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MISCELLANEOUS original letters, addressed to Sir Hudson Lowe, 17 Jan. 1816-24 March, 1829, with a few of his own drafts, chronologically arranged. The writers are: Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Rowley, K.C.B., f. 1. A. McKenroe [to Capt. Stanfell], f. 3. Alexander Beatson, ff. 4, 25. Capt. Sir Jahleel Brenton, Bart., K.C.B., R.N., f. 6. Robert T. Farquhar [Governor of Mauritius], ff. 8, 42. William Seale, pensioned Major of the St. Helena Regiment, f. 9. H. Chamberlain, ff. 11, 77, 81, 101. Lieut.-Col. John Skelton, f. 13. Capt. J. Wallis, R.N., f. 14. Thomas Rainsford [Inspector of Police at St. Helena], f. 16. Major O. G. Fehrzsen, f. 18. Arthur Eden [of the Army Pay Office], f. 22. Marquis de Montgrand, Maire of Marseilles. Fr. ff. 23, 156. [Le Marquis d'] Osmond [French Ambassador in London]. Fr. f. 27. Col. Henry S. Keating, ff. 28, 30. Samuel Rethewick, ff. 32, 34. Capt. A[lexander] R[enton] Sharpe, C.B., f. 36. Capt. John Femandez, ff. 38, 240, 242.

244. Sir H. Lowe, ff. 40, 54, 69, 125, 127, 139, 162, 163, 198, 203. Major G[ideon] Gorrequer, f. 44. Comte de Gneisenau, f. 46. G. Jno. Hall [Governor of Mauritius], f. 48. H. E. Head [Deputy Assistant - Commissary-General, Cape of Good Hope], f. 52. Major Octavius Temple [Chief of the Local Government in the Ionian Islands], f. 58. Lieut. J. Clarke, f. 60. Bernardus Marraback, ff. 62, 63. Major Charles Stuart, f. 65. Eliza Plowden, f. 67. Lieut.-Col. E[dward] Wynyard, ff. 73, 124, 200. Lieut.-Col. Daniel Dodgin, ff. 87, 194. James Molony, f. 89. Henry Scale, f. 91. Major-General Sir E[dward] Barnes, [K.C.B.], f. 93. Lieut. H[amilton] Edmonds, f. 95. Richard Crow and Thomas Lane, f. 97. Jan Arnoldt, f. 99. Rt. Hon. H[ugh] Elliot [Governor of Madras], ff, 103, 107, 211, 216. Flag-Lieut. A. S. Pearson, f. 105. [Sir] W[illiam] W. Doveton, f. 109. R[obert] Seale [Clerk of the Peace at St. Helena], f. 111. John Singleton, f. 113. Thomas Oliver, f. 115. Admiral Sir Edward Thornton, ff. 117, 143. D. Hamilton, f. 121. B. Mareschal. Fr. f. 141. Thomas Shortt [M.D.], f. 149. S. Solomon, f. 151. Major-General Sir William Grant Keir, f. 153. G. Blenkins, f. 154. Sir B[enjamin, afterwards Lord] Bloomfield, f. 155. Lieut. R. H. Reardon, f. 158. William Holmes, f. 160. Count Pozzo di Borgo [Russian Envoy Extraordinary at Paris]. Fr. f. 165. [Lieut.-Gen. Sir] W. Houston [K.C.B.], f. 167. Joseph Cole [Secretary to the Mew Committee, St. Helena], f. 169. George [Robert] Dawson [Under-Sec. of State, Home Department], f. 171. Elizabeth, Lady Vassall-Holland, f. 172. Lieut.-Col. J. A. Wright, ff. 174, 176. W. Janisch, ff. 178, 196, 207. William Balcombe, f. 180. Earl Bathurst, ff. 182, 218. Major-Gen. Sir Herbert Taylor, ff. 184, 214, 261. Robert Wilmot Horton [Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies], ff. 186, 190, 212, 226, 233. Lord Fitzroy Somerset [afterwards Lord Raglan], f. 187. Major Edward Jackson, f. 188. Capt. Thomas Haviside, f. 192. Capt. Francis Stanfell, ff. 201, 205, 220. Lieut. John Clarke, f. 203. General Sir G. R. Bingham, ff. 222, 234, 246, 263. Capt. G. A. Dentaaffe, f. 224. [Commissary-General] Thomas Dunmore, ff. 227, 229. Major-General Sir H[enry] E. Bunbury, f. 231. Richard Torbett, f. 238. John Macdonald [Deputy Adjutant- General], f. 248. [Assistant Surveyor] George H. Rutledge, f. 250. [Frédéric] Gentz [Secretary to Prince Metternich and Aulic Councillor at Vienna]. Fr. f. 256. M. de Tatishcheff [Russian Ambassador at Vienna]. Fr. ff. 257, 258. Major George Nichol1s [formerly orderly officer at Longwood], f. 266. Paper. Folio.

