Wylde Family

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Introduction

	Biographies of major characters
	Content
	Arrangement
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Catalogue

• 1. Papers of Colonel William Wylde, chiefly relating to Spain and Portugal, 1836-1847
• 2. Letters of D. Brooke Robertson to W.H. Wylde on China, 1846-1877
• 3. Papers of W.H. Wylde relating to general consular business, particularly with regard to the west and east coasts of Africa, various expeditions and slavery
• 4. Miscellaneous papers dated after W.H. Wylde's death
• 5. Letters from or concerning A.B. Wylde and Everard G.M. Wylde (mostly to their father W.H. Wylde), 1876-1901
• 6. Papers relating to the Brande, Hatchett and Yates families, 1831-1880
• 7. Papers of Sir Richard Francis Burton, 1861-1876
• 8. Papers relating to General Charles George Gordon, 1877- ca.1885

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Biographies of major characters

Major General William Wylde of Chiswick (1788-1877) Major General William Wylde, born in 1788, served in Spain and Portugal in the 1830s, later serving briefly as Prince Albert's Equerry and subsequently Groom of the Bed Chamber in 1846. The papers in this collection relate to his career from this time onwards, when he was employed by the British government in Portugal during the tumultuous years during and surrounding the Portuguese civil war of 1846-47. During this service in Portugal, General Wylde was accompanied by two of his sons, the eldest, William Henry Wylde, and Robert Gervas Wylde, both of whom acted as their father's assistants. Of Robert's subsequent career, we know very little. General Wylde's daughter, Sophia, married Durham colliery owner and magistrate William Stobart in 1851.

	8 September 1803	Joined Artillery
	1813-1814	Service in Holland. Attached Horse Artillery with Army of Occupation in France.
	April 1834	Military Commissioner, H/Q Don Pedro's Army in Portugal
	20 September 1834 - 28 December 1838	H/Q Queen of Spain's Army
	25 February 1834	Equerry to Prince Albert
	6 March 1846	Groom of the Bed Chamber to Prince Albert
	30 October 1846-August 1847	Employed as military agent to keep British Government informed of military events in Portugal, during civil war. Signed Convention of Oporto.
	8 January 1849	Appointed Colonel
	20 June 1854	Appointed Major General
	1863	Colonel Commandant of the Royal Engineers
	1868 - 1877	Master Gunner

William Henry Wylde, C.M.G. (1819-1909) It is however, the eldest son, William Henry Wylde, to whom most of this collection relates. His papers, mainly letters and despatches, accumulated and retained during some fifty years' service at the British Foreign Office, thirty of those at senior level, cover a vast and varied range of places, personalities and subjects. As head of the Commercial, Consular and Slave Trade Departments of the F.O. from 1869, Wylde received correspondence (and clearly corresponded with) consuls, ambassadors, travellers and diplomats the length and breadth of the globe. But it is the West and East Coasts of Africa and in particular the battle to defeat the slave trade and establish legitimate trade in these areas, which dominate both Wylde's own career, and thus the scope of these papers.
The correspondence is revealing about the structures within the Foreign Office, the roles of British consuls abroad, their personalities and concerns, and above all in a broader sense with the history of British foreign policy, British colonialism and overseas interests, emphasising her role as arbiter as well as direct participant in matters on the world stage. Names amongst the correspondents include numerous British foreign secretaries, Lords Granville, Derby and Salisbury, and under-secretaries at the Foreign Office and India Office. African explorers including Frederick Elton, and Charles Livingstone, Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, botanist and director at Kew, colonial governors and administrators, including Sir John Hawley Glover, Sir Henry Bartle Frere, British ambassadors, ministers and consul-generals including Sir Henry George Elliot, Sir John Kirk, Sir Austen Henry Layard, Sir Rutherford Alcock, Sir John Drummond Hay, Lord Lyons and Sir Evelyn Baring, as well as a host of lesser-known naval commanders and British consuls and vice-consuls. Many of these individuals, including Wylde himself, were also active figures in the Royal Geographical Society.
