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NAPIER PAPERS. Vol. LXXXIV (ff. 235).

1. ff. 1-199. General correspondence; 1803-1855, n.d.

2. ff. 200-235b. Correspondence with Lieutenant-General Sir Benjamin D'Urban, G.C.B., as Commander-in-Chief at the Cape of Good Hope; 1842.

includes:

f. 1 Lieutenant-Colonel George Napier, 6th son of Francis, 6th Baron Napier of Merchistoun: Letter to: 1803.
ff. 3-63 Lady Sarah Napier, widow of Colonel Hon. G Napier: Correspondence and papers: [1781 or 1782]-1817.
f. 7 Major William Clunes, 50th Foot: Letter to Sir G. T. Napier: 1809.
ff. 7-35 Lieutenant-General Sir Charles James Napier, GCB: Correspondence, etc., rel. to,: 1809.
ff. 10-15b Lady Louisa Augusta Conolly, née Lennox; wife of T Conolly, MP: Letters to Sir G. T. Napier: 1809.
ff. 14-156b John Gason, MD: Letters to,: 1849.
f. 16 Captain William Bower, 50th Foot: Letter to Sir G. T. Napier: 1809.
ff. 18-26b Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, KCB, Governor-General of India: Memorandum of conversation with Sir G. T. Napier: 1809.
ff. 27-29b Charles Lefebvre, Comte Lefebvre-Desnoëttes; French general: Letter, etc., to: 1809.
f. 30 General Sir George Townsend Walker, 1st Baronet: Letter to Sir G. T. Napier: 1809.
f. 32 Francis Napier, 8th Baron Napier of Merchistoun: Letter to Sir G. T. Napier: 1809.
f. 34 Emily Louisa Augusta Bunbury, née Napier; wife of Sir H E Bunbury, 7th Baronet: Letter to her brother, Sir George: 1809.
f. 36 Epitaphs: On George Napier: aft. 1812.
f. 36 Lieutenant-Colonel George Napier, 6th son of Francis, 6th Baron Napier of Merchistoun: Epitaph: aft. 1812.
ff. 37-41b, 47-50b Marion Bell, wife of Sir C Bell, FRS: Letters to: 1819-1835.
ff. 45, 184 Field-Marshal Sir Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge Governor-General of India: Letters to Sir G. T. Napier: 1833, 1852.
f. 48 Sarah Clarke, née Napier; daughter of Sir G T Napier; wife of T H S Clarke: Letter to Lady Bell: 1833.
f. 51 Sir Charles Rowan, KCB; Chief Commissioner of Police: Letter to Sir G. T. Napier: 1837.
ff. 53, 61, 100 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington: Correspondence with Sir G. T. Napier: 1837-1842: Copies.
ff. 55-60b Charles Grant, Baron Glenelg: Letters to Sir G. T. Napier: 1838.
f. 63 James Rose Innes, Superintendent-General of Education, Cape of Good Hope: Letter to: 1839.
f. 63 D. Lindley, of Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope: Letter to J. R. Innes: 1839.
f. 71 Charles Lennox, Earl of March; 5th Duke of Richmond and Lennox; afterwards Gordon-Lennox: Letter to Sir G. T. Napier: 1839.
f. 73 Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet; astronomer: Letter to Lord J. Russell: 1840.
f. 73 John Russell, 1st Earl Russell; Prime Minister: Letter to: 1840.
ff. 75-82b Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet; astronomer: Correspondence with Sir G. T. Napier: 1840.
ff. 84-85, 86, 106-109, 120-122b, 125, 128, 176 Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby; Lord Stanley: Correspondence, etc., partly on his behalf with Sir G. T. Napier: 1842-1852.
ff. 88 Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Jasper Selwyn, RE: Letter to Sir G. T. Napier: 1842.
f. 92 Admiral Sir Edward Durnford King: Letter to Sir G. T. Napier: 1842.
ff. 94-99b General Sir Abraham Josiah Cloëté, Deputy Quartermaster General, Port Natal: Letters to Sir G. T. Napier: 1842.
f. 102 General Thomas Charlton Smith: Letter to: 1842.
ff. 104-194b passim Field-Marshal Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan: Letter to Sir G. T. Napier: 1842-1854: Partly signed.
f. 110 Charles James Blomfield, Bishop of London: Letter to: [1842?].
f. 114 Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough; Governor-General of India: Letter to Sir G. T. Napier: 1843.
f. 116 Major-General Sir Henry Marion Durand, KCSI: Letter, as sec. to Lord Ellenborough, to Sir G. T. Napier: 1843.
ff. 123, 157, 161, 171-175b, 178 John Montagu, Secretary to Governor, Cape of Good Hope: Letters to Sir G. T. Napier: 1844-1852.
f. 127 Cape of Good Hope: Memorandum rel. to school attendance in: 1844.
f. 127 Education: Memorandum rel. to school attendance in Cape of Good Hope: 1844.
f. 127 James Rose Innes, Superintendent-General of Education, Cape of Good Hope: Memorandum by: 1844.
f. 132 Colonel Bertie Edward Murray Gordon, 91st Foot: Letter to Sir G. T. Napier: 1844.
f. 132b George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen; formerly Gordon; Prime Minister: Letter to B. E. M. Gordon: 1844: Copy.
f. 134 Charles Grey, Viscount Howick; 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister: Letter to E. Ellice: 1846.
f. 138 Charles Grey, Viscount Howick; 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister: Letter to Sir G. T. Napier: 1847.
f. 145 Anne G. Carmichael, wife of Captain C J Carmichael, 69th Foot: Letter to Sir G. T. Napier: 1849.
f. 147 Ralph Abercromby, 2nd Baron Dunfermline: Letter to Sir G. T. Napier: 1849.
f. 159 Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Gough, Baronet; 1st Viscount Gough: Letter to Sir G. T. Napier: 1850.
f. 169 Lieutenant-General Sir Henry George Wakelyn Smith, Baronet Governor of Cape Colony: Letter to Sir G. T. Napier: 1852.
f. 176 John Montagu, Secretary to Governor, Cape of Good Hope: Letter rel. to,: 1852.
ff. 186, 189, 195 General Sir George Brown, GCB: Letters to Sir G. T. Napier: 1853, 1855.
ff. 198-199b Poetry ENGLISH: Sir G. T. Napier, `Gifford's Grave': 19th cent.
ff. 200-235b Lieutenant-General Sir Benjamin D'Urban, GCB; Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope: Correspondence with Sir G. T. Napier: 1842.

