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Buxton, Sydney Charles, (1853-1934), 1st Earl Buxton, Governor General of South Africa

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Surname: Buxton
Forenames: Sydney Charles
Gender: Male
Date: 1853-1934
Title: 1st Earl Buxton
Biography: ODNB link for Buxton, Sydney Charles (1853-1934) Earl Buxton, Governor General of South Africa
References: DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P275000 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P147290 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sydney Charles Buxton
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
papers (c250 vols)
British Library, Manuscript Collections
See Annual Return 2000
2
corresp and papers
See information in published source
See Hazlehurst, Whitehead & Woodland, Guide to the papers of British cabinet ministers 1900-1964, 1996
3
1912: testimonials
Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives
no 60
See HMC Papers of British colonial governors 1782-1900, 1986
4
corresp with Herbert Asquith
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Asquith
NRA 12685
5
1905: corresp with GW Balfour
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD433
NRA 10026 Balfour

See NRA(S)0012
6
1914-21: letters to Sir George Barnes
Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development
NRA 566 Hammond

See HMC corresp file - Hammond
7
1915-21: corresp with Francis Chaplin
National Archives of Zimbabwe
CH8/2/2/3
See Guide to historical MSS in National Archives of Rhodesia
8
1878-96: letters (21) to GC Brodrick
National Library of Ireland
MS 8899
9
1921-28: letters to Sir Edward Garraway
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Afr s 1610
NRA 22526 Garraway
10
1885-1929: corresp with Lord Gladstone
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 46012
11
1886-96: corresp with WE Gladstone
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 44287-789 passim
12
1892-1921: corresp with Sir William and Lewis Harcourt
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Harcourt
NRA 3679
13
1915-16: corresp with Andrew Bonar Law
Parliamentary Archives
DAV
NRA 33872
14
1912-14: letters to David Lloyd George
Parliamentary Archives
LG
NRA 15700
15
1916-19: corresp with Viscount Long (390 items)
Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre
947
NRA 15883 Long
16
1892-1908: corresp with Lord Ripon
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 43553-55
17
1903-29: letters to Walter Runciman
Newcastle University: Special Collections
WR
NRA 13873
18
1890-1933: corresp with Herbert Samuel
Parliamentary Archives
SAM
NRA 11187
19
1906: corresp with Sir Henry Babington Smith
Cambridge University: Trinity College Library
SMITH
NRA 32442
20
1889-90: corresp with Henry Solly
London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections
COLL MISC 0154
NRA 29737
21
1814-2001: personal and family papers
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add. 86849-77
See Annual Return 2008