Liverpool, Cecil George Savile Foljambe, Viscount Hawkesbury and 1st Earl of, 1846-1907

Foljambe, Cecil George Savile, Viscount Hawkesbury and 1st Earl of Liverpool, 1846-1907, Hawkesbury, Cecil George Savile Foljambe, Viscount, 1846-1907

Foljambe retired from the Navy as lieutenant in 1870. Later he made a career in politics and was a Liberal MP, 1880-1892. In 1893 he was created Baron Hawkesbury and 1905 second 1st Earl of Liverpool. He was lord-in-waiting to Queen Victoria, 1894-1895, and lord steward of King Edward VII's household from 1905 until his death in 1907. His eldest son, Arthur continued a New Zealand connection. He was appointed Governor of New Zealand in 1912 and retired as Governor General in 1920.

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Manuscript

Inward correspondence

Date: Jan-Apr 1891

From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers

Reference: 77-248-08/2

Description: Identifiable correspondents entered in name field. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Liverpool, Cecil George Savile Foljambe, Earl of, 1846-1907 :[Sketchbook] 1868

Date: 1868

By: Liverpool, Cecil George Savile Foljambe, Viscount Hawkesbury and 1st Earl of, 1846-1907

Reference: E-304

Description: Sketches of Malta, Alexandria, ships, probably on a Mediterranean station Compare sketches in letters at MS Papers-1283 Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: 38 leaves; 1/2 morocco, red buckram Provenance: Purchase: Sotheby & Co., London, 15 Oct., 1974

Manuscript

Liverpool, Cecil George Savile Foljambe, Viscount Hawkesbury and 1st Earl 1846-1867 : L...

Date: 1861-1867

By: Liverpool, Cecil George Savile Foljambe, Viscount Hawkesbury and 1st Earl of, 1846-1907

Reference: Micro-MS-0598

Description: Kept while serving as naval cadet, midshipman and sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy. Logs for Victory, Defence, and Leander, 1861-1863, covers period at Spithead and training cruises, to Scandinavia, Lisbon and Gibralter. Logs for Curacoa cover tour on the Australian station, Apr 1863-Feb 1867, when he travelled round Australia and the Pacific, making several visits to NZ. Logs of Pioneer, Oct-Dec 1863, Avon, Dec 1863-Apr 1864, describe naval activities on the Waikato during the land wars. Some sketches and charts showing tracks of all ship movements Quantity: 2 microfilm reel(s) positive. Logs contain many sketches and maps

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Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962 :Gunboat on the Waikato [ca 1864]. 1922

Date: 1922 - 1864

By: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962; Liverpool, Cecil George Savile Foljambe, Viscount Hawkesbury and 1st Earl of, 1846-1907; Cowan, James, 1870-1943

Reference: A-138-025

Description: Shows attack of gunboat `Pioneer' during the New Zealand wars, with the gunboat in the centre of the river and answering fire from the riverbank to the left Based on an engraving in the Illustrated London news 'The war in New Zealand. The gun-boat Pioneer at anchor off Meremere on the Waikato River, reconnoitring the native position... January 1864. From a sketch by an officer of H. M. S. Curacao'. The officer/artist may be Lord Liverpool Extended Title - Reproduced in The New Zealand Wars, v. 1, p. 311 by J Cowan Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monotone wash on photographic paper, 135 x 240 mm

Manuscript

Liverpool, Cecil George Savile Foljambe, 4th Earl, 1846-1907 : Letters

Date: 1863-1867

By: Liverpool, Cecil George Savile Foljambe, Viscount Hawkesbury and 1st Earl of, 1846-1907

Reference: MS-Papers-1283

Description: These letters were written while serving as midshipman in HMS Curacoa on the Australian Station. They were family letters writtn to his parents and sisters. Letters include detailed accounts of the Waikato-Tauranga war, mining in Australia and his cruise in the Islands. Many of the ships in port are described in the letters. These have not been noted in the inventory. Foljambe gave a very detailed description of his cruise in the South Sea Islands. He describes the places, people, food, customs, government, implements, houses - everything in fact that a young man with a lively eye and interest might notice. Publication - The letters were privately published in an edited form - `Three years on the Australian station' [London, Hatchard & Co, 1868] Source of title - Supplied title Relationship complexity - Drawings and Prints have a sketchbook by Foljambe dated 1868 and probably used on the Mediterranean station, also a painting of HMS Curacoa attributed to him Lord Liverpool saw service on HMS `Curacoa' in New Zealand, Australia and the South Sea Islands Quantity: 3 folder(s) (83 pieces). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory includes list of sketches and maps in the letters. The letters include many lively and interesting sketches and maps. Many of the sketches are reproduced in the book but some of the sketch maps are left out, and the sketches became different in the hands of the engraver, who sacrifices accuracy for the sake of what he regards as a more attractive illustration

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Wellington Orphans' Club: Wellington Orphans Club. Saturday 12th June 1920. Chairman Hi...

Date: 1920

By: City Printing Company

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-White-1920-01

Description: Programme of a concert featuring vocal and instrumental items. Performers included: Orphans' Orchestra, Verdi McKenzie (baritone), Theo Hills, J Carr (tenor), Mr Edwards (baritone), R Meates (bass), J Culford Bell, Walter Whyte (visiting tenor), Commercial traveller' Glee Party, O Mazengarb, R S Allwright (baritone), H Godier (piano), M Dixon (piano), G Holloway (piano), Fraser Thomson, W Goudie and E R Petrie. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, navy on cream silk fabric, 270 x 185 mm.

Manuscript

Correspondence

Date: [ca 1870], nd

From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers

Reference: 82-355-10/1

Description: Identifiable correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Liverpool, Cecil George Savile Foljambe, Viscount Hawkesbury and 1st Earl, 1846-1907 : ...

Date: 7 May 1864

By: Liverpool, Cecil George Savile Foljambe, Viscount Hawkesbury and 1st Earl of, 1846-1907

Reference: MS-Papers-10332

Description: Letter from Midshipman C G Foljambe to his parents concerning the song `Rangiriri galop' and transcript of words Part of the Archive of New Zealand Music Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts (photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - (A88-325) Donated by Mrs J May, Auckland

Manuscript

Inward correspondence

Date: 1855-1900

From: Rolleston family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0446-024

Description: Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Manuscript

Correspondence

Date: 1866-1869

From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers

Reference: 82-355-09/2

Description: Identifiable correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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[Liverpool, Cecil George Savile Foljambe, Earl of] 1846-1907. Attributed works :[H.M.S....

Date: 1865

By: Liverpool, Cecil George Savile Foljambe, Viscount Hawkesbury and 1st Earl of, 1846-1907

Reference: C-059-012

Description: Portrait of the ship H. M. S. Curacoa. Sotheby's catalogue, no. 554, suggests Sydney as the town in the background and attributes painting to Liverpool Compare sketches in letters at MS Papers-1283 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 305 x 480 mm