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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
  - 5 - 1859-1861 DOCUMENTS
    - 5 - Additional Miscellaneous Papers [1793]-c1860

Reference	2057/F8/VII/F
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Title	Miscellaneous items concerning the Budget debate and tax on malt 1852. Charles Trevelyn (assistant secretary to the treasury 1840-1859) and Sir Stafferd Northcote produced a report which reorganised recruitment and organisation of the Civil Service. It was an attempt to end the aristocracy’s and prominent families’ control over appointments and encourage appointment on intellectual merit. 1853 A number of letters relating to the establishment and organisation of the War Office. December 1852 A brief history of the Household Cavalry and the Foot Guards. A comparison of the cost of Household Cavalry and Foot Guards with that of covering them into Infantry of the line. Undated. Memorandum on converting Hours and Foot Guards into the regiment of the line. Undated Number of officers of the British Army on full pay, half pay or retired 25 December 1821 and 1846. Number of men and horses in the British Army in 1792 and 1833.
Date	[1793]-c.1855

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