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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

2 - 1847-1852 DOCUMENTS

1 - 1847 Documents

2 - 1848 Documents

1 - A return of the numbers of ships of each class commissioned in each year from 1830 to 1847 inclusive. July 21.

2 - Copy of model deed for Wesleyan schools. “Conveyance of freehold ground for the purposes of a Wesleyan day and Sabbath school, with a declaration of trusts, intended as a ‘model deed’, to be referred to by subsequent conveyances”. November 16.

3 - Draft of a grant and release of freehold ground, by reference to “Model Deed”, for purposes of a Wesleyan day and Sabbath school. No date.

4 - Return of the number of commissioned officers, pursers and masters in the navy on January 1, 1814 and on the 1st January in each year from 1831 to 1843 inclusive. [Dated 1848] No date.

5 - Table of commissioned officers in the navy in 1816, 1831, 1835, 1840, 1845 and 1848. Similar table shown for commissioned army officers in 1828 and 1848. No date.

6 - Number of officers of the British army on full pay and half pay in March 1828 and February 1848. [Ed. Sidney Herbert titled the report dead weight in army & navy, 1828 and 1848] No date

7 - Sidney Herbert’s notes on the proportion of officers on full pay and half pay in the army and navy. No date.

8 - Notes by Sidney Herbert on the effect of retirement on the age of [army?] officers. No date.

9 - Number of naval cadets admitted into the service between the years 1830 and 1847 inclusive. Number of mates promoted to lieutenant between the years 1830 and 1847 inclusive. Number of deaths, dismissals and resignations in all ranks from admirals to lieutenants. No date.

10 - Newspaper editorial on the state of the French navy. [Ed. Neither the newspaper nor the dates are indicated; however, Sidney Herbert has dated the item as 1848]. No date.

3 - 1849 Documents

4 - 1850 Documents

5 - 1851 Documents

6 - 1852 Documents

7 - 1847-1852 Undated 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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