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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

13 - 1845 Documents

1 - Note from Sidney Herbert to Mr. Hanby requesting a paper be drawn up showing the number of men in each company and the proportion of officers and non-commissioned officers. January 7.

2 - Newspaper editorial [Gazette?] generally approving Herbert’s bill of the previous session regulating the conduct of merchant seamen, but calling for improvement of the legislation by authorizing ships’ officers to take cognisance of the complaints of masters and crews of merchant vessels. January 25.

3 - Letter from Henry Goulburn to Sidney Herbert relating to a memorandum on effective religious instruction of the troops. March 31.

4 - Letter from Sidney Herbert to Sir James Graham on the enrolment of the Greenwich Pensionary. April 14.

5 - Memorandum on commuted pensions. April. No date.

6 - Report on the militia. July 5.

7 - Report from the select committee on militia estimates for the year ending 31 March 1846. July 8.

8 - Letter from Colonel J. W. Wood to Sidney Herbert on the regiment of militia under his command and the general state of the militia. July 28.

9 - Letter from Colonel Wood to Sir Robert Peel regarding balloting of the militia and volunteering. August 1.

10 - Returns of the total number of pensioners received from the army on the pension establishment from 1834 to 1843, both years inclusive. August 8.

11 - Letter from the Duke of Richmond to Lord Stanley concerning the revision of the militia laws. August 11.

12 - Letter from Colonel Wood to Sidney Herbert on the militia. August 12.

13 - The outline of a plan for the organisation of the militia, in connection with the pension establishment. August 12.

14 - Paper titled Militia Disembodied Staff. August 13.

15 - Letter from Lord Fitzroy Somerset to Sidney Herbert on the local militia act or 1838 [1808?]. August 17.

16 - Letter from the Duke of Richmond to Sidney Herbert about the disadvantage of posting militia training notices on church doors. August 18.

17 - Memorandum by J. Hanby on the preliminary proceedings to be taken by the Secretary at War for taking up militia lists simultaneous with the publication of an order in council. August 29.

18 - Memorandum by J. Hanby on the proceedings of the first general meeting of the lieutenancy of each county. August 29.

19 - A paper on the lieutenancy accounts for the year 1831: comparative statement of the lieutenancy proceedings in the metropolitan and other populous districts. Prepared by J. Hanby. August 30.

20 - Letter from J. Hanby to Sir James Graham commenting on militia lists and his comparative statement of the lieutenancy proceedings [see above]. August 30.

21 - Letter from J. Hanby to Sidney Herbert relating his discussion with Sir James Graham on militia matters and the materials give to Sir James. August 31.

22 - Extract of a letter from the Court of Directors to the Governor General of India concerning the sum expended by the East India company in salaries to Roman Catholic clergy in India. September 17.

23 - Draft of a circular to the clerks of general meetings of lieutenancy. Memorandum enclosed. September. No date.

24 - Letter from Sir Robert Peel to Sidney Herbert relative to clothing for the militia. October 4.

25 - Letter from Sir George Murray to Peel on the same subject. September 24.

26 - Letter from Sir James Graham to Peel commenting on Murray’s letter. September 27.

27 - Letter from Major General Sir John Woodford on the enrolment of the militia. Enclosures. October 10.

28 - Letter from Sidney Herbert to Sir George Murray concerning militia equipment October 30.

29 - Letter from Major General Sir John Woodford to Sir James Graham containing suggestions fro laws governing the militia. One enclosure on same October 31.

30 - Paper proposing that balloted men of the militia should not be subjected to the penal clauses of the Mutiny Act and articles of war. Rather, they should be governed by a distinct code. October. No date.

31 - Letter from G. R. Gleig to Sidney Herbert on the matter of separate religious services for a detachment of less than fifty men. Private memorandum enclosed. November 1.

32 - Letter from Sir James Graham to Sidney Herbert requesting him to read and consider enclosed letter from the Duke of Wellington (October 27) offering alternative suggestions for raising the militia. November 1.

33 - Sidney Herbert’s notes relating to the potato famine in Ireland. [Ed.: Notes were the basis of Herbert’s decision to support Sir Robert Peel’s decision to repeal the Corn Laws]. November 2.

34 - Memorandum from G. R. Gleig on the state of army canteens and recommendations for improvement. November 8.

35 - Letter from G. R. Gleig to Sidney Herbert describing his impression of the temporary church housing the Guards at St. John’s Woods and the possibilities of such temporary [prefabricated] structures. November 10.

36 - Letter from Colonel Alex Tulloch concerning the number of pensions available for non-commissioned officers of the militia. November 12.

37 - Letter from Sir George Murray to Sidney Herbert relative to clothing the militia. Letter enclosed (September 6) from the secretary to the Board of Ordinance, R. Hyham (?) on the length of time required to provide militia clothing. November 17.

38 - Memorandum from Colonel J. W. Wood on suggestions for the training of the militia. November 20.

39 - Return of the training of the Royal East Middlesex Regiment from the 19th April to the 11th July 1831 from Colonel J. W. Wood. November 20.

40 - Second copy of Return of the training of the Royal East Middlesex Regiment from the 19th April to the 11th July 1831 from Colonel J. W. Wood. November 20. as cited in 2057/F8/I/M/37.

41 - Letter from G. R. Gleig to Sidney Herbert enclosing letter from a contractor (Peter Thompson) on the cost of constructing temporary churches at army depots. November 28.

42 - Letter from Henry Goulburn to Sidney Herbert supporting G. R. Gleig’s proposal for the construction of temporary churches at barrack sites. December 4.

43 - Letter from Sidney Herbert to Sir James Graham relative to the arming of the new militia and the inherent danger in giving weapons to the manufacturing classes. December 5.

44 - Notes by Sidney Herbert concerning the organising of the militia which should be given to Sir James Graham. December 6.

45 - Letter from J. Hanby to Sir James Graham suggesting alterations and amendments to the existing militia law. December 6.

46 - Letter from Sir James Graham to Sidney Herbert commenting on the general terms of the new bill and the Pensions Bill. December 6.

47 - Letter from G. R. Gleig to Sidney Herbert relating to the former’s conversation with the Bishop of London on the proposed rank and salary of the army’s chaplain general. December 15.

48 - Memorandum from Thomas Hastings, Ordnance Office, to the Earl of Haddington suggesting that naval and marine pensioners be made available for service in event of a sudden war. December 16.

49 - Extract of a letter from the surgeon of the 29th regiment to G. J. Guthrie [Recorder of the Surgery of the war in Portugal, Spain, France and the Netherlands]. December 25.

50 - Memorandum by J. Hanby estimating the cost of raising and training the whole or four-fifths of the militia, for twenty-eight days. December 25.

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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