Victoria, 1819-1901 (Queen of Great Britain and Ireland)

Person

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Dates

Existence: 1819 - 1901

Biography

Victoria (1819-1901), Queen of Great Britain and Ireland

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Series

Edwin Guest (1800-1880): miscellaneous correspondence and papers 1824-1878

Series

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7473

Scope and Contents Edwin Guest was born on 10 September 1800, the only son of a successful Birmingham merchant. He entered Gonville and Caius College in 1819, took his BA as eleventh wrangler in 1824, and was elected a fellow the same year. In 1828 he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, and practised as a barrister for some years before retiring to concentrate on his scholarly interests, particularly English philology and Romano-British history and topography. In 1852, to the surprise of many (including...

Dates: 1824-1878

Conditions Governing Access: 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).

Found in: Cambridge University Library

Fonds

John Winston Spencer Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough: Political Papers

Fonds

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9271

Scope and Contents 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: 1840-1880