There is substantial material relating to topics such as the Spanish civil war, British annexation of the Fijian Islands, Spanish and American interests in Cuba, Portuguese and British colonial relations and African exploration, with the question of slavery underpinning much of these. Among the most notable are letters from the African explorer and some time British consul, Sir Richard Burton, and from General Charles Gordon in the Sudan between 1877 and 1881. There is also a substantial run of letters from Sir Daniel Brooke Robertson on Chinese affairs. As a copious and far from concise correspondent, Robertson's letters are packed with detail on events across China and offer much information on Anglo-Chinese relations during the 1850s and 1860s. The reactions to Wylde's decision to retire from the F.O. in 1880 (he was awarded a C.M.G. in the same year) suggest an individual warmly regarded and highly respected, particularly for his unceasing efforts over the years to abolish the slave trade. Even in retirement, Wylde continued to play a significant role on the diplomatic scene, being one of the two British representatives involved in negotiations between the British and French governments on the subject of Indian Coolie immigration to the French colony of Réunion, 1880-1. On this, copious correspondence and despatches exist in the collection. The final section of material relates to his deep involvement with the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society - he travelled to Brussels to the slave trade conference in 1890 on behalf of the society - and also his involvement with the South Middlesex Volunteer corps.

	11 April 1819	Born eldest son of General William Wylde. Educated privately.
	1835	Service in Spain as private secretary to Col Wylde, then British Commissioner at h/q of Spanish Armies during civil war. Present at most of operations of British Legion on north coast and of Spanish armies in Spanish interior.
	14 March 1838	Entered Foreign Office as Probationer
	5 April 1839	Junior Clerk, 3rd class
	5 April 1841	Junior Clerk, 2nd class
	12 December 1845	Junior Clerk, 1st class
	1846-1847	Accompanied Col Wylde to Portugal as Assistant Commissioner. Responsible for sending information to British government concerning military events during Republican Revolution
	1 January 1859	Senior Clerk at the F.O.
	1860	Appointed captain in the South Middlesex Rife Volunteer Corps
	February 1863	Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
	1865	Member of Commission in London to revise slave trade instructions
	1869-1880	Superintendent of Commercial, Consular & Slave Trade Departments of F.O.
	1870	Promoted to rank of lieutenant-colonel in the South Middlesex R.V.
	1872	Member of Commission of Inquiry into Consular Establishments
	1880	Appointed Commissioner at Paris respecting Coolie Emigration to Réunion
	1880	C.M.G.
	1892	(By now retired) Volunteer Officers' Decoration
	2 March 1909	Died

Everard William Wylde, Augustus Blandy Wylde and Everard Gordon M. Wylde Wylde's commitment to the abolition of slavery seems to have been shared by his own sons, Everard William Wylde, later a senior clerk in the Foreign Office and one of the British representatives at the Anti-Slavery Conference in Brussels in 1889-90 and Augustus Blandy Wylde, briefly consul at Jeddah, a trader, later British vice-consul at Suakin, a corresponding member of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society and author of '83 to '87 in the Soudan. There is little material relating to Everard in this collection, his retirement from the Foreign Office due to ill health in 1899 being followed by subsequent bankruptcy. There is however a significant set of papers relating to his brother Augustus Blandy, mostly in the form of letters and copies of diary entries to his father from Suakin and during his time at Jeddah spanning some twenty years from 1876 to1896. These offer details on hunting exploits, trade, slavery, plans for the Suakin-Berber railway and some consular business. The fourth and final generation of the family for whom letters survive is Everard Gordon M. Wylde, grandson of William H. Wylde, and son of Everard Wylde. Around ten letters from Everard to his father and grandfather are found in this collection. These date mostly to 1900 and 1901 when the young Wylde served in the 52nd Company XIX Batallion of Pagets Horse B. Company during the second Boer War and from June 1901 when he worked as a government official in the Uganda Protectorate.
