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Viscount Edward Cardwell: Papers
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/48
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PRO 30/48
Viscount Cardwell's documents include semi-official letters and papers which accumulated while he was at the War Office.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PRO 30/48
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Title (The name of the record)
- Viscount Edward Cardwell: Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1834-1911
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Description (What the record is about)
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Viscount Cardwell's documents include semi-official letters and papers which accumulated while he was at the War Office.
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See also the private and private office papers in
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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)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Cardwell, Edward, 1813-1886
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 54 box(es)
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Guy Fanshawe, 1947-1947
Winifred Rycroft, 1947-1947
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Lord Cardwell was secretary for war from 1868 to 1874. During that time he undertook far-reaching reforms in the organisation of the British Army.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11994/
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