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Ponsonby, Sir Henry Frederick, (1825-1895), Knight, General, private secretary to Queen Victoria

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Alternative name(s):
  • Carnock (Also known as)
Surname: Ponsonby
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: Henry Frederick
Gender: Male
Date: 1825-1895
Title: Knight
History: Sir Henry Ponsonby was appointed Private Secretary to Queen Victoria in 1870 and Privy Councillor in 1880.
Biography: ODNB link for Ponsonby, Sir Henry Frederick (1825-1895) Knight General Private Secretary to Queen Victoria
References: DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P274911 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P149568 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
corresp and papers
Royal Archives
Add A 36
NRA 43346 Windsor

See A Ponsonby, Henry Ponsonby...His Life From His Letters, 1942
2
1885-1894: misc corresp
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 10039-10248 Passim
3
1871-84: letters (28) from Dean Wellesley and others
St George's Chapel Archives and Chapter Library
XVII.33.45
NRA 18513 Windsor Chapel
4
1870-94: corresp (1 vol)
The National Archives
FO 800
5
1866-72: corresp with Michael Bruce
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Eng b 2067, c 5740-72, d 2834-48, e 2994-3004
NRA 442 Bruce
6
1883-94: letters to Sir Henry Burdett
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Eng b 2068-69, c 5894-6032, d 2867-89
NRA 39820
7
1886-94: corresp with Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 41206
8
1868-90: corresp with Sir Edwin Chadwick
London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections
CHADWICK
NRA 21653 Chadwick
9
1870-91: corresp with Hugh Childers
The National Archives
PRO30/61
10
1885-1887: corresp with Lord Randolph Churchill
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
MS Add.9248
NRA 13273 Churchill
11
1867-80: letters to Lord Cranbrook
Suffolk Archives - Ipswich
HA43
NRA 1182 Gathorne-Hardy
12
1884-89: corresp with Lord Cromer
The National Archives
FO633
13
1874-80: letters (53) to Benjamin Disraeli
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Disraeli
NRA 842 Disraeli
14
corresp with Sir Henry Elliot
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS 13088
NRA 10476 Minto
15
1870-90: corresp with WE Gladstone
British Library, Manuscript Collections
loan 73
NRA 21658
16
1870-94: corresp with WE Gladstone
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 45724
17
1874: letters to Arthur Godley
British Library: Asian and African Studies
MSS Eur F 102
NRA 27523
18
1870-84: corresp with Lord Halifax
Borthwick Institute for Archives: University of York
Halifax papers A4
NRA 8128 Wood
19
1880-94: corresp with Sir Edward Walter Hamilton
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 48600-03B
NRA 20962
20
1880-91: corresp with Sir William Harcourt
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Harcourt
NRA 3679
21
1872-91: letters to Lord Hartington
Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
vol 16
NRA 20594 Cavendish
22
1879: corresp with Sir Michael Hicks-Beach
Gloucestershire Archives
D2440
NRA 3526
23
1870-94: letters to Lord Kimberley
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Eng a 2013-14, b 2047-49, c 3933-4514, d 2439-92, e 2790-97
NRA 1274 Wodehouse
24
1890-92: letters (13) to JL Kipling
Sussex University Library Special Collections
SxMs 38
NRA 22631
25
1881-88: letters (29) to Lord Lothian
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD40/9/485
NRA 10737 Kerr
26
1877-91: letters (15) to CB Marlay
Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections
My
NRA 10280
27
1871-1891: corresp with Sir RB Morier
Oxford University: Balliol College Historic Collections
NRA 26599 Morier
28
1884-89: corresp with Lord Northbrook
The National Archives
FO 633
29
1883-86: letters (10) to Sir JN Paton
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
Acc.9133
30
1875-86: letters to Lord Redesdale
Gloucestershire Archives
D2002/7/1/2
NRA 23794 Freeman-Mitford
31
1875-93: letters (23) to Duke of Richmond
West Sussex Record Office
vol 3
NRA 850 Gordon Lennox
32
1870-93: corresp with Lord Ripon
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 43510
33
1881-85: letters to Earl Roberts
National Army Museum Templer Study Centre
7101/23, 8310/155-62
NRA 18656
34
1882-96: corresp with Lord Rosebery
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 10054-55
NRA 22490 Primrose
35
1880-92: corresp with Lord Selborne
Lambeth Palace Library
MS 1876
NRA 11918
36
1887-92: letters to Edward Stanhope
Kent History and Library Centre
U1590/O250/2
NRA 25095
37
1876-80: letters to Sir HG Walpole
British Library: Asian and African Studies
MSS Eur D 781
NRA 27467
38
1880-86: letters (10) to Viscount Wolseley
Hove Library
Wolseley
NRA 10471 Wolseley
39
1855-1860: ms ‘Notes on the Battle of Waterloo'
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 89445
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