Wylde, Everard William (1847-1911)

	1868	Entered Foreign Office
	10 September 1872	Married Florence Julia Evans, daughter of the late Rev. Lewis Evans of Sandbach, Cheshire
	1889	Became an assistant clerk. Appointed a British delegate to the Slave Trade Conference at Brussels and received a commission as Acting Secretary of Legation later in same year.
	1891	Received the C.M.G.
	1894	Promoted to senior clerk
	1899	Retired
	1900	The Times reported a meeting of his creditors
	1908	Charged and imprisoned under the Bankruptcy Act

Wylde, Augustus Blandy (ca.1850-1909)

	1875-1878	Vice-Consul at Jeddah. Resigned 29 January 1878.
	1884	At Suakin, possibly in connection with provisioning of troops
	1884	Attached to Vice-Admiral Sir W.N.W. Hewett's mission to Abyssinia to evacuate Egyptian garrisons from eastern Sudan through Abyssinia
	1888	Wrote to Salisbury advocating lifting of restrictions on trade with interior of Sudan, then in Mahdist hands – refused. Cotton plantation on coast north of Suakin founded by him was destroyed by Mahdist raiders.
	1888	Published '83 to '87 in the Soudan
	1890	British vice-consul at Suakin

Wylde, Everard Gordon M. Son of [probably Everard William Wylde]. Saw service in the South African war, 1900. Appointed a British Government employee in the Uganda Protectorate in June 1900. Infantry battalions -3rd King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), Second Lieutenant and seconded in 1902 whilst serving under the F.O.
Wylde, George William Colquhoun Second and last surviving son of William Henry Wylde. Died May 1930.
Wylde, Jack Brother of Augustus. In charge of affairs of firm of Wylde, Beyts & Co at Suakin.
Wylde, John Charles Youngest son of William H. Wylde, C.M.G. of Chiswick. Died Bournemouth, 1 February1922.
Wylde, Robert Gervas Son of General William Wylde. 1846: Employed in Portugal as his father's assistant on F.O. mission, alongside his brother William. Later one of the Inspectors of Art in the Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Education, and was Secretary to the British Commission for the Paris Exhibition of 1867.
Abbott, Keith Edward H.M. Consul-General at Odessa from 1868 until his death there on 28 April 1873
Adams, Francis Ottiwell Served at the Embassy in Paris from 5 December 1874 to 1879
Allen, Charles Secretary of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
Annesley, George H.M. Consul at Hamburg, and from 1880, Consul-General for Hamburg and surrounding territories
Annesley, George Frederick Nicholas Beresford Acting Consul at Cayenne, French Guiana from October 1879 to October 1880. Promoted to Consul in Surinam (to reside at Paramaribo), December 1879.
Archibald, Edward Mortimer Appointed Consul in the State of New York in 1857, and also Judge in the Mixed Commission Court established in New York under the treaty of April 1862, between Britain and the U.S. for the suppression of the African Slave Trade. He held this latter post until 1870 when the Commission was closed.
Austin, Richard Acting Consul and Post Office Agent at Rio de Janeiro, 1875; again Acting consul 1876-77 and from January-December 1878
Badger, George Percy (1815-1888) Arabic scholar and missionary. He was involved in various British diplomatic missions, including to Zanzibar in 1872 and 1878.
Baikie, William Balfour (1825-1864) Traveller and surgeon . He was a naturalist and surgeon on the first Niger expedition of 1854 and part of the second expedition which set off in 1857, leading attempts to investigate the geology of the area for scientific and commercial ends. He helped open the navigation of the Niger, made roads and established a regular market. Being called home for health reasons, he died en route at Sierra Leone on 12 December 1864.
Baring , Sir Evelyn, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841-1917) Diplomatist and proconsul. Appointed consul-general at Cairo in 1883.
