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Catalogue description Hugh Culling Eardley Childers: Papers
| Reference: | PRO 30/61 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Hugh Culling Eardley Childers: Papers |
| Description: |
Correspondence of Hugh C E Childers, consisting mainly of letters from the Queen and her Private Secretary, General Sir Henry Ponsonby, and mostly relating to his term of office as Secretary of State for War, 1880 to 1882. |
| Date: | 1870-1891 |
| Separated material: |
The bulk of the Childers Papers are preserved at the Royal Commonwealth Society Library. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Not Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, 1827-1896 |
| Physical description: | 1 volume(s) |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
Victoria Art Gallery and Municipal Libraries, Bath , in 1963 |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Hugh Childers was First Lord of the Admiralty 1868-1871, and Secretary of State for War, 1880-1882, which post he relinquished to succeed Gladstone as Chancellor of the Exchequer, continuing in office until 1885. He was Home Secretary for a short period in 1886, after which he held no further office. |
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