Victoria, 1819-1901 (Queen of Great Britain and Ireland)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1819 - 1901
Biography
Victoria (1819-1901), Queen of Great Britain and Ireland
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
File
Correspondence from Queen Victoria, 28 July 1867-17 June 1868
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9271/3/23-29
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:
28 July 1867-17 June 1868
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
Invitation to a royal dinner, 1881
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Parkes 33/39
Scope and Contents
An undated invitation from the Lord Chamberlain [Valentine Browne, Earl of Kenmare], on behalf of Queen Victoria, to Sir Harry Parkes and Miss Parkes [Parkes' daughter Marion Plummer Parkes, later Marion Keswick] to an evening party at Buckingham Palace on 18 May 1881.
Dates:
1881
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Any person wishing to consult the collection must obtain written permission from Matheson and Co. Ltd. Applicants may submit their request an application form which is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room and via the University Library web pages at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf. They should state specifically on the form that they desire access to the Parkes Papers.
File
Letter of credence, 1865
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Parkes 33/14
Scope and Contents
A copy of a letter of credence for Parkes as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Japan from Queen Victoria [to Tokugawa Iemochi], countersigned by John Russell, Earl Russell, dated Windsor, 28 March 1865, 1 bifolio, with an envelope franked by Russell.
Dates:
1865
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Any person wishing to consult the collection must obtain written permission from Matheson and Co. Ltd. Applicants may submit their request an application form which is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room and via the University Library web pages at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf. They should state specifically on the form that they desire access to the Parkes Papers.