Catalogue description Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon: Papers

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Details of PRO 30/6
Reference: PRO 30/6
Title: Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon: Papers
Description:

These are mainly the private and official papers of the fourth Earl of Carnarvon, who was Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1866 to 1867 and from 1874 to 1878, and who held other ministerial posts. The papers relate largely to colonial matters but also to affairs in Ireland, Turkey, Russia and Egypt.

Date: 1833-1898
Separated material:

A further collection of Carnarvon papers was acquired by the British Library in 1978.

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Not Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, 1831-1890

Physical description: 173 volume(s)
Immediate source of acquisition:

in January 1926. in August 1959.

Elizabeth Catherine HerbertCountess of Carnarvon, 1926-1926 in January 1926. in August 1959.

Henry George Alfred Marius Victor Francis Herbert6th Earl of Carnarvon, 1898-1987 in January 1926. in August 1959.

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