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Add MS 49086-49172 : Napier Papers. Correspondence and papers of members of the Napier family; [1742?]-1933. Notes and endorsements by Richard…
Add MS 49168-49169 : D. PAPERS OF GEN. SIR GEORGE THOMAS NAPIER, K.C.B. 49168, 49169. Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Thomas…

Add MS 49169 : NAPIER PAPERS. Vol. LXXXIV (ff. 235). 1. ff. 1-199. General correspondence; 1803-1855, n.d. 2. ff. 200-235b. Correspondence…

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1803

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1855

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Names:

Abercromby, Ralph, 2nd Baron Dunfermline, diplomat, 1803-1868
Bell, Marion, wife of Sir C Bell FRS
Bentinck, William Henry, army officer, diplomatist, and Governor-General of India, 1774-1839
Blomfield, Charles James, Bishop of London, 1786-1857
Bower, William, Captain 50th Foot
Brown, George, General GCB
Bunbury, Emily Louisa Augusta, née Napier wife of Sir H E Bunbury 7th Baronet
Carmichael, Anne G, wife of Captain C J Carmichael 69th Foot
Clarke, Sarah, née Napier daughter of Sir G T Napier, wife of T H S Clarke
Cloëté, Abraham Josiah, General Deputy Quartermaster General Port Natal
Clunes, William, Major 50th Foot
Conolly, Louisa Augusta, née Lennox wife of T Conolly MP
D'Urban, Benjamin, Lieutenant-General GCB, Commander-in-Chief Cape of Good Hope
Durand, Henry Marion, Knight, army officer, 1812-1871
Gason, John, physician and correspondent of Emily Napier, fl 1849
Gordon, Bertie Edward Murray, army officer, 1813-1870
Gordon, George, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, statesman, politician, diplomat and landowner, 1784-1860
Gough, Hugh, 1st Viscount Gough, army officer, 1779-1869
Grant, Charles, 1st Baron Glenelg, politician and colonial administrator, 1778-1866
Grey, Charles, 2nd Earl Grey, politician and Prime Minister, 1764-1845
Hardinge, Henry, 1st Viscount Hardinge, Field-Marshal Governor-Gen of India
Herschel, John Frederick William, 1st Baronet, mathematician and astronomer, 1792-1871
Innes, James Rose, Superintendent-General of Education Cape of Good Hope
King, Edward Durnford, Admiral
Law, Edward, 1st Earl of Ellenborough, politician and Governor-General of India, 1790-1871,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/15142030
Lefebvre, Charles, Comte Lefebvre-Desnoëttes, French general
Lennox, Charles, 5th Duke of Richmond and Lennox, né Lennox, politician and army officer, 1791-1860
Lindley, D, of Port Elizabeth Cape of Good Hope
Montagu, John, sec to Governor Cape of Good Hope
Napier, Charles James, Lieutenant-General GCB
Napier, Francis, 8th Baron Napier of Merchistoun
Napier, George, 6th Baron Napier of Merchistoun, Lieutenant-Colonel 6th son of Francis
Napier, Sarah, widow of Colonel Hon G Napier
Rowan, Charles, KCB, Chief Commissioner of Police
Russell, John, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister, 1792-1878
Selwyn, Charles Jasper, Lieutenant-Colonel RE
Smith, Henry George Wakelyn, Lieutenant-General Baronet , Governor of Cape Colony
Smith, Thomas Charlton, General
Somerset, Fitzroy James Henry, 1st Baron Raglan, Field-Marshal
Stanley, Edward, 13th Earl of Derby, politician and naturalist, 1775-1851
Walker, George Townsend, 1st Baronet, General
Wellesley, Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington, army officer and statesman, 1769-1852

Places:

Cape of Good Hope, South Africa