Barker, Edward B. Previously British Consul at Crete, appointed Consul at Salonica from 1877
Beach, Michael Edward Hicks, 1st Earl St. Aldwyn (1837-1916) Conservative politician. In January 1878 Disraeli appointed him Colonial Secretary.
Beyts, George de Jong Consul at Jeddah from February 1874 to November 1878
Bonham, Sir (Samuel) George (1803-1863) Colonial governor, Governor of Hong Kong and H.M. Plenipotentiary and superintendent of trade in China 1847 to December 1853
Booker, William Lane Appointed Consul for the States of California and Oregon and for Washington State, residing at San Francisco, 1871
Bourke, Rt. Hon. Robert M.P. for Lyme Regis from 1868; Parliamentary Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from February 1874 to April 1880.
Bowen, George M. Vice Consul at Nicaragua, 1853-1854; then appointed Consul at Liverpool for the state of Nicaragua
Bunch, Robert H.M.'s Minister Resident and Consul General to the United States of Colombia
Buxton, Sir Fowell 3rd baronet (1837-1915) Philanthropist, brewer and colonial governor. His evangelical faith made him an influential figure in the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, of which he was president in 1899. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1858 and appointed colonial governor of South Australia in 1895. ODNB
Cadogan, George Henry, fifth Earl Cadogan (1840-1915) Politician. Disraeli appointed him under-secretary of state for war in 1875 and under-secretary for the colonies in 1878.
Calvert, Charles John H.M. Consul at Naples from February 1872 until his death in 1877
Campbell, Sir Francis Alexander Clerk in the F.O. from 1871; later Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Cannon, Robert Served with the Turkish Army from 1853
Carden, Lionel E. G. British vice-consul at Havana, 1878
Carstensen, Mr H.M. vice consul at Mogador from 1865
Cavendish, Spencer Compton, Marquess of Hartington and 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833-1908) Politician. Appointed S/S for India in 1880 and S/S for war in 1882.
Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne, 3rd Marquis of Salisbury (1830-1903) Succeeded to the post of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in March 1878 following the resignation of Lord Derby
Churchill, Harry Lionel Acting Consul at Resht, May-October 1878
Churchill, Henry Adrian Political agent and British consul at Zanzibar from June 1867
Cohen, Augustus Appointed H.M. Consul to reside at Luanda, December 1879
Colnaghi, Sir Dominic Ellis (1834-1908) Appointed British Consul at Turin in 1865, the Consulate being subsequently transferred to Florence. He served as consul-general for northern Italy from 1881 to 1896.
Colville, Andrew Galbraith Of St. Paul de Luanda, S.W. Africa; died April 1881
Colvin, Sir Auckland (1838-1908) Administrator in Egypt and India. Succeeded Lord Cromer as controller-general in Egypt in 1880. Returned to India in August 1883 as finance member of the viceroy council. Colvin was present at a meeting of the Council of Ministers in Alexandria in June 1883.
Cookson, Charles Alfred Barrister; appointed Consul and Judge at Alexandria, November 1874 and Acting Agent and Consul-General at various periods between May 1875 and September 1881
Coward, John Charles Lewis Called to the bar in 1877
Cowper, Henry Augustus Held various consular posts and particularly involved with Post Office affairs, organizing new postal contracts and systems at Porto Rico, St. Thomas and Santo Domingo. Promoted to Consul-General and Commisionary Judge in the Island of Cuba, April 1876. Retired 1879.
Crawford, John Vincent Attached to the Consulate-General in Cuba for several years. Vice-consul at Havana in 1858, and then Acting Consul General at Havana for various periods between 1859 and 1876. Also involved with the Slave Trade Commission there. Resigned in April 1876.
Crawfurd, Oswald John Frederick Acting Consul at Oporto from April 1866 to January 1867, when he was appointed Consul
Crowe, Arthur de Capel Appointed Consul at Copenhagen, 1868; appointed Consul for Denmark, to reside at Copenhagen, 1871; promoted to Consul-General in Cuba, 1880.
