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National Records of Scotland |
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GD268/714 |
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Bound volume of letters addressed to Sir HB and Lady Loch |
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Dates |
c 1860-1890 |
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Open |
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On site |
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1. 1860 December 28. Windsor Castle
Invitation in name of the Queen, to Mr Loch to dine and sleep at Windsor Castle the following day.
2. (1881)
Envelope addressed to Sir HB Loch, 5 Bryanston Square.
Presumably enclosing a missing letter from the Prince of Wales.
1890 February 27. Marlborough House
Albert Edward [prince of Wales] to Sir H B Loch, Government House, Cape Town. With the envelope.
Introduces Sir John Willoughby, captain in the Royal Horse Guards (the Blues).
3. 1879 September 18
Prince Leopold, later duke of Albany, to Mr Loch.
Sends a photograph and an engraving of himself as a recollection of his visit to the Isle of Man; asks for one of recipient and Mrs Loch in return; dreadful affair at Cabul [murder of Sir Louis Cavagnari, the British envoy, and staff in the legation there, on 3 Sept.] sad for poor Lytton.
4. 1881 November 20. Eastwell park.
Alfred, duke of Edinburgh, to Sir Henry Loch.
Apologises for suggesting a visit to the Isle of Man while recipient was in London; it may be possible in January.
5. 1878 ?December 16.
W E Gladstone to Mr Loch, governor of the Isle of Man, Douglas.
A postcard saying that Lady D. will do her best but is not sure of succeeding.
6. 1878 October 9. Hawarden
W E Gladstone to Loch as governor of the isle of Man.
Sends a cheque for £13 towards restoration of the cathedral; was glad to learn from a great Liverpool banker that the Mona Bank depositors are pretty sure to be paid in full; Liverpool `contrary to its wont' infected with the same warm feelings as the Isle of Man.
7. 1882 February 19. Clarence House, St James's SW
Alfred, duke of Edinburgh, to Lady Loch. With envelope.
Thanks for a letter with a recipe for a crab soufflé; will sign the photograph when it is sent to him.
8. 1868 December 13. The Grove, Watford.
George (Villiers), 8th earl of Clarendon.
On his becoming Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in Gladstone's government; thinks Gladstone will do well with his new team; writer has never seen him so calm and moderate and free from excitement since he was sent for; he has made a good impression on the queen and he is pleased with her manner to him.
9. n.y. December 29. Trentham, Staffs.
Harriet, wife of George, 2nd duke of Sutherland, to Captain Loch.
Congratulates him on his safe return [from captivity in China].
10. Saturday. Stafford House
Harriet, wife of George, 2nd duke of Sutherland, to Mr Loch.
An invitation to lunch.
11. Blank page
12. 1881 September 23. Castle Wemyss, Wemyss Bay
Anthony [Ashley-Cooper], 7th earl of Shaftesbury, to Sir Henry Loch.
Thanks for hospitality on a visit to the Isle of Man.
13. Blank page.
14. 1865 October 23.
Sir George Grey to HB Loch
Lord Palmerston's death a grievous loss; Lord Russell has been commissioned by the queen to carry on the government; their duty to give him all the assistance in their power.
15. Blank page.
16. 1863 August 15. Sunning Hill
Hugh [Gough], 1st viscount Gough, to HB Loch, governor, Isle of Man.
With envelope.
Thanks for kindness to Captain ?Stuart.
17. Blank page.
18. 1870 August 8. Pembroke Lodge, Richmond park
John, 1st earl Russell, to HB Loch
Agrees that they want disciplined troops; `I have not seen the bill for embodying militia when the Queen wishes to send troops abroad which the Government have borrowed from me, & I am told [illegible word, presumably meaning `guard' or `secrete'] it like a stolen child'.
19. Blank page.
20. 1870 August 11. War Office
Edward Carwell, later 1st viscount Cardwell, to HB Loch.
Thanks for a note and enclosure.
21. Blank page
22. 1863 April 27. War Office
George (Robinson), earl de Grey, later 1st marquess of Ripon, to HB Loch.
Thanks for congratulations on writer's appointment as Secretary of State for War.
23. Blank page.
24. 1869 August 10. Secretary of State Home Dept.
H A Bruce, later 1st baron Aberdare, to HB Loch.
