Catalogue of the papers of Sir Charles Edward Grey
(1785-1865) and the Grey family, 17th -20th century
University of Oxford, Bodleian Library
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Abstract:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Charles Edward Grey
(1785-1865), Indian judge and colonial governor, with correspondence and papers
of other members of the Grey family, 17th-20th century.
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Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. c. 6796-818, d. 3377-84, e. 3303-22
Biographical history
Sir Charles Edward Grey (1785-1865), Indian judge and colonial
governor - see
Dictionary of National Biography.
Scope and content
The papers of Sir Charles Grey (Section A) contain a long series of
general correspondence; some papers relating to Sir Charles's career as a
colonial governor and Indian judge; a few personal papers and some family
correspondence of Sir Charles.
Section B contains the papers of various members of the Grey family
from different generations. The papers of Sir Charles's children make up a
large part of this section. The remainder of the papers (Section C) are
miscellaneous.
Several items found within the collection and preserved separately
are: a decorative leather visiting card wallet, n.d. (Janitor's List of Library
Portraits and Objects 745); a lock of hair of George Sowley Holroyd, 1870
(Janitor's List of Library Portraits and Objects 746). Two printed items from
the collection have been transfered to Rare Books:
Inscriptions from the Waady El Muketteb, (London, 1832)
Bodleian reference Vet. A6 c. 109 and
A treatise on the cultivation and manufacture of the tobacco
plant, (Montego-Bay, Jamaica, 1779) Bodleian reference Vet. KK5 d. 4.
Four photographs of unidentified people are MS. Photogr. c. 128, fols.
23-6.
Custodial history
Mrs. B.D. Rennison, a great-grandaughter of Sir Charles, owned the
papers and in 1973 asked Surrey Record Office for advice about finding a
permanent home for them. This was not decided until 1985 when a list of the
papers was prepared by a member of staff from the Royal Commission on
Historical Manuscripts. It was agreed that the Bodleian Library should be
approached as a suitable repository because of Sir Charles Grey's connection
with the University (as a fellow of Oriel College).
Acquisition
Given by
Mrs. B.D. Rennison, 1986.
Preferred Form of Citation
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford [followed by shelfmark and
folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. c. 6796, fols. 1-2].
Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. c. 6796-804
The correspondence includes many letters of introduction and
dinner invitations (correspondents not indexed)
Arrangement:
Alphabetical
Acheson - Butler
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6796
Extent: 123 leaves
Including
- (fols. 1-3)
Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford,
1836
- (fols. 12-13)
William Amherst, Earl Amherst, 1835
- (fols. 23-34)
Sir Francis Austen, 1847-8
- (fols. 35-6)
Sir Francis Baring, later Baron Northbrook,
1849
- (fols. 37-8)
Sir Henry Barkly, 1850
- (fols. 39-40)
Sir Andrew Barnard, 1837
- (fols. 46-100)
Lord William Bentinck, 1828-37
- (fols. 103-11)
William
Brougham, later 2nd Baron Brougham and Vaux, 1827
- (fols. 112-15)
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, 1842-4
Campbell - Freer
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6797
Extent: 141 leaves
Including
- (fols. 5-8) letter from
Sir Francis Chantrey to
Charles Wynn, 1837
- (fols. 17-41)
Edward Copleston, Bishop of Llandaff,
1834-42
- (fols. 44-9)
Thomas Courtenay, 1829
- (fols. 54-68)
Sir Charles Darling, 1844-50, n.d.
- (fols. 91-120)
Charles
Ellis, 6th Baron Howard de Walden, 1847-50, n.d
- (fols. 127-8)
Sir
Charles Fitzroy, 1842
- (fols. 129-39)
Sir
John Franks, 1829-47
Gersdorff - Grey
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6798
Extent: 100 leaves
Including
- (fols. 23-58)
Charles Grant, Baron Glenelg, 1835-50, n.d.
- (fols. 59-94)
Sir
George Grey, 1835-54, n.d.
- (fols. 95-100)
Sir John Grey, 1842-51, n.d.
Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey,
1833-64, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6799
Extent: 89 leaves
Harris - Lushington
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6800
Extent: 120 leaves
Including
- (fols. 1-5)
George Harris, 1850-1
- (fols. 20-1)
Sir Francis Head, 1836
- (fols. 22-57)
Reginald Heber, Bishop of Calcutta, 1825-6
- (fols. 64-73)
John Hobhouse, Baron Broughton, 1835-40
- (fols. 100-3)
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount
Melbourne, 1834-8
- (fols. 106-13)
Edward Law, Earl of Ellenborough, 1830-5
Macaulay - Percy
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6801
Extent: 85 leaves
Including
- (fols. 1-20)
Thomas Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, 1833
- (fols. 23-4)
Sir William Macnaghten, 1836
- (fols. 27-35)
Fox
Maule, later 11th Earl of Dalhousie, 1840-51
- (fols. 39-48)
Robert Montgomery Martin, 1835-51
- (fols. 51-4)
John
Murray, 1838
- (fols. 65-70)
Sir James Parke, later Baron Wensleydale,
1833-9
- (fols. 71-82)
Thomas Parry, Bishop of Barbados, 1842-6
Petty-Fitzmaurice -
Ryan
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6802
Extent: 117 leaves
Including
- (fols. 1-40)
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne,
1834-47, n.d.
- (fols. 44-8)
Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquis of Normanby,
1848
- (fols. 76-107)
Lord John Russell, 1838-41, n.d.
- (fols. 108-17)
Sir Edward Ryan, 1828-32
Sandys -
Stuart-Wortley
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6803
Extent: 109 leaves
Including
- (fols. 10-26)
Sir Robert Schomburgk, 1846-50
- (fols. 27-36)
Sir George Francis Seymour, 1851-64
- (fols. 43-9)
Lord Fitzroy Somerset, 1844-9
- (fols. 50-67)
Aubrey Spencer, Bishop of Jamaica, 1848-54
- (fols. 68-84)
Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley,
1838-40
- (fols. 96-109)
John Stuart-Wortley, 2nd Baron Wharncliffe,
1852
Taylor - Wodehouse
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6804
Extent: 53 leaves
Including
- (fols. 1-2)
Sir Herbert Taylor, 1837
- (fols. 3-9)
Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston,
1839-40
- (fols. 12-13)
Sir Nicholas Tindal, 1838
- (fols. 40-4)
Sir
Edward West, 1826
- (fols. 47-51)
Sir Phillip Wodehouse, 1851-2
Shelfmarks: MS. Eng. c. 6805
Letters to Sir Charles, with some
letters from him,
1824-50, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6805
Extent: 87 leaves
Including letters from
- (fols. 1-20)
Elizabeth,
Lady Grey, 1824-32
- (fols. 21-65) Sir Charles's children, 1830-44,
n.d.
Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. c. 6806, d. 3377-9
Commission to the post of chief
justice in the supreme court of
Bengal,
1830
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3377
Extent: 1 item with seal attached (1
membrane)
Commission to the post of Governor
of the
Windward
Islands,
1841
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3378
Extent: 1 item with detached seal (6
membranes)
Commission to the post of Governor
of
Jamaica,
1846
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3379
Extent: 1 item with detached seal (4
membranes)
Instructions and letters patent,
1841-52
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6806
Extent: 75 leaves
Relating to
- (fols. 1-3)
Barbados, 1841,
with (fol. 1) attached paper seal of the Admiralty
- (fols. 4-51)
Jamaica, 1846, with
(fol. 4) attached paper seal of the Admiralty
- (fols. 52-75 )
Bay Islands,
1852 (a small group of islands in the Caribbean contested intermittently by
England, Spain and Honduras between 1650 and 1850)
Shelfmarks: MS. Eng. c. 6807
Papers,
1829-33, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6807
Extent: 164 leaves
Including Sir Charles's comments on
- (fols. 1-6) Indian affairs, n.d.
- (fols. 7-80) the principles of Indian government,
c.1831
- (fols. 81-102) the Indian judicial system,
n.d.
- (fols. 150-6) Indian trade, 1833, n.d.
Shelfmarks: MS. Eng. c. 6808
Papers,
1806-53
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6808
Extent: 52 leaves
Relating to
- (fols. 1-16) England, 1835-40
- (fols. 17-39)
Canada, 1836
- (fols. 40-52)
Jamaica, 1806-53,
with (fol. 40) order to a surveyor from then governor,
Sir Eyre
Coote, 1806 and (fol. 42) verses on
Jamaica by Sir
Charles, 1852
Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. c. 6809-11
Papers,
1789-1864, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6809
Extent: 98 leaves
- (fols. 1-18) financial papers, 1789-1864
- (fols. 19-71) papers relating to Sir Charles's visit
to
China in 1832,
1832-61, n.d., including (fols. 19-50) a journal of conversations in China,
1832, and (fols. 54-71) an essay giving Sir Charles's opinion on Chinese trade
and politics, c.1861
- (fols. 72-96) papers relating to property, 1833-51,
n.d., with (fols. 74-89) papers relating to property owned by Sir Charles in
Canada, 1835-7, and
(fols. 90-2) property in
Jamaica,
c.1851
Papers,
1831-65, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6810
Extent: 86 leaves
- (fols. 1-19) papers relating to a periodical work
proposed by Sir Charles, 1831, n.d., with notes on a range of topics including
(fols. 16-17) 'The slave question', n.d.
