Australian and New Zealand diaries, 1883-1884, [microform]
- Bib ID:
- 2362223
- Format:
- Manuscript and Microform
- Author:
- Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of, 1847-1929
- Access Conditions:
- Restricted until 2034.
- Description:
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- 1883-1884
- 3 v. (403 p.).
- Summary:
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Microfilm includes: 1. Diary 31 Aug.-31 Dec. 1883 (115 p.). Describes trips to New York on "Pavonia", to Honolulu on "Zealandia", and voyage on "Glenworth" to Brisbane. 2. Diary 1 Jan.-3 Mar. 1884 (88 p.). Brief daily entries for visit to Australia and voyage back to England on "Parramatta". 3. Australian Journal, 1 Sept. 1883 - 3 Mar. 1884 (200 p.). Expanded comments, opinions, events, visits, social engagements, expeditions and persons encountered in America, New Zealand and Australia.
- Biography/History:
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Archibald Philip Primrose (1847-1929), 5th Earl of Rosebery (succeeded his grandfather 1868), married 1879 Hannah Rothschild (1851-1890), only child of Baron Mayer de Rothschild. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. Parliamentary Under Secretary at Home Office 1881-1883, Lord Privy Seal 1885, Foreign Secretary 1886, chairman of London County Council, 1889-1890, Foreign Secretary in Gladstone's Government 1892-1894, Prime Minister 1894-1895, leader of the Liberal Party 1894-1896, formed the Liberal League 1902. He was an advocate of imperial ideas and of reform of the House of Lords. He wrote works on William Pitt (1889), Robert Peel (1899), Napoleon (1900) and Lord Chatham (1910). In 1883-1884 Lord and Lady Rosebery visited Australia and New Zealand where he developed his ideas of imperial relations, based on the concept of a "commonwealth of nations".
- Notes:
- Original held in private ownership.
- Related Material:
- Other papers of Lord Rosebery are held by the National Library of Scotland at Mss 10001-10241 and Buckinghamshire Record Office at M 1667-1671.
- Reproduction:
- Microfilm. United Kingdom : National Library of Australia : Available from the National Library of Australia, 1995. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Descriptive list available (2 p.)
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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Out of Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1999 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1929
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1884
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