MS  479
Papers of Lord Tennyson



Summary

Creator:  Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson, Baron, 1852-1928
Title:  Papers of Lord Tennyson
Date range: 1887-1924
Reference number: MS 479
Extent:     1.44m. (9 boxes) + folio items


Administrative Information

Access 

Available for reference.

Provenance

On 1 May 1957 a letter from the President of the Senate was addressed to Harold Christopher, 4th Baron Tennyson, requesting the transfer of any papers relating to Hallam, 2nd Baron Tennyson and his periods of office as Governor of South Australia and Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia.  On 9 May 1957 Lord Tennyson replied, stating his willingness to transfer such papers as were available, and pointing out that although classed as ‘heirlooms’ there was no objection to them being placed in the Commonwealth National Library ‘on permanent loan’.  In March of 1958 the Liaison Officer of the National Library in London reported that he had inspected the material and that arrangements for its shipment to Australia had been made.  The material was received into the National Library early in June 1958, and a letter of thanks was sent to Lord Tennyson on 12 June 1958. 


Scope and Content

Papers of: Hallam, 2nd Baron Tennyson; his wife Audrey Georgina Florence, Lady Tennyson; Alfred Aubrey Tennyson, 2nd son of Hallam; Zacyntha Boyle, mother of Lady Tennyson; and miscellaneous papers.  The papers consist of diaries, commissions, secret despatches, family correspondence, correspondence relating to administration and defence, telegrams, drafts of speeches, accounts, newspaper cuttings, invitations, photographs and passports.

Related Material

Other papers of Lord Tennyson are held in the Manuscript Collection at MS 254, MS 1553, MS 1851, MS 1963, MS 2237 and MS 2409.


Biographical Note

Hallam, 2nd Baron Tennyson, was the oldest surviving son of Alfred, 1st Baron Tennyson, Poet Laureate, and Emily Tennyson (nee Sollwood).  He was born at Twickenham on 11 August 1852, and educated at Marlborough College, Trinity College Cambridge, and the ‘Inner Temple’.  For many years he acted as his father’s secretary, and following his father’s death and his succeeding to the barony on 6 October 1892, he wrote a memoir of the poet.  Later, as the 2nd Baron Tennyson, he was prepared to accept a colonial governorship – a fact which may not be unrelated to his father’s interest in Imperial Federation.  In 1899 he was appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of South Australia.  He took up office on 10 April 1899, and continued in it until 17 July 1902 (from 1 January 1901 – the inauguration of the Australian Commonwealth – the designation ‘Commander-in-Chief’ was omitted from his title). 

Lord Tennyson relinquished his position in South Australia in order to take up the appointment of Acting-Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, following the resignation of the 7th Earl of Hopetoun.  Lord Tennyson served as Acting-Governor-General from17 July 1902 to 9 January 1903, from which latter date he was confirmed in the appointment.  He continued to serve as Governor-General until 21 January 1904 when he returned to England. Lord Tennyson did not undertake any subsequent governorships, although in March 1903 he indicated his readiness to serve as the Governor-General of Canada, and in November 1905 he was offered the governorship of Madras.  In 1901 while still in South Australia, Lord Tennyson was Deputy Governor of the Isle of Wight.

On 25 June 1884 Lord Tennyson married Audrey Georgiana Florence Boyle, daughter of Charles John Boyle and Zacyntha Boyle (née Moore), and had issue –

  1. Lionel Hallam, born 7 November 1889, died 6 June 1951 (3rd Baron Tennyson)
  1. Alfred Aubrey, born 2 May 1891, killed in action March 1918.
  1. Harold Courtenay, born 27 April 1896, killed in action 29 January 1916.

Lady Tennyson died on 7 December 1916.  Lord Tennyson married secondly, Mary Emily widow of Andrew Kinsman Hichens, and daughter of Charles Robert Princep, on 27 July 1918 (she died on 20 July 1931).  Lord Tennyson died on 2 December 1928. 

Lord Tennyson was created K.C.M.G. in 1899 and G.C.M.G. in 1903, and was made a Privy Councillor in 1905. 

References

For additional biographical information, see the London Times of 3 December 1928, p.19, Burke’s Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage and Christopher Cunneen ‘The role of Governor-General in Australia, 1901-1927’ (PhD, Australian National University, 1973).  


Overview of Collection

Series Title Page no.

1-34

Papers of Hallam, 2nd Baron Tennyson, 1895-1924

 5 – 14

35-39

Papers of Audrey Georgiana Florence, Lady Tennyson, 1900-1909

15

40 Papers of Alfred Aubrey Tennyson, 2nd son of Lord Tennyson, 1900-1904 16
41-47 Papers of Zacyntha Boyle (wife of Charles John Boyle), mother of Lady Tennyson, 1899-1903 16-17
48-52 Miscellaneous papers, 1887-1916 17-19

Appendix Title Page no.
1, Part A Index to series 2 (correspondence) 20-33
1, Part B Index to series 2 (correspondence) 33-36
2 Index to series 4 (correspondence) 37-38
3 Index to series 5 (correspondence) 39-53
4 Index to series 17 (correspondence) 54
5 Index to series 20 (correspondence) 55-61
6 Index to series 21 (correspondence) 62-71
7 Index to series 24 (correspondence) 72-73
8 Index to series 29 (printed material) 74-75
9 Index to series 35 (correspondence) 76-77
10 Index to series 36 (correspondence) 78
11 Index to series 37 (correspondence) 79
12 Index to series 38 (correspondence) 80
13 Index to series 50 (correspondence) 81

Series Description

PAPERS OF HALLAM, 2ND BARON TENNYSON

Series 1     Commissions signed by Queen Victoria and King Edward VII, 1899-1902

Item

1   Appointing Lord Tennyson Governor and Commander-in-Chief of South Australia on 18  February 1899.

2   Appointing Lord Tennyson Governor of South Australia, 29 October 1900.

3   Dormant commission appointed Lord Tennyson to administer the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia on 10 July 1901.

4   Dormant commission appointing Lord Tennyson to administer the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia (Australian copy), 10 July 1901.

5   Appointing Lord Tennyson Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Commonwealth of Australia, 3 December 1902.

Series 2      Diaries, 1 Jan – 1 Dec 1903

Entries are both of a private and official nature, and cover part of Lord Tennyson’s term of office as Governor of South Australia, and most of his term as Governor-General.  Pinned to pages of the diaries were many letters received, drafts of letters sent, drafts of speeches, memoranda, newspaper cuttings, and a sketch.  In order to preserve these items, as well as the diaries themselves, the extra items have been removed and maintained separately.  So that the association of the diary entry and any item may not be lost, a note has been placed in the diary at every page from which items have been removed, showing what has been removed.  In addition, each item so removed has been provided with a reference to the page and diary from which it was taken.  Drafts of letters (and telegrams) occur within the diary entries themselves, and it should be noted that some of the dates on the extra items may be outside the period covered by the diaries themselves. 

Indexes to letters received, drafts of letters sent, some of the telegrams and to other miscellaneous material in this series will be found in Appendix 1 (part A and B).

4 vols., 14cm

Series 3     Secret despatches to the Secretary of State for Colonies, 17 Jul 1902 – 12 Jan 1904.

Many of the despatches are in code, but with translation or paraphrase supplied.  The despatches are in long-hand, but typed copies of enclosures have been inserted at appropriate pages.  The volume is marked ‘Private Despatches’ on the spine and ‘Secret Despatches’ on page 1.  The despatches cover a wide variety of official admistration, recommendations and comments.       

1 volume, 1.3cm.

Series 4     Correspondence relating to the Secretary of the Executive Council and the conduct of the Governor-General’s correspondence, 8 Jan 1903 – 23 Dec 1903. 

This series was maintained separately by Lord Tennyson and deals with the admistrative arrangements relating to the Governor-General’s despatches and his private secretary, a matter which led to some friction between Lord Tennyson and Sir Edmund Barton, the Prime Minister of Australia.  Some other topics are dealt with in the correspondence. 

For an index to this series, see Appendix 2.  References to the Secretary of the Executive Council and the conduct of the Governor-General’s correspondence will also be found in other series, notably Series 3.

14 items

Series 5  Letters received, 2 Sep. 1895 – 31 March 1924 

For an index to this series, see Appendix 3.  Additional letters received and sent by Lord Tennyson will be found in Series 5, 17, 20, 21, 24, 38, and 50.

195 items 

Series 6     Records relating to Australian military and naval defence, 1902 – 1903

Item

1. Statement on naval defence of Australia. By G.S.C. [Sir George Sydenham Clarke, Governor of Victoria.]  28 August ?  fo.  5p.

2. Copies of telegrams between the Prime Minister of Australia (Sir Edmund Barton) in England conferring with the Admiralty and War Office, and the acting Prime Minister in Australia on the subject of naval and military defence, 6 Jul 1902 – 15 Aug 1902.  fo.  5p.

3. Letter from Maj.-Gen. Sir Edward Hutton, G.O.C. Australian Military Forces, to Lord Tennyson on the subject of military defence – 15 Jan 1903, 4to 3p., together with an enclosure by the same writer on same subject, dated Jan 1903,  fo.  2p., and a file of printed items consisting of :-

(a) Hutton, Maj.-Gen.  Sir Edward  The defence and defence power of Australia. Melb., Angus and Robertson [1902].  100 p.

(b) Australia – Parliament House of Representatives.  Military forces of the Commonwealth. [Melb.] Govt. Printer, 1902.  fo.  8p.

