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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

3 - 1853-1855 DOCUMENTS

4 - 1855-1859 Documents

1 - 1855 Documents

2 - 1856 Documents

1 - Letter from Colonel Alexander Tulloch to Sidney Herbert commenting on a pending military inquiry into the conduct of certain officers in the Near East. 25 February.

2 - Letter from G. R. Gleig, chaplain-general, to Sidney Herbert on the subject of army chaplains and proposals for changes in their role suggested by Lord Palmerston. April 12.

3 - Letter from Colonel John Luard (?) to Sidney Herbert relative to the latter’s speech on army officers’ education and offering some of his own views on the subject. May 5.

4 - Letter from Colonel George E. Cole to Sidney Herbert approving of the latter’s reforms of the military examination system, but providing a few revisions in the Herbert proposal. May 31.

5 - Letter from Dr. C. Vaughn to Sidney Herbert describing instruction to be given at Harrow on military subjects, and contained in a circular to parents. Circular enclosed. June 2.

6 - Printed copy of Sidney Herbert’s speech in the House of Commons on the education and instruction of officers in the army. Two copies. June 5.

7 - Notes by Sidney Herbert on his speech to the Commons on military education. June 6.

8 - The Times account of Sidney Herbert’s speech on military education. June 6.

9 - Letter from Major Arthur Mair to Sidney Herbert proposing a course of instruction for candidates entering the service. Memorandum enclosed of a course of military instruction given at the Scottish Military Academy, instituted in 1825. June 6.

10 - Letter from Lord Ellesmere to Sidney Herbert on the proposed changes in military education at Sandhurst. June 9.

11 - Letter from Colonel Moody to Sidney Herbert expressing complete agreement with Herbert’s proposals for reforming military education and instruction and offering his services in carrying out the project. June 12.

12 - Memorandum by G. R. Gleig on military education. No date.

13 - Letter from Lord de Ros to Sidney Herbert approving the proposed reforms in military education and suggesting the first step should be the procuring of “enlightened instructors”. August 14.

14 - Notes by Lord de Ros on the education of officers for the army staff. No date.

15 - Memorandum of the nine points upon which candidates are to be examined before being recommended for army commissions. Author unknown. No date.

16 - Two handbills of Sunbury Military Institute. The first describes the school and its purpose; the second lists the rules for the observance of students. No date.

17 - Memorandum on the number of army schools requiring inspection. No date.

18 - Memorandum by the Duke of Cambridge proposing changes in the system of military education, based upon the reforms suggested by Sidney Herbert. December 12.

19 - Précis of the steps taken to establish the council of military education, as suggested in the Duke of Cambridge’s memorandum. Précis written by F. E. Babington. June 29 1859.

20 - Notes on military education. Author unknown. No date.

21 - Newspaper account of proposed changes in the instruction of army officers at Sandhurst and elsewhere. Newspaper no indicated. No date.

22 - Copy of pamphlet by Dr. Henry Bence Jones on the method of determining what number of persons ought to be accommodated in a given space. No date.

23 - Pamphlet on letters to Prince Albert from officers of the Brigade of Guards relative to the effect of the provisions of the royal warrant of 6 October 1854 regulating promotion and retirement in the army. 1856. No date.

24 - Reprint of an article in the North British Review, The Crimean Campaign: Correction of French Misstatements. Author unknown. August 1856. No date.

25 - Pamphlet titled Hospital Service of the French Army in the East Author unknown. Translated from the Moniteur de l’Armee No date.

26 - Pamphlet On the sickness and mortality in the French army, during the campaign in Turkey and the Crimea, in 1854-56 by Gavin Milroy, M.D. [Ed. Milroy was one of the members of the Sanitary Commission to the British Army in the East]. No date.

27 - Copy of letter from Sidney Herbert to Lord Panmure, Secretary for War, describing his (Herbert’s) views on commissions generally and the commission on the sanitary condition of the army specifically. November 22.

3 - 1857 Documents

4 - 1858 Documents

5 - 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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