Vol. LXII (ff. 277). 1884-Mar. 1885.includes:f. 11 Sudan: Official papers rel. to Gen. Gordon: 1884.: Printed.f. 11 Major-General Charles George Gordon: Official papers rel. to his mission to Khartoum: 1884.: Printed.f. 22 Hugh Culling Eardley ...

Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898

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William Ewart Gladstone, prime minister and author, was born in Liverpool, on Dec. 29, 1809; the fifth child and youngest son of Sir John Gladstone and Anne Mackenzie Gladstone. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, in preparation for a future in the British political world. He married Catherine Glynne, whom he met in Rome, in 1839, and together they had eight children. Gladstone was first elected to Parliament in January 1833, and over the next sixty years was involved i...

War Office (active 1857-1964)

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Wellesley, Arthur

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Title: 1st Duke of Wellington British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001149.0x000136 Epithet: Colonel; Commissioner for the affairs of Mysore, etc., afterwards Duke of Wellington British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001028.0x000191 Arthur Wellesley (1796-1852), military leader famous for his victory over Napoleon at the battl...

Hobart, Robert Henry, Sir, KCVO, 1st Baronet

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Epithet: KCVO, 1st Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x000050 ...

Childers, Hugh C.E. (Hugh Culling Eardley), 1827-1896

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English statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to C.E. Legge, 1885 Jan. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270623051 Childers arrived in Melbourne from England in 1850. He become Auditor-General and a Legislative Councellor in 1852 and helped draft the constitution bill of 1853. In 1856 he won the Portland seat in the Legislative Assembly. He returned to England as a member of the House of Commons 1860-1892. See ADB v.3 He had much to do with ...

Gower, Granville George Leveson-, 1815-1891, 2nd Earl Granville, statesman

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1837-1840 member of parliament for Morpeth; 1840-1841 under-secretary, the Foreign Office; 1841-1846 member of parliament for Lichfield; 1846 earldom, entered the House of Lords and made privy councillor; 1846-1848 master of the buckhounds; 1847-1851 paymaster-general; 1848 vice-president, the Board of Trade; 1851-1852 foreign secretary; 1852-1854, 1855-1858 and 1859-1866 lord president of the council; 1854-1855 chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster; 1856 ambassador-extraordinary to ...

Gordon, Charles George, 1833-1885

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Epithet: Major-General; of Add MS 44147 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000766.0x0000f0 British general who became a national hero for his exploits in China and his ill-fated defense of Khartuom against Sudanese rebels. From the description of Letter, 1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 363531820 "Chinese" Gordon. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Southampton, t...

Hicks Beach, Michael Edward, active 1867-1921, 1st Earl St Aldwyn

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Title: 1st Earl St Aldwyn British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000696.0x000073 ...

Cavendish, Spencer Compton, 1833-1908, Marquess of Hartington, 8th Duke of Devonshire, statesman

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1857-1868 Member of Parliament for North Lancashire; 1863-1866 Under-Secretary, War Office; 1868-1870 Postmaster-General; 1870-1874 Chief Secretary for Ireland; 1880-1882 Secretary of State for India; 1882-1885 Secretary of State for War. Epithet: statesman Title: Marquess of Hartington, 8th Duke of Devonshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x00029c ...

Wolseley, Field Marshal Garnet Joseph, active 1873-1885, Baron (1882) and (1885) Viscount Wolseley

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Title: Baron (1882) and (1885) Viscount Wolseley British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000439.0x00003b ...

Graham, Gerald, Sir, active 1857-1890, Lieutenant-General GCMG

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Epithet: Lieutenant-General GCMG British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000560.0x0003d8 ...