Culvert, Emma W.H. Wylde's cousin
Dawes, Sir Edwyn Sandys (1838-1903) Merchant and shipbroker. A leader in London's ship and insurance broking trades, in British shipping and in the extension of British imperialism.
Dennis, George (1814-1898) Archaeologist; moved to Palermo in 1870 and undertook archaeological work in Sicily
Dixon, Lt Henry Acting Consul at Lukoja, River Niger 15 September 1868-16 September 1869
Duprat, Vicomte Alfredo In 1843 he was appointed Portuguese arbitrator at the Cape, in the Court of Mixed Commission for the Suppression of Slavery, and subsequently he was promoted to the rank of commissioner in that court. Was for many years Consul-General for Portugal in London. Died in August 1881.
Elliot, Sir Henry George (1817-1907) Diplomatist. Appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenitentiary to the Sublime Ottoman Porte at Constantinople in July 1867; proceeded to Egypt in 1869 as Her Majesty's Representative at the opening of the Suez Canal.
Elmore, Thomas John Formerly H.M. Consul at Nice, appointed H.M. Consul in the Cape Verde Islands in February 1874
Elton, Frederick Explorer. From 1871 largely employed in government service and involved in diplomatic missions. In 1872 he joined the staff of Natal's department of native affairs as a border agent on the Zulu frontier. From 1873, worked with Sir Bartle Frere, governor-general of Mozambique, on the east coast of Africa. Became vice-consul and assistant political agent in Zanzibar. Promoted to the post of consul of the Portuguese territory in 1875. In 1877 Elton undertook his last major expedition, the objects of which were to assess the validity of Portuguese claims to the Nyasa region, to determine the extent of the slave trade in its southern reaches, and to promote British commercial access to central Africa by finding a suitable route circumventing Portuguese territory from Lake Nyassa to the Zanzibar coast. Among his companions in the enterprise were the gold-seeker Herbert Rhodes (elder brother of Cecil Rhodes) and the anti-slavery activist H. B. Cotterill, who was acting to promote the work of the Presbyterian Livingstonia mission. Before accomplishing his aims Elton succumbed to malaria and dysentery, and died on 19 December 1877 near the town of Iseke in central Tanzania. ODNB
Foote, Henry Grant Appointed H.M. Consul at Lagos in October 1860, having been H.M. Consul at Salvador. He died there from fever in May 1861, aged 39.
Fox, Francis William Vice-chairman of the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society, involved in the Brussels Slave Trade Conference of 1889-90, the abolition of slavery in Zanzibar, foreign missions and the temperance cause. Died 1918.
Francis, Sir Philip Judge and British Consul-General at Constantinople, died August 1876. He was one of the British delegates on the international Suez Canal Commission in 1873.
Frere, George Commissioner Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope from 24 January 1843
Frere, Sir [Henry] Bartle Edward (1815-1884) Colonial governor. Appointed governor of Bombay in 1862. On his return to England, appointed to the Indian Council in London. Over next ten years did significant work both at home and on two missions abroad (November 1872-June 73) for the Council of India to curb the Zanzibar slave trade. Made a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and served as its president, 1873-4.
Freshfield, Douglas William (1845-1934) Famous mountaineer and geographer, Alpine traveller and prominent member of the Royal Geographical Society
Gaggiotti, Gustavus British vice-consul, and from 1870 Consul, at Ancona
Gasalee, Sir Stephen (1882-1943) Llibrarian and scholar. Entered F.O. in 1916, but returned to lecturing at Cambridge in 1919. In January 1920 he was made librarian and keeper of the papers at the F.O. expanding its library and advising on foreign affairs and diplomatic missions. ODNB
Glover, Sir John Hawley (1829-1885) Naval officer and colonial administrator. Entered the navy in 1841. Enthusiastic for the evangelization of Africa, he volunteered for Baikie's second ascent of the River Niger in 1857. Subsequent experience with the Egbas turned him against them and he rejected Britain's pro-Egba stance. Early 1860s sailed on HMS Flagship and Handy off the west coast of Africa, especially around Lagos. Promoted to Commander in 1862. Following Palmerston's annexation of Lagos in 1861, he joined the new colonial administration under the first governor, Henry Stanhope Freeman, initially as harbour master, from 1864 as secretary and from 1866 to 1872 as administrator. Appointed special commissioner to the eastern district of the Gold Coast. From 1876 to 1881, governor of Newfoundland; 1881-1883 governor of Leeward Islands.