(c) Australia – Parliament. Annual report upon the military forces of the Commonwealth of Australia. Melb., Govt Printer, 1903.  fo.  38p.

(d) Australia – Parliament.  Military forces of the Commonwealth – Scheme of organisation … [Melb., Govt Printer] 1903.  fo.  27p.

(e) Australia – Army.  Peace and war establishments of the military forces of the Commonwealth of Australia. [Melb., Govt Printer] 1902.  31p.

(f) Australia – Army.  Tables showing the allotment of the whole of the existing units to the field forces and the garrison troops … Melb., Govt Printer, 1903.  20p.

(g) Typescript copy of memorandum: Sir Edward Hutton to the Minister of Defence on the subject of transcontinental railway to Kalgoorlie and its relation to defence, 14 May 1903.  fo.  3p.

4.  Minute by Maj.-Gen. Sir Edward Hutton to the Minister of Defence on the subject of a transcontinental railway and Australian defence, 14 May 1903.  fo. 3p.

Series 7   Drafts of coded telegrams despatched and received, 19 Dec 1902 – 28 Nov 1903. 

These are official communications addressed principally to the Colonial Office in Great Britain, to State Governors, and to Commonwealth Prime Ministers and Ministers.  Translations are supplied.

212 items

Series 8   Telegrams received and drafts of telegrams sent, 15 May 1903 – 20 Jan 1904

This series includes some official communications, but is principally comprised of telegrams relating to personal and domestic affairs.

43 items

Series 9   Telegrams received and drafts of telegrams sent between Lord Tennyson and Lord Northcote (3rd Governor-General of Australia), 8 Aug 1903 – 13 Jan 1904

These telegrams relate to Lord Northcote’s arrival in Australia and to certain domestic arrangements between Lord Tennyson and Lord Northcote.  Some of the telegrams are in the form of typescript copies, and some drafts are in code (translations supplied).

17 items

Series 10  Miscellanea, 1900-1903 

Item

1.   The salaries and expenditure of Australian Governors, n.d.  fo.  13p.  Ms. (probably compiled by Lord Tennyson).

2.   Library Conference Loan Exhibition [Adelaide]. List of articles lent by Lord Tennyson, 18 Sep 1900 –  fo.  lp.

3.   Coded telegram from ‘Agent’ Adelaide to ‘Manager London’, 30 Jan 1901.

4.   Lord Tennyson’s charity subscription lists for Sydney and Melbourne, Aug 1903. fo.  3p.

Series 11  Drafts of speeches

The drafts are undated and over a variety of occasion.  Drafts of other speeches will be found in other series, notably Series 2.

28 items

Series 12  Letters received and drafts of speeches relating to Lord Tennyson’s visit to Ballarat, Victoria. 15 – 16 Oct 1903

Other material relating to this visit will be found in the drafts of speeches, Series 11.

4 items

Series 13  Receipted accounts, May 1902 – Jan 1904

These have been arranged in order of date of account (or of receipt if account date is not given).  In some cases the accounts were already grouped in folders and this arrangement has been preserved, the individual accounts being arranged in the order shown on the outside of the folder.

Series 14  Shortages inventories, correspondence, and memoranda relating to Government House Melbourne and Government House Sydney, 1902-1904.

This series also includes summaries of gas and electricity charges for Government House Sydney and Government House Melbourne for the period 1902-03.

6 items

Series 15  Visitors’ book, 16 April 1899 – 6 Dec 1903

This visitors’ book was maintained at Government House Adelaide and Marble Hill (the South Australian summer residence), and at Government House Melbourne and Sydney.  It includes periods when Lord Tennyson, as Governor-General, resided at Marble Hill, South Australia.  

1 volume, 18cm x 23cm

Series 16  Letters (personal) received from Lady Tennyson, 26 Jul – 8 Feb 1904

This series includes some undated and incomplete letters.

27 items

Series 17  Drafts and copies of letters sent by Lord Tennyson, 6 Apr 1900 – 1 Dec 1903.

Further drafts and copies of letters sent will be found in other series, notably Series 2. For an index to the letters in this series (i.e. Series 17) see Appendix 4.

12 items

Series 18  Warrants of the Chancery of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, 1899-1903

Item

1.    Appointing Lord Tennyson Knight Commander, 16 Feb 1899.  (With a covering letter from the Chancery dated 13 March 1899, and a printed copy of – The statutes of the most distinguished order of St. Michael and St. George.  London, 1899).

2.    Appointing Lord Tennyson Knight Grand Cross, 6 June 1903.

3.    Dispensing with investiture as G.C.M.G., 6 June 1903.  (With a covering letter from the Chancery dated 13 Aug 1903, and a copy of a letter from Lord Tennyson to the Chancery, dated 15 Sep 1903).    

4.    To confer K.C.M.G. on Sir George Ruthven Le Hunte, 26 June 1903.

Series 19   Newspaper cuttings, 1899 – 1900

These cuttings have been mounted on foolscap sheets in the National Library.  They were originally maintained by Lord Tennyson in envelopes (and this order has been preserved) which he titled by subject as follows:-

Item

1.    Schools – Teaching [includes also MS drafts of a speech by Lord Tennyson, and a MS note by Lord Tennyson on South Australian schools).

2.    Duke of York – Cadets – Literary Societies Union [includes also MS draft of a speech by Lord Tennyson and cuttings relating to the Royal family].

3.    Petitions [but includes also material on Empire relations and loyalty].

4.    War [i.e. South African War] – Queen.

5.    Technical education [includes MS note by Lord Tennyson].

6.    Libraries – New [South Australian] Art Gallery [includes MS note on books, by Lord Tennyson].

7.    [James] Martineau – Cricket [includes an article by G. E. Boxall on ‘The evolution of Australia’].   

8.   Commonwealth – War [i.e. South African War] – South Australia [includes MS note by Lord Tennyson on Australian military forces, and cuttings relating to the departure of Lord Brassey, the Governor of Victoria].

4cm

Series 20   Newspaper cuttings, 1899 – 1903

Vol. I  3 Feb 1899 – 3 Mar 1900.  This volume includes material on the South Australian Bushmen’s Contingent, the arrival of Lord Tennyson in South Australia, as well as correspondence, telegrams, photographs, and theatrical programmes (38cm x 26cm x 6cm).

Vol. II   4 Feb 1899 – 1 Dec 1903.  This volume includes cuttings of speeches, material relating to South Australian politics, as well as correspondence, telegrams, and photographs (38cm x 26cm x 6cm).

Vol. III  Jan 1900 – Aug 1902.  This volume includes cuttings relating to the South African War, the death of Queen Victoria, the Coronation of King Edward VII, and letters from Capt. S.  Hubbe serving in South Africa with the South Australian Bushmen’s Contingent (38cm x 26cm x 6cm).

For an index to the correspondence contained in this series, see Appendix 5.

Series 21   Newspaper cuttings – ‘Commonwealth’ series, Feb 1900 – 18 Oct 1906 (+ 1 item of 15 March 1910)

Vol. I  Feb 1900 – Nov 1902.  This volume includes material relating to the inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia, the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to Adelaide, Lord Tennyson’s appointment as Governor-General, as well as correspondence and photographs (38cm x 26cm x 3cm, Folio).

Vol. II  20 Oct 1902 – 18 Oct 1906.  This volume includes material relating to Lord Tennyson’s return to England, as well as correspondence (plus one item dated 15 Mar 1910) (38cm x 26cm x 3cm, Folio).

For an index to correspondence contained in this series, see Appendix 6.       

Series 22   Newspaper cuttings, 21 Oct 1902 – 14 Dec 1902

These cuttings were made by press cutting agencies in England, and the items relate to the announcement of Lord Tennyson’s appointment as Governor-General.  They have been arranged chronologically and then according to the newspaper title.  One item relating to the subject of copyright (and dated 24 June 1889) is also included in this series.

71 items

Series 23   Newspaper cuttings, 1901 – 1902

This volume contains cuttings relating to Adelaide colleges, cricket descriptions, and other material of a private nature (1 vol., 26cm x 36 x 4cm).

Series 24   Newspaper cuttings, 1902

This volume contains cuttings from English papers relating to Lord Tennyson as Governor-General of Australia.  Also included in the volume are telegrams and letters, principally relating to Lord Tennyson’s appointment as Governor-General of Australia, covering the period 22 Sep 1902 – 20 Dec 1902 (1 vol., 31cm x 24cm x 2cm). 

For and index to correspondence contained in this series, see Appendix 7.

Series 25   Invitations (printed) to Lord and Lady Tennyson to attend inaugural Commonwealth celebrations in Melbourne, 1901

Item

1.  From the Government of Victoria to attend the celebrations in Melbourne, n.d. 31cm x 36cm. 

2.  From the Government of Victoria to attend a Conversazione, Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 7 May 1901.  31cm x 36cm

3.  From Ministers of State for Australia to attend the opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, Exhibition, Melbourne, 9 May 1901. 31cm x 36cm.

4.  From Ministers of State for Australia to attend an evening reception, Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 9 May 1901.  31cm x 36cm.

5.  From the Government of Victoria to attend a Royal Review, Flemington, 10 May 1901.  31cm x 36cm.

Series 26   Parliamentary addresses to Lord Tennyson, 1903

Item

1.  Farewell address from Members of the House of Representatives on the occasion of Lord Tennyson’s impending departure. Melbourne, 21 Oct 1903.  Printed on parchment (41 x 38cm)

2.  Farewell address from Members of the Senate on the occasion of Lord Tennyson’s impending departure from Australia. Melbourne, [21 Oct] 1903.  Printed on parchment (23cm x 38cm).