Has written to Lord Chichester as Loch desires; Gladstone has promised to appoint a special commission to enquire into the working of the Scotch boards; the inquiry will be held at Edinburgh and begin in October.
25. Blank page.
26. 1854 June 22. London.
Comte de Flahault to General Canrobert, general de division, ADC de l'Empereur. With envelope.
Introduces Henry Loch, going to the Crimea.
27. Blank page.
28. Friday 30th.
J T Delane, editor of the Times, to HB Loch.
The paragraph [probably relating to recipient's appointment as governor of the Isle of Man] was delayed and will appear the following day.
29. Blank page.
30. Friday. Queen St.
Henry Greville to HB Loch
Congratulates recipient on his appointment.
31. 1884 January 17. 38 Onslow Gardens, SW
W E H Lecky to Sir HB Loch
Apologises for forgetting to send the report on the Sudan.
32. n.y. July 21. Childown Cottage, Chertsey
Sir Harry Smith Parkes to Sir HB Loch.
Hare is in China; does not think the government will be ready to despatch writer [to Japan] for another couple of months,
33. Blank page.
34. 1870 November 1. Foreign Office.
Lord Odo Russell, later Lord Ampthill, to HB Loch. Private.
Has sent on recipient's letters to Lord Granville, but Wade reports that there is no danger, and they hope to obtain satisfaction by diplomatic action without any threat of war.
35. Blank page.
36. 1863 April 18. Home Office.
Sir George Grey to HB Loch
On death of Sir G C Lewis.
37. 1869 November 23. Palace Gate House, Kensington W.
John Forster, historian, to HB Loch.
Is taking the book out of town with him that day; the portrait does not quite satisfy his wife.
38. n.y. August 2. Ormiston Hall Tranent.
Henry Reeve, editor of the Edinburgh Review, to Lady Loch.
Thanks for hospitality on a visit to the Isle of Man; they reached Ormiston in time for dinner as the train waited 40 minutes for them; they are on their way to the highlands.
39-40. n.d. Deanery Westminster
A P Stanley, dean of Westminster, to HB Loch. 2 letters and one envelope.
Arranging a visit.
41. 1881 November 26. Pall Mall Gazette, Northumberland St., Strand.
John Morley, editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, to Lady Loch.
Will say something about the little publication if possible.
42. 1881 July 31. Judges' lodgings, Liverpool.
Sir J D Coleridge, 1st baron Coleridge, lord chief justice, to Lady Loch.
With envelope.
Sends a contribution for the little volume; `Wordsworth en masse is rather too much for many people - but Matthew Arnold has made a selection from him with infinite taste & which I hope may commend him to many people who would feel alarmed by 6 or 7 volumes of him'.
43. Blank page.
44. n.y.[?1876] March 21. Hotel de Louvre, Paris.
Sir George P Colley, later governor of Natal, to HB Loch.
They are shortly to sail from Brindisi for India [where writer was secretary to the Viceroy]; thanks for kindness on a visit to the isle of Man.
45. 1878 October 8. Home office Whitehall.
Sir R Cross, [later Viscount Cross] Home Secretary, to HB Loch, governor of the isle of Man.
Is sorry about the Bank and also for recipient's guest.
46. 1878 October 18. Vice Regal lodge, Dublin
Lord Randolph Churchill to Loch, governor of the isle of Man. Third person.
Written in pencil.
Asks who has patronage of office of clerk of the rolls in the island, as he hears there may be a vacancy.
47. 1875 June 10, The Palace, Lichfield.
George Augustus Selwyn, bishop of Lichfield (Coventry), to HB Loch.
Thanks for invitation to isle of Man; time of arrival.
48. n.y. ?July 15. Manchester
? J Taylor to HB Loch
Regrets he missed recipient when on the island; recommends [Samuel] Phelps, manager of Sadlers' Wells.
49-50. 1860 November 17. ?Tientsin.
James, 8th earl of Elgin, to HB Loch.
They have got their edict tho the French general left them in the lurch; if the moderate party retains power all will be smooth in the spring but if the retrogrades carry the day the fate of the present dynasty is sealed; feels that whatever becomes of the dynasty, the treaty of Tientsin [ceding Kowloon to Britain] is `our Magna Carta' in China; intends to remain until he sees that the money due on the 30th is paid; his next letter will probably be from Hong Kong.