Scope & Content:

Island of St Helena: Correspondence and papers of Sir H. Lowe, while Governor: 1815-1824.

Napoleon I of France: Correspondence and papers of Sir H. Lowe relating to Napoleon's life at St. Helena: 1815-1826.

Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe, GCMG; Governor of St Helena: Official correspondence and papers: 1794-1827.

includes:

f. 1 Sir Charles Rowley, Admiral: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1805-1816.
f. 3 A- McKenroe: Letter to Capt. Stanfell: 1816.
ff. 4, 25 Lieutenant-General Alexander Beatson, former Governor of St. Helena: Letters to Sir H. Lowe: 1815-1817.
f. 6 Vice-Admiral Sir Jahleel Brenton, 1st Baronet: Correspondence with Col. Lowe: 1807 - 1817.
ff. 8, 42 Sir Robert Townsend Farquhar, 1st Baronet; Governor of Mauritius: Letters to Sir H. Lowe: 1817.
ff. 9, 91, 111 Seale family, at St. Helena: Letters from members, to Sir H. Lowe and others: 1816-1821.
ff. 11, 77, 81, 101 Henry Chamberlain, British Consul-General and Resident in the Brazils: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1816-1818.
f. 13 John Skelton, Lieutenant -Colonel: Letter to Sir H. Lowe: 1816.
f. 14 James Wallis, Captain RN: Letters to Sir H. Lowe: 1816, 1818.
f. 16 Thomas Rainsford, Lieutenant, afterwards Inspector of Police ot St. Helena: Letter to Sir H. Lowe: 1816.
f. 18 Oliver George Fehrzsen, Major: Letter to Maj. Gorrequer: 1816.
f. 19 Thomas Impett, Lieutenant: Letter to Maj. Fehrzsen: 1816.
f. 22 Arthur Eden, Deputy Paymaster-General: Letter to Sir H. Lowe: 1817.
ff. 23, 156 Jean Baptiste Jacques Guy Thérèse de Montgrand, Marquis; Maire de Marseilles: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1817, 1821.: Fr.
f. 27 Marquis René Eustache d' Osmond,; French diplomatist: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1817.: Fr.
ff. 28, 30 Sir Henry S- Keating, Colonel: Letters to C. Greenwood and Sir H. Lowe: 1817.
ff. 32, 34 Samuel Rethewick: Letters to Sir H. Lowe: 1817.
f. 36 Alexander Renton Sharpe, CB, Captain: R. N. Letter to Sir H. Lowe: 1817.
ff. 38, 240, 242 John Fernandez, Captain: Letters to Sir T. Reade, and others: 1817-1824.
f. 40 Comte Henri Gratien Bertrand,; French general: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe and others at St. Helena: 1816-1821.: Fr.
f. 46 Count August Wilhelm Anton Neidhardt von Gneisenau,; Prussian Field-Marshal: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1812-1817.: Fr.: Orig. and Copies.
f. 48 G- J- Hall, Governor of the Mauritius: Letter to Sir H. Lowe: 1817.
f. 52 Henry Erskine Head, Dep Asst. Comm. General at the Cape of Good Hope: Letter to Major Gorrequer: 1817.
ff. 54, 69, 127, 182, 218 Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1813-1823.
f. 58 Octavius Temple, Major, Chief of the Local Government in the Ionian Isles: Letter to Sir H. Lowe: 1815, 1818.
f. 60 John Clarke, Lieutenant: Letter to Sir H. Lowe: 1818.
ff. 62, 63 Bernard Marraback, of Cape Town: Letters to Sir H. Lowe: 1818.
f. 65 Charles Stuart, Major: Letter to Sir H. Lowe: 1818.
f. 67 Eliza Plowden: Letter to Sir H. Lowe: 1818.
ff. 73, 200 Edward Wynyard, Lieutenant -Colonel: Letters to Sir H. Lowe: 1818, 1823.
ff. 87, 194 Daniel Dodgin, Lieutenant -Colonel: Letters to Major Gorrequer and Sir H. Lowe: 1819, 1823.
f. 89 James Molony: Letter to Sir H. Lowe: 1819.
f. 93 Sir Edward Barnes, Major-General, KCB: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1819-1821.
f. 95 Hamilton Edmonds, Lieutenant: Letters to Sir T. Reade: 1819.
f. 97 Richard Cross: Letter to Sir H. Lowe: 1819.
f. 97 Thomas Lane: Letter to Sir H. Lowe: 1819.
ff. 103, 107, 211, 216 Hugh Elliot, diplomatist: Correspondence from Madras and London with Sir H. Lowe: 1819-1823.
