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Papers relating to Nassau Senior, 1764-1945, comprising travel journals, particularly to France and Italy, 1848-1863; lecture notes, 1826-1852; correspondence and papers of the Senior family, 1764-1907; diaries of Nassau Senior and his wife, 1830-1882; correspondence, 1764-1862, including substantial correspondence with Richard Whately, Protestant Archbishop of Dublin; papers relating to the Poor Law in England and Ireland, 1831-1864; papers on economic, social and political matters, 1821-1862; general letters 1764-1910, and papers of the Strachey family, 1911-1946.

Senior family papers. Arranged into family letters, 1764-1865 (E 1-194), letters from Nassau W. Senior to his wife, Mary Charlotte Senior (née Mair), 1831-1862 (E 195-371), correspondence addressed to Mrs M. C. M. Simpson (née Senior), 1855-1907 (E 372-710); and family deeds and documents, 1769-[c.1900] (E 711-817).

Journals of Nassau Senior, recording travels to Paris, Italy, Egypt, Greece and elsewhere. A personal name index to the contents of the journals, more detailed than the present catalogue, is available here <link to PDF/Nassau Senior Papers>.

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Paris, 29 March-2 May 1863. It includes conversations with: Lavergne; Lanjuinais; Prince Napoleon; Jules Simon; Mdme. Cornu; Corcelle; Drouyn de l'Huys Thiers; Montalembert; Dayton; Circourt; Duchatel; Dumon; Michel Chevalier, Auguste Chevalier; Renan; Buffet; Broglie; Guizot; Changarnier; Don Guitierrez de Estrade; John Murray Forbes (1813-1898); William M. Evarts (1818-1901); Hotze et al. The conversations relate mainly to the political situation in France, Poland, USA and Mexico. There are also comments on religion; Sweden & Finland; the Bible; and the forthcoming French elections.
Notes: (i) ff. 46-7: copies of a letter from Corcelle to Lamartine and the latter's reply, dated 2 April 1863 and 3 April 1863 respectively [French]; (ii) ff. 186-7: copy of a letter by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna [of Mexico] dated 1 July 1854 [French translation]; (iii) f. 194: holograph note from Drouyn de l'Huys to S., dated 29 April 1863 [French]; (iv) ff. 197-202: copies of a series of letters to and from Sir Charles Wyke (1815-1897) to Lord John Russell re. Mexico (June 1861-January 1862). [Published in: Conversations ... during the Second Empire...].

Correspondence, arranged into Senior correspondence, 1811-1863 (C 1-829) and miscellaneous letters, 1812-1863 (C 830-871).

Senior correspondence, arranged alphabetically by correspondent. For Baron Ashburton, 1836, see W. B. Baring (C 86); Blanco White, Joseph, 1831, see White, Joseph Blanco (C 822); Lord Brougham, 1832, see appendix I (ii) <link to PDF/Nassau Senior Papers>; (?) C. G. B. Daubeny, c.1819, see appendix I (xi) <link to PDF/Nassau Senior Papers>; Charles Hindley, 1830, see appendix I (vii) <link to PDF/Nassau Senior Papers>; Viscount Howick, see Earl Grey (C 115-125); Lefevre, 1833, see Shaw-Lefevre, Sir John George (C 369); Edward John Littleton, 1843, see Lord Hatherton (C 138-140); Bishop of Llandaff, 1830, see Edward Copleston (C 96); Louis Philippe d'Orleans, 1859-1863, see Orleans (C332-334); Henry Petty Fitzmaurice, 1831-1863, see Lord Lansdowne (C 164-238); William Thomas Petty Fitzmaurice, [?1834]-1835, see Lord Kerry (C 161-162); Senior family, 1764-[?1910], see class E; John Charles Spencer Spencer, 1831, see Lord Althorp (C 2); and G. W. F. Villiers, 1851, see Lord Clarendon (C 91).

Journal, being a copy of A44, ff. 172-320, and A46.

Journal, being a copy of A44, ff. 172-320.
Notes: (i) ff. 1-2 and 70-74 in this volume are omitted from A44; (ii) Journal marked: 'It is requested that no part of this journal be copied. NWS'; (iii) Includes list of contents.

Journal, being a copy of A44, ff. 1-170, and A45.

Journal containing holograph notes on Senior's visit to Ireland, 1 September-21 November 1862. It includes conversations with: Sir Frederic Heygate; Lord Monteagle; Bishop William Fitzgerald (1814-1883); Stephen Spring Rice; Stephen de Vere; Lord Rosse; Toler Garvey; W. S. Trench; Sir Robert Peel (1822-1895); Lord John Fitzgerald (1816-1889); Archbishop Whately et al. The discussions relate mainly to the economic, social and political state of Ireland, with comments on education; religious revivals; theology; terrorism; crime and punishment; the Poor Law; naval and military matters; episcopal promotions; emigration and immigration; philosophy; and the Irish constabulary.
[Published in: Journals... Ireland, vol. II, pp. 156-299].

