Guide to the Papers of Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (as filmed by the AJCP), 29 May 1850-27 March 1895

Summary

Collection number:

M1687

Creator:

Childers, Hugh C.E., 1827-1896

Extent:

20 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-987654321)

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

The papers comprise the diary of the voyager of Hugh Culling Eardley Childers to Australia in 1850, four diaries of his wife Emily Childers in Melbourne in 1852-1856, and correspondence concerning their son Rowland, who was sent to Australia in 1878-1886.

Biographical / Historical:

Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (1827-1896). Educated at Cheam School, Wadham College, Oxford, and Trinity College, Cambridge.

Childers migrated to Melbourne in 1850 and was Commissioner of National Schools (1851), Auditor-General (1852), and Member of the Legislative Council (1852), Collector of Customs (1853), and Member of the Legislative Assembly (1856).

He returned to England in 1858 and held positions of First Lord of the Admiralty (1868-1871), Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1872-1873), Secretary of State for War (1880-1882), Chancellor of the Exchequer (1880-1882), and Home Secretary (1886) in the ministries of W.E. Gladstone.

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-vn2258024] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

Royal Commonwealth Society Library, University of Cambridge Library, West Road, Cambridge, England.

Collection Reference: GBR/0115/RCMS 37. For further information see Hugh Culling Eardley Childers Papers [https://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0115%2FRCMS%2037]

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-987654321)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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