Palgrave, William Gifford, 1826-1888

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1847 lieutenant in the 8th Bombay regiment of native infantry; 1849 converted to Roman Catholicism and entered the Jesuit college in Madras; 1849-1853 missionary in southern India; 1853-1855 studied in Rome; 1855-?1861 missionary in Syria; 1861 French agent in Egypt; 1862-1863 travelled across central Arabia disguised as a Syrian Christian; ? 1863 renounced Catholicism and Napoleon III; ? 1864 entered British foreign service; 1865 mission to Abyssinia; 1867 transferred to Trebizond [Trabizon]; 1873-1876 consul at St Thomas, West Indies; 1876-1878 consul at Manila; 1878 consul-general in Bulgaria; 1879-? 1884 consul at Bangkok; 1884-1888 minister-resident in Uruguay; c 1886 reconciled to the Roman Catholic church.

Epithet: diplomat and traveller

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referencedIn PALGRAVE PAPERS. Vol. V. Copies, in one and the same hand (Lady Palgrave's?), of travel journals and letters of members of the Palgrave family. The first item gives no indication of its author, but an erased pencil list of contents is still discernib..., 1847-1849 British Library
referencedIn Vol. III (ff. 493). K-R.includes:f. 1 Conte Camillo Benso di Cavour, Sardinian statesman: Letter to N. W. Senior: 1842.: Fr.f. 1 John Kintzing Kane, American jurist: Letter to Sir R. I. Murchison: 1857.f. 3 Sir Robert John Kane, FRS 1849: Lette... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CCCXXII (ff. 286). July-Sept.1865.includes:ff. 1, 169, 207, 237, 243 Sir William George Anderson, KCB; Assistant Paymaster-General: Correspondence with W. E. Gladstone: 1852-1875.f. 3 Revenue: Papers rel. to the Budget: 1848-1883.: Partly p... British Library
referencedIn Vol. XCVII (ff. 296). 21 June-July, 1879.includes:ff. 1, 180 William George Abbott, Consul at Tabriz: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1877-1882. ff. 3, 171 Hugo Marinich, dragoman to the British Embassy, Constantinople: Correspondence with Sir A. H. L... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CXC (ff. 485). May, June, 1866.includes:ff. 1-449 passim Sir John Arthur Douglas Bloomfield, GCB; diplomatist: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1862-1866. ff. 4, 541, 227, 334 Sir John Arthur Douglas Bloomfield, GCB; diplomatist: Letters to, from S... British Library
referencedIn Sir Roderick Impey Murchison correspondence, 1829-1871, 1829-1871 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Vol. DCC (ff. 222). 1875-1877.includes:ff. 2, 115, 159, 175 Malcolm MacColl, Canon of Ripon: Correspondence with W. E. Gladstone: 1858-1897.ff. 3, 4 Llewelyn David Bevan, Nonconformist minister: Letters to W. E. Gladstone: 1875.f. 6 Henry Rober..., 1875-1877 British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXXXV (ff. 289). Sept.-10 Oct. 1877.includes:ff. 1, 15, 31, 59, 79, 116, 132 Sir John Elijah Blunt, Vice-Consul at A drianople: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1864-1886. ff. 3, 152, 193, 248, 264, 272 b, 280 Colonel Wilbraham Oates Lennox, KCB 1... British Library
referencedIn Vol. XXII (ff. 432). 1848-1878.includes:f. 1 Lewis Weston Dillwyn, MP; of Sketty Hall, county Glamorgan: Letter to A. R. Wallace: 1848. f. 2 James Motley, traveller in the E Indies: Letter to A. R. Wallace: 1858. f. 3 Thomas George Baring, 2nd Baro..., 1848-1878 British Library
referencedIn Vol. IV (ff. i + 389). 2 Jan. 1884-30 Dec. 1885.Miss Eliza Mary Anne Savage, d 1885 the inspiration of Alethea in'The Way of all Flesh': Correspondence with S. Butler: 1871-1885.: Partly copies.Henry Festing Jones, author and composer: Correspondence... British Library
referencedIn Vol. XCV (ff. 285). 26 Jan.-Apr. 1879.includes:ff. 1, 123, 234, 266, 280 Hormuzd Rassam, Assyriologist: Correspondence with Sir A -H. Layard: 1846-1894. ff. 5, 28, 99, 121, 138 William Henry Dalziel, Vice-Consul at Varna: Letters to Sir A. H. Laya... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CLXXXVI (ff. 500). July, Aug. 1865.includes:f. 1 Charles Fiott Barker, RN, ViceConsul at Prevesa, etc: Letters to Sir, A. H. Layard: 1861-1872. f. 3 Sir Henry George Elliot, GCB; diplomatist: Letters to Sir A H Layard. ff. 5, 45 Robert Gilmour... British Library
