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2057 - WILTON HOUSE AND ESTATE ARCHIVES

1 - SURVEYS AND VALUATIONS

2 - ACCOUNTS

3 - RENTALS AND RENT ACCOUNTS

4 - MANORIAL

5 - ENCLOSURE

6 - PLANS AND MAPS

7 - OTHER ESTATE RECORDS

8 - WILTON HOUSE AND PARK

9 - CHARITIES

10 - FAMILY AND PERSONAL

11 - Other activities of the family

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

1 - 1833-1846 Documents

1 - 1833 Documents

2 - 1834 Documents

3 - 1835 Documents

4 - 1836 Documents

5 - 1837 Documents

6 - 1838 Documents

7 - 1839 Documents

8 - 1840 Documents

9 - 1841 Documents

10 - 1842 Documents

11 - 1843 Documents

12 - 1844 Documents

1 - Copy of letter from Sir William Parker, Vice Admiral, to Sidney Herbert informing him of naval action against pirates on the coast of Pedir [northeast tip of Sumatra]. February 17.

2 - Extract of letter from Commander G. J. Hastings of H.M.S. Harlequin to Sir William Parker describing the naval action against the pirates. February 13.

3 - Memorandum on the distribution of land forces at home and in the colonies: cavalry, foot guards, infantry. 1 June.

4 - A bill to amend and consolidate the laws relating to merchant seamen and for keeping a register of seamen, promoted by Sidney Herbert, W. E. Gladstone, and Sir Charles Napier. July 30.

5 - The navy estimates (one of the papers sent to Sir Robert Peel by H. Corry at the Admiralty.) August 2-3

6 - Memorandum from the Horse Guards to Mr. S. Sullivan, Deputy Secretary at War, informing him that resolutions of the House of Commons relating to soldiers who have suffered corporal punishment are not accurate because returns have not yet been received from regiments abroad. August 5.

7 - Memorandum on the naval forces in the ports of the home stations (at the time the Tahitian question was under discussion). August. No date.

8 - Distribution of the army in Great Britain: corps, station (regiment and depot). October 1.

9 - Letter from Sir James Graham to Sir J. Freemantle on plans to call out certain militia regiments. October 11

10 - Enclosure from Colonel William Markham to Freemantle on the question of calling out militia regiments. October 6.

11 - Letter from Colonel Markham to Freemantle requesting permission to replace a sergeant on his regiment staff, and expressing his regret at the inefficient state of his militia force. August 12.

12 - Paper from M. Brown, registrar at the General Register Office of Merchant Seamen, Custom House, London, commenting on the bill submitted by Herbert, Gladstone and Napier to consolidate the laws on merchant seamen. November 12.

13 - Chart titled: Results of several trials of sailing vessels made by the experimental squadron of brigs under the command of Captain A. L. Corry, together with Captain Corry’s remarks on the different vessels etc. December 6.

14 - Notes on Sidney Herbert’s view of the navy. Incomplete. No date.

13 - 1845 Documents

14 - 1845, 1846 Documents

2 - 1847-1852 DOCUMENTS

3 - 1853-1855 DOCUMENTS

4 - 1855-1859 Documents

5 - 1859-1861 DOCUMENTS

6 - Emigration to the Colonies (Australia, New Zealand, The Cape and Canada) 1849-1854

7 - Emigration to Australia: Female Emigration Fund 1850-1853

8 - Appointment of Nurses

9 - Miscellaneous

13 - Deeds

14 - Legal

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