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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Mss Eur F699 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1401. Mss Eur F699/1/4/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/4
Title:
Papers Relating to British Politics
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between Charles Canning and various political figures, including Lord George Bentinck, Lord Granville, Lord John Russell, Sir Stratford Canning, Lord Hardinge, and William Ewart Gladstone. Also includes file of various political correspondence. Also copies of various parliamentary ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1835-1855
Extent:
1 box (11 folders)

1402. Mss Eur F699/1/4/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/4/1
Title:
Papers relating to the Law of Marriage
Scope & Content:
Two printed documents detailing laws of marriage, regarding change of law and Deceased Wife's Sister Act. Printed document, May 1844: ‘Law of Marriage. Remarks.’, ‘Marriage with the Sister of a Deceased Wife. The following brief remarks are sumitted to those who take park in framing the laws or...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1844
Extent:
1 folder (2 items)

1403. Mss Eur F699/1/4/4/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/4/2
Title:
Correspondence with Lord George Bentinck
Scope & Content:
Bundle of correspondence relating to Lord George Bentinck's attempts in 1846 to unearth information relating to Sir Robert Peel's conduct towards George Canning in 1827, after Bentinck had accused Peel of hounding George Canning and equivocating over the issue of Catholic Emancipation. Consists ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1846-Jul 1846
Extent:
1 folder (16 items)

1404. Mss Eur F699/1/4/4/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/4/3
Title:
Correspondence with Lord Granville
Scope & Content:
Three letters from Lord Granville to Charles Canning, Jul 1851-Jan 1852, with two replies by Canning. Refers to Granville's appointment to the Foreign Office in Dec 1851, and the possibility of Canning succeeding Lord Normanby as Ambassador to Paris. Also printed obituary of Granville Leveson-...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1846-1852
Extent:
1 folder (6 items)

1405. Mss Eur F699/1/4/4/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/4/4
Title:
Correspondence with Lord John Russell
Scope & Content:
Letter from Lord John Russell, 3 Aug 1850, offering Canning position on the commission of enquiry into the state and revenues of Oxford University, with copy of Canning's reply, 5 Aug 1850, declining the position.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1850
Extent:
1 folder (2 items, 4 folios)

1406. Mss Eur F699/1/4/4/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/4/5
Title:
Correspondence with Sir Stratford Canning
Scope & Content:
File of correspondence relating to Sir Stratford Canning's hope for an appointment at the Foreign Office, or the Paris Embassy, in the Derby Government of 1852, and his subsequent peerage at Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe. Wrapper 'Correspondence with Sir S. Canning respecting Lord Derby's Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1852-Aug 1852
Extent:
1 folder (12 items, including wrapper)

1407. Mss Eur F699/1/4/4/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/4/6
Title:
Correspondence with Lord Hardinge
Scope & Content:
Three letters from Lord Hardinge, Horse Guards, 24 Oct 1853, 24 Dec 1853 & 14 Jan 1854, discussing army promotions and patronage. Envelope 'Lord Hardinge, 1853-4'.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1853-Jan 1854
Extent:
1 folder (4 items, including envelope)

1408. Mss Eur F699/1/4/4/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/4/7
Title:
Correspondence with William Ewart Gladstone
Scope & Content:
Eight letters from Gladstone to Canning, Dec 1852 to Nov 1855, with one draft reply from Canning to Gladstone, 30 May 1855. Includes private reflections by Gladstone to changes in the Government, and the actions of Lord John Russell.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1852-Nov 1855
Extent:
1 folder (9 items)

1409. Mss Eur F699/1/4/4/8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/4/8
Title:
Various Political Correspondence
Scope & Content:
File of miscellaneous political correspondence including: Letter to Charles Canning, 23 Jul 1851, from unidentified author, forwarding letter from J. Lefevre to William Gladstone, which refers to an unsuccessful speech by Canning in the House of Lords in which he lost the thread of his argumen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1851-1855
Extent:
1 folder (13 items including covering notes)

1410. Mss Eur F699/1/4/4/9

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/4/9
Title:
Various Parliamentary Papers
Scope & Content:
Bundle of miscellaneous printed Parliamentary Papers: Printed 'Canada. Copy of an Act to provide for the Establishment of a Church Society of the United Church of England and Ireland in each Diocese of that Church in Lower Canada, and for other Purposes connected with the recent Division of the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1852-1854
Extent:
1 folder (10 items)