f. 105 Alexander S- Pearson, Flag-Lieutenant RN: Letters to Capt. Thorne: 1820.
f. 109 Sir William W- Doveton: Letter to Sir H. Lowe: 1820.
f. 113 John Singelton: Letter to Sir H. Lowe: 1820.
f. 115 Thomas Oliver: Letter to Sir H. Lowe: 1820.
ff. 117, 143 Edward Thornton, Envoy to Denmark, the Hanse Towns, Lower Saxony, and the Brazils: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1813, 1820, 1821.
f. 121 D- Hamilton: Letter to Sir H. Lowe: 1820.
f. 124 Edward Wynyard, Lieutenant -Colonel: Letter to D. Hamilton: 1820.
ff. 139, 142 de Maréchal, Baron; Austrian Representative in the Brazils: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1820.: Fr.
f. 149 Thomas Shortt, MD: Letter to Major Gorrequer: 1821.
f. 151 S- Solomon, of St.Helena: Letter to Sir II. Lowe: 1821.
f. 153 Sir William Grant Keir, Major -General: Letter to Sir H. Lowe: 1821.
f. 154 G- Blenkins, Dep Govern. Secr. at St. Helena: Letter to R. Torbett: 1820.
f. 155 Benjamin Bloomfield, 1st Baron Bloomfield: Letter to Sir H. Lowe: 1821.
f. 158 Lieutenant R. H. Reardon: Letter to Sir H. Lowe: 1821.
ff. 160, 162 William Holmes, Navy Agent: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1821.
f. 163 Henry Goulburn, PC; MP: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1815 - 1822.
f. 165 Count Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo,; Russian diplomatist: Letter to Sir H. Lowe: 1821.
f. 167 Sir William Houstoun, Lieutenant -General: Letters to Sir H. Lowe: 1821, 1822.
f. 171 George Robert Dawson, Under-Secretary of State: Letter to Sir H. Lowe: 1821.
f. 172 Elizabeth Vassall Fox, wife of Henry Richard, 3rd Baron Holland: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1818-1821.
ff.174, 176 John A- Wright, Lieutenant -Colonel: Letters to Sir H. Lowe and others: 1817, 1822.
ff. 178, 196, 207 William Janisch: Letters to Major Gorrequer and Sir H. Lowe: 1816, 1821-1823.
f. 180 William Balcombe, Purveyor to Napoleon on Saint Helena: Letters to Lord Bathurst and others: 1818, 1819.
ff. 184, 214, 261 Herbert Taylor, Lieutenant -General 1825; GCB 1834; Secretary to George III and William IV: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1819-1826.: Orig. and Copies.
ff. 186, 190, 198, 212, 226, 233 Robert Wilmot Horton, Under Secretary for the Colonies: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1822-1826.
f. 187 Field-Marshal Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan: Letter to R. Wilmot-Horton: 1822.
f. 188 Edward Jackson, Major: Letters to Sir H. Lowe: 1822.
f. 192 Thomas Haviside, Captain, Indian Navy: Letters to Sir H. Lowe: 1822, 1823.
ff. 201, 205, 220 Francis Stanfell, Captain RN: Letters to Sir H. Lowe: 1816-1824.
ff. 222, 234, 246, 263 Sir George Richard Bingham, KCB, General: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1816-1826.
ff. 227, 229 Thomas Dunmore, Commissary-General: Letters to Sir H. Lowe: 1824.
f. 231 Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Edward Bunbury, 7th Baronet: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1806-1824.
f. 238 Richard Torbett: Letter to Sir H. Lowe: 1824.
f. 248 John Macdonald, Colonel, Dep.-Adj.-General: Letter to Sir H. Lowe: 1825.
f. 250 George H- Rutledge, Asst. Sugeon, 20th Foot Regt: Remarks on Antommarchi's account of the death of N. Bonaparte: 1825.
f. 256 Friedrich von Gentz, Secretary to Prince Metternich, etc: Letter to Sir H. Lowe: 1825.: Fr.
ff. 257, 258 Demetri Paolovitch Tatishcheff, Russian ambassador at Vienna: Letters to Gen. de Yermoloff and Count Grocholsky: 1825.: Fr.
f. 266 George Nicholls, Captain, Orderly Officer at St Helena: Letter to Sir H. Lowe: 1829.