Series 27   Illuminated addresses presented to Lord Tennyson, 1899?-1903

Item

1.   Address of welcome from children of Convent of Mercy Schools, Adelaide, n.d.  23cm x 33cm

2.   Loyal address from City of Melbourne upon the occasion of Lord Tennyson being appointed Governor-General of Australia. Melbourne, 1 Dec 1902.  38cm x 28cm

3.   Address of welcome from Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales at the third annual Commonwealth Exhibition of the Society. Sydney, April 1903.   (Unsigned) 33cm x 47cm

4.   Address of welcome from South Street Debating Society and Literary Institute on the occasion of the National Esteddfod of 1903. Ballarat, 23 Oct 1903.  38cm x 47cm

5.   Address of welcome from the City of Perth on the occasion of a visit by Lord Tennyson. Perth, 15 Dec 1903.  41cm x 48cm

Series 28   Musical and literary manuscripts

Item

1.  An Australian Commonwealth prayer.  Words by Lord Tennyson, music by J. Summers. Perth, Western Australia, 1901.  9p.

2.   Valedictory verses to Lord Tennyson.  By John Cocks. North Sydney, 10 Dec 1903.  lp.

Series 29   Miscellaneous printed material

25 items

For and index to items in this series, see Appendix 8.

Series 30    Printed material relating to the State Bank of South Australia and to state advances, 1895 – 1900

This series includes copies of acts of the South Australian Parliament, regulations made under acts, forms, tables, financial statements and publicity matter.

19 items

Series 31    Photograph albums, 1899 – 1912

This series is held by the Pictorial Section.

Item

1.   Album of photographs of public and domestic occasions in South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, including vice-regal residences and interiors.  97 photographs.  n.d.  31cm x 26cm x 2cm

2.   Album of photographs taken at and near Oodnadatta and in the far north of South Australia.  44 photographs (approximately quarter plate).  1912.  21cm x 26cm

3.   Album of photographs of Aborigines – half length portraits of adult males and females.  48 photographs.  n.d.  23cm x 18cm x 5cm

4.   Album of photographs of Aborigines – principally head and shoulder studies of adult males and females.  61 photographs (approximately quarter plate).  n.d. 28cm x 23cm x 3cm

5.   Album of photographs of Aborigines – principally of ceremonies. Annotated by Lord Tennyson.  76 photographs (approximately quarter plate).  n.d. 18cm x 23cm x 3cm

6.   Album of photographs of Kuring-Gai Chase, New South Wales. 54 photographs.  1903.  28cm x 42cm x 5cm

Series 32    Photographs and other illustrated material

This series is held by the Pictorial Section.

Item

1-7   7 Photographs of Government House, Melbourne (one annotated by Lord Tennyson).  c.1903.  Each 18cm x 23cm.

8-12  5 Photographs relating to the unveiling of a memorial tablet to commemorate the centenary of the visit of Capt. Matthew Flinders to Encounter Bay, 1902:-

(a) 2 Photographs of the tablet at the Bluff, Victor Harbour, each 20cm x 28cm, 1902.

(b) Photograph of Encounter Bay looking towards the Bluff, 1902, 21cm x 28cm

(c) Photograph of the causeway, Victor Harbour, 1902, 21cm x 28 cm

(d) Photograph of the breakwater, Victor Harbour, 1902, 21cm x 28cm 

13-15     3 Photographs relating to the unveiling of a memorial tablet on Flinders’ Column, Mount Lofty, South Australia, to commemorate the centenary of Capt. Matthew Flinders’ discovery and naming of Mount Lofty in 1902 :-

(a) Photograph of Flinders’ Column, 1902, 21cm x 28cm

(b) Photograph of unveiling tablet on Flinders’ Column, 1902, 18cm x 23cm  

(c) Photograph of tablet on Flinders’ column, 1902, 13cm x 18cm

16   Panoramic photograph of North Adelaide from a point near North Terrace, c. 1900.  26cm x 36cm

17   Photograph of the interior of Government House, Adelaide, showing stained glass windows, c.1901.  15cm x 20cm

18   Photograph of members of the South Australian Bushmen’s Contingent drawn up before the Town Hall, Adelaide, with Lord Tennyson arriving to review them, c. 1900. 18cm x 15 ½

19   Photograph of Lord Tennyson unveiling a tablet on Flinders’ Column, Mount Lofty, South Australia, commemorating the centenary of the discovery and naming of Mount Lofty by Capt. Matthew Flinders, 1902.  8cm x 28cm

20   Photograph of Alfred, 1st Baron Tennyson.  13cm x 10cm

21   Photograph of kangaroos.  10cm x 11cm

22   Half-tone reproduction of Calle Face Hotel, Colombo, n.d.  5cm x 8cm

23   Wild flowers from the Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia.  Booklet of 13 water-colour sketches, n.d.  14p.  17½ x 12½cm.

24    Line reproduction of the Tennyson coat of arms.  10cm x 12 ½cm.

25    Autograph of Lord Alfred Tennyson on fly-leaf (?) of A book of golden deeds. Lond., MacMillan, 1876.  (Fly-leaf, and title page only, present).

26    Group portrait of Hallam, 2nd Baron Tennyson and Lady Tennyson, together with Lord Richard Plantagenet Nevill, …  Photograph, n.d.  25 ½ x 35 ½cm.

27    Unidentified portrait.  Photograph, n.d.  14cm x 10cm

28    Photograph of a cloistered walk?, n.d.  23cm x 28cm

29    Unidentified photograph., n.d.  15 ½ x 20 ½cm

Series 33   Passports issued to Hallam, 2nd Baron Tennyson, and Audrey Georgiana Florence, Lady Tennyson, 21 Jan 1915

These passports carry a photograph of Lord and Lady Tennyson.

2 items

Series 34  Tennyson medal – specimen (boxed)

In 1900 Hallam, 2nd Baron Tennyson presented the sum of £100 to the University of Adelaide to provide medals as awards for English Literature at the Public Examinations.  The gift provided for the award of a gold medal for Leaving Honours standard, and silver medals each for Leaving and Intermediate standard examinations.  The awards continue to be made.

PAPERS OF AUDREY GEORGIANA FLORENCE, LADY TENNYSON, 1900-1909

Series 35    Letters received, 31 Aug 1900 – 27 Jul 1908

For an index to items in this series, see Appendix 9.

26 items

Series 36   Letters and telegrams received from Robert Barr Smith (Adelaide business-man, pastoralist, and philanthropist) and his wife Joanna

The letters are principally from Joanna Barr Smith, and are largely undated (but 3 are of the year 1909).  Further letters from Joanna and Robert Barr Smith will be found in other series in the papers of Lady Tennyson.

For an index to items in this series, see Appendix 10.

31 items

Series 37   Drafts and copies of letters sent by Lady Tennyson, 1902 – 1903

For an index to items in this series, see Appendix 11.

4 items

Series 38   Correspondence, newspaper cuttings, and other printed material relating to the establishment of the Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital, Rose Park, South Australia, 7 Dec 1900 – 23 May 1903

The Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital was suggested by Lady Tennyson, and it was originally intended to call the hospital the Lady Tennyson Home.  The death of Queen Victoria led to the suggestion that the Queen’s name be used, to which Lady Tennyson agreed.  The foundation stone of the building was laid in 1901 by the Duke of Cornwall and York (later King George V), and the hospital was opened by Lady Tennyson in 1902.  The volume contains correspondence, circular letters, and photographs. 

For an index to the letters contained in the volume, see Appendix 12.

1 vol.  30½ x 10½ x 3cm  (Folio)

Series 39   Decorated letter (in embroidered silk cover) addressed to Lady Tennyson, 24 Dec 1902

This item accompanied the gift of a necklet to Lady Tennyson by some of her women friends in South Australia.  It carries the signatures (or names) of these women.

1 vol.  33cm x 41cm x 1cm (Folio)

PAPERS OF ALFRED AUBREY TENNYSON, 2ND SON OF LORD TENNYSON, 1900-1904

Series 40   Diaries, 1 Jan 1900 – 11 Jan 1904

Some miscellaneous material has been included in the diaries, e.g. theatrical programmes and sports day programmes, and one letter from Diment (?) Farringford Farm, Isle of Wight, to the Hon. Lionel Hallam Tennyson, dated 14 Jan 1902.  At the time he maintained these diaries, Alfred Aubrey Tennyson’s age ranged from 9 years to 12 years.  Most of the entries are devoted, naturally, to children’s activities, but references to such topics as reviews and processions may have a wider significance.

4 vols. 10cm

PAPERS OF ZACYNTHA BOYLE (WIFE OF CHARLES JOHN BOYLE), MOTHER OF LADY TENNYSON, 1899-1903

Series 41   Letters received from Lady Tennyson, in Australia, Feb 1899 – 29 Dec 1903

The letters in this series give a most detailed account of the life of Lord and Lady Tennyson in Australia, and include comment on Australian life and personalities.

262 items

Series 42   Letters received from Hallam, 2nd Baron Tennyson, in Australia

The two letters are dated 30 Jan 1899 and 8 April 1900, and largely personal in content.

2 items

Series 43   Letters received from her daughter-in-law, Eleanor Margaret Boyle (widow of Captain Cecil William Boyle) while on a visit to Australia.  22 Mar 1903 (?) – 16 June 1903.

These letters are personal and descriptive.

10 items

Series 44   Letters received from her grand-daughter, Dorothea Cecil Boyle while on a visit to Australia, 22 Mar 1903 – 26 Apr 1903

These letters are personal and descriptive.