Goldsmid, Sir Frederic John (1818-1908) Army officer and writer. In 1877 was appointed British representative on the international commission to inquire into Indian immigration in Réunion. 1880-83 held post of controller of crown lands in Egypt.
Grant, Henry Appointed H.M. Consul at Brindisi in April 1866
Green, Sir John Consul-general at Bucharest from 1867 to 1874
Green, Sir William Kirby Mackenzie (1836-1891) Diplomatist. In 1876 was promoted to consul at Scutari; in 1879 became consul-general for Montenegro; and in 1886 replaced J. Drummond Hay as envoy to Morocco and consul-general at Tangier.
Grey, Sir Frederick William (1805-1878) Naval officer, third son of 2nd Earl Grey. Commander-in-chief at the Cape of Good Hope 1857–1860. Back in Britain became vice-admiral in 1861 and admiral in 1865.
Hammond, Edmund (Baron Hammond) (1802-1890) Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1854-1873
Hance, Henry F. Entered Colonial Office in 1844. Appointed British vice-consul at Whampoa, China; also acting consul at Canton from March 1878 to November 1879.
Hannay, James (1827-1873) Writer; appointed consul at Brest in 1868. He quickly exchanged this for the post at Barcelona. An alcoholic in his final years and during his time as Consul, he drank himself to death in January 1873.
Haselden, Frank Charles Chief interpreter, Alexandria, Egypt. Died 1914.
Hay, Sir John Drummond (1816-1893) Diplomatist; H.M. Minister at Tangier
Hay, Robert Drummond Son of Sir John Drummond Hay. Appointed British Consul at Mogador in 1875, at Stockholm in 1879, and at Tunis in 1889.
Hewan, Archibald (1832-1883) Plant collector
Hewett, Sir William Nathan Wrighte (1834-1888) Naval officer. During the Egyptian campaign of 1882 he conducted naval operations in the Red Sea. After the rout of Valentine Baker Pasha's Egyptian force at al-Teb (4 February 1884) Hewett landed with a force of seamen and marines for the defence of Suakin, and on 10 February was formally appointed governor by Valentine Baker, as representative of the Khedive. In April, accompanied by John Wylde, he went on a mission to King John of Abyssinia, whom he induced to sign a treaty of friendship, at Adowa (3 June 1884), and to agree to assist the evacuation of Egyptian garrisons in his neighbourhood, and more especially Kassala. ODNB
Hill, Clement Lloyd Iinvolved in Frere's mission to the Sultans of Zanzibar and Muscat in 1872; attached to the Sultan of Zanzibar during his visit to England in June 1875; temporarily employed at Berlin consulate from September to October 1876. Appointed a member for the Commission for the revision of the Slave Trade Instructions, 1881.
Holled-Smith,Colonel, later Major-General Sir Charles Active service in Egypt. He served with the Sudan Frontier Field Force in 1884-5 with Egyptian troops. Governor-General of the Red Sea Littoral and Commandant at Suakin, 1888-1892.
Holmwood, Frederic C.B. Acting vice-consul and Political Agent at Zanzibar in 1873. In 1880, promoted to Consul. Involved in negotiating treaties to end the slave trade.
Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton (1817-1911) Botanist and Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew from 1865
Hopkins, David Appointed H.M. Consul for the Island of Fernando Po and for the territories on the Western Coast of Africa comprised within the Bights of Benin and Biafra in January 1878
Jervoise, Harry Samuel Cumming Clarke Acting 2nd Secretary to Lisbon, January 1875, where he was Acting Chargé d'Affaires from May-July 1875. Acting Senior Clerk from Apr 1878 to March 1880.