51. n.y. December 29. 36 Onslow square, SW
W M Thackeray to HB Loch. With envelope.
Hopes he is the first publisher to ask recipient for an account of his travels, capture and deliverance; this note delivered by George Smith, of the house of Smith Elder and co., hopes for an article for their magazine.
52 Blank page.
53. 1861 January 15. Broadlands
HJ [Temple], 3rd viscount Palmerston to HN Loch [sic].
An invitation to stay for a few days; the 3 oclock train is the best.
54. Blank page.
55. n.d.
E[dward] B[urne] J[ones] to Mrs Loch.
Apologises for failing to visit her sister in Bryanstone Square the previous afternoon; suggests a visit.
56. 1880 June 23.
G F Watts to Mrs Loch.
If her agent calls, writer will see what he can find for her.
57. 1882 September 11. Camp Ramleh, Alexandria.
? Russell to HB Loch
Rumour that Tel el Kebeer has been taken; even if it is true it will not end the war; `if we want Egypt we must fight for and earn it & I am sure it will be a curse to us in time to come ... Of course one had far better appear as the Devils advocate than stand up for Arabic before any intelligent society of Bondholders or Indian officials'.
58. Blank page.
59. 1847 February 28. Headquarters, camp?
James, 8th earl of Elgin, to J Loch, India House, London. postmarks.
Intimates appointment of brother of writer's young naval ADC in China, as one of writer's military ADCs in India.
60. Blank page.
61. 1883 November 8. Athenaeum Club Pall Mall
C J Vaughan, dean of Llandaff, to Lady Loch.
Does not know of anyone suitable for the Duke of Westminster's chaplaincy.
62. 1883 October 29. Royal Hospital Chelsea
Sir Patrick Grant, governor of Chelsea Hospital, to Sir HB Loch. With envelope.
Thanks for congratulations on writer's promotion to rank of field marshal.
63-4. 1874 April 25, May 9. British Museum.
Sir Richard Owen, naturalist, to HB Loch, governor of the Isle of Man.
Box containing skulls of `ancient Manx folk' intended for the Ethnological Series has not arrived; asks for details; `the old sheep's head has come out of maceration & shows the latest stage of senile wear of molars I have ever seen or heard of.
65. n.d. Brantwood Coniston Lancashire
John Ruskin. With envelope.
Thanks for invitation but his health does not permit him to accept; `I don't open any letters often for days together - strictly setting my face against modern hurry'.
66. Blank page.
67. 1880 July 6. Brantwood Coniston Lancashire.
John Ruskin to HB Loch. 7 pp and envelope.
Hopes that exhibition will promote recipient's views touching the Manx people; writer himself has no faith in temporary exhibitions; he only looks for the advance of provincial culture on the condition of permanent possession of at least some typical examples of lovely art, and a proud local school developing the particular skill and character of the people; `you have a wonderful opportunity of trying experiments, in your secluded domain of healthy land and race. The smaller the better - 50,000 clever and honest people are better than 50 millions of dunces and scamps'.
Containing list of Turner drawings for the exhibition, with comments including infuriated note of price of one of them bought at Mr Dillon's sale (£1260), and notes on another drawing by Mr Brett of the Val d'Aosta painted in 1858; Ruskin regrets that Brett turned to mere photography and gradually lost both precision and sentiment.
68. Blank page.
69. 1867 April 27. Sheen Lodge Mortlake Richmond Park.
Sir Richard Owen to Loch.
Suggests additions to recipient's list [presumably of Manx birds]; the importance of the herring fishery makes preservation of any helpful seabird a paramount consideration; is glad that recipient has both power and will `to arrest the exterminating procedures which, in other localities, cause the regret of ornithologists'.
70. 1882 July 17. War Office.
Sir Garnet Wolseley to HB Loch
Has sent on recipient's note relative to the militia; several regiments have already volunteered for service abroad; agrees it would be a benefit if a few militia battalions could be sent into the field.
71. 1882 December 22. Paris [paper stamped `War Office'].
Sir Garnet Wolseley to HB Loch.
Thanks for note of congratulation on peerage, baron Wolseley of Cairo.
72. 1883 January 16. 22 [erased and `4' inserted] South St Park Lane London W
Sir Harry Verney to Lady Loch
Thanks for her kind enquiry, and her lunch.