- (fols. 20-79) Sir Charles's research into the Grey
family history and pedigree, 1834, n.d., with (fols. 77-8) designs for the
family tomb, n.d.
- (fols. 80-5) family papers, 1838-65, including (fol.
85) probate of will of Sir Charles, 1865
Papers,
1838-62, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6811
Extent: 137 leaves
- (fols. 1-37) journals and diaries, 1854-9
- (fols. 38-83) Sir Charles's notes and workings on the
quadrature of the circle,
c.1860, later published as
A preface to a demonstration
of the quadrature of the circle (London, 1863)
- (fols. 84-137) miscellaneous papers, 1838-62, n.d.,
including (fols. 84-9) Sir Charles's invitation to Queen Victoria's coronation,
1838
Shelfmarks: MS. Eng. c. 6812
Correspondence,
1691-1788, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6812
Extent: 81 leaves
Letters to
- (fols. 1-31) Margaret Grey, 1691-9, n.d.
- (fols. 32-8) William Grey, 1707-9
- (fols. 39-75) Ralph William Grey, grandfather of Sir
Charles, 1746-75, n.d.
- (fols. 76-9) Ralph William Grey, father of Sir Charles,
1767-88
Shelfmarks: MS. Eng. c. 6813
Correspondence,
1820-55, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6813
Extent: 76 leaves
Letters
- (fols. 1-21) to and from George Francis Grey,
1820-55, with (fols. 11-21) miscellaneous papers, 1829-55, including (fols.
15-21) letters concerning his death in Italy, 1854-5
- (fols. 22-76) to and from Elizabeth, Lady Grey,
1830-46, n.d.
Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. e. 3303-7
Journal,
1843
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3303
Extent: 64 leaves
Describes a journey through '
Istria and the
Hungarian shore on
foot'; related sketches and notes are MS. Eng. e. 3304, below
Sketch-book,
1843
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3304
Extent: 49 leaves
Sketches and notes relating to MS. Eng. e. 3303, above
Journal,
Oct.1843-Mar. 1844
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3305
Extent: i + 48 leaves
Passport,
1841-50
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3306
Extent: 63 leaves, 41-63 blank
Passport,
May 1853-June 1854
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3307
Extent: 41 leaves, 26-41 blank
Shelfmarks: MS. Eng. c. 6814
Correspondence and papers,
1839-71, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6814
Extent: 230 leaves
- (fols. 1-67) Lucy Holroyd, 1839-70, n.d., including
- (fols. 6-19) three copies, in two different
hands, of a letter giving an account of the battle of
Inkerman, Nov. 1854
- (fols. 29-33) holograph notes for her will,
n.d.
- (fols. 34-67) papers relating to her son
George Sowley
Holroyd, 1860-70, including (fols. 40-67) correspondence relating to
his death at sea, Sept.-Dec. 1870
- (fols. 68-230) Lucy Grey, 1868-71, n.d. with (fols.
68-138) letters from her husband Edward, 1868, n.d.
Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. d. 3380-1, e. 3308-10
Commonplace book,
1827-35
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3380
Extent: 169 leaves
Commonplace book,
1844-50
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3308
Extent: 43 leaves
Journal,
1845
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3309
Extent: 57 leaves
Recipe and
remedy book,
July 1863-Nov. 1879
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3310
Extent: 109 leaves
Marriage settlements,
1831, 1854
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3381
Extent: 3 items
- (item 1) marriage settlement of Lucy Franks and Henry
Holroyd, Dec. 1831 (4 membranes)
- (item 2) a copy of item 1, Dec. 1831 (3
membranes)
- (item 3) marriage settlement of Catherine Holroyd,
daughter of Lucy Holroyd, with Shipwith Henry Churchill Taylor, Dec. 1854 (3
membranes)
Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. d. 3382, e. 3311-12
Journal,
June-Oct. 1851
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3311
Extent: 128 leaves, 87-107 blank
Journal,
Aug. 1853 (one entry), Aug.-Nov. 1854
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3382
Extent: 332 leaves, 38-332 blank
Jervoise John Grey took over the journal from his wife from
the end of August to November 1854
Journal,
May 1855-Dec. 1857
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3312
Extent: 82 leaves, 51-82 blank
Shelfmarks: MS. Eng. c. 6815
Correspondence and papers,
1868-1934, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6815
Extent: 89 leaves
Letters
- (fols. 1-41) to Edward Grey, 1868-1907, n.d.