7 items.

Series 45  Letters received from her grand-daughter, Elisabeth Adeline Cecil Boyle, while on a visit to Australia

There are personal and descriptive letters.  Only one is dated, 5 April 1903.

2 items

Series 46  Letters received from her grandsons, Lionel Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Aubrey Tennyson, and Harold Courtenay Tennyson, 9 Mar – 7 Jul 1903

A number of these letters are in French, and one is in German.  The letters are personal and descriptive.

Series 47  Correspondence relating to the provision of comforts and clothing for South Australian contingents in South Africa, 1900

This series includes letters written by Lady Tennyson in Adelaide, Sir John Cockburn (South Australia Agent-General) in London, and Major C. J. Reade and Captain F. H. Howland in South Australia.  Zacyntha Boyle, together with her daughter, Lady Tennyson, played some part in providing comforts for South African soldiers in the South African War.

7 items

MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS, 1887-1916

Series 48  Letters, 1889-1904

Item

1.       Lady Tennyson to ‘Nell’ [Eleanor Margaret Boyle ?], [1900]

2.       Lady Tennyson to her brother Lionel Richard Cavendish Boyle, 6 June 1889.

3.       Lady Tennyson to Mrs Edwardes (milliner), 23 May 1900.

4.       Alfred Aubrey Tennyson to his uncle, Ernest Boyle, 22 Jan 1904.

5.       Lionel Hallam Tennyson to Mlle. Dussant (governess).  In French. n.d.

6.       Unidentified letter.  Addressed from Huntercombe Manor, Maidenhead, 24 May?

7.       Letter from Women’s Literary Society, 250 Pitt St., Sydney, n.d.  No addressee given.

Series 49  Typescript extracts and paraphrases of letters written by Lady Tennyson., ca.1899 – 1903

This series also includes some biographical and connecting narrative material – possibly by Lord Tennyson who had made some notes on the original letters of Lady Tennyson.  For note on Lady Tennyson’s letters by Herbert Warren (?), President of Magdalen College, Oxford, see MS 479/5/1.

Series 50  Typescript copies of letters received by Hallam, 2nd Baron Tennyson on the death of Lady Tennyson, Dec 1916

For an index to items in this series, see Appendix 13.

8 items

Series 51  Letters from Sir Henry Parkes to Alfred, 1st Baron Tennyson, and to Emily, Lady Tennyson

This series also includes one printed item, viz. Sir Henry Parkes, a pamphlet of 4p. published in Sydney, giving details of his political career.  For other Tennyson-Parkes associations, see MS 479/2, diary for 1903, p.21, and MS 479/2/331.

Item

1.       Letter to Alfred, 1st Baron Tennyson, 7 Dec 1887.  Sydney.  Sir Henry Parkes plans a visit to England and hopes to see Lord Tennyson.

2.       Letter to Emily, Lady Tennyson, 26 Aug 1894.  Sydney.  Sir Henry Parkes describes a recent election in New South Wales (first under single member electorate system), comments on the Federation movement and personal matters.

3.       Letter to Emily, Lady Tennyson, 10 Sep 1894.  Sydney.  Sir Henry Parkes’ comments on New South Wales politics and on losing Premiership to George Reid.

Series 52  Correspondence relating to the taxing of the Governor-General’s salary

Item

1.       Searcy, Arthur. Deputy Commissioner of Taxes for S.A. to Lord Tennyson, 9 July 1903.  1p.

2.       Way, Sir Samuel to Lord Tennyson, Montefiore, North Adelaide, 31 July 1903.  4p.

3.       Secretary to Lord Tennyson to Arthur Searcy, Deputy Commissioner for Taxes. Sydney, 13 August 1903.  2p.

4.       Searcy, Arthur. Deputy Commissioner of Taxes for S. A. to Lord Tennyson.  Adelaide, 18 August 1903.  1p.  Includes four income tax assessment notices dated 1903.

5.       Receipt for Lord Tennyson from the South Australian Land and Income Tax Office, 26 August 1903.  1p.

6.        Le Hunte, Sir George to Lord Tennyson.  Adelaide, 16 September 1903.  1p.


Appendix 1, Part A

Index to Series 2: Letters received and sent by Hallam, 2nd Baron Tennyson and by Audrey Georgiana Florence, Lady Tennyson, together with other miscellaneous material . (Note: These letters etc. were found pinned or loose in four diaries maintained by Lord Tennyson over the year 1900 – 1903.

(a) Letters received by Hallam, 2nd Baron Tennyson

[Writer unknown] : 10 August 1901: note on South Australian Bushmen’s contingent:  479/2/135

[Writer unknown] : 5 March 1903: New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. : life and poetry of Alfred, 1st Baron Tennyson : 479/2/288 [cf. Alfred Lord Tennyson: a memoir, by Hallam, 2nd Baron Tennyson, Vol. 2, p. 150]

[  ?  , Michael,  Hallam, 2nd Baron Tennyson’s nephew]: 28 October 1903 : Whangarei, New Zealand : personal matters : 479/2/328

BAKER, Sir Richard Chaffey, -15 November 1902 : Melbourne : comments on Lord Tennyson accepting the Governor-Generalship of Australia : 479/2/218

BARTON, Sir Edmund, -22 March 1903 : Melbourne : comments on retiring from politics and on becoming a judge of the High Court : 479/2/305

BARTON, Sir Edmund -8 October 1903 : Melbourne: refers to Papuan affairs and a speech by Joseph Camberlain : 479/2/297

BEDFORD, 11th Duke – 16 July 1902: London : introduction of eland (South African antelope) into South Australia : 479/2/204

BOUCAUT, Sir James Penn, Judge – 5 April 1900: Adelaide : comments on the Consolidated Loan Act : 479/2/50

BOUCAUT, Sir James Penn, – 29 August 1901 : Adelaide : legal aspect of the Governor (Lord Tennyson) pardoning in the Anderson case (with copy of Boucaut’s letter to the Attorney General on the same matter) : 479/2/132

BOYLE, E. [?] – 18 May [1900?] : Wimbledon, England: personal maters : comment on Charles Cameron Kingston and arbitration : 479/2/15

BUNDEY, Sir William Henry, Judge – 9 November 1900 : North Adelaide : expresses thanks for an informal visit by Lord Tennyson : 479/2/32

BUTCHER,  – 3 February 1902 : Edinburgh: personal matters : British politics and personalities; Commission on Irish University Education : 479/2/199 

BUTCHER, S. [?]  H.  – 8 April 1903 : Edinburgh: personal matters : 479/2/327

BUXTON, Sir Thomas Fowell,  3rd Baronet, – 4 February 1899 (date received) : Upshire, England: invites Lord Tennyson to visit him : 479/2/7 [telegram]

CASTLES, Amy, – 11 August 1899 : Carlton [Victoria] : thanks Lord and Lady Tennyson for hospitality and presentation of book : 479/2/8

CAVE, A.,  Mrs – 8 August 1901 : South Tottenham [England] : personal matters : 479/2/140

CHADDON [?], E. – 18 June 1903 : Leith, Tasmania : congratulates Lord Tennyson on appointment as Governor-General of Australia : 479/2/231

CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph, – 7 January 1899: Birmingham : comments on Lord Tennyson’s desire for an Australian governorship and offers South Australia : comments on expenses and salary and attitude of South Australian government : 479/2/3   

CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph, – 4 February 1899: London : advising Lord Tennyson of appointment as Governor of South Australia : 479/2/4

CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph, – 26 January 1901 (date of receipt): [London] : death of Queen Victoria : 479/2/87 [telegram]

CHERMSIDE,  Sir Herbert Charles, Major-General – 25 November 1902 : Brisbane: comments on M.E. Wingfield taking up an appointment with Lord Tennyson : 479/2/220

CLARKE, Sir  George Sydenham, – 1 February 1902 : Macedon, Victoria: comments on position of State Governor and danger of centralisation of government : 479/2/189

CLARKE, Sir  George Sydenham, – 21 November 1902 : Melbourne : comment and congratulations on Lord Tennyson’s appointment as Governor General : 479/2/226

CLARKE, Sir  George Sydenham, – 1 December 1902: Melbourne : apologises to Lord Tennyson for a published article attacking the Commonwealth government, the article being printed without permission : 479/2/222

CLARKE, Sir  George Sydenham, – 4 March 1903: Melbourne : comment on the Governor General’s relation with Federal Ministers over correspondence; defence matters : 479/2/279

CLARKE, Sir  George Sydenham, – 25 October 1903 : Melbourne : a misunderstanding with Lord Tennyson [possibly over State and Federal governorship]: 479/2/306

CRESWELL,  Sir William Rooke, Vice-Admiral – 20 December 1990: Queensland Defence Force : express disappointment at not taking the Protector for the Commonwealth inaugural celebrations in Sydney; his service with the Protector in China; comment on Russian diplomacy in China : 479/2/60

CRESWELL,  Sir William Rooke, Vice-Admiral – 21 December 1900 : Queensland Defence Force : further comment on being unable to take a ship to the Commonwealth celebrations in Sydney; invites Lord Tennyson to visit Queensland : 479/2/61

DEAKIN, Alfred, – 18 November 1902 : Melbourne : thanks Lord Tennyson for gift of Lord Tennyson’s poems : 479/2/216

DEAKIN, Alfred, – 20 January 1903 : Melbourne : procedure in sending a telegram to the crown colony of Transvaal; farewell wishes to Lord and Lady Tennyson : 479/2/270

DEAKIN, Alfred, – 28 December 1903 : Melbourne : personal matters; his election losses; comments on qualities of defeated members and his own feelings : 479/2/271

DEAKIN, Alfred, – 29 February 1904 : Melbourne : personal matters; comments on the new Governor-General (Lord Northcote) : 479/2/272

DUFFERIN AND AVA,  1st Marquess –  See  JOHNSON, I.