73. 1883 December 14. Blackmoor West Liss Hants.
Roundell [Palmer], 1st earl Selborne, to Sir H Loch.
Would like Mr Cardew to give him some days notice of when he intends to open the barrows.
74. 1885 April 6. Royal Hospital Chelsea.
Sir Patrick Grant to HB Loch.
Interest for writer's nephew and godson, a budding surgeon.
75. 1881 December 23. Port ?
Charles George Gordon, general, to Lady Loch.
Has sent his sister a very interesting paper on the Garden of Eden and the forbidden fruit; if she sends it on, urges her to read parts of Paradise Lost first.
76. Blank page.
77. 1883 April 21. Secretary of State, Home Dept.
[Sir] W[illiam] V[ernon] H[arcourt, Secretary of State, Home dept.,] to HB Loch. Private.
Offers an appointment, and adds `you are an admirable diplomatist courteous and unyielding'.
78. (1880) September 19. Paris.
John Ruskin to HB Loch, Government House, Isle of Man. With envelope.
Asks him to keep the pictures in his castle till writer gets home again; he will then send his secretary; hopes to see them `and see your monarchic ways - grateful to my wounded heart after this horrible canaille - Paris'.
79. Wednesday. The Garden Mansion, Queen Anne's Gate, St James Park.
Gabriele d'Annunzio to Lady Loch.
Cannot accept an invitation to dinner; will call the following week when the rehearsals of his play are over.
80. 1885 June 19.
James Moorhouse, bishop of Melbourne, to Lady Loch.
Is sorry the Governor is not well, and blames draught at the Town Hall; suggests a visit.
81. 1872 February 26. Calcutta.
Robert, 1st baron Napier of Magdala, to HB Loch. With envelope
Recipient's nephew is not to be married after all, and in consequence wishes to remain with his regiment; writer thinks the young man would be wise to postpone matrimony until he can keep his wife and his regiment.
82. [?188]6 February 7. Melbourne Club.
James Service to Sir H Loch
Cannot accept an invitation to Macedon; the Khartoum news is ominous; `it will end Gladstone - but what next'.
83. (1884) January 30, 1 Moreton Gardens South Kensington
Jenny L[ind otherwise] Goldschmidt, singer, to Lady Loch. With envelope.
Offers a visit on 8 February; is pleased at opportunity to meet Miss `Georg' Liddell.
84. 1882 June 6. Eastwell.
Alfred, duke of Edinburgh, to Sir H Loch. With envelope.
Hopes to be at Douglas on Monday 30th; will certainly arrive that day unless prevented by the weather.
85. (1861 August 4. Postmark)
James, 8th earl of Elgin, and 12th earl of Kincardine, to HB Loch.
Thanks for congratulations on writer's appointment as viceroy of India; going to India involves some sacrifices [in his case, death] but the task is one which should not be declined.
86. 1877 August 7. 17 Pall Mall London.
Baron Hubner to HB Loch, governor of the isle of Man.
Time of his expected arrival at Douglas.
87. 1876 August 25. Bishops Court, Isle of Man
G A Selwyn, bishop of Lichfield, to Mrs Loch.
Suggests a time for the baptism at her own church; he must leave Douglas by the 2.10 train for a confirmation at Castletown at 3.
88. 1877 August 15. Corville Roscrea Tipperary.
Baron Hubner to HB Loch, governor of the Isle of Man.
Arrangements for a visit.
89. 1880 October 25.
Charles George Gordon, general, to Sir H Loch.
Offers congratulations; what he wrote for the Chinese; could not visit the Isle of Man for `my finances are like those of India (I shall not forget Sir Harry's offer of his cheque Book). Think of Lord Lytton, he is a noble fellow but he is a sufferer to the glory of the world'.
90. n.y. April 4. ?Sergeants Inn
J T Delane, editor of the Times, to HB Loch.
Sends a letter [wanting] asserting that parliament had imprisoned an editor; `if it has committed such an atrocity, of course, I ought to resent it but long acquaintance with my brethern of the Press has not, I grieve to say, convinced me that they are always in the right'; asks advice.
91. 1864 January 20. 3 St James square.
George Wingrove Cooke to HB Loch
An invitation to a chat at the Reform Club on Friday at 7.
92. 1877 August 9. 17 Pall Mall
Baron Hubner to Mrs Loch.
