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Newspapers extracts reporting Canning’s appointment, 29 June 1855-9 July 1855, including The Times, The Globe and The Daily News.

Letter of appointment from Sir James Melville, on behalf of the Directors of the East India Company, dated 7 July 1855, with copy of Canning’s acceptence.

Bundle of letters regarding Canning’s appointment, including letters of congratulation from friends, family, and public figures, arranged in alphabetical order. Includes letter from Lord Clanricarde, 11 June 1855, giving advice to accept appointment, copy of letter from Elliot Macnaghten to Vernon Smith, 18 June 1855, and notes by Macnaghten in relation to Canning's banquet speech, Aug 1855. Also includes some letters addressed to Lady Canning. Other correspondents include: Henry Unwin Addington, Catherine Backhouse, Lord Bessborough (including copy of letter from Lord Ashburton to Bessborough), Frederick Bruce, Lord and Lady Bruce, Lady Cowper, John D. Cook, Bishop of Colombo [James Chapman], Elizabeth Lady Colchester, Lord de Tabley, John Evelyn Denison, Stephen C. Denison, Lord Dufferin, Richard Edwardes, Lord Enfield, W. Gay, William E. Gladstone, Catherine Gladstone, H. Greville, Dr Edward C. Hawtrey, Sidney Herbert, Rev. Henry Howarth, Norman Macdonald, Rev. Alexander Maclennan, Elizabeth Jane Mellish, Colonel Sidney North, George Oswald, Anthony Panizzi, Dean of Peterborough A. P. Saunders, R. Phillimore, Duke of Portland, Lord Redesdale, Frances Horsley Robinson, Lord John Russell, Lady Seaford, Rev. P. Smythe, Robert Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley, J. H. Taunton, Hon. G. E. Chetwynd Talbot, Sir Charles Trevelyan, and Henry Montague Villiers.

Copy of The Morning Chronicle, 2 Aug 1855, with article entitled ‘Grand Banquet to Viscount Canning’, referring to banquet given the previous evening in honour of Canning by the Court of Directors.