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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.

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 two of Nassau William Senior's visits to Paris, 14-27 May 1848 and 12-22 May 1849. The political situation in France is discussed with a number of leading politicians and diplomats, including: Lord Normanby (1797-1863); Leon Faucher (1806-54); Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59); Horace Say (1794-1860); Gustave de Beaumont (1802-60); Count Arrivabene (1787-1881); Claude Bastiati (1801-79); Michel Chevalier (1806-79); Victor Cousin (1792-1867); Count Louis Mathieu Mole' (1781-1855); Mrs Grote (1792-1878); Louis Adolphe Thiers (1797-1877); Louis Wollowski (1810-76); Louis Joseph Buffet (1818-98); Jenny Lind (1820-87); George La Fayette (1779-1849); Claude de Corcelle (1802-92); James Kay-Shuttleworth (1804-77); Lord Abercromby (1776-1858) et al. There are descriptions of the French Assembly and Cour d'Assises, and of the events of the 1848 Revolution.
[Published in: (i) Journals Kept in France and Italy From 1848 to 1858, ed. by M. C. M. Simpson, vol. I, pp. 91-164; and (ii) Correspondence and Conversations with Count Alexis de Tocqueville (1834-59), ed. by M. C. M. Simpson, vol. I, pp. 41-51].

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Paris, 21 December 1851-8 January 1852. The large majority of the conversations relate to Louis Napoleon's coup d'état, with observations on particular events and forecasts of the future. Conversations with: Gallina; the Tocquevilles; Gino Capponi (1792-1876); Say; Faucher; Dunoyer; Sir William Molesworth (1810-55); Lord Wicklow; Anisson Duperron; Lord Normanby; Dumon; Broglie; Nicholas Creton (1798-1864); Lavergne; Sir Henry Ellis (1777-1855); Duchatel; Michel Chevalier; Sumner; Corcelle; Beaumont; M. Ballon (ex-Prefect of Montpelier); M. Chabroll (ex-Representative); M. d'Ozon (ex-clerk in Dept. of Interior); Mrs Grote; Guizot; M. Donoz (Spanish minister in Paris); Wollowski; M. de Circourt; Rivet; Lanjuinais; and Sir Frederick Adam. There is also a conversation with '... a friend whose name I must not mention' about effects on England and in particular on the Whig Party and Palmerston (ff. 6-9; omitted from published edition). Topics of conversation include the Whigs in England; French relations with the rest of Europe; English attitudes to Kossuth; the situation in Belgium and Holland; emigration; limitations on press and mail; the French in Algiers; Russia; and Prussia.
[Published in: (i) Journal Kept in France..., vol. 11, pp. 224-301, and (ii) Correspondence ..., vol. 11, pp.3-20].

Journal containing notes on Senior's visit to Brussels, 5-16 April 1852. The major topic of conversation is the political situation in Belgium in relation to the coup d'état in France. Conversations with: Leopold I, King of Belgium (1790-1865); Arrivabene; Conte du Lalaing (b. 1780); Philip de Molinari (1792-1870); Edouard Ducpetiaux (1804-68); Lamoriciere; Charles Rogier (1800-85); Hubert Frère-Orban (1812-96); Mr Gould [US minister in Hawaii], et al. There are conversations on English politics; Belgian agriculture, education, nobility, etc.; political situation in various European countries; Hawaii; and North Africa.
[Published in Conversations with M. Thiers, M. Guizot, and Other Distinguished Persons During the Second Empire, ed. by M. C. M. Simpson (London, 1878).]