referencedIn Vol. XXVIII (ff. 261). 1853 -1904.includes:ff. 1, 2, 6, 12, 14 Sir James Brooke, KCB; Rajah of Sarawak: Letters to A. R. Wallace: [1853?]-1866.ff. 9, 19 Sidney Edward Bouverie Bouverie-Pusey: Letters to A. R. Wallace: 1864, 1868.f. 10 Charles ..., 1853-1904 British Library
creatorOf LETTERS TO MEMBERS OF MRS KING'S FAMILY and others; 1836-1873. Includes a letter of Samuel Rogers to Lady Harriet Hamilton, 17 May 1836 (f. 1), and a letter of Giuseppe Garibaldi to Mrs King, 22 July 1873 (f. 29). Paper; ff. 30., 1836-1873 British Library
referencedIn Grant Duff, Mountstuart Elphinstone, Sir, 1829-1906. Grant Duff Collection, 1852-1916 British Library
creatorOf Palgrave, William Gifford, 1826-1888. Autograph letter signed : Montevideo, Uruguay, to John Ruskin, 1888 Jun. 30. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Vol. XCIV (ff. 325). 6 Dec. 1878-25 Jan. 1879 British Library
referencedIn Vol. XCVI (ff. 327). May-20 June, 1879.includes:ff. 1, 57, 142, 236 George Jackson Eldridge, CMG, Consul-General in Syria: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1864-1883. ff. 5, 19, 93, 124, 166, 212, 266, 320 Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons, 2nd Baron Lyons... British Library
referencedIn Papers of Sir Lewis Pelly, Indian Political Department 1851-75, 1842-1883 British Library
referencedIn LAYARD PAPERS. Vol. CCIII. Pressed copies of other "private" or semi-official letters of Sir A. H. Layard at Constantinople; 18 June, 1879-19 May, 1880. Quarto. ff. xii + 315includes:ff. 1-276 b passim George Jackson Eldridge, CMG, Consul-General in ... British Library
referencedIn Vol. XCII (ff. 363). Sept., Oct. 1878.includes:ff. 1, 357 Rustem, Pasha: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1877-1883.: Fr. and Engl. ff. 4,53,174,273 Hormuzd Rassam, Assyriologist: Correspondence with Sir A -H. Layard: 1846-1894. ff. 11, 91, 1... British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXXXI (ff. 308). Jan.-Mar. 1877.includes:f. 1, 125, 234 General Sir William Fenwick Williams, Baronet 1856 GCB 1871: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1845-1878. ff. 5, 45, 190 Sir William Smith, lexicographer: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1858-189... British Library
referencedIn Macmillan & Co. Macmillan & Co. letters, 1846-1880. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Vol. CCCXXVI (ff. 274). 12 June-Dec. 1866.includes:ff. 1, 88, 119 James Moncreiff, 1st Baron Moncreiff 1874: Correspondence with W. E. Gladstone: 1839-1885.ff. 2, 131, 255 Cyrus West Field, projector of the Atlantic cable: Correspondence with W.... British Library
referencedIn Vol. XCIII (ff. 309). Nov.-5 Dec. 1878.includes:ff. 1, 308 Major Henry Trotter, Consul al Erzerum; KCMG 1906: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1878-1880. f. 5 Augustus Charles Hobart -Hampden, called 'Hobart Pasha', Vice-Admiral 1885: Letters... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CCCXCI (ff. 344). July-Sept.1882.includes:f. 1 Charles Munro, 9th Baronet of Foulis 1848: Letter to W. E. Gladstone: 1882.f. 2 b John Blair Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross: Minutes by: 1882-1883.f. 3 Henry Windsor Villiers-Stuart, of Cappoquin... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CCCCV (ff. 273). 31 Mar.-May 1885.includes:f. 1 Samuel Whitbread, MP: Correspondence with W. E. Gladstone: 1868-1893.ff. 4, 6, 210, 226, 247, 261, 267 Lord Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice, Baron Fitzmaurice: Correspondence with W. E. Gladsto... British Library
referencedIn Vol. XC (ff. 407). May, June, 1878.includes:ff. 1, 44, 99, 174, 318, 379 Sir George Hugh Wyndham, KCMG; diplomatist: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1877, 1878. ff. 3, 130, 248 General Sir Collingwood Dickson, GCB: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1848-188... British Library
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