Beach, Michael Edward Hicks-, 1837-1916 (1st Earl St Aldwyn)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1837 - 1916
Biography
Michael Edward Hicks-Beach (1837-1916), 1st Earl St Aldwyn; statesman
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
File
Correspondence from Sir Michael Hicks-Beach (Chief Secretary), 20 Nov. 1876-26 Feb. 1880
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9271/4/135-147
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Political papers, mostly relating to Churchill's three offices of state: Lord Steward of the Household, 1866-7, with correspondence, accounts and papers relating to Queen Victoria's household; Lord President of the Council, 1867-8, with correspondence between Marlborough and Prime Ministers, Lord Derby and Benjamin Disraeli, Lord Mayo, Duke of Richmond and Queen Victoria, the last mostly confined to times of Privy Council meetings; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1876-80, with correspondence and...
Dates:
20 Nov. 1876-26 Feb. 1880
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
Letter from Charles F. Bourke to Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, 20 Sep. 1877
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9271/4/70
Scope and Contents
Statement of his services to Irish Government, as Inspector General of Prisons, in order to obtain compensation for abolition of his office and pension from Treasury; 'During the whole of the Fenian troubles I was entrusted with most important and confidential business of every description, connected with the Police, Prisons, Magistracy the Foreign and other offices'; never asked for increased salary, honours; expected to be made Chairman of new Prison Board
Dates:
20 Sep. 1877
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).