Journal containing holograph notes on Senior's visit to Wales and Ireland, 12 August-15 October 1852. It includes conversations with Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis (1780-1855); George Cornewall Lewis (1806-63); Lord Monteagle (1790-1866); Stephen Spring Rice (1814-65); William Steuart Trench (1808-72) [Most of the conversations with Trench, an Irish land agent, were excluded from the published edition, presumably because the anecdotes were published by Trench in Realities of Irish Life, 1868]; Lord Rosse (1800-67) [some comments in his hand are to be found in the text, e.g. f.296 verso]; Professor Thomas Romney Robinson (1792-1882); Col. [Sir] Edward Sabine (1788-1883); Sir George Gabriel Stokes (1819-1903); John Couch Adams (1819-92); C. Otway [possibly John Hastings Otway, Q.C. - known as 'C.O.' in published edition]; Edward Senior (1807-65); Richard Whately [Archbishop of Dublin] (1787-1863), et al. The major topics of conversation relate to the political, administrative, economic and social condition of Ireland. There are lengthy discussions on: emigration; famine; terrorism; religion; education; Poor Law; cholera; astronomy. There are comments on Wales relating to the Poor Law; the Welsh language and the Rebecca riots. There are also descriptions of the Welsh and Irish countryside.
[Mostly published in: (i) M. C. M. Simpson, Many Memories of Many People, pp. 138-147. (ii) Journals, Conversations and Essays relating to Ireland, 2 vols, ed. by M. C. M. Simpson (1843-62), vol. I, pp. 265-313 and vol. II, pp. 1-70].

Journal containing holograph notes on Senior's conversations with Adolphe Thiers in London, 16 November-3 December 1852. It includes comments on Thiers's career as minister to Louis Philippe; the events of 1848; the political situation in Europe, particularly relating to Rome and Austria; the possibility of an invasion of England; military and naval administration in France; and comments on particular statesmen including Palmerston, Gladstone, Aberdeen, Guizot, Duchatel, et al.
[Published in Conversations with M. Thiers...].

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Paris, 8-24 May 1852. It includes conversations with Faucher; Thiers; Say; Guizot; Lavernge; Rivet; Ampere; Lord Cowley (1804-84); Circourt; Edward Ellice (1781-1863); Count Daru (1807-90); Tocqueville [sometimes referred to as 'T.A.']; Lanjuinais; Dumon; Lamartine; Victor Cousin; Barthelemy de St. Hilaire (1805-95); Wollowski; Hippolyte Dussard (1798-1876); Dunoyer; Corcelle, et al. The major topic of conversation is the political situation of France, with comments on the financial state of France; repression and corruption; the possibility of an European war and an invasion of England; possible successors to Louis Napoleon; Louis Napoleon's marriage; politics in England; Cuba and USA; the 'education of young ladies'; and military leaders.
[Published in: Conversations with M. Thiers...].

Journal containing holograph notes on Senior's visit to Paris, 4-28 February 1854. It includes conversations with: Faucher; Broglie; Thiers; Cousin; Circourt; Abel Villemain (1790-1867); Lavergne; Say; Rivet; Henry Ellis; Dumon; Duvergier de Hauranne; Duchatel; General Wojcieh Chrzanowski [Polish soldier; spelt by S.: Sharnowski]; Odillon Barrot; Count Kergorlay (1769-1856); Comte de Marcellus (b. 1800); Tocqueville ['T.A.'; there is a note by him on f. 178 verso]; Lanjuinais; Lamartine; Sir Howard Douglas (1776-1861), et al. The major topic of conversation is the Eastern Question and the imminent British and French intervention in the Crimean War. There are also comments on the political and economic situation in France; the political situation in various European countries, including Spain, Italy, Austria, Poland, Belgium and Russia; Louis Napoleon's character and relationship with his wife and Mrs Howard; military matters.
Attached to the journal is a typescript by Mrs Strachey of the sections omitted from the published edition. The journal also includes numerous comments by 'H.G.', presumably Mrs Grote. [Published in: Conversations with M. Thiers...].

