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Stuart de Rothesay Papers
Catalogue reference: FO 342
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FO 342
This series contains official and private correspondence between Sir Charles Stuart and the Foreign Office during his early missions in Austria, Russia, Spain and Portugal.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 342
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Title (The name of the record)
- Stuart de Rothesay Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1801-1814
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains official and private correspondence between Sir Charles Stuart and the Foreign Office during his early missions in Austria, Russia, Spain and Portugal.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Further official papers of Stuart's embassy to Paris, 1815 to 1830 are in the National Library of Scotland. Other Stuart papers are in the University of Chicago Library and Edinburgh University Library.
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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)
- Stuart, Charles, 1779-1845
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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46 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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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The manuscript collections of Lord Stuart de Rothesay having been removed from Highcliffe Castle and announced for sale at auction in November 1935 on behalf of the Earl of Abingdon. The records that now form this series were claimed as the property of the Crown by the Foreign Office, by which department it was thereupon bound.
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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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Charles Stuart (from 1812 Sir Charles Stuart, from 1828 Baron Stuart de Rothesay) was born on 2nd January 1779, the eldest son of General Sir Charles Stuart and Louisa, daughter of Lord Vere Bertie.
He entered the diplomatic service, and in 1801 was appointed secretary to the legation and chargé d'affairs in Austria. From 1806 to 1808 he was secretary to the embassy and minister ad interim in Russia. In 1808 he was sent to Corunna in Spain on a special mission to gain information of troop movements and military activities in the area. Another mission to Austria followed in 1809, from 1810 to 1814 he was minister to Portugal, and subsequently he became minister ad interim to France. In his later career he was ambassador to the Netherlands, France and Russia.
He married Elizabeth Margaret Yorke, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Hardwicke. He died on 6 November 1845.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7656/
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