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Introduction
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Letters from the 4th Earl of Clarendon, and Lady Clarendon
to Lord Clarendon's sister, Lady Theresa Lewis,
1838-65, n.d.
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Papers of Sir Thomas Villiers Lister,
1845-92
| Abstract: Correspondence of George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon of the second creation, with his wife, Lady Katharine, and his sister, Lady Theresa Lewis, 1838-65; papers of Sir Thomas Villiers Lister, mainly Foreign Office memoranda and journals of diplomatic missions, 1845-92 |
George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon of the second creation (1800-70) was ambassador at Madrid, 1833-9, Lord Privy Seal, 1839-41, President of the Board of Trade, 1846, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1847-52, Foreign Secretary, 1853-8, 1865-6, 1868-70 and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1864. For full details see Dictionary of National Biography.
Sir Thomas Villiers Lister (1832-1902) was a nephew of the 4th Earl of Clarendon. He entered the Foreign Office in 1853, and was Private Secretary to Lord Clarendon. He was attached to special missions to Vienna, 1855; to Paris, 1856; to Russia, 1856; and to Lord Clarendon's special embassy to Prussia, 1861. He was Assistant Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1873-94. For more details see Who Was Who.
Oxford, Bodleian Library [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. lett. c. 514, fols. 1-2].
The papers of the 4th Earl of Clarendon, with earlier family papers, were deposited in the Bodleian Library in 1949 - MSS. Clarendon dep. b. 33-8; c. 1-104, c. 125-49, c. 178-226, c. 246-78, c. 357-426, c. 428-32, c. 441-510, c. 520-61; MSS. Clarendon dep. Irish boxes 1-82, Clarendon dep. Irish vols. 1-28; MS. Film 34. Correspondence and diaries of Lady Clarendon, together with miscellaneous family papers, were acquired in 1985 - MSS. Eng. c. 2082-2181, d. 2048-54, e. 2074-2132
| 1838-49 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. d. 514 Extent: 180 leaves |
| 1850-Mar. 1856 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. d. 515 Extent: 197 leaves |
| Apr. 1856-1857 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 538 Extent: 248 leaves |
| 1858 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. d. 516 Extent: 176 leaves |
| 1859-Sept. 1861 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. d. 517 Extent: 219 leaves |
| Oct. 1861-1863 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. d. 518 Extent: 205 leaves |
| 1864-5, n.d. Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. d. 519 Extent: 208 leaves |
| Correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Villiers Lister,
1845-92, n.d. Shelfmark: MS. Eng. hist. c. 1034 Extent: 337 leaves Scope and Content: Mainly Foreign Office memoranda to and from his uncle, Lord Clarendon, Lord Granville, Lord Derby, and Lord Salisbury, including (fols. 187-90) memorandum by Charles Abbott on the proposed re-organization of the Foreign Office, 1869, with (fols. 1-87) correspondence of the Clarendon and Lister families, 1831-65, n.d. |
| Three journals kept by Sir Thomas Villiers Lister during
diplomatic missions,
1855-6,
1861 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. hist. d. 483 Extent: 210 leaves Scope and Content: Missions to
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