Journal containing holograph notes on Senior's visit to Paris, 1-31 March 1854. It includes conversations with Dumon, Lamartine, Henri Martin (1810-83); Chrzanowski; Faucher; Buffet; Guizot; Duchatel; Thiers; Lanjuinais; Beaumont; Lord Cowley; Broglie; Lavergne; Cousin; General Delarue-Beaumarchais (1799-1878); Duvergier d'Hauranne; Alfred-François Nettement (b. 1805), Count Flahaut de la Billarderi (1785-1870); Circourt; Mignet; Kergorlay; Montalembert; Berryer, et al. The major topic of conversation is the Eastern Question and the effects of British and French intervention in the Crimean War. There are also comments on military affairs, particularly the relative strengths of the Russian, Turkish and French armies; Italy; the Austrian Empire; the political and economic state of France; the prosecution of Montalembert; and the worship of relics.
[Published in: Conversations with M. Thiers ...].

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Paris, 1-31 April 1854 (and also, briefly, to Tocqueville's home at St. Cyr, near Tours). It includes conversations with Chrzanowski; Broglie; Tocqueville; Circourt; Ellice; Say; Dumon; Guizot; Lanjuinais; Thiers; Berryer; Daniele Manin (1804-57); Montalembert, et al. Conversations centre on the Crimean War and its effects, and on Montalembert's trial at which S. was present. There are also comments on Anglo-French relations; centralisation in France; the political situation in Italy and the Austrian Empire; USA and Cuba; andLouis Napoleon's character.
[Published in: Conversations with M. Thiers.]

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Paris, 1-17 May 1854. It includes conversations with: Manin; Mohl; John Lemoinne (1815-92); Lavergne; Grimblot [civil servant]; Duvergier d'Hauranne; Broglie; Viel Castel; Cousin; Flahaut; Lanjuinais; Chrzanowski; Circourt; Thiers; Montalembert, et al. There are conversations on the Crimean War; 'the state of France'; German and Italian unity; China; Palmerston and Louis Philippe; Algeria; Austria; French literature; military matters; and Celtic peoples. There are also 2 appendices: (a) a copy of a letter written by Lord Hardinge (1822-94) commenting on Nassau William Senior's journals; (b) remarks made by Dr Franc of Berlin on Mohl's conversation of May 1 (in French).
[Published in: Conversations with M. Thiers...].

Journal containing holograph notes made by Senior at Kensington, 28 January-27 February and 7-22 July 1855. It includes conversations with Edward Ellice; Lord Lansdowne; Sir William Hayter (1792-1878); Sir Thomas Frederick Elliot (1808-80); Lord Aberdeen; Mrs Grote; Sir Henry Layard (1817-94); Dr Francis Jeune (1806-68); Sir Edward Colebrooke; Tom Taylor (1817-80); Lord Monteagle; Hastings Russell (1819-91); Lord Overstone (1796-1883); Sir John Mcneill (1795 1883); Sylvain Van de Weyer [Belgian Ambassador to London]; Duke of Argyll (1823-1900); George C. Lewis; Charles Villiers (1802-98); Remusat; John Delane (1817-79); Ralph Bernal Osborne (1808-82); Sir Charles Wood (1800-85), et al. There are conversations on the political difficulties in London; Russell's resignation; European diplomacy; the Crimean War and its repercussions; the Oxford Commission; Civil Service appointments; aristocratic government in England; Italy; andSpain and Portugal. Also included are: (i) an extract from a letter by Tocqueville, dated 22 January 1855 (ff. 3-4) (in French); and (ii) a newspaper cutting from the Times, 5 January 1936, being a letter from G. B. Henderson comparing Russell's resignation with that of Sir Samuel Hoare.
[Published in: Many Memories of Many People, pp. 148-230].

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to the Pyrenees, by way of Paris, 27 July-30 October 1849. The political situation in France and the rest of Europe is discussed with: Tocqueville; Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869); George Bancroft (1800-91); Normanby; Charles Dunoyer (1786-1862); Edward Twisleton (1809-74);. Sir James Lewis Knight-Bruce (1791-1866); Sir Richard Malins (1805-82); Faucher; Guilhaud de Lavergne (1809-80); Pierre Dumon (1797-1870); Auguste Chevalier, et al. There are extracts from Marshal Bugeaud's memoir of the events of 1848 and lengthy descriptions of the Pyrenees and S's journey through France.
[Partly published in: (i) Journals Kept in France..., vol. I, pp. 165-219, and (ii) Correspondence-, vol 1, pp. 65-70].

