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Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg (1834-1902) 1st Baron Acton, historian
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Surname: | Acton |
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Forenames: | John Emerich Edward Dalberg |
Gender: | Male |
Date: | 1834-1902 |
Title: | 1st Baron Acton |
Biography: | ODNB link for Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg (1834-1902) 1st Baron Acton, historian |
Name authority reference: | GB/NNAF/P163618 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P106 ) |
Online related resources | Bibliography of British and Irish History link for John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton |
Description | Held by | Reference | Further information | |
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1 |
corresp and papers
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Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
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Add 4607-5021, 5347-48, 5381-710, 5751-76, 6443, 7726-32, 7892, 7956, 8119-8123, 8409-8417
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NRA 41290 Acton
See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003 |
2 |
misc family papers
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Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
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Add MS.9616
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See Annual Return 2002
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3 |
19th cent: notes and lectures
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Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
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MS Add. 9706
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See Annual Return 2004
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4 |
letters to Richard Simpson (1 vol)
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Downside Abbey Archives and Library
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NRA 19936
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5 |
1849-1900: corresp mainly rel to historical and religious interests
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Shropshire Archives
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1093/441-1180
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NRA 41289 Acton
See NRA 34789 |
6 |
1866-1876: letters (10) from R Simpson
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Shropshire Archives
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1093/441-719 passim
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NRA 41289 Acton
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7 |
1884-1901: letters (104) to Oscar Browning
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Cambridge University: King's College Archive Centre
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OB
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NRA 21235 Browning
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8 |
1883-1901: letters (137) to Lord Bryce
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Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
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MSS Bryce
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NRA 6716 Bryce
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9 |
letters to HAL Fisher
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Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
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MSS Fisher
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NRA 16446 Fisher
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10 |
1874-1901: letters to Mary Gladstone
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British Library, Manuscript Collections
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Add MS 46239
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11 |
1860-97: corresp with WE Gladstone
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British Library, Manuscript Collections
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Add MS 44093-94
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12 |
1866-92: letters from WE Gladstone
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Gladstone's Library
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Glynne-Gladstone MSS 2102
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NRA 14174 Gladstone
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13 |
letters (16) from WE Gladstone
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Shropshire Archives
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1093/441-1180 passim
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NRA 41289 Acton
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14 |
1880-95: letters to Lord Gladstone
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British Library, Manuscript Collections
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Add MSS 46044-55 passim
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15 |
letter (11) from Lord Granville
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Shropshire Archives
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1093/441-1180 passim
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NRA 41289 Acton
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16 |
c1860-1901: letters to Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff
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British Library: Asian and African Studies
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MSS Eur F 234
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NRA 24627 Grant-Duff
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17 |
1851-82: corresp with Lord Granville
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Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development
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PRO30/29
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18 |
letters to Alice Stopford Green
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National Library of Ireland
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MS 15073
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19 |
1868-76: letters (10) to Lord Houghton
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Cambridge University: Trinity College Library
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See HMC corresp file 19/2/1987
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20 |
letters to JH Newman
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Birmingham Oratory
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Newman correspondence
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NRA 27809 Newman
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21 |
1888-98: letters to RL Poole
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Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
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MS Add.7472
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NRA 44725
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22 |
1862-97: corresp with Sir Peter Renouf
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Oxford University: Pembroke College Archives
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63/9/3-4
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NRA 29439 Oxford Univ Pembroke
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23 |
1890-1900: corresp with Lord Rosebery
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National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
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MSS 10090-10229 Passim
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24 |
c1865-76: letters to Odo Russell
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The National Archives
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FO 918
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25 |
1895-97: letters to Henry Sidgwick
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Cambridge University: Trinity College Library
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Add Ms c.93/1-13
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NRA 34807
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26 |
1896-1900: corresp with Sir Adolphus Ward
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Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
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MS Add.8406
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NRA 44769
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27 |
1892-1901: letters (10) to Wilfrid Ward
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St Andrews University Library
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ms38347-38348, ms38469 and ms38508
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NRA 26993
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28 |
1896-1901: draft proposal and letters rel to Cambridge Modern History
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Cambridge University Archives
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See Accessions to repositories 1991
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29 |
1875-1877: letters (6) to John Long Scott
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Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
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MS Add. 9750/256-261
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See Annual Return 2014
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