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Andrew Snape Douglas: Papers
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/7
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PRO 30/7
A collection of the correspondence of Andrew Snape Douglas as British chargé d'affaires at Palermo, 1811 and 1813-1814, and at Naples, 1816-1818 and 1822.The despatches are addressed to the foreign secretaries of the day, Marquess Wellesley...
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PRO 30/7
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Title (The name of the record)
- Andrew Snape Douglas: Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1811-1822
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Description (What the record is about)
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A collection of the correspondence of Andrew Snape Douglas as British chargé d'affaires at Palermo, 1811 and 1813-1814, and at Naples, 1816-1818 and 1822.
The despatches are addressed to the foreign secretaries of the day, Marquess Wellesley (1809-1812) and Viscount Castlereagh (1813-1822).
The papers include correspondence in the form of drafts and holographs with British army commanders in Sicily and governors of Malta and the Ionian Islands, and with Sicilian and Neapolitan ministers, notably the Marquis Circello who was foreign minister at Palmermo and later at Naples for all the period covered by the papers except for the year 1814 when Prince Villafranca held this office.
The papers present a continuous narrative of affairs in southern Italian history during the closing years and the aftermath of the Napoleonic wars.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Records of the Southern Dept of the Foreign Office FO 165
Douglas's official correspondence for these periods FO 70
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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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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)
- Douglas, Andrew Snape, 1869-1869
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2 volume(s)
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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C J P CaveCaptain, 1920-1920
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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A pencil note at the the front of the first volume states that the books were originally left by Douglas to John Fowle, his butler and private secretary. They were sold c1906 after Fowle's death.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11953/
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