Journal containing holograph notes by Senior on his visit to Paris, 2-6 March and 18 May-14 June 1855. It includes conversations with: Tocqueville; Thiers; Manin; Merimee; Circourt; Chrzanowski; Ampere; Grimblot; Remusat; Broglie; Auguste Chevalier; Lamartine; Kergorlay; Mme. de Bury; St. Hilaire; Charles de Labaume ('avocat general'); Lavergne; Jules Simon (1814-?96); Mme. Cornu, et al. Topics of conversation include: the Crimean War; the death of Tsar Nicholas; Italy; Spain; Belguim; Africa; Papal power; the Institute; Anglo-French relations; Suez canal; various views on the state of France and of Louis Napoleon. Note: Part of the journal is in the hand of Chrzanowski (ff. 138-142,149-151, 154-155).
[Published in: Conversations with M. Thiers ...].

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Algeria, 13 March-17 May 1855. It includes conversations with: Viscomte de Fenelon; Mr Bell (British Consul in Algiers); Baron de Chabaud la Tour; Bishop of Algiers; General Gussuf, et al. There are discussions on and descriptions of Algeria. There are also comments on religion; French officialdom; and he Crimean War.

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Egypt, 18 November-31 December 1855. It includes conversations with: Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805-94); Said Pasha (1822-63); Linant Bey [Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds]; Mougel Bey; Lord Canning (1812-62); Sir Frederick Bruce (1814-67); Stephan Bey, et al. Most of the conversations relate to the Suez Canal, as S. accompanied a group of engineers on an international commission to study the feasibility of such a canal. There are descriptions of all aspects of Egyptian life.
[Published in: Conversations and Journals in Egypt and Malta, 2 vols., edited by M. C. M. Simpson].

Journal containing a continuation of the notes made by Senior on his visit to Egypt, 1-30 January 1856. It includes conversations with: Francis Gisborne; Bruce; Hekekian Bey; Cahil Effendi (American vice-consul in Egypt); Walne; Linant Bey; Lesseps, et al. There are comments on the Suez Canal; the Eastern Telegraph Co.; Mehemet Ali; Said Pasha; descriptions and anecdotes on Egyptian life.
[Published in: Conversations ... in Egypt...].

Journal containing a continuation of the notes made by Senior on his visit to Egypt, 1-28 February 1856. It includes conversations with Walne; Lesseps; Edhem Pasha (1815-90); Linant Bey; Gisborne; Bruce; Hekekian Bey; Mougel Bey; Said Pasha; Clot Bey; Cahil Effendi et al. There are conversations on the Suez Canal; Mehemet Ali; religion; and life in Egypt. Included is a copy of a letter from Francis Gisborne to Lord Canning, dated 20 February 1856, relating to the Eastern Telegraph Company.
[Published in: Conversations... in Egypt...].

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Alexandria, Egypt, 2-11 March 1856. It includes conversations with Bruce; Artim Bey; Clot Bey; Said Pasha; Hugh Thurburn; Bedross Effendi, et al. There are comments on the state of Cairo; the laws of the Turkish Empire; Mehemet Ali; the Suez Canal; and Greece. There is also an appendix containing: (i) a record of a conversation between S. and Ferdinand de Lesseps in Paris, 19 May 1856 (ff. 121-122); (ii) a copy of a letter (in French) from Said Pasha to de Lesseps (ff. 123-124); and (iii) a copy of part of a letter from Sir Frederick Bruce, 26 October 1856 (ff. 125-126).
[Published in: Conversations...in Egypt...].