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Edwin Guest (1800-1880): miscellaneous correspondence and papers 1824-1878 |
| Reference |
GBR/0012/MS Add.7473 |
| Creator |
Edwin Guest (1800-1880) |
| Covering Dates |
1824–1878 |
| Extent and Medium |
paper |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives |
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| Content and context |
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Dr Edwin Guest (1800-1880), philologist, historian and topographer, Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge,
Edwin Guest was born on 10 September 1800, the only son of a successful Birmingham merchant. He entered Gonville and Caius College in 1819, took his BA as eleventh wrangler in 1824, and was elected a fellow the same year. In 1828 he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, and practised as a barrister for some years before retiring to concentrate on his scholarly interests, particularly English philology and Romano-British history and topography.
In 1852, to the surprise of many (including himself) he was elected Master of his college in a three-cornered contest, holding the office until shortly before his death, and being responsible for the extensive rebuilding of Caius. He served as Vice-Chancellor from 1854 to 1855. In 1859 he married Anne Banner (1823-1900), the widow of an army officer. He had earlier purchased the Sandford Park estate in Oxfordshire, and it was there that he died on 23 November 1880.
This group of letters was catalogued was presented to Cambridge University Library by Mr Arthur Rogers of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1952.
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Access and Use
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Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Edwin Guest (1800-1880): miscellaneous correspondence and papers 1824-1878, MS Add.7473 |
| Further information |
The cataloguing content of this record derives from the work of Stephen G. Roberts in 2007 February. The data was converted by Andrew Ford in 2012 March and uploaded with editorial additions by Adam Perkins, 2012 July 12. |
| Index Terms |
| Cambridge |
| Colleges |
| Albert [Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha] (1819-1861) prince consort of Queen Victoria |
| Stokes, Sir George Gabriel (1819-1903) 1st Baronet, physicist |
| Guest, Edwin (1800-1880) historian, philologist and topographer, Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
| Victoria (1819-1901) Queen of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Manuscripts/MS Add.7473 contains: |
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To Edwin Guest from John Image, Brighton. Congratulations on his election as Master of Caius.
Creator: John Image, Brighton. |
6 Nov. 1852 |
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To Edwin Guest from Sydney Gedge, Birmingham. Congratulations on his election as Master of Caius.
Creator: Sydney Gedge, Birmingham. |
10 Nov. 1852 |
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To Edwin Guest from John Wilson, Trinity College, Oxford. Writes of his own surprise at being elected President of Trinity; the cares of office; the offer to Guest of an honorary Oxford DCL.
Creator: John Wilson, Trinity College, Oxford. |
10 Nov. 1852 |
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To Edwin Guest from Joseph Hunter, Torrington Square, London. Thanks for Guest's paper on Offa's Dyke; his own researches and activities.
Creator: Joseph Hunter, London. |
15 Nov. 1852 |
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To Edwin Guest from Joseph Gardner Swift, Geneva, New York. Recollections of his recent visits to England.
Creator: Joseph Gardner Swift, New York. |
16 May 1853 |
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To Edwin Guest from Joseph Hunter, Torrington Square, London. Concerning Dr John Caius.
Creator: Joseph Hunter, London. |
3 Nov. 1854 |
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From Edwin Guest, Caius College, to HRH Prince Albert, Caius College [copy]. Formal announcement of his election as Vice-Chancellor.
Creator: Edwin Guest, Caius College, Cambridge. |
4 Nov. 1854 |
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To Edwin Guest from Sir Edward Hall Alderson, Court of Exchequer. Glad to have been able to give his support 'at the Council on your behalf'; hopes to visit Cambridge next spring.
Creator: Edward Hall Alderson, Court of Exchequer. |
21 Nov. 1854 |
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To Edwin Guest from John Rustat Crowfoot, Southwold. Concerning publication of a statement by himself and J.J. Smith on Guest's election as Master of Caius.
Creator: John Rustat Crowfoot, Southwold. |
29 Dec. 1854 |
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To Edwin Guest from Charles Grey, Windsor Castle. Conveys Prince Albert's thanks for draft report to be adopted by the Syndicate on Law Studies.
Creator: Charles Grey, Windsor Castle. |
6 Feb. 1855 |
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From Charles Jasper Selwyn, Lincoln's Inn, to Charles Grey. Asks Grey to convey to Prince Albert his thanks for and acceptance of nomination as Commissary in the University.
Creator: Charles Jasper Selwyn, Lincoln's Inn. |
12 Mar. 1855 |
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To Edwin Guest from Comte Florian Alexandre Joseph Colonna-Walewski, London. Introduces the Vicomte de la Villemarqué.