EDWARD VII,  King of Great Britain – 28 January 1901 (date of receipt) : London :  thanks Lord Tennyson for message of sympathy : 479/2/98 [telegram]

FANSHAWE,  Sir Arthur D., Vice-Admiral  – 16 November 1903 : H. M. S. Royal Arthur : farewell message : 479/2/312

FRANKLIN, Stella Maria Sarah Miles – 27 December 1903 : Melbourne : comments on Lord Tennyson’s offer of help secure publication of her work in London; expresses the desire to publish and be read in America; her employment as a domestic servant under an alias in order to write about the subject : 479/2/249

GREAT BRITAIN – Admiralty Office –  See  SELBORNE, 2nd Earl

GREAT BRITIAN – Colonial Office –  See  CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph and WINGFIELD, Sir Edward

GREAT BRITAIN – War Office –  See  ROBERTS, 1st Earl

GRIFFITH, Sir  Samuel Walker, – 22 August 1901 : Brisbane: comments on position of State governors in relation to the Governor-General – precedence and possible interference; Lord Hopetoun’s visit to Brisbane : 479/2/138

HARMER, J. R., Bishop – 16 November 1900 : Adelaide : Lord Tennyson’s  Commonwealth Prayer: 479/2/63

HAVELOCK,  Sir Arthur Elibank, Captain – 14 July 1902 : Hobart : congratulates Lord Tennyson on appointment as Governor-General; comments on slight apprehension in Tasmania as to State financial deficit arising out of Federation : 479/2/237

HOLDER, Sir Frederick William – 17 April 1900 : Adelaide : comments on question of amendments being made to the Commonwealth Constitution Bill : 479/2/35

HOLDER, Sir  Frederick William – 11 August 1900 : Adelaide : birthday greetings : 479/2/17

HOPETOUN,  7th Earl – 14 May 1902 : Melbourne: thanks Lord Tennyson for arrangements for his visit to South Australia; comments on interview with Alfred Deakin about his (Hopetoun’s) resignation; comments on the Senate : 479/2/200

HOPETOUN,  7th Earl – 19 May 1902 : Melbourne his resignation as Governor-General; comments on the two residences of the Governor-General and on Lord Tennyson as acting Governor-General : 479/2/201

JEFFERIS, Rev.  – 31 November 1900 : Gilberton, South Australia: encloses a book written by his daughter; expresses thanks as President of the Council of Churches for Lord Tennyson’s Commonwealth Prayer : 479/2/67  

JENKINS, John Greeley, – 30 August 1901 : Adelaide : threatened dissolution of the South Australian Parliament and reduction of members : 479/2/137

JERSEY,  7th Earl – 13 November 1899 : Middleton Park, Bicester, England : rumour that he will be offered the Governor-Generalship of Australia; comments on future position of State Governors : 479/2/120

JOHNSTON, I. – 4 February 1902 : Clandeboye, Ireland : forwards a copy of the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava’s rectorial address : 479/2/191

LAMINGTON,  2nd Baron – 8 July 1902: London : Lord Tennyson’s appointment as acting Governor-General; comments on salary and position of Governor-General, and on Sir Edmund Barton and Lord Hopetoun : 479/2/211 [Lord Lamington was a former Governor of Queensland] 

LE HUNTE, Sir  George Ruthven, – 14 June 1903 : Townsville : his appointment as Governor of South Australia; personal matters; comments on Robinson [?] in New Guinea and of a successor to his (le Hunte’s) position as Lieutenant-Governor of New Guinea : 479/2/289

LE HUNTE, Sir  George Ruthven, – 10 August 1903 : Adelaide : comments on Commonwealth Government’s legislation to prohibit liquor in New Guinea : 479/2/298

[LORNE, Marquess] : 23 January 1901 : Kensington, London: death of Queen Victoria:  479/2/99

LUSHINGTON, Sir  Franklin, – 27 April 1900 : London : personal matters; brief comment on Lord Tennyson’s appointment as Governor of South Australia : 479/2/89

LUSHINGTON, Sir  Franklin, – 30 December 1900 : Tunbridge Wells : personal matters; brief comment on salary of Governors : 479/2/81

LUSHINGTON, Sir  Franklin, – 24 April 1901 : Swanage [?] : personal matters; death of Queen Victoria; 479/2/97

LYGON, Lady Mary, – 22 February 1901 : London : death of Queen Victoria; proposed voyage out with Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York : 479/2/102

MADDEN, Sir John,  Chief of Justice – 6 June 1900: Melbourne : compromise clause in Commonwealth Constitution Bill and attitude toward same in Victoria : 479/2/39

MARTEN, R Humphrey, – 8 June 1900: Adelaide : medical practitioner : 479/2/31

MAURICE,  – 16 January 1901 (date of despatch) : London: consenting to his son joining the South African contingent : 479/2/93

MAURICE, Richard G.  – 6 January [1901?]: Adelaide : resigns as tutor to Lord Tennyson’s children : 479/2/72

MILNER,  1st Viscount – 14 July 1903 : Johannesburg, South Africa : the possibility of him succeeding Lord Tennyson as Governor General of Australia; his work in Transvaal; the South African scene; personal matters : 479/2/300     

NORTHAMPTON,  5th Marquess – 18 January 1903: Castle Ashby, Northampton : introduces representatives of the British and Foreign Bible Society visiting Australia : 479/2/294

O’CONNOR, Richard Edward – 24 November 1902 : Sydney : Lord Tennyson’s appointment as Governor-General; comment on Sir Edmund Barton : 479/2/217

O’NEILL, Nance,  – [1900?] : express thanks for a gift of poems and plays: 479/2/44

O’REILY, John,  Archbishop – 5 February 1901 : Glen Osmond, South Australia : expression of sympathy at death of Queen Victoria : 479/2/91

O’REILY, John,  Archbishop – 30 September 1901 : Glen Osmond, South Australia : thanks Lord Tennyson for a donation and Lady Tennyson for opening a church institution : 479/2/143

RANFURLY,  5th Earl – 24 November 1902: Hobart : congratulates Lord Tennyson on appointment as Governor-General : 479/2/229

RAWSON,  Sir Harry Holdsworth, Admiral – 22 November 1902 : Sydney : congratulates Lord Tennyson on appointment as Governor-General : 479/2/219

RAWSON,  Sir Harry Holdsworth, Admiral – 22 October 1903 : [Sydney ?] : comment on Lord Tennyson’s misunderstanding with Sir George Sydenham Clarke, the Governor of Victoria; personal matters : 479/2/307

REID, J. – 13 August 1900 : Goodwood, South Australia: returned soldier from South African War thanks Lord Tennyson for assistance in obtaining employment : 479/2/134

RITCHIE, E. M. – 16 November ?  : Florence: personal matters : 479/2/253

RICHIE, Emily – 30 January 1901 : London: personal matters; death of Queen Victoria : 479/2/96

ROBERTS,  1st Earl, Field Marshal – 6 November 1901 : London : personal matters; reference to treatment of Mr. Makin by the Army and apology : 479/2/185

ROBERT, F. T. – 4 May 1900: Adelaide : outlines the Advertiser’s policy on the question of the appeals clause in the Commonwealth Constitution Bill : 479/2/28

SANDFORD, A. W. – 7 March 1903: draws attention to omissions from a reported speech on the benefits of Federation: 479/2/263 

SELBORNE,  2nd Earl – 2 March 1901: London : comments on naval defence of Australia : 479/2/83

SELBORNE,  2nd Earl – 14 August 1903 : London : naval matters Australia – pay, discipline, destroyers : 479/2/317

SIGNOR,  pseud. See  WATTS, George Frederick

SMITH, Marshall, Lieutenant – 11 August 1900 : Large Bay, South Australia; birthday greetings to Lord Tennyson : 479/2/16

SMITH, Robert Barr, – 22 July ? : Torrens Park, South Australia : farewell letter of good wishes : 479/2/172

SMITH, Robert Barr, – 14 August 1900 : Torrens Park, South Australia: comments on trade and tariffs : 479/2/46

SMITH, Robert Barr,  South Australian pastoralist, businessman, and philanthropist – 12 July 1901: Adelaide : bust of Alfred, 1st Baron Tennyson, presented to National Gallery, Adelaide : 479/2/113

SOWDEN, Sir William John – 4 May 1900 : Adelaide : outlines his attitude of the appeal clause of the Commonwealth Constitution Bill : 479/2/38

STIRLING, Sir Edward Charles – 18 May 1901 : Montreal, Canada : describes his visit to Canada and the United States of America : 479/2/107

STIRLING, Sir Edward Charles – 16 November 1902 : Mount Lofty, South Australia : personal matters; congratulations on Lord Tennyson’s appointment as Governor-General : 479/2/223

SUSMANN, W [?] James – 22 May ?: Melbourne : describes an inspection of the Adelaide Children’s Hospital and comments on the management in several aspects : 479/2/193

TENNYSON, Alfred Aubrey – 7 December 1903 : Adelaide : personal matters : 479/2/346

TENNYSON, Audrey Georgiana Florence,  Lady – 30 October 1901 : Victor Harbour, South Australia: personal matters : 479/2/115

