Archive Reference (shelfmark): Mss Eur F699 / Material Type: Archives and Manuscripts - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F699/2/2/1
Title:: British & European Journals
Scope & Content:: Journals kept by Charlotte Canning written during a European tour with Charles Canning by yacht, 1840-41, on Royal visits accompanying Queen Victoria as a Lady of the Bedchamber, 1843-45, and on visits to Scotland and Spain with Charles Canning by yacht, 1850-52.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1840-1852
Extent:: 2 volumes & 4 folders

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F699/2/2/1/1
Title:: Journal written during tour of Spain, Italy, Malta, Turkey & Greece with Lord Canning
Scope & Content:: Lady Canning's journal, written during a European tour. The Cannings set out from Southampton to Cherbourg, and ports of call included Corunna, Gibraltar, Almeria, Barcelona, Port-Vendres, Genoa, Palermo, Malta, Constantinople, Smyrna, Syracuse, Ancona & Rome. They returned via Italy through...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 22 Jul 1840-15 May 1841
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F699/2/2/1/2
Title:: Journal written during tour of the South Coast & France with Queen Victoria
Scope & Content:: Lady Canning's journal, written on her first overseas trip attending Queen Victoria. The party sailed from Southampton, first to the Isle of Wight, and then along the Dorset and Devon Coast. The Queen, Prince Albert and the rest of the Royal Party then stayed with King Louis Phillippe of France ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 28 Aug 1843-7 Sep 1843
Extent:: 1 folder (33 folios including wrapper)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F699/2/2/1/3
Title:: Journal written during tour of Belgium with Queen Victoria
Scope & Content:: Lady Canning's journal, written on a visit to King Leopold of the Belgians attending Queen Victoria. The visit came almost immediately after the trip to Chateau d'Eu in Normandy to visit King Louis Phillippe of France (Mss Eur F699/2/2/1/2). The Royal Party landed at Ostend, and visited Bruges, ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 12 Sep 1843-21 Sep 1843
Extent:: 1 folder (27 folios, including wrapper)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F699/2/2/1/4
Title:: Journal written during visit to the Scottish Highlands with Queen Victoria
Scope & Content:: Lady Canning's journal, written on a visit to Blair Castle, Perthshire, while attending Queen Victoria. The journal is written on loose leaves, not bound into a volume.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 9 Sep 1844-30 Sep 1844
Extent:: 1 folder (34 folios, including wrapper)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F699/2/2/1/5
Title:: Journal written during visit to the Germany with Queen Victoria
Scope & Content:: Lady Canning's journal, written on a visit to Germany while attending Queen Victoria. The Royal party stayed at Bruhl, and Queen Victoria attended the festival to celebrate the 75th birthday of Beethoven in Bonn. The party travelled on to Coburg and Gotha, visiting Prince Albert's birthplace. T...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 9 Aug 1845-2 Sep 1845
Extent:: 1 folder (29 folios, including wrapper)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F699/2/2/1/6
Title:: Journal written during visits to Scotland and Spain with Lord Canning
Scope & Content:: Lady Canning's journal, containing accounts of two trips taken with Lord Canning. The first trip was to Scotland, 12 Aug-11 Oct 1850. On the second trip, 6 Jul - 14 Oct 1852, the Cannings sailed to Vigo, Spain and visited Santiago de Compostela, accompanied by Lord Shelburne. They then travelled...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 12 Aug 1850-14 Oct 1852
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F699/2/2/2
Title:: India Journals
Scope & Content:: Charlotte Canning's original journals, recording her day to day activities and experiences, after leaving England. Includes details of the voyage to India via Egypt; daily life in India, including meetings, lunches, balls and other social activities; visits to Barrackpore with Charles Canning; s...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1855-1861
Extent:: 5 volumes, 8 fascicules, 3 boxes & 1 folder

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F699/2/2/2/1
Title:: Journal of the journey from England to India via Egypt
Scope & Content:: Charlotte Canning's journal recording the Cannings' voyage to India, via Paris, Marseilles, Malta, Egypt, Suez, Aden, Bombay, Ceylon, and Madras to Calcutta. Includes details of a trip down the Nile to Thebes, Dec 1855; their stay with Lord Elphinstone in Bombay, Jan 1856, and with Lord Harris i...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 27 Nov 1855-4 Sep 1856
Extent:: 1 volume & 1 fascicule (2 items, 3 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F699/2/2/2/2
Title:: India Journal
Scope & Content:: Charlotte Canning's journal recording her activities in India from Sep 1856 onwards. Some entries are brief diary entries, other longer entries record her experiences in more detail. Includes pasted in newspaper cuttings from Feb to Jun 1857 recording military action in Persia, and then the begi...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 5 Sep 1856-29 Jun 1857
Extent:: 1 volume & 1 fascicule (6 items, 7 folios)

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