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Paris, 7 March-13 April 1862. It includes conversations with: Henry Hotze [Confederate propagandist]; Simon; Prince Napoleon; Lavergne; Drouyn de l'Huys; Mdme. Cornu; Montalembert; Corcelle; Circourt; William Dayton (1807-64); John Slidell (1793-1871); Changarnier; Duvergier; Dumon; Auguste Chevalier; Thiers; Robert O. Doremus (1824-1906); John Bigelow (1817-1911); Thurlow Weed (1797-1882); Joseph Renan (1823-92); Dufaure; Guizot, et al. Conversations relate mainly to the political situation in France and Italy, and also to the American Civil War. There are also comments on slavery; French involvement in Mexico; China; class distinctions; Anglo-French relations; manufacture of gunpowder; and the Bible. [Published in: Conversations ... during the Second Empire...].

Journal, being a copy of A44, ff. 1-170.
Note: ff. 38-40, 58-62, 74-77, 105-108 in this volume are omitted from A44.

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Paris, 28 March-29 April 1861. It includes conversations with: Guizot; the Circourts; Lamartine: Duvergier; Changarnier; Drouyn de l'Huys; Count Jules de Lasteyrie (1810- ); Marquis de Chambrun (1827-80); Beaumont; St. Hilaire; Mme. Cornu; Fenelon; Simon; Vuitry; Count Ladislas Zamoyski (1803-68); Cowley; Lord Clyde (1792-1863); Merimee; Prince Napoleon; Kergorlay; M. Chevalier; Remusat; Lauget; A. Chevalier; Montalembert; Thiers; General Trochu (1815-96); A.B. [? - an American Unionist politician], et al. The conversations relate mainly to the political situation in France and Italy. There are also comments on the American Civil War; Tocqueville's letters; British defence; the Papacy; conscription; education; Russia and Poland; military matters; extradition; Germany; and the Duc d'Aumale's letter.
[Published in: Conversations ... during the Second Empire... ].

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to France and Switzerland (Tocqueville, Paris and Ouchy), 9 August-11 September 1861. It includes conversations with: Mdme. de Tocqueville; Beaumont; Ampere; Duvergier; Sir William Erle (1793-1880); Marochetti; Marquis Pallavicini; Dr James Alderson (1794-1882), et al. The discussions relate mainly to the political situation in France and Italy. There are also comments on Rome; social conditions in Normandy; the French Revolution; the class system in France; French literature; the political career of Tocqueville; the reign of Louis-Philippe; the American Civil War; Switzerland; legal matters; English and French art; and possible successors to Louis Napoleon.
[Published in: (i) Correspondence ... vol. II and (ii) Conversations ... during the Second Empire... ].

Journal (2 vols.) containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Paris, 6 May-3 June 1860. It includes conversations with Mohl; Remusat; Drouyn de l'Huys; Lavergne; Buffet; Chrzanowski; Mme. Confalonieri; Montalembert; Mme. Cornu; Tourguenief; Guizot; Prince Napoleon; Circourt; Thiers; Broglie; Lafitte; Duc de Gramant (1819-80); Jules Simon; Beaumont; Ampere et al. The discussions relate mainly to the political and diplomatic state of Europe, especially France, Britain, Austria, Italy, Russia, Turkey and Germany. There are also comments on art; Gladstone's budget; Garibaldi's invasion of Sicily; military matters; the Papacy; Tocqueville's letters, etc.
Note: (1) ff. 40-42 should be between ff. 23 and 24; (2) ff. 32-39, 42-52 copy of ff. 17-31, 151-171, 128-150, 257-258, 253-255, 259, 256, 287-289, 280-285, 373-394, 355-372; (3) ff. 32-39 and 43-52 include corrections by Mme. Mohl, and ff. 151-171 include corrections by Montalembert. [Published in Conversations with Distinguished Persons during the Second Empire (1860-3), edited by Mrs M. C. M. Simpson, 2 vols].

Journal containing notes [not in Senior's hand, but corrected by him] on Nassau William Senior's visit to France, 25 August-29 September 1860. It includes conversations with: Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868); Chrzanowski; Beaumont; Thiers; A. Chevalier; Simon; Guizot; Corneluis de Witt; Kergorlay; Corcelle; ?Drouyn de l'Huys [?A.B.]; Duvergier d'Hauranne; Changarnier; Barrot; Francois-Adolphe Chambolle (1802- ); Louis-Leonard de Loménie (1818-78); Fenelon; Merimee; Marshall Randon; Cousin; Ampere; Mme. Mohl, et al. Discussions relate mainly to the political situation in Europe, with particular attention being paid to Franco-Austrian relations; the military and political state of Italy; Russia; Turkey; Greece; Spain; Egypt; Hungary; and the Eastern Question. There are also comments on Beaumont's biography of Tocqueville; religion; education; languages; agriculture; and the events in France of 1848-51.
Notes: (1) Frontispiece: calitype photograph of Chartres; (2) S. has written on this journal 'It is requested that no part of this Journal be copied. NWS'; (3) notes [in French] in the hand of Duvergier d'Hauranne on ff. 183-184. [Published in: Conversations... during the Second Empire...].

Journal, being a copy of A38, ff. 1-223. Note: Senior has written in the journal: 'It is earnestly requested that no part of this journal be copied'.

Journal, being a copy of A38, ff. 1-223. Note: Senior has written in the journal: 'It is earnestly requested that no part of this journal be copied'.