TODD, Sir Charles – 11 August 1900 : Adelaide : letter of birthday greetings : 479/2/47

TODD, Sir Charles – 5 December 1902 : Adelaide : congratulates Lord Tennyson on appointment as Governor-General; comment on Outer Harbour, South Australia : 479/2/225

UNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA – 12 January 1904 : Melbourne : credit deposit notice : 479/2/248

VICTORIA, Queen of Great Britain – 18 September 1899 (date of receipt): Balmoral: asks for communication from Lord Tennyson: 479/2/49 [telegram]

WAITE,  ?  , of MacMillan and Company, publishers – 2 December 1901 : London : personal matters : Alfred, 1st Baron Tennyson’s poetry; credits of money; the Copyright Bill : 479/2/154  

WALKER, Rev. John – 10 April 1903: Woollahra, New South Wales: letter of good wishes: 479/2/282

WALLINGTON, Captain Edward William, Private Secretary to Lord Tennyson, later Clerk of the Federal Executive Council – 6 September 1901: Melbourne: personal matters; comments on the 1st Federal Parliament, C. C. Kingston and G. H. Reid: 479/2/139

WALLINGTON, Captain Edward William, Private to Lord Tennyson, later Clerk of the Federal Executive Council – 12 September 1901: Melbourne: incorporation of South Australian emblem (piping shrike) in the Great Seal; personal maters: 479/2/141

WALPOLE, [Sir?] S[pencer?] – 2 February 1901: Ospadaletti, Italy: war in South Africa; Imperial Federation:479/2/95

WARE, Arthur – 10 August 1900: Adelaide: letter of birthday wishes: 479/2/45

WARREN, Herbert [?] – 25 January 1901: Oxford: death of Queen Victoria; literary matters: 479/2/100

WATTS, George Frederick – 25 September 1903: Kensington: London: copying of painting of Alfred, 1st Baron Tennyson: 479/2/309

WAY, Sir Samuel James, Chief Justice – 15 February ?: Noarlunga, South Australia: comments on a speech by Lord Tennyson on tariff proposals, personal matters: 479/2/187

WAY, Sir Samuel James, Chief Justice – n.d.: Sydney: possible future appointments for Lord Tennyson: 479/2/90

WAY, Sir Samuel James, Chief Justice – n.d.: [Adelaide]: congratulates Lord Tennyson on his appointment as Governor-General [copy]: 479/2/168

WAY, Sir Samuel James, Chief Justice – 19 April 1900: North Adelaide: informal acknowledgment of Lord Tennyson’s gift of sketches to National Gallery, Adelaide: 479/2/30

WAY, Sir Samuel James, Chief Justice – 25 September 1903: comments on the judges of the High Court of Australia, viz. Sir Samuel Griffith, Sir Edmund Barton and R. E. O’Connor; comments on contemporary political scene: 479/2/338

WINGFIELD, Sir Edward – 3 February 1899: London: comments on possible effect of Australian Federation and the appointment of a Governor-General on the position of a State Governor, and urges Lord Tennyson to accept the South Australian governorship: 479/2/5

WINGFIELD, Sir Edward – 4 February 1899: London: advises Lord Tennyson of Joseph Chamberlain’s confirmation of the comments in his [Wingfield’s] letter of 3rd February 1899 (479/2/5) and expresses Chamberlain’s hope that Tennyson will accept the South Australian appointment: 479/2/6

WOODS, M  L  – 9 April 1903: Berkhamstead: death of her father (a former Dean of Westminster Abbey); brief reference to Australian Federation: personal matters: 479/2/232

(b) Drafts and copies of letters sent by Hallam, 2nd Baron Tennyson

BALFOUR, EARL – 20 May 1902 : Adelaide : possibility of Balfour being appointed Governor-General of Australia; comments on Lord Hopetoun and the expense of his office: 479/2/127

BARTON, Sir Edmund – January 1903 : Marble Hill, South Australia : conduct of Governor-General’s correspondence (including secret and confidential correspondence), with a reference to Alfred Deakin : 479/2/273

[draft]

BARTON, Sir Edmund – February 1903 : Melbourne: Marble Hill, South Australia: new cipher; Lord Tennyson’s railway removal expenses; position and duties of official secretary to the Governor-General, with a reference to Alfred Deakin: 479/2/275 [draft]

BARTON, Sir Edmund – 24 September 1903 : Melbourne : Barton’s resignation as Prime Minister [draft]: 479/2/251

BEATRICE MARY VICTORIA PEODORE,  Princess, 5th daughter of Queen Victoria – n.d. : [Adelaide] : raising funds for families of officers and men serving in South Africa; describes South Australia’s attitude and activities in relation to the South African War :  479/2/43  [draft]

BIRRELL, Alfred Browning Stanly (son of Eleanor, née Tennyson, Mrs Augustine Birrell)

[BIRRELL, Alfred] – 6 June 1900 : Adelaide: personal remarks by Lord Tennyson on his relations with the addressee of the letter [draft] : 479/2/40

[BIRRELL, Alfred] – 4 November 1903 : Melbourne : comments on likely extravagance of display by Lord Northcote and advises against it: 479/2/315

[CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph] – n.d. : Adelaide : suggesting it be urged on Commonwealth Government to care for Aborigines, or that strong representations to made to the State Government; describes Aborigines serious plight; forwards copy of a report on the Aborigines by Dr. W. E. Roth [copy of the report attached] : 479/2/77 [draft]

[CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph] – n.d. : Adelaide: attitude in South Australia and elsewhere toward the Commonwealth Constitution Bill : 479/2/121

CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph – n.d. : Adelaide : appeal clause in Commonwealth Constitution Bill [draft] : 479/2/122

[CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph] – n.d. : Adelaide : Lord Tennyson comments on his salary and need for subsidy; South Australia budget and Northern Territory deficit; his position in relation to the Governor-General : 479/2/124

CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph –  n.d. : [Adelaide] : Australian troops in the South African War; possibility of Australian troops being reviewed in England by Queen; consultation of Australian States in the settlement of South African War; proposed Imperial Federation and Imperial Federation Council [draft] : 479/2/128

CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph –  n.d. : Adelaide: treatment of aborigines; Lord Tennyson seeks assistance of Colonial Office or the Imperial Government in making the position of aborigines a matter of Commonwealth concern : 479/2/192   [draft] 

CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph – n.d. : Australian military policy : 479/2/265 [draft]

CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph – 1 November 1899 : Adelaide : South Australia’s loyal attitude; raising of contingents for the South African War; possible position of State Governors after Federation : 479/2/51 [draft]

CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph – 6 February 1900 : Adelaide : appointment of C. C. Kingston as adviser on the Commonwealth Bill in London; attitude in South Australia toward alterations to the Bill; salaries of State governors (Labour Party view mentioned); departure of South African war contingent : 479/2/22 [draft]

CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph – 17 April 1900 : [Adelaide?] : Australian troops serving in South Africa; consultation with Australian states on settlement of South African War; Imperial federation and defence : 479/2/13 [draft]

CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph – 10 July 1900 : Adelaide : Lord Tennyson’s private secretary and A. D. C. resigned; possible reduction of his salary; requests instructions as to his position : 479/2/42 [draft]

[CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph] – 17 July 1901 : Adelaide : brief account of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York : 479/2/129 [draft]

CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph – 30 July 1901 : Lord Tennyson’s views on position and work of State Governors, their qualifications – all in relation to the new office of Governor-General: 479/2/117 [copy]

[CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph] – 4 December 1901 : Adelaide : comment on and disapproval of honours being recommended only by the Governor-General; suggests a special order for public servants – ‘Order of the Southern Cross’ : 479/2/150 [draft]

[CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph] – 1 August 1901 : Adelaide : award of C.M.G. for Capt. C. J. Clare of the Protector: 479/2/116 [code message]

CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph – 7 October [1902?] : [Melbourne?] : salary and position of acting Governor-General; acting Governor-General’s part in crisis of the Imperial Government not appointing a permanent successor to Lord Hopetoun : 479/2/214 [draft]

CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph – 15 October 1902 : Melbourne : salary of Governor-General; ‘uninformed’ criticism of Australian affairs by British press : 479/2/215 [draft]

CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph – 4 March 1903 : Melbourne : the South African situation; suggest that new Governor-General arrive before his (Tennyson’s) departure from Australia in order to give advice; note on Sir Edmund Barton; suggests Sir Harry Rawson (Governor of New South Wales) as a possible successor if no other available; offers his services as governor-general of Canada; comment on Sir George Reid and a forthcoming Federal election : 479/2/280 [draft]

CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph?] – 11 March 1903 : Adelaide : Australian defence and military forces; possible Labour Party opposition to defence plans; comments on Australians regarding themselves in alliance with Britain : 479/2/281 [draft]

CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph – 11 August 1903 : [Melbourne?] : notes of a conversation with the Prime Minister [Sir Edmund Barton] on subject of Preferential Tariff : 479/2/299 [draft]

GREAT BRITAIN – Admiralty – See  SELBORNE, 2nd Earl

GREAT BRITAIN – Colonial Office – See  CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph and Onslow,  4th Earl

GUNNER,          , of  Newport, Isle of Wright – 4 June 1903 (date sent) : [Melbourne?] : purchase of land : 479/2/345 [telegram]

HOLDER, Sir Frederick William, – 8 April 1900 – Adelaide : comments on Appeal Clause in Commonwealth Constitution Bill : 479/2/125 [draft]