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1816

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1829

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17 Jan 1816-24 Mar 1829

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Names:

Balcombe, William Tomset, of the East India Company; Purveyor to Napoleon on Saint Helena, 1777-1829
Barnes, Edward, Knight, army officer and politician, 1776-1838
Bathurst, Henry, 3rd Earl Bathurst, politician, 1762-1834
Beatson, Alexander, army officer and colonial administrator, 1759-1830
Bertrand, Henri Gratien, Comte French general
Bingham, George Richard, KCB, General
Blenkins, G-, Dep Govern. Secr. at St. Helena
Bloomfield, Benjamin, 1st Baron Bloomfield, 1768-1846
Borgo, Carlo Andrea al Charles André, Count, Corsican noble, diplomatist in Russian service, 1768-1842
Brenton, Jahleel, 1st Baronet, Vice-Admiral
Bunbury, Henry Edward, 7th Baronet, Lieutenant-General, 1778-1860
Chamberlain, Henry, British Consul-General and Resident in the Brazils
Clarke, John, Lieutenant
Cross, Richard, of Add MS 20233
Dawson, George Robert, politician, 1790-1856
Dodgin, Daniel, army officer, fl 1799-1851
Doveton, William Webber, Knight, judge and president of the Council of St Helena, 1753-1843
Dunmore, Thomas, Commissary General, fl 1810-1817
Eden, Arthur, Deputy Paymaster-General
Edmonds, Hamilton, naval officer, fl 1819-1820
Elliot, Hugh, diplomat and adventurer, 1752-1830
Farquhar, Robert Townsend, 1st Baronet, Governor of Mauritius, 1776-1830
Fehrzsen, Oliver George, army officer, 1784-1820
Fernandez, John, correspondent of Sir T Reade, fl 1817-1824
Fox, Elizabeth Vassall, wife of Henry Richard, 3rd Baron Holland
Gentz, Friedrich, Secretary to Prince Metternich, etc
Goulburn, Henry, politician, 1784-1856
Grant, William, Knight, army officer, 1772-1852
Hall, G- J-, Governor of the Mauritius
Hamilton, D-
Haviside, Thomas, Captain, Indian Navy
Head, Henry Erskine, Dep Asst. Comm. General at the Cape of Good Hope
Holmes, William, Navy Agent
Horton, Robert Wilmot, Under Secretary for the Colonies
Houstoun, William, Lieutenant -General
Impett, Thomas, Lieutenant
Jackson, Edward, Major
Janisch, William
Keating, Henry S-, Colonel
Lane, Thomas, of Add MS 20233
Lowe, Hudson, army officer and colonial governor; KCB; GCMG; Governor of St Helena, 1769-1844
Macdonald, John, Colonel, Dep.-Adj.-General
Marraback, Bernard, of Cape Town
Maréchal, Baron, Austrian Representative in the Brazils
McKenroe, A-
Molony, James
Montgrand, Jean Baptiste Jacques Guy Thérèse, Marquis, Maire de Marseilles
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Neidhardt von Gneisenau, August Wilhelm Anton, Count, Prussian Field-Marshal
Nicholls, George, Captain, Orderly Officer at St Helena
Oliver, Thomas, of Add MS 20233
Osmond, René Eustache d', Marquis French diplomatist
Pearson, Alexander S-, Flag-Lieutenant RN
Plowden, Eliza
Rainsford, Thomas, Lieutenant, afterwards Inspector of Police ot St. Helena
Reardon, R. H., Lieutenant
Rethewick, Samuel
Rowley, Charles, Admiral; of Add MS 20107
Rutledge, George H-, Asst. Sugeon, 20th Foot Regt
Seale, Family
Sharpe, Alexander Renton, CB, Captain
Shortt, Thomas, MD
Singelton, John
Skelton, John, Lieutenant-Governor of St Helena, 1764-1841
Solomon, S-, of St.Helena
Somerset, Fitzroy James Henry, 1st Baron Raglan, Field-Marshal
Stanfell, Francis, Captain RN
Stuart, Charles, Major
Tatishcheff, Demetri Paolovitch, Russian ambassador at Vienna
Taylor, Herbert, Lieutenant -General 1825; GCB 1834; Secretary to George III and William IV, fl 1825-1834
Temple, Octavius, Major, Chief of the Local Government in the Ionian Isles
Thornton, Edward, Envoy to Denmark, the Hanse Towns, Lower Saxony, and the Brazils
Torbett, Richard
Wallis, James, Captain RN
Wright, John A-, Lieutenant -Colonel
Wynyard, Edward, Lieutenant -Colonel

Places:

St Helena, South Atlantic Ocean