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Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon: Papers
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/6
What's it about?
PRO 30/6
These are mainly the private and official papers of the fourth Earl of Carnarvon, who was Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1866 to 1867 and from 1874 to 1878, and who held other ministerial posts. The papers relate largely to colonial...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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PRO 30/6
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Title (The name of the record)
- Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon: Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1833-1898
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Description (What the record is about)
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These are mainly the private and official papers of the fourth Earl of Carnarvon, who was Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1866 to 1867 and from 1874 to 1878, and who held other ministerial posts. The papers relate largely to colonial matters but also to affairs in Ireland, Turkey, Russia and Egypt.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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A further collection of Carnarvon papers was acquired by the British Library in 1978.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Herbert, Henry Howard Molyneux, 1831-1890
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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173 volume(s)
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Elizabeth Catherine HerbertCountess of Carnarvon, 1926-1926
Henry George Alfred Marius Victor Francis Herbert6th Earl of Carnarvon, 1898-1987
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11952/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
96,787 records
Within the department: PRO
Domestic Records of the Public Record Office, Gifts, Deposits, Notes and Transcripts
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Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon: Papers
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