Joel, Lewis Appointed H.M. Consul at Brindisi in June 1877
Kennedy, Sir Charles Malcolm (1831-1908) Head of the Commercial Department of the F .O. from 1872 to 1893
Kirk, Sir John (1832–1922) Naturalist and political agent. He was appointed to accompany David Livingstone on his second Zambezi expedition as a doctor and naturalist and acted as his chief assistant between 1858 and 1863. Returned to Africa in 1866 as medical officer to the Zanzibar agency and later that year was appointed vice-consul. He was deeply involved in helping many European nations develop their trade with Zanzibar. In 1873 he persuaded the sultan of Zanzibar to sign an anti-slavery treaty, closing the island's slave markets. In 1882 he was awarded the Royal Geographical Society's patron medal, later serving as the society's vice-president, 1891-4.
Lambermont, Baron Secretary-General of the Belgian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and President of the Anti-Slavery Conference held in Brussels, 1889-90
Lascelles, Sir Frank Cavendish (1841-1920) Numerous diplomatic postings including in charge of the agency and consulate-general in Cairo 1878-9
Layard, Sir Austen Henry, (1817-1894) Archaeologist and politician. Involved with the Royal Geographical Society, he travelled extensively between 1839 and 1851, making numerous excavations. Became an MP and appointed Under-secretary of Foreign Affairs in 1852. Under-secretary at the F.O. under Russell in 1861, Ambassador to Madrid in 1869 and Constantinople in 1877.
Layard, Edgar Leopold (1824-1900) Colonial administrator. Brother of A.H. Layard. H.M. Consul at Para; appointed H.M. Consul in the Fiji and Tonga Islands in February 1873 and involved in the negotiations resulting in the cession of the islands to Britain, and administered them until the arrival of the first governor, Sir Arthur Gordon, in 1875. Then became consul at Noumea, New Caledonia until his retirement in 1889.
Lee-Smith, Hamilton A prominent engineer involved in the Suakin-Berber railway scheme
Lennon-Hunt, William George H.M. vice-consul at Madrid, appointed to be H.M Consul at Luanda, Angola in June 1878. Died 1879.
Liardet, Lieutenant Edward Albert R.N., appointed H.M Consul to the Navigators' Islands, June 1876
Livingstone, Charles Missionary and traveller in Africa. He was appointed Consul for the Bight of Biafra in October 1864. The younger brother of David Livingstone.
Lowe, John Thomas British vice-consul at Civita Vecchia, Italy; appointed H.M. Consul at Civita Vecchia in September 1870. Served there for a total of 35 years. Died 1884.
Lushington, Admiral Sir Stephen (1803-1877) Naval officer, second son of Sir Henry Lushington. From May 1862 to December 1865 he was lieutenant-governor of the Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich.
Lyons, Richard Bickerton Pemell, Earl Lyons (1817-1887) Diplomatist. British ambassador at Paris from 1867-1887
McCoskry, William Governor of Lagos 1861-1862
Mackenzie, Sir George Sutherland (1844-1910) Explorer and businessman. Managing director of the British East Africa Association at Zanzibar from October 1888 and then at Mombasa.
Mackinnon, Sir William (1823-1893) Shipping entrepreneur and imperialist, born in Argyll. In 1856 founded the Calcutta and Burma Steam navigation Company, renamed the British India Steam Navigation Company in 1862. In 1888 he formed the British West Africa Company. ODNB
McLeod, J. Lyons British Consul at Mozambique, 1856-1858; Consul on the River Niger 1866-1869. Died 1893
Malcolm, Captain George John R.N. Sent by the British government to assist Egypt in the suppression of the slave trade in the Red Sea. He was made a Pasha by the Khedive ca. January 1878, the fourth English Pasha in the Egyptian service, one of whom was Gordon.