HOLDER, Sir Frederick William – 13 April 1900 : Adelaide : Commonwealth Constitution Bill : 479/2/126 [draft]

HOLDER, Sir Frederick William – 9 July 1902 : [Melbourne?] : Lord Tennyson as acting Governor-General and his salary: 479/2/209

HOPETOUN,  7th Earl – 28 February 1902 : Adelaide : Lord Tennyson suggests that Lord Hopetoun hold a small ‘durbah’ as a means of establishing the situation of Governor-General and Governors : 479/2/190 [draft]

JAMES, Rev. W  F – 1 January 1900 : Adelaide : Lord Tennyson acknowledges pamphlet and refers to achievment of Methodist Union : 479/2/2 [draft]

JENKINS, John Greeley - 7 July 1902 : [Melbourne?] : Lord Tennyson’s occupancy of Government House, Adelaide; his resignation as Governor of South Australia and his position in relation to his office as acting Governor-General : 479/2/210 [draft]

NORTHCOTE,  1st Baron – 16 September 1903: Lord Tennyson outlines the position of Governor-General; comments on use of coloured labour in the Northern Territory; defence; political parties; administrative matters – A. D. C.’s and private secretaries; review dress; periods spent in various states :  479/2/78 [typescript draft]

NORTHCOTE,  1st Baron – 16 September 1903 : Melbourne : Lord Tennyson comments on Preferential tariff policy; feeling of States toward Commonwealth Government and what the Governor-General may do in this matter through his position; coloured labour in the Northern Territory; Imperial defence; politics and political parties; allowance of the Governor-General; uniform; periods spent in cities of Australia; absence of Governor-General from the Executive Council; rail travel; relations with State governors and with ministers of government; vice-regal establishments; Australia’s relations with the South Pacific and New Guinea; personal comment on Australian character; Governor-General to live within salary : 479/2/320 [typescript draft]

ONSLOW,  4th Earl – 25 February 1903 : Melbourne : Australian defence matters; raising of volunteers; sentiments of Australian people and government : 479/2/277 [draft]

PENNEFATHER, Dr. F  W – 13 June 1900 : Adelaide : Pennefather’s salary : 479/2/41 [copy]

SELBORNE,  2nd Earl – 22 April 1901 : Adelaide : naval matters in Australia; armament, range of ships, raising of a naval reserve : 479/2/104 [draft]

SELBORNE,  2nd Earl – [May?] August 1902 : naval affairs in Australia and Sir John Forrest’s opinion; comment on office of Governor-General, Sir John Forrest, and Lord Hopetoun : 479/2/118 [draft]

SOUTH AUSTRALIA – Minister of Education – n. d. Lord Tennyson suggests the advantage of studying the Western Australian system of education : 479/2/123 [draft]

STATE GOVERNORS – 24 February 1903 : Melbourne : memorandum on constitutional position of Governor : 479/2/276 [draft]

STATE GOVERNORS – n. d. : draft of a despatch by Lord Tennyson to State Governors relating to their position as heads of the Army in the states, and in relation to his position as Governor-General : 479/2/314 [draft]

VICTORIA, Queen of Great Britain – n. d. draft of proposed despatch to the Queen setting out domestic details of the Tennysons’ journey to South Australia and life in that State; brief comments on South Australian social and political life, with references to C. C. Kingston and the rural scene : 479/2/33 [draft]

VICTORIA, Queen of Great Britain  – January 1900 : [Adelaide] : loyal sentiments and good wishes : 479/2/20 [draft]

VICTORIA, Queen of Great Britain  – 21 November 1900 [?] : Adelaide : Lord Tennyson comments on approaching Federation; visit to settlements on the River Murray; his interest in the Aborigines : 479/2/64 [draft]

WAY, Sir Samuel James,  Chief – n. d. : Lord Tennyson’s occupancy of Government House, Adelaide : 479/2/208 [draft]

(c) Miscellaneous draft of letters (unadressed) sent by Hallam, 2nd Baron

Tennyson 

EDWARD VII, King of Great Britain. – n. d. Adelaide : details of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York : 479/2/131 [draft]

[CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph] – n. d. : draft letter in Lady Tennyson’s handwriting [?] stating it is believed Lord Hopetoun has resigned and asking that [Lord Tennyson] be considered for the appointment as Governor-General if this is correct [contains alterations and additions by Lord Tennyson] : 479/2/151 [draft]

(d) Miscellaneous copies of letters, draft notes and draft speeches by Lord

Tennyson

Charles Cameron Kingston to Sir John Forrest – 20 April 1899 : Adelaide : on the subject of conciliation and arbitration; sets out Kingston’s endeavours, opinions, and the situation in South Australia : 479/2/12  [copy]

Draft notes by Lord Tennyson on Imperial Defence Council and defence matters : 479/2/53

Draft of speech by Lord Tennyson delivered to Gawler (South Australia) Show,  19 September 1900 : 479/2/55

Draft notes by Lord Tennyson on Appeal Clause in the Commonwealth Constitution Bill : 479/2/74 and 479/2/76

Typescript notes on the office of the Governor-General in relation to the Governors of the States, written by the Governor of Victoria (Sir George Sydenham Clarke) and approved by the Governor-General – commenting on precedence, etiquette, administrative arrangements, Australians and their attitude to the Pacific and New Guinea, and Parliamentary ministers : dated September 1903 : 479/2/79 and 479/2/321 (portion only)

Statement on political scene in South Australia (possibly by Sir James Penn Boucaut, Judge of the South Australian Supreme Court) commenting on C. C. Kingston, the anarchist Singer, E. G. Day of the South Australian Register and Single Tax, the Appeal Clause in the Commonwealth Constitution Bill; Thomas Playford’s role in South Australian politics : 479/2/119

Lord Tennyson to Joseph Chamberlain, Colonial Secretary (?) : comments on qualities, salary and duties of Governors in relation to the Governor-General : 479/2/130  [draft]

Documentary quotes of Walter Bagehot and other constitutional writers from Sir James Penn Boucaut to Lord Tennyson in his (Tennyson’s) issue with (name excised) over the liberating of a Russian sailor, Andersen : dated 22 August 1901 and addressed from Adelaide : 479/2/133

Draft note by Lord Tennyson referring to the office of Governor of Victoria possibly being abolished : 479/2/156

Draft notes by Lord Tennyson of a speech to school-boys : 479/2/159

Draft notes by Lord Tennyson for a speech (contains reference to Miles Franklin) : 479/2/162

Draft notes by Lord Tennyson on Imperial Union, with a reference to his father’s part in this work : 479/2/163

Draft notes by Lord Tennyson for a speech to University students : 479/2/164

Draft notes by Lord Tennyson for a farewell speech : 479/2/255

Draft notes by Lord Tennyson for a speech : 479/2/274

Typescript of a farewell message by Lord Tennyson to the Prime Minister and people of Australia: dated January 1904 : 479/2/337

Statement by Lord Tennyson on constitutional position of the Administrator of the Government in relation to powers, allowances, etc. : 479/2/343

Typescript draft of a farewell message from Lord Tennyson to the Australian Parliament : 479/2/344

(e) Miscellaneous letters

Lady Stirling to Lady Tennyson : 27 June [1902?] : Strathalbyn, South Australia : thanks Lady Tennyson for congratulations on award of honour [knighthood?] to Sir John Lancelot Stirling : 479/2/178 [on the same letter is a draft in pencil (possibly in Lady Tennyson’s handwriting) from Lady Tennyson to King Edward VII referring to the king’s recent illness.]

Audrey Georgiana Florence, Lady Tennyson, to her brother Capt. Cecil William Boyle serving in the South African War – 24 March 1900 : Marble Hill, South Australia : describes the South Australian domestic scene; enlisting of men in the South Australian Bushmen’s Contingent; cricket ability of Lionel Hallam Tennyson (later English Test captain) : 479/2/29

Audrey Georgiana Florence, Lady Tennyson, to Eleanor [Margaret Boyle?, wife of Capt. Cecil William Boyle] – 4 June 1900 : Adelaide : domestic matters : 479/2/66

Emily, Lady Tennyson, wife of Alfred, 1st Baron Tennyson, to Miss Parkes (daughter of Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of New South Wales – 29 September 1882 : Aldworth, Haslemere, Surrey : comments on politics in New South Wales; domestic matters : 479/2/331

(f) Photographs

3 photographs of G. F. Watts and his statue of Alfred, 1st Baron Tennyson. 13cm x 10cm. 

Photograph of G. F. Watts’ studio and home. 13½ cm x 17cm

2 photographs of Alfred, 1st Baron Tennyson. 15cm x 11cm


Appendix 1, Part B

Index to Series 2 : Drafts and copies of letter written by or sent to Hallam, 2nd Baron Tennyson, and contained in the entries written in the diaries for the years 1900 to 1903, together with copies of some miscellaneous letters. Note : the dairy entries also contain drafts and copies of telegrams sent and received, and these have not been indexed.

