Wellesley, Henry, (1773-1847), 1st Baron Cowley, diplomat

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Alternative name(s):	Wellington (Also known as)
Surname:	Wellesley
Forenames:	Henry
Gender:	Male
Date:	1773-1847
Title:	1st Baron Cowley
Biography:	ODNB link for Wellesley, Henry (1773-1847) 1st Baron Cowley, diplomat
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275295 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P134637 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Henry Wellesley

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1744 - c1935: Cowley Papers	The National Archives, Kew	FO 519
2	1773-1846: diplomatic and misc corresp and papers	The National Archives	FO 519/17-88,290-1	See HMC Private papers of British diplomats 1782-1900, 1985
3	1801-03: copies of official corresp as lieutenant-governor in Oudh	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 13545, 13547-54, 13556-75, 13779
4	1801-03: Indian corresp (10 vols)	British Library: Asian and African Studies	MSS Eur E 172-81
5	1810-15: letters from Duke of Wellington; 1810-15, 1823-26: drafts and copies of letters to Wellington and others	University of Southampton Library	MS 61	NRA 20085
6	1816: warrant authorising Wellesley to negotiate with Spain for the abolition of the slave trade	Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development		See HMC Tom Lee Collection file
7	1828-46: corresp with Lord Aberdeen	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 43080, 43091-93, 43129-30
8	1813-26: letters to Sir William A'Court	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 41512-13, 41553
9	1811-14: corresp (59 items) with Lord William Bentinck	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	PwJd5286-8342	NRA 7628 Cavendish-Bentinck
10	1811-29: corresp with Stratford Canning	The National Archives	FO 352
11	1812-21: corresp with Lord Castlereagh	Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)	D3030	NRA 12865 Stewart
12	1802-1826: corresp with Lord Granville	British Library, Manuscript Collections		See Former ref PRO 30/29
13	1810-16: corresp with Lord Lynedoch	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 3606-15 passim
14	1852-62: corresp with 3rd Earl of Malmesbury	Hampshire Archives	9M73	NRA 6589 Harris
15	1830-35, 1841: corresp with Lord Palmerston	University of Southampton Library	MS 62	NRA 12889
16	1810-15: letters to CC Smith	Badminton Muniments	FmO 1/8/2-4	NRA 6282 Somerset
17	1811-36: corresp with Sir Charles Richard Vaughan	Oxford University: All Souls College	Vaughan	NRA 10564 Vaughan
18	1801-41: corresp with Lord Wellesley	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 13537-75, 37291-312, 37415 passim
19	1810-43: corresp with Duke of Wellington	University of Southampton Library	MS 61	NRA 20085