Janus: Papers of Sir Harry Parkes

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25	Diplomatic papers
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27	Despatches concerning Parkes' services
28	Notes and memoranda
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Papers of Sir Harry Parkes

Title	Despatches concerning Parkes' services
Reference	MS Parkes 27
Covering Dates	1852–1861
Extent and Medium	1 bundle

Content and context

Despatches and some letters concerning Parkes' services. The principal correspondents are Sir (Samuel) George Bonham; Sir John Bowring; Sir Frederick Bruce; James Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine; and George Villiers, Earl of Clarendon.

Index Terms

Bruce, Sir Frederick William Adolphus (1814-1867) Knight, diplomat

Bruce, James (1811-1863) 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine

Bonham, Sir Samuel George (1803-1863) 1st Baronet, colonial governor

Villiers, George William Frederick (1800-1870) 4th Earl of Clarendon, politician

Bowring, Sir John (1792-1872) Knight, diplomat and politician

Manuscripts/MS Parkes 27 contains:

Despatch from Alexander Johnston. A despatch from Alexander Johnston, Victoria, Hong Kong, to Parkes, 2 March 1852, 1 bifolio, with a draft of a letter [to Johnson] from Parkes, Canton, 6 March 1852, 1 folio.
1 folio + 1 bifolio.

2 Mar. 1852–6 Mar. 1852

Despatch from Adam Elmslie. A despatch from Adam Elmslie, Canton, to Parkes, 13 July 1852, with a copy of a despatch from John Bowring, Hong Kong, to Elmslie, 8 July 1852, certified by Horace Oakley.
2 bifolios.

July 1852

Extract of despatch from Earl of Clarendon. An undated copy of an extract from a despatch from George Villiers, Earl of Clarendon, to Sir George Bonham, 6 May 1853. The extract is certified by Horatio Lay; the copy by John Markham. The document is described at the beginning as a 'Copy. of Enclosure in Sir George Bonham's Desp. No. 38 of June 23rd [1853] to address of Mr. Consul Robertson.'.
1 bifolio.

1853

Despatch from Sir George Bonham. A copy of a despatch from Hong Kong to George Villiers, Earl of Clarendon, 3 June 1853.
1 bifolio.

1853

Despatch from Sir George Bonham. A despatch from Hong Kong to Parkes.
3 bifolios (tied together).

3 June 1853

Despatch from Sir George Bonham. A copy of a despatch from Hong Kong (to Daniel Brooke Robertson?), 22 August 1853, certified by John Markham.
1 bifolio.

1853

Despatches from Adam Elmslie and George Bonham. A despatch from Adam Elmslie, Canton, to Parkes, 14 January 1854, enclosing a copy of a despatch from Sir George Bonham, Hong Kong, to Elmslie, Hong Kong, 12 January 1853 (corrected in pencil to 1854), certified by John Markham.
2 bifolios.

Jan. 1854

Despatch from Sir John Bowring. A despatch from Hong Kong to Parkes, 20 April 1854, 1 bifolio, with a draft of a letter [from Parkes to Bowring], Macao, 2 May [1854], 1 folio.
1 folio + 1 bifolio.

1854

Despatch from the Earl of Clarendon. A despatch from George Villiers, Earl of Clarendon, Foreign Office, to Parkes.
1 bifolio.

25 Sep. 1856

Despatches from the Earl of Clarendon and Edmund Hammond. A sheet containing copies of a despatch from George Villiers, Earl of Clarendon, Foreign Office, to an unspecified recipient, 10 January 1857, and of a letter from Edmund Hammond, Foreign Office, to the Secretary to the Admiralty (Ralph Bernal Osborne), 10 January 1857. Both items are in Parkes' hand.
1 bifolio.

1857

Despatch from Sir John Bowring. A despatch from Hong Kong to Parkes, 23 February 1857, 1 bifolio, enclosing a copy of an extract from a despatch from George Villiers, Earl of Clarendon, to Bowring, 6 July 1855, 1 folio, certified by John Markham.
1 folio + 1 bifolio.

1857

Despatches from Sir John Bowring. A sheet containing copies of two despatches from Hong Kong to Parkes, 10 and 11 March 1857, both certified by Henry Hance.
1 bifolio.

1857

Despatches from Sir John Bowring. A sheet containing copies of two despatches from Hong Kong to Parkes, both of 18 April 1857, certified by Henry Hance.
1 bifolio.

1857

Despatches from Sir John Bowring and Michael Seymour. A sheet containing a copy of a despatch from Sir John Bowring, Hong Kong, to Parkes, 18 April 1857, certified by Henry Hance, and of a despatch from Michael Seymour, H.M.S. 'Calcutta', Hong Kong, to Bowring, 18 April 1857, also certified by Hance.
1 bifolio.

1857

Despatch from Sir John Bowring. A despatch from Hong Kong to Parkes.
1 bifolio.

1 May 1857

Despatch from Sir John Bowring. A despatch from Hong Kong to Parkes.
1 bifolio.

4 May 1857

Despatches from Sir John Bowring and the Earl of Malmesbury. A despatch from Sir John Bowring, Hong Kong, to Parkes, 26 April 1858, enclosing a copy of a despatch from James Harris, Earl of Malmesbury, Foreign Office, to Bowring, 8 March 1858, certified by Henry Hance.
2 bifolios.

1858

Despatch from Sir John Bowring. A despatch from Hong Kong to Parkes, 12 February 1859, with a draft of a letter [from Parkes to Bowring], Canton, 16 February [1859], on the same sheet.
1 bifolio.

12 Feb. 1859–16 Feb. 1859

Despatch from Sir Michael Seymour. A despatch from H.M.S. 'Esk', Singapore, to Parkes.
2 bifolios (tied together).

6 Apr. 1859

Despatch from Sir James Grant. A copy in Parkes' hand of a despatch from Tientsin to Frederick Bruce, 17 November 1860.
1 bifolio.

1860

Despatch from Lord Elgin. A despatch from James Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, Point de Galle, to Parkes, 2 March 1861, including an extract from a despatch from Lord John Russell to Elgin, 9 January [1861].
1 bifolio.

2 Mar. 1861

Despatch from Lord Elgin. A despatch from James Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, H.M.S. 'Terrible', to Parkes, 29 March 1861, enclosing a copy of an extract from a despatch from Lord John Russell to Elgin, 16 January 1861.
2 bifolios.

29 Mar. 1861

Despatch from Frederick Bruce. A despatch from Peking to Parkes.
1 bifolio.

23 May 1861

Despatch from Frederick Bruce. A despatch from Peking to Parkes.
1 bifolio.

20 Sep. 1861

Despatch from William Thomas Crawford. A copy of a despatch from Hong Kong to Her Majesty's Commissioners in Canton, 15 October 1861.
1 bifolio.

1861

O.H.M.S. envelope. The O.H.M.S. envelope which formerly contained Parkes 27/1-25, undated, labelled 'Official Letters of Approval of Sir H.S. Parkes' services 1852-1861'.
1 envelope.