Bowring, Sir John, (1792-1872), Knight, MP, diplomat, colonial governor, author, traveller

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Surname:	Bowring
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	John
Gender:	Male
Date:	1792-1872
Title:	Knight
Biography:	ODNB link for Bowring, Sir John (1792-1872) Knight, MP, diplomat, colonial governor, author, traveller
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P164125 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P3191 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir John Bowring

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	c1839-57: corresp and papers	University of California Library, Los Angeles: Special Collections Department		See NUC MS 71-842
2	1822-1872: corresp and papers	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library	GB 133 Eng Mss 1228-30	See HMC Private papers of British diplomats 1782-1900, 1985
3	1842-71: corresp and papers (1106 items)	University of California Library, Berkeley		See NUC MS 65-1777
4	1798-1865: corresp and papers	Harvard University: Houghton Library	MS Eng 1247	NRA 20033
5	misc corresp (176 items)	Huntington Library		See NUC MS 71-1046
6	c1814-69: letters received	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	MS OGDEN 62
7	1810-71: corresp and misc papers	Wellcome Library	MS.6128	NRA 33791
8	1831-72: misc corresp and papers	University of Kentucky Library
9	1833-59: family corresp	Duke University: William R Perkins Library		See Guide 1980, p56
10	1832-34: letters to Lord Auckland	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 34459-60
11	1838-39: letters to Boghos Bey	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 37461
12	1837-1871: letters to John Hill Burton	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.9404
13	1822-64: letters (12) to Carpenter family	Oxford University: Harris Manchester College Library	MSS Lant Carpenter, MSS {R} L Carpenter	NRA 19870 Manchester Coll See Catalogue of manuscripts in Harris Manchester College Oxford, 1998
14	1855-59: letters to 4th Earl of Clarendon	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Clar dep	NRA 6302
15	1839-61: letters to Richard Cobden	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 43667-70
16	1823-39: letters (59) to W De Clercq	Universiteitsbibliotheek van Amsterdam (Amsterdam University Library)		See HMC Bowring corresp file 25/2/1987
17	1857-58: letters to Lord Elgin	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS3955/76/2/33	NRA 26223 Bruce
18	corresp with Robert Heywood	Bolton Archives and Local Studies Service	ZHE	NRA 27113
19	1823-27: letters to JC Hobhouse	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 36460-64
20	1853-55: corresp with Lord Kimberley	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Eng a 2013-14, b 2047-49, c 3933-4514, d 2439-92, e 2790-97	NRA 1274 Wodehouse
21	1823-64: letters from K Lach-Szyrma	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives		See Accessions to Repositories 1965
22	1833-60: corresp with Lord Palmerston	University of Southampton Library	MS 62	NRA 12889
23	1856-57: letters to Sir Harry Parkes	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	MS Parkes
24	1841-45: corresp with Sir Robert Peel	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 40492-600 passim
25	1822-33: letters to Francis Place	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 37949-50
26	1839-41: letters to Lord George William Russell	Bedford Estates	HMC	NRA 26179 Russell
27	c1830-59: corresp with TP Thompson	Hull History Centre (Hull University Archives)	DTH	NRA 10609 Thompson
28	letters to HH Wilson	British Library: Asian and African Studies	MSS Eur E 301	NRA 27495
29	1824-1876: letters to Sir John Bowring	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS. 13086	See Annual Return 2018