Thanks for hospitality on the Isle of Man.,
93. 1871 June 26
Charles Richard Fox, general and numismatist, to HB Loch.
Thanks for a present; asks for information on a Manx artist named Lemon, whose sister lives at Rome.
94. 1892 February 18. Eastbourne.
Albert Edward, prince of Wales, to HB Loch. With envelope.
Thanks for congratulations on approaching marriage of his surviving son [future George V, 6 July 1893], and condolences on death of Albert Victor, duke of Clarence [18 January. 1892], the elder son.
95. 1892 February 4. Sandringham.
[Illegible] in name of the Prince of Wales.
Thanks for condolences on death of the Duke of Clarence; the poor little princess [Mary of Teck, the duke's intended bride]; writer fears the little lady will never get over it [how wrong he was]; Prince George was ill but is now better; Lord Lytton's death a sad blow to recipient and Lady Loch
96. 1878 August 4. 23 St James's square.
Edward [Stanley], 24th earl of Derby, to HB Loch.
Cannot give his name to the committee for rebuilding and endowing cathedral of the Isle of Man, but will contribute with pleasure to any fund intended towards preserving and keeping together the remains of Peel Castle.
97. 1867 January 4. Grancey le Chateau, Cote d'Or.
Le Vicomte de Grancey to [H] B Loch, governor of the Isle of Man. With envelope.
Thanks for a letter; has read of recipient's terrible adventures [in China]; offers admiration and sympathy; admires Sir Harry Parkes, a type unknown in France; how writer spends his time.
98. n.y. January 6. Bayham Abbey Lamberhurst.
J T Delane, editor of the Times, to HB Loch
Will be glad to see recipient when he calls.
99. 1880 May 9. 17 Dover St.
Sir G P Colley, major general, to HB Loch.
Sends an amusing note from Gordon [wanting], and comments `it is a novelty in Private Secretaries taking their chiefs "on probation"!'; the budget has given a powerful weapon to the enemy and Lord Lytton's friends are almost as irritated as anyone; hopes Lytton will not be tempted to loiter on the continent and put off his return till the autumn; upset for poor Vernon Harcourt at Oxford; it has even amused the liberals and he has no sympathy from the other side; asks for Gordon's letter to be returned.
100. 1880 April 27. 114 Beaufort St. Chelsea.
[Illegible] to HB Loch
Sends Macartney's letter and suggests that recipient should call early.
101-2. 1880 April 28. Richmond House 49 Portland Place, W.
Halliday Macartney to HB Loch.
Gives a time when recipient can be received by the Marquis Tsung.
With another letter on this topic, H Macartney to [-] Gordon, pointing out that a mandarin of the latter's standing should not be absent from the marquis's reception; writer is shortly going to St Petersburg to see what they can do about Kuldiga; expects to succeed.
103. 1879 April 24. 17 Princes Gardens [Paper stamped `House of Commons'].
HCE Childers to HB Loch.
Thanks for congratulations.
104. 1869 May 18. Post Office.
Spencer [Cavendish], lord Hartington, [later 8th duke of Devonshire,] to HB Loch.
Is informed of reason for delay in appointment of Mr Irdale; he is to be installed the next week.
105. 1872 September 2, 11 Downing St. Whitehall.
Robert Lowe [later 1st viscount Sherbrooke,] to HB Loch.
Cannot enter into question of royalty.
106. 1879 January 25. Hawarden Castle Chester
W E Gladstone to HB Loch, governor of the Isle of Man.
Has acceded to recipient's request with reluctance because he does not feel his knowledge is such as to invest him with a good title to speak, and because he is loath to assume a very prominent position in recommending to others a scheme for which he has been unable to do anything worth naming; `we are entering our ?eighth week of frost, and the skaters are the most dissipated folk I have ever seen'.
107. 1878-9
Three postcards from W E Gladstone to HB Loch, governor of the Isle of Man.
108-26. Blank pages.
127. 1890 July 15. Sydney
Sir Henry Parkes to Sir H Loch.
Details of his accident; his surgeon has made an excellent job of setting the bones and writer is told he will be as well as ever in a short time; but after eight weeks of suffering he is still very helpless.
128. 1891 or 1897 December 17, 2 Holland park road, Kensington W [Illegible] to H Loch
Has liked seeing recipient while he was in England |
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