Chesney, Francis Rawdon, (1789-1872), general explorer and surveyor

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Surname:	Chesney
Forenames:	Francis Rawdon
Gender:	Male
Date:	1789-1872
Biography:	ODNB link for Chesney, Francis Rawdon (1789-1872) General Explorer and Surveyor
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P135325 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P5493 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Francis Rawdon Chesney

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1823-85: corresp, journal and papers	Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)		See Accessions to Repositories 1987
2	1823-85: papers (copies)	British Library: Asian and African Studies	Microfilm 1873-81
3	c1832: Observations on Persia	Duke University: William R Perkins Library		See Guide 1980 p95
4	1832: Observations on Egypt	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 43218
5	1837-58: letters and travel notes	Royal Geographical Society	RGS/CB	See RGS Archives pp101,145,164-65
6	1836: botanical papers	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives		NRA 25004 See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
7	1834-38: papers rel to Euphrates expedition	Gloucestershire Archives	D1571	NRA 2630 Sotheron
8	1832-39: corresp with James Brant	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 42512
9	1831-41: letters to Sir Robert Gordon	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 43218
10	1835-38: corresp with JC Hobhouse	British Library: Asian and African Studies	MSS Eur F 213	NRA 27784 Hobhouse
11	1835-55: letters to Viscount Ponsonby	Durham University Library and Collections	GRE/E131	NRA 6228 Grey