Gorst, Sir John Eldon, 1835-1916 (Knight, barrister and politician)
Person
Biography
Sir John Eldon Gorst (1835-1916), knight; barrister and politician
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Latimer Neville: Scrapbook on Cambridge University Elections
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9237
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook on the elections of University M.P.s, the Chancellor and the High Steward. "Previous proceedings and correspondence are in another book", not preserved with this scrapbook. The volume contains letters, flysheets, pamphlets and additional papers relating to the selection of the Conservative candidate H. Cecil Raikes for the University, 1882 (pp.1-47,186-187); the formation of the Cambridge Conservative Association, 1891 (with letters from G.H. Darwin, G.F. Browne and J.H. Gray)...
Dates:
1880-1900 (Circa)
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).
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Cambridge University Library
Item
Letter from Sir John E. Gorst to John Willis Clark, 29 Nov. 1905
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8952/56
Scope and Contents
Thanks for advice; Cambridge friends will form a committee; he hopes Clark will join it
Dates:
29 Nov. 1905
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).
Series
Letter from Sir John Eldon Gorst, 22 Dec. 1891
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9281/10
Scope and Contents
The 29th of January will work fine; invitations to other men to 'University Settlements Meeting'
Dates:
22 Dec. 1891
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).
Series
Letter to Porter from Sir John Eldon Gorst, Treasury Chambers, London, 15 Jan. 1892
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8576/60
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Most of the letters are replies to appeals by Porter for contributions to a memorial to Henry Fawcett and the cost of portraits of the seventh Duke of Devonshire, J.B. Lightfoot and B.F. Westcott; or replies to his invitations to a dinner in honour of recipients of honorary degrees (1883), and the celebration of the six hundredth anniversary of the foundation of Peterhouse (1884); or concern an address of support from members of Senate to the Liberal Unionist leadership (1887).
Dates:
15 Jan. 1892
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).
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