Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, Earl of Carnarvon - Carnarvon papers [PRO 30/6], 1858-1885

PRO 6093-6118

fonds

Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]

432296

6 microfilm reels - 35 mm

Correspondence received while Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1874-1878, covers subjects including annexation of Fiji, official appointments, the possible return of British troops to Australia, and the Pacific labour trade. From 1879-1882 correspondence covers the organisation of the Colonial Defence Commission and colonial defences. While Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1885-1886, he corresponded about denominational education in Australia.

Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, was Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1858-1859, Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1866-1867 and 1874-1878. In 1879 he was appointed Chairman of the Colonial Defence Commission.
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