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Law, Edward, (1790-1871), 1st Earl of Ellenborough, Governor General of India

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Surname: Law
Forenames: Edward
Gender: Male
Date: 1790-1871
Title: 1st Earl of Ellenborough
History: President of the Board of Control, 1828-30, 1834-35, 1841, 1858. Governor-general of India 1841-44. First Lord of the Admiralty, 1846
Biography: ODNB link for Law, Edward (1790-1871) Earl of Ellenborough, Governor General of India
References: DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P275417 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P154297 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1728-1916: Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough: Papers
The National Archives, Kew
2
1800-71: corresp and papers
The National Archives
3
1827-33: corresp and papers rel to India
The National Archives
4
1828-55: corresp with Lord Aberdeen
British Library, Manuscript Collections
5
1829-30: letters to Lord William Bentinck
Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections
NRA 7628 Cavendish-Bentinck
6
1832-41: letters to FR Bonham
British Library, Manuscript Collections
7
1842-45: corresp with G Broadfoot
British Library, Manuscript Collections
8
1855: letters to Lord Canning
West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds
NRA 7618 Canning
9
1840-61: corresp with Edwin Chadwick
UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections
NRA 21653 Chadwick
10
corresp with Sir George Russell Clerk
British Library: Asian and African Studies
NRA 27446
11
1867-69: letters to Sir Frederick Currie and the 8th Duke of Argyll
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRA 9955 Campbell
12
1845-46: corresp with 10th Earl of Dalhousie
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 17164

See NRA(S)0805
13
1841-60: letters to 14th Earl of Derby
Liverpool Record Office
NRA 20084
14
1855-58: corresp with Benjamin Disraeli
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
NRA 842 Disraeli
15
1842: corresp with Lord Elphinstone
British Library: Asian and African Studies
NRA 27517 Elphinstone
16
1842-43: letters to Lord Fitzgerald
British Library, Manuscript Collections
17
1852-1857: letters to Lord Granville
British Library, Manuscript Collections
See Former ref PRO30/29
18
1822-29: letters (13) to 2nd Earl Grey
Durham University Library and Collections
NRA 6228 Grey
19
1854-69: letters to 3rd Earl Grey
Durham University Library and Collections
NRA 6228 Grey
20
1829-52: corresp with John Charles Herries
British Library, Manuscript Collections
NRA 4798
21
1846-51: corresp with JC Hobhouse
British Library: Asian and African Studies
NRA 27784 Hobhouse
22
1822-38: corresp with Lord Holland
British Library, Manuscript Collections
23
1827: letters to Lord Londonderry
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
NRA 11528 Vane-Tempest-Stewart
24
1844-58: corresp with Napier family
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
NRA 13979 Napier
25
1842-63: corresp with Duke of Newcastle
Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections
NRA 7411 Pelham
26
1842-43: corresp with Jasper Nicolls
National Army Museum Templer Study Centre
NRA 20792
27
1855-58: letters (33) to Lord Panmure
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 17164

See NRA(S)0805
28
1841-48: corresp with Sir Robert Peel
British Library, Manuscript Collections
29
1831-64: corresp with Sir Thomas Phillipps
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
NRA 26260
30
1841-46: corresp with Lord Ripon
British Library, Manuscript Collections
31
1832-66: corresp with Lord Stanhope
Kent History and Library Centre
NRA 25095
32
letters to Lord Tweeddale
British Library: Asian and African Studies
NRA 27520
33
1858-67: letters (21) to SH Walpole
Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development
NRA 23819 Walpole

See HMC corresp file - Holland, David
34
1834-51: letters (121) to 1st Duke of Wellington
University of Southampton Library
NRA 20085
35
1853-63: letters (16) to Sir Charles Wood
Borthwick Institute for Archives: University of York
NRA 8128 Wood