Papers, 1858-1905.

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Papers, 1858-1905.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19465121

Papers representing the efforts of Chesson and his associates to aid native peoples in Europe, Asia, and Africa by influencing British foreign and colonial policy toward Turkey and Greece (1878-1880), France (1877-1885), Madagascar (1883-1887), India (1882-1884), Sierra Leone (1858), and especially Afghanistan (1878-1881) and South Africa (1872-1884). Includes references to railway promotion and politics in Natal and to British politics. Correspondents include Sir George Campbell; William Edward Forster; Arthur Hobhouse, Baron Hobhouse; Walter Henry James, Baron Northbourne; John Laird Mair Lawrence, Baron Lawrence; Edmund George Petty-Fitzmaurice, Baron Fitzmaurice; Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre; and J.W. Welborne of Natal.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Forster, W. E. (William Edward), 1818-1886

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English statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to S. Berget?, 1867 Aug. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270469099 Epithet: politician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x000398 ...

Campbell, George, 1824-1892

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1843-1845 assistant magistrate and collector at Budaun; 1845-1846 joint magistrate of Moradabad; 1855 commissioner of customs for northern India; 1855-1857 commissioner of the Cis-Sutlej states; 1862 judge of the high court of Bengal; 1867 chief commissioner of the Central Provinces; 1870-1874 lieutenant-governor of Bengal; 1873 KCSI; 1875-1892 MP for Kirkcaldy Epithet: Lieutenant Governor of Bengal and politician Title: Knight British Library Arc...

Welborne, J. W.

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Northbourne, Walter Henry James, Baron, d. 1932.

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Shaw-Lefevre, John George, Sir, 1797-1879.

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Sir J.G. Shaw-LeFevre was a Colonization Commissioner for South Australia, later Clerk of the Parliaments in Britain. From the description of Papers. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225764836 ...

Aborigines Protection Society (Great Britain)

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Hobhouse, Arthur Hobhouse, Baron, 1819-1904

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Epithet: judge Title: Baron Hobhouse of Hadspen British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x00001a ...

Lawrence, John Laird Mair, 1811-1879

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India settlement officer; 1846 commissionership, Trans-Sutlej States; 1856 KCB; 1857 GCB; 1861 Knight Companion of the Order of the Star of India; 1864-1869 Viceroy of India. Title: 1st Baronet Lawrence British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001347.0x0001c8 ...

Fitzmaurice, Edmund George Petty-Fitzmaurice, Baron, 1846-1935.

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Chesson, F. W. (Frederick William), 1833 or 1834-1888

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British journalist, author, and secretary of the Aborigines Protection Society (1863-1888); from London, England. From the description of Papers, 1858-1905. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19465121 ...