- (fols. 42-89) to and from Ralph Henry Grey, 1888-1934,
n.d., including
- (fols. 42-65) papers relating to his army career,
1888-1921
- (fols. 76-89) correspondence with the College of
Arms, 1934
Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. e. 3313-14
Journal of
Edward Grey travelling from England to
India,
c.1852
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3313
Extent: 88 leaves, 63-88 blank
Journal of
Ralph Henry Grey,
c.1887-94
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3314
Extent: 139 leaves
Mainly transcripts of published articles, with some
newspaper cuttings, relating to
India
Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. d. 3383, e. 3315-20
Journal,
Jan.-Dec. 1860
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3315
Extent: 138 leaves
Journal,
Jan.-Aug. 1861
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3316
Extent: 67 leaves
Journal,
May 1863-Mar.1864
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3317
Extent: 90 leaves
Journal,
Mar.-Nov. 1864
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3383
Extent: 46 leaves
Journal,
Nov.1873-Feb. 1874
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3318
Extent: 59 leaves
Describing a cruise with her sister Victoria to
Egypt and other places on
the
Mediterranean
coast; see also MSS. Eng. d. 3384 and e. 3320, below
Journal,
Apr.-Aug. 1874
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3319
Extent: 74 leaves, 38-71 blank
Water-colour sketch-book,
c.1873-4
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3320
Extent: 31 leaves
Companion sketch-book to MSS. Eng. e. 3318-9, above
Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. d. 3384, e. 3321
Journal of
Victoria
Mary Grey,
Nov. 1873-Mar. 1874
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3384
Extent: 96 leaves
Describing a cruise with her sister Donna Maria Grey to
Egypt and the
Mediterranean
coast; see also MSS. Eng. e. 3318 and e. 3320, above
Journal of
Jervoise John
Grey,
Feb. 1875-Dec. 1882
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3321
Extent: 111 leaves, 18-109 blank
Transcripts of newspaper articles, book reviews and quotations
Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. c. 6816-7
Papers,
1817-1919
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6816
Extent: 90 leaves
- (fols. 1-5) papers of Matthew Robert Grey, 1817-27
- (fols. 6-10) papers of Charles William Grey,
1843-52
- (fols. 11-15) papers of Jervoise John Grey, 1851-3
- (fols. 16-40) baptism certificates of family members,
1822-75
- (fols. 41-8) death certificates of family members,
1842-1919
- (fols. 49-90) miscellaneous
Administrative papers relating to the
deaths of family members,
1842-1919
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6817
Extent: 116 leaves
- (fols. 1-4) Mrs. Elizabeth Grey, mother of Sir Charles,
1842
- (fol. 5) Anne Eliza Grey, daughter of Sir Charles,
1855
- (fol. 6) Elizabeth Grey, daughter of Sir Charles,
1859
- (fols. 7-13) Jervoise John Grey, son of Sir Charles,
1885
- (fol. 14) Donna Maria Louisa Grey, daughter of Sir
Charles, 1888
- (fols. 15-56) Victoria Mary Grey, daughter of Sir
Charles, 1907-17
- (fols. 57-67) Edward Grey, son of Sir Charles,
1918
- (fols. 68-116) Elizabeth Grey, wife of Jervoise,
1919
Papers,
1658-1934, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6818
Extent: 141 leaves
Including
- (fols. 1-34) newscuttings, 1658-c.1905, n.d.
- (fols. 35-51) pamphlets, 1837-93
- (fols. 54-65) miscellaneous correspondence, 1825-48,
n.d.
- (fols. 66-74) autographs, 1827-43, n.d.
- (fols. 75-9)
recipes, 1852, n.d.
- (fols. 80-93) manuscript copy of the 'Journal of
Colonel Croghan down
the Ohio' in 1765, n.d.
- (fols. 94-110) prose and poetry by unidentified authors,
n.d.
Envelopes,
1786-1868, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3322
Extent: 67 leaves
Mainly addressed to Sir Charles, with the names of the senders,
with (fols. 1-9) some to Grey family members, 1786-1868
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