Guide to the Papers of the Stanhope Family (as filmed by the AJCP), 1700-1900

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Summary

Collection number:

M1904

Creator:

Stanhope Family

Extent:

25 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

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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)

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Access conditions:

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Background

Content Summary:

Papers 1840-1843 of Philip Stanhope, Lord Mahon, referring to: motion of William Molesworth for abolition of transportation; land sales in South Australia; draft motion deploring increase in number of convicts on hulks; and convict discipline in Australia.

Letters 1863-1865 of Philip Stanhope while serving on HMS Sutlej on Pacific Station.

Papers 1886-1891 of Edward S. Stanhope. Subjects include: Australian divorce bills; admission of foreign troops and warships to colonies; New Guinea; Borneo; Adelaide International Exhibition 1887; Melbourne Centennial Exhibition 1888; defences of King George's Sound and Thursday Island; Samoa; Sir Henry Parkes; and Australian Federation. Correspondents include Lord Knutsford, Lord Salisbury, W.H. Smith, Lord Carrington, Lord Kintore, Sir Frederick Weld and Major Gen. J.B. Edwards.

Manuscript chart of coast of New Guinea 1700.

Letters 1791-1803 of William Pitt referring to Dutch East Indies, panopticon proposal of Jeremy Bentham, and conditions at Port Jackson.

Biographical / Historical:

James Stanhope (1674-1721), 1st Earl Stanhope (created 1718). M.P. 1701-1721. Minister to Spain 1706-1712, Commander-in-Chief of British forces in Spain 1708-1712. Secretary of State 1714-1717. First Lord of Treasury and Chancellor of Exchequer 1717-1718, 1718-1721.

Charles Stanhope (1753-1816), 3rd Earl Stanhope (succeeded 1786). Scientist. Married Lady Hester Pitt (d. 1780), sister of William Pitt, Prime Minister in 1783-1801 and 1804-1806. Their daughter, Lady Hester Stanhope (1776-1839), was Pitt's secretary and housekeeper, and later a traveller and eccentric.

Philip Stanhope (1805-1875), 5th Earl Stanhope (succeeded 1855), styled Viscount Mahon, 1816-1855. Conservative M.P. 1830-1833, 1835-1852. Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs 1834-1835, Joint Secretary to India Board 1845-1846. President of Society of Antiquaries 1846-1875, President of Royal Literary Fund 1865-1875, Trustee of National Portrait Gallery, 1856-1875. Historian and biographer of Pitt.

Philip Stanhope (1838-1905), 6th Earl Stanhope (succeeded 1875). Served in Royal Navy on Pacific Station, 1863-1865. Conservative M.P. 1868-1875.

Edward Stanhope (1840-1893), son of 5th Earl Stanhope. Educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford. Conservative M.P. 1874-1893. Parliamentary Secretary to Board of Trade 1875-1878, Under-Secretary of State for India 1878-1880, President of Board of Trade 1885-1886, Secretary of State for Colonies August 1886-January 1887, Secretary of State for War 1887-1892.

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