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2057 - WILTON HOUSE AND ESTATE ARCHIVES
- 12 - Public and State papers of Sidney Herbert (1810-1861), Baron Herbert of Lea. Herbert was Secretary to the Admiralty, 1841-1845, Secretary at War 1845-1851, and Secretary of State for War 1852-1860. The papers are an important source for the reorganisation of the army, particulaly medical reforms and the campaign in the Crimea. Florence Nightingale was a frequent correspondent and she figures heavily in the series. Other subjects covered include campaigns in China, India in 1860, Ireland, Wellington College and the Royal medical School at Chatham. See also 2057/F4/50-71 for related correspondence. This list to 2057/F8/I-VI was made by Dr. James G. Provan, Associate Professor of History at Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois, U.S.A. and completed in 1975. Parts VII to XI were listed in 1992, by Nicola Bailey, a student in the Wiltshire Record Office, when the following items in the original list were not found: 2057/F8/III/A/9c, 2057/F8/IV/A/8, 2057/F8/V/A/67-73, 2057/F8/V/A/140, 2057/F8/V/A/216, 2057/F8/V/B/393h, 2057/F8/V/C/71j. Index F8/I 1833-1846 F8/II 1847-1852 F8/III 1853-1855 F8/IV 1855-1858 F8/V 1859-1861 F8/VI Documents dated prior to 1833 or after 1861 F8/VII Additional miscellaneous papers F8/VIII Emigration to Australia; Family Colonisation Loan Society and Female Emigration Fund F8/IX Emigration to Australia; Female Emigration Fund F8/X Appointment of nurses to the army in the Crimea F8/XI Miscellaneous
  - 4 - 1855-1859 Documents
    - 5 - 1859 Documents

Reference	2057/F8/IV/F
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Title	A bundle of unsorted manuscripts and printed material which relates to military matters. It contains memoranda and correspondence with some draft relies by Sidney Herbert, including letters from: Florence Nightingale General Peel Lord Panmure Secretary of State for War July 1846 – February 1852 and 1855. J. Brown, Registrar General of Seamen Lord William Paulet Doctors Sutherland, Milroy and Chapman Lord Grey Draft letters of Sidney Herbert to General Peel Copy of a letter from doctors at the Middlesex hospital to General Peel 1858 Copy of a letter from Lord Grey to Mr. Gladstone against the embodiment of the militia, with proposals to increase the soldiers’ pay instead. Memorandum on the present systems at Sandhurst and the French staff school. Kaffir war, Cape of Good Hope – three estimates of the extra expenditure required for Army and Ordnance services 1846-53. Printed Haslar Hospital – records of the number of patients admitted, discharged, dead and the cost of bedding and menus. December 1855. (Fragile). Copy of a memorandum submitted to the Queen by Lord Panmure containing his views on the conduct of military affairs in the war department. 23 July 1856. Printed leaflet on the organisation of the French Ward Department. February 1855. Royal Order declaring the creation of the Victoria Cross. 29 January 1856. Crimean war – estimates of the extra expenditure required for Army and Navy services 1857. (Printed) J. H. Browne (Registrar General of Seamen). Notes on whether the regiments of line and militia should be amalgamated and local ties encouraged as much as possible. China military operations. An estimate of the extra expenditure required for army and navy services 1857. Report of the committee on rifled cannon upon guns adapted for field services including a report of a visit to an arms factory 1858. (Printed) War office printed memorandum concerning the creation of an effective method of increasing the size of the army when needed and the organisation of the militia so that it is not a constant expense for the country. 1858. War office printed memorandum concerning the creation of an effective method of increasing the size of the army when needed and the organisation of the militia so that it is not a constant expense for the country 1858. War office memorandum on the relative state of the navies of England and France July 1858.

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