Creator: Comte Walewski, London. |
28 Apr. 1855 |
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To Edwin Guest from Charles Grey, Windsor Castle. Prince Albert will be glad to see Guest at the Palace on Monday.
Creator: Charles Grey, Windsor Castle. |
6 July 1855 |
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To Edwin Guest from Edward Mash Browell, Board of Green Cloth, Buckingham Palace. The Queen has commanded that a buck be presented to Guest.
Creator: Edward Mash Browell, Buckingham Palace. |
21 Aug. 1855 |
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From Edwin Guest, Caius College, to A.F. Courroux, Caius College [copy]. Concerning the buck.
Creator: Edwin Guest, Caius College. |
25 Aug. 1855 |
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To Edwin Guest from A.F. Courroux, Board of Green Cloth, Buckingham Palace. Concerning the buck.
Creator: A.F. Courroux, Buckingham Palace. |
29 Aug. 1855 |
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To Edwin Guest from Henry Philpott, Hall Garth, Lancaster. Sir John Patteson's arbitration between the University and Borough Council, and a parliamentary bill arising therefrom.
Creator: Henry Philpott, Lancaster. |
18 Sept. 1855 |
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From Edwin Guest, Caius College, to Edward Mash Browell [copy]. Thanks for the buck.
Creator: Edwin Guest, Caius College. |
29 Sept. 1855 |
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To Edwin Guest from Henry Philpott, St. Catharine's College, Cambridge. To arrange a meeting between the Privilege Sub-syndicate and the Syndics.
Creator: Henry Philpott, St. Catharine's College, Cambridge. |
24 Oct. 1855 |
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To Edwin Guest from Henry Philpott, St. Catharine's College, Cambridge. A decision of the Lodging House Syndics.
Creator: Henry Philpott, St. Catharine's College, Cambridge. |
20 Apr. 1858 |
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To Edwin Guest from Francis Henry Dickinson, Kingweston. Congratulations on his marriage; challenges his interpretation of the Anglo-Saxon word 'Tyning'.
Creator: Francis Henry Dickinson, Kingweston. |
1 Oct. 1859 |
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To Edwin Guest from George Gabriel Stokes, Lensfield Cottage, Cambridge. Concerning the Statutory Commission.
Creator: George Gabriel Stokes, Lensfield Cottage, Cambridge. |
5 Nov. 1859 |
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To Edwin Guest from John Jordan, Enstone. Concerning a social gathering that he hopes to arrange.
Creator: John Jordan, Enstone. |
5 Dec. 1859 |
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To Edwin Guest from Charles Pettit McIlvaine, London. Thanks for the Guests' hospitality; encloses portrait photograph and envelope.
Creator: Charles Pettit McIlvaine, London. |
27 May 1862 |
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To Edwin Guest from (Louis Ferdinand) Alfred Maury, Institut de France, Paris. Thanks for copies of Guest's paper on Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain, and for invitation to visit the Guests; includes envelope.
Creator: Louis Ferdinand Alfred Maury, Institut de France, Paris. |
31 Aug. 1863 |
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To Edwin Guest from Henry Alfred Napier, Swyncombe. Concerning former owners of Great Tew; thanks for making his stay at Sandford so agreeable.
Creator: Henry Alfred Napier, Swyncombe. |
17 Sept. 1864 |
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To Edwin Guest from Mary Anne Willis, Park Terrace, Cambridge, 5 April n.y. [late 1860s]. Gratifying amount of support for her son Robert's candidacy for unspecified office in the University.
Creator: Mary Anne Willis, Cambridge. |
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To Edwin Guest from (Edward) Harold Browne, Bishop of Ely, The Palace, Ely. Invitation to attend forthcoming diocesan conference at Cambridge.
Creator: Bishop of Ely, The Palace, Ely. |
Oct. 1868 |
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To Edwin Guest from Samuel Birch, British Museum, London. Answering Guest's Egyptological queries.
Creator: Samuel Birch, British Museum, London. |
10 Dec. 1874 |
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To Edwin Guest from William Hepworth Thompson, Trinity College, Cambridge. Sale of stock from a trust of which they are jointly trustees.
Creator: William Hepworth Thompson, Trinity Collegel, Cambridge. |
29 Jan. 1878 |
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From Edwin Guest, Sandford Park, to unknown correspondent, 28 July n.y. [draft]. Concerning a drawing that the recipient has made for him.
Creator: Edwin Guest, Sandford Park. |
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Draft in Guest's hand of speech in Latin, n.d.
Creator: Edwin Guest. |
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Draft in Guest's hand of speech in Latin, n.d.
Creator: Edwin Guest. |
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'Expositio Liburnae': an account in Latin of the classical liburnus, a light, fast-sailing vessel; apparently copied from a sixteenth-century source.
Creator: Edwin Guest. |
1824 |
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