John George Haggard (1850-1908) served from 1883 to 1908 as British Vice-Consul in Lamu (Kenya) and also in the British consulates in Zanzibar, Madagascar, Brest (France), Trieste (Italy), Noumea (New Caledonia) and Malaga (Spain). He was married to Agnes Marion Barber.

• Papers concerning consular service in Kenya, Zanzibar, Madagascar, Brest, Trieste, Malaga and New Caledonia, 1883-1908
• Correspondence, including typed transcripts, 1881-1907
• Horoscopes and solicitors' bills for marriage settlement, 1883-1904
• Passports, [c1880-1910?]
• Letters from Agnes Marion Haggard, his wife, 1885-1888
• Journals of Ella Doveton, his sister-in-law, 1837-1866
• Correspondence with Andrew Charles Parker Haggard, his brother, on service with the Egyptian Army in the Sudan, 1882-1917
• Letters, Alfred Thacker, servant to Andrew Charles Parker Haggard, 1884, 1943
• Letters, Maximilian Richard Western, 1882, 1883
• Printed and manuscript ephemera, including notes on the family of William Meybohm Rider Haggard (1817-1893) and Ella Haggard (née Doveton) (1892-1976)

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Microfilm copies of the papers (excepting letters from Agnes Marion Haggard, c.1886-1888, the diaries of Ella Doveton, 1837-1866, and letters from Maximilian Western in Rangoon, Burma, nd.) are held by the National Archives of Kenya and the National Museums of Kenya.

Listed as no. 584 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).

The naval papers of Lieutenant John George Haggard are held by the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.

Haggard | John George | 1850-1908 | diplomat

Haggard | 1854-1923 | Andrew Charles Parker | soldier

Haggard | Agnes Marion | fl 1885-1888 | nee Barber

Doveton | Ella Haggard | fl 1837-1866 | nee Doveton

Haggard | William Meybohm Rider | fl 1883 | lawyer and squire

Great Britain | Consulate

Great Britain. Army | Egypt | Military life

Egypt | Army

Sudan | History | 1821-

Kenya | History

Zanzibar | History

Madagascar | History

New Caledonia | History

Brest (France) | History

Trieste (Italy) | History

Málaga (Spain) | History