In addition to standard and self-explanatory abbreviations, the following abbreviations are used in this volume.
Add. |
Additional manuscripts, British Library |
Althorp Letters |
Letters of Lord Althorp (private, 1929) |
AO |
Archive(s) Office |
Arbuthnot Corresp. |
The Correspondence of Charles Arbuthnot ed. A. Aspinall (Camden ser. 3, lxv, 1941) |
Arbuthnot Jnl. |
The Journal of Mrs. Arbuthnot, 1820-1832 ed. F. Bamford and the Duke of Wellington, 2 vv (1950) |
Arniston Mems. |
The Arniston Memoirs. Three Centuries of a Scottish House ed. G.W.T. Omond (1887) |
AS |
Archive Service |
Bagot, Canning and Friends |
George Canning and his Friends ed. J. Bagot, 2vv (1909) |
Baring Jnls. |
Journals and Correspondence of Francis Thornhill Baring, Baron Northbrook, 1808-1852 ed. Earl of Northbrook, 2vv (private, Winchester, 1905) |
BIHR/HR |
Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research/Historical Research |
BL |
British Library |
Bodl. |
Bodleian Library, Oxford |
Brougham, Life and Times |
The Life and Times of Henry, Lord Brougham, written by Himself, 3vv (1871) |
Broughton, Recollections |
Lord Broughton, Recollections of a Long Life ed. Lady Dorchester, 6 vv (1909-11) |
Buckingham, Mems. Geo. IV |
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Memoirs of the Court of George IV, 1820-1830, 2vv (1859) |
Bulwer, Palmerston |
Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer, The Life of Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston, 3vv (1870-4) |
Canning’s Ministry |
The Formation of Canning’s Ministry, February to August 1827 ed. A. Aspinall (Camden ser. 3, lix, 1937) |
CJ |
Journals of the House of Commons |
Cockburn, Jeffrey |
Lord Cockburn, Life of Lord Jeffrey, 2vv (Edinburgh, 1850) |
Cockburn Letters |
Letters Chiefly Connected with the Affairs of Scotland, from Henry Cockburn to Thomas Francis Kennedy, 1818-1852 (1874) |
Cockburn Mems. |
Henry Cockburn, Memorials of His Time ed. K.F.C. Miller (Chicago, 1974) |
Colchester Diary |
The Diary and Correspondence of Charles Abbot, Lord Colchester ed. Lord Colchester, 3vv (1861) |
Creevey Pprs. |
The Creevey Papers ed. Sir Herbert Maxwell, 2vv (2nd edn. 1904) |
Creevey’s Life and Times |
Creevey’s Life and Times ed. J. Gore (1937 edn.) |
Croker Pprs. |
The Correspondence and Diaries of John Wilson Croker ed.L.J. Jennings, 3 vv (1884) |
CUL |
Cambridge University Library |
EHR |
English Historical Review |
Ellenborough Diary |
Lord Ellenborough, A Political Diary, 1828-1830 ed. Lord Colchester, 2vv (1881) |
Greville Mems. |
The Greville Memoirs ed. L. Strachey and R. Fulford, 8vv (1938) |
Heron, Notes |
Sir Robert Heron, Notes (2nd edn. 1851) |
HJ |
Historical Journal |
HLRO |
House of Lords Record Office (Parliamentary Archives) |
Hobhouse Diary |
The Diary of Henry Hobhouse (1820-1827) ed. A. Aspinall (1947) |
Holland House Diaries |
The Holland House Diaries ed. A.D. Kriegel (1977) |
HP |
History of Parliament |
JBS |
Journal of British Studies |
JMH |
Journal of Modern History |
JRL |
John Rylands University Library, Manchester |
Le Marchant, Althorp |
Sir Denis Le Marchant, Memoir of John Charles, Viscount Althorp, Third Earl Spencer (1876) |
Life of Campbell |
Life of John, Lord Campbell ed. Mrs. Hardcastle, 2vv (1881) |
LJ |
Journals of the House of Lords |
NAI |
National Archives of Ireland |
NAS |
National Archives of Scotland |
n.d. |
no date |
NLI |
National Library of Ireland |
NLS |
National Library of Scotland |
NLW |
National Library of Wales |
O’Connell Corresp. |
The Correspondence of Daniel O’Connell ed. M.R. O’Connell, 8vv (Dublin, 1972-80) |
Palmerston-Sulivan Letters |
The Letters of the Third Viscount Palmerston to Laurence and Elizabeth Sulivan, 1804-1863 ed. K. Bourne (Camden ser. 4, xxiii, 1979) |
Parker, Graham |
C.S. Parker, Life and Letters of Sir James Graham, 2vv (1907) |
Parker, Peel |
C.S. Parker, Sir Robert Peel from his Private Papers, 3vv (1891) |
Parl. Deb. |
Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates |
Peel Letters |
The Private Letters of Sir Robert Peel ed. G. Peel |
PH |
Parliamentary History |
PP |
Parliamentary Papers |
PROB |
Probate Records: wills, administrations and valuations |
PRO NI |
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland |
Raikes Jnl. |
A Portion of the Journal kept by Thomas Raikes from 1831 to 1847, 4vv (1856-7) |
RO |
Record Office |
Russell Early Corresp. |
Early Correspondence of Lord John Russell, 1805-40 ed. R. Russell, 2vv (1913) |
Scottish Electoral Politics |
Papers on Scottish Electoral Politics, 1832-1854 ed. J.I. Brash (Scottish Hist. Soc. ser. 4, xi, Edinburgh, 1974) |
ser. |
series |
SHR |
Scottish Historical Review |
TCD |
Trinity College, Dublin |
Three Diaries |
Three Early Nineteenth Century Diaries ed. A. Aspinall (1952) |
TNA |
The National Archives |
Torrens, Melbourne |
W.M. Torrens, Memoirs of William, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, 2 vv (1878) |
Trans. |
Transactions |
TRHS |
Transactions of the Royal Historical Society |
UCL |
University College, London |
UCNW |
University College of North Wales |
Wellington Despatches |
Despatches, Correspondence and Memoranda of the Duke of Wellington ed. 2nd Duke of Wellington, 8 vv (1867-80) |
WHR |
Welsh History Review |
William IV-Grey Corresp. |
Correspondence of Earl Grey with King William IV ed. Lord Grey, 2 vv (1867) |