord Cowley and Capt. T. Nicolas.

Biographical / Historical:

George Hamilton Gordon (1784-1860), 4th Earl of Aberdeen (secceeded 1801), 1st Viscount Gordon (created 1814).

Educated at Harrow and St. John's College, Cambridge. Took his seat in House of Lords as a Tory peer 1806. Ambassador Extraordinary in Vienna 1813-14. Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster 1828, Foreign Secretary in Wellington Government June 1828-November 1830, Secretary of State for War and Colonies in Peel Government December 1834-April 1835, Foreign Secretary in Peel Government September 1841-June 1846. After the split in the Conservative Party in 1846 Aberdeen remained a supporter of Sir Robert Peel and after the death of Peel in 1850 he was acknowledged as the leader of the Peelites. Prime Minister, heading a Peelite-Whig coalition ministry, December 1852-January 1855.

Related

Related Documentation:

1. Supplementary finding aid (Type: pdf, Size: 54.14 MB)

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-vn2283473] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

British Library, 96 Euston Road, London. The Aberdeen Papers: Add MSS 43039-43358. For further information see George Hamilton Gordon at the British Library (http://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000000039.0x000149).

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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