(a) Draft of letters sent by Hallam, 2nd Baron Tennyson

BALFOUR, [Arthur James – 9 January 1902 : [Adelaide] : British Copyright Bill : 479/2,  Diary for 1902,  p. 2

BARTON, Sir Edmund – 26 December 1902 : administrative arrangements affecting the Governor-General’s private secretary : 479/2/,  Diary for 1902,  p. 52

BARTON, Sir Edmund – 15 January 1903 : naval matters : 479/2,  Diary for 1903, p.3

BARTON, Sir Edmund – 28 January 1903 : summoning executive council; interstate report on Murray River : 479/2,  Diary for 1903,  p. 5

BARTON, Sir Edmund – 25 February 1903 : Lord Tennyson’s railway expenses : 479/2,  Diary for 1903,  p. 9

BARTON, Sir Edmund – 9 July 1903 : Lord Tennyson advises Sir Edmund Barton to ‘drop’ an (unspecified) bill : 479/2,  Diary for 1903,  p. 37

BARTON, Sir Edmund –  [22 September] 1903 : on Sir Edmund Barton’s decision to enter the High Court of Australia : 479/2,  Diary for 1903,  p. 39

BARTON, Sir Edmund –  [22 September] 1903 : Prince of Wales (later King George V) becoming Colonel-in-Chief of Australian Light Horse regiments : 479/2,  Diary for 1903,  p. 39

BARTON, Sir Edmund –  [24 September] 1903 : accepting Sir Edmund Barton’s resignation as Prime Minister of Australia : 479/2, Diary for 1903,  p. 39

BEATRICE MARY VICTORIA FEDORE, Princess, – 6 March 1901 : [Adelaide] : death of Queen Victoria : 479/2,  Diary for 1901,  p. 10

CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph, – 23 February 1901 : [Adelaide] : Lord Tennyson declines offer of governorship of Queensland; comments on Federal politics and Commonwealth-State relations: 479/2,  Diary for 1901,  p. 8

CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph,  – 12 May 1902 : Adelaide : visit of Lord Hopetoun to Adelaide; Lord Tennyson’s suggestions as to the qualities of a successor to Lord Hopetoun as Governor-General and the urgency of the situation : 479/2,  Diary for 1902,  p. 20

CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph,  – 10 June 1902 : [Adelaide] : Lord Tennyson comments on his taking up the position of acting Governor-General : 479/2, Diary for 1902,  p. 24

CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph,  – 10 July 1902 : [Adelaide] : Lord Tennyson about to take up office as acting Governor-General; comments on the allowance of the Governor-General : 479/2,  Diary for 1902,  p. 28

CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph,  –  [23 August?] 1902 : the title of ‘Honourable’ not being granted to members of the 1st Federal Parliament; Lord Tennyson describes his visit to the eastern States (including Tasmania); gives the opinion that he is liked by his ministers; comments on the qualities needed in Australian governors; comments on the Governor-General’s allowance : 479/2,  Diary for 1902, p. 34

CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph,  – 6 August 1903 : Lord Tennyson comments on his work as Governor-General; recommends Lord Richard Nevill for post as an A. D. C. with the next Governor-General : 479/2,  Diary for 1903,  p. 32

CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph,  – 8 August 1903 : Lord Tennyson comments on Lord Northcote as his successor, and on his own part in being a founder of the Commonwealth of Australia : 479/2,  Diary for 1903,  p. 32

[CLARKE, Sir George Sydenham, Governor of Victoria?] – [8 December] 1902 : friction between Lord Tennyson and the addressee see over political issue relating to the Commonwealth : 479/2,  Diary for 1902,  p. 50

DEAKIN, Alfred – 5 July 1902 : [Adelaide] : Lord Tennyson enquires about Federal Government House, Sydney : 479/2,  Diary for 1902,  p. 27

DEAKIN, Alfred – [17 August] 1903 : on the subject of conciliation and arbitration, Lord Tennyson comments on labour disputes : 479/2,  Diary for 1903,  p. 34

E.  ?  , Arthur – [1903] : Lord Tennyson comments on his work as Governor-General; the High Court of Australia; preferential tariff; newspaper opposition to the Commonwealth; the Defence Bill and the Conciliation and Arbitration Bill : 479/2, Diary for 1903,  p. 28

FANSHAWE, Sir Arthur D., Vice-Admiral – 24 April 1903 : Australian naval matters : 479/2,  Diary for 1903,  p. 17

FOSTER, Richard Witty – 19 March 1903 : Government House, Adelaide : 479/2,  Diary for 1903,  p. 12

GREAT BRITAIN – Colonial Office – See CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph, and LYTTELTON, Alfred

GREAT BRITAIN – Admiralty See SELBORNE,  2nd Earl

HOPETOUN,  7th Earl – 9 June 1901 : [Adelaide] : domestic arrangements between Lord Hopetoun and Lord Tennyson upon Lord Tennyson becoming acting Governor-General ; 479/2,  Diary for 1902,  p. 24

[JENKINS, John Greeley, Premier of South Australia] – 17 July 1900 : Adelaide : Commander of H. M. C. S. Protector : 479/2,  Diary for 1900,  p. 55

[JENKINS, John Greeley, Premier of South Australia] – 22 July 1902 : Government House, Adelaide : 479/2,  Diary for 1902,  p. 30

LYSTER, Colonel  – 22 September 1903 : criticism of Colonel Lyster in Federal Parliament : 479/2,  Diary for 1903,  p. 39

LYTTELTON, Alfred – [13 October] 1903 : Lyttelton’s appointment as Colonial Secretary; Lord Tennyson comments on loyalty of Australia people :  479/2,  Diary for 1903,  p. 42

LYTTELTON, Alfred – [25 November] 1903 : Lord Tennyson comments on Sir George Sydenham Clarke (Governor of Victoria) and recommends a successor : 479/2,  Diary for 1903,  p. 48

MAURICE, Richard G., tutor to Lord Tennyson’s children – 6 January 1901 : termination of his services as tutor : 479/2,  Diary for 1900,  p. 107 

NEVILL,  Lord Richard Plantagenet – 18 February 1902 : [Adelaide?] : Lord Tennyson requests copies of despatches sent to Lord Hopetoun and the copying telegrams : 479/2,  Diary for 1902,  p. 8

ROOSEVELT, Theodore,  President – [6 September] 1902 : congratulatory letter : 479/2,  Diary for 1902,  p. 36

SELBORNE, 2nd Earl – 23 August 1902 : Australia’s contribution to naval defence : 479/2,  Diary for 1902,  p. 35

(b) Copies of letters received

GEORGE V,  King of Great Britain – 20 July 1901 : on board the Ophir at Albany, Western Australia : thanks Lord Tennyson for hospitality during visit to Adelaide : 479/2,  Diary for 1901,  p. 29 

ROOSEVELT, Theodore, President of the United States of America – 15 October 1902 : Washington : thanks Lord Tennyson for his congratulatory message : 479/2, Diary for 1902,  p. 49

(c) Miscellaneous letter

Tennyson, Emily, Lady, wife of Alfred, 1st Baron Tennyson – 9 January 1894 : letter to Sir HENRY PARKES, commenting on English and New South Wales scenes and on personal matters : 479/2,  Diary for 1903,  p. 21


Appendix 2

Index to Series 4 : Letters received and sent by Hallam, 2nd Baron Tennyson, principally relating to the subject of the Secretary to the Federal Executive Council.

(a) Letters received by Hallam, 2nd Baron Tennyson

BARTON, Sir Edmund – 8 January 1903 : Sydney : secretary to the Executive Council : 479/4/1

BARTON, Sir Edmund – 24 January 1903 : Sydney : secretary to the Executive Council : 479/4/3

BARTON, Sir Edmund – 11 February 1903 : Sydney : the situation between Barton and Lord Tennyson over the issue of the secretary to the Executive Council; Lord Tennyson’s rail expenses : 479/4/10

BARTON, Sir Edmund – 27 February 1903 : Defence estimates; Barton’s tour of Tasmania; Lord Tennyson’s rail expenses and resultant friction with Barton : 479/4/11

BARTON, Sir Edmund – 23 December 1903 : Burradoo [N.S.W.] : suggested acquisition of New Hebrides Islands by British Government; non-white labour on mail contract ships; sugar excise duty; Naval Agreement; summoning of the Executive Council; swearing in of the Governor-General; secretary to the Executive Council : 479/4/14

DEAKIN, Alfred – 3 February 1903 : Melbourne : secretary to the Executive Council : 479/4/8

DEAKIN, Alfred – 10 February 1903 : Melbourne : friction between Lord Tennyson and Sir Edmund Barton over secretary to the Executive Council : 479/4/9

GREAT BRITAIN – Colonial Office – 24 April 1903 : London : Secretary of State for the Colonies’ opinion of the Governor-General’s constitutional position : 479/4/12 [with a carbon copy]

(b) Drafts and copies of letters sent by Hallam, 2nd Baron Tennyson

BARTON, Sir Edmund – 16 January 1903 [Melbourne?] : secretary to the Executive Council : 479/4/2              [draft]

BARTON, Sir Edmund – 28 January 1903 : Marble Hill, South Australia : secretary to the Executive Council : 479/4/4  [2 typescript copies]

           

BARTON, Sir Edmund –  2 February 1903 : strained relations between Lord Tennyson and Barton [over matter of secretary to Executive Council?] : 479/4/7

DEAKIN, Alfred – 31 February 1903 : Marble Hill, South Australia : secretary to the Executive Council : 479/4/6

[3 typescript copies]

NORTHCOTE,  1st Baron – 16 September 1903 : Lord Tennyson’s comments on matters relating to the position of Governor-General – administrative and procedural; political parties (the Labor Party); rail travel; domestic matters; Australian and New Zealand attitude towards South Pacific Islands and New Guinea; comment on Australian character: 479/4/13 [typescript copy]  

(c) Copies of telegrams exchange between Lord Tennyson and Sir Edmund Barton

28 January 1903 to 3 February 1903 : 479/4/5 [t