Mallet, Sir Louis (1823-1890) Civil servant and economist. Appointed to the Council of India in 1872, and in 1874 became permanent under-secretary in the India Office.
March, Lieutenant Leopold British Vice Consul at Santander in 1872
Mathew, Sir George Buckley (1807-1879) Politician and diplomatist. Had a long career in the Americas, beginning as British Consul at Charleston in 1850. Between 1867 and 1879 he was minister at Brazil. In 1873 he was involved in the signing of the Anglo-Brazilian Treaties.
Moncrieff, Colonel George Hay Commander of the Scots Guard
Moncrieff, Commander Lynedoch Needham R.N. Acting Consul at Jeddah from July 1881 and subsequently British Consul at Suakin
Morier, Robert Burnett David Promoted to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Portugal in March 1876; and to the King of Spain in June 1881.
Munro, Major James St. John Previously British vice-consul at Montevideo, promoted to H.M. Consul at Montevideo in September 1869
Mure, James Appointed Consul for the Balearic Islands, June 1877
Murray, Charles Adolphus, 7th earl of Dunmore (1841-1907) Travelled extensively in Africa and the Arctic
O'Leary, Charles Acting Chargé d'Affaires and Consul General at Bogotá from 1864 to 1866; from 1872 to 1873; and from 1877 to 1878
O'Neill, Lieutenant Henry Edward R.N. Appointed H.M. Consul for the Portuguese Possessions on the East Coast of Africa, to reside at Mozambique, in April 1879.
Osman Digna Slave trader in the Red Sea
Owen, William (1837-1886) F.O., 1854-1886
Palgrave, William Gifford (1826-1888) Traveller and diplomatist. Appointed consul at St. Thomas in the West Indies in 1873, and transferred to Manila in 1876. Two years later was appointed consul-general in Bulgaria.
Pauli, Commander William Berjew, R.N. Several vice-consul and consul posts after leaving the Navy, then appointed Consul at Cadiz in 1877 and Consul in the Philippine Islands to reside at Manila in November 1878. Consul at Buenos Ayres from 1881. Died 1884.
Pauling, George (1854-1919) Civil engineer and railway promoter. The chief architect of the railway system in southern and central Africa.
Pauncefote, Sir Julian (1828-1902) Lawyer and diplomatist. In 1882 succeeded Lord Tenterden as permanent under-secretary of state. In 1889 Lord Salisbury appointed him minister to the United States.
Perry, Gerald Raoul de Courcy Previously H.M. Consul for the Eastern coast of Sweden, appointed H.M. Consul at Réunion in February 1874; appointed Consul for the ports and places of Andalusia, in November 1878
Pine, Sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell (1809–1891) Colonial governor
Prat, John H.M. Consul at Corunna and appointed Consul at Barcelona in February 1873
Ranelagh, Lord (1812-1885) Founder of the Volunteer force in England in 1859; later lieutenant colonel of the South Middlesex Volunteers. Beaufort House was the headquarters of the South Middlesex Volunteers. Wylde led around 600 of its officers and men at Ranelagh's funeral in November 1885.
Reade, Richard Appointed Consul for the Ionian Islands, to reside at Corfu, in October 1879. Retired 1894. Died 1895.
Reade, Thomas Fellowes H.M. Consul at Smyrna, appointed to H.M. Agent and Consul-General in the Regency of Tunis in June 1879
Riaz Pasha Member of the Egyptian government, and later Prime Minister. Died 1911.
Ricketts, George Thorne Appointed H.M. Consul at Rio de Janeiro in October 1878
Robertson, Daniel Brooke (1810-1880) Appointed Vice-consul at Shanghai in 1843; and in 1850 was nominated acting consul at Ningpo. He became Consul at Amoy in 1853, returned to Canton in 1854, and to Shanghai in 1855. He was appointed British Commissioner of the territory of Cowloon in China, in 1861, and acted for some time as one of the Commissioners for Canton during its occupation by the allied forces. He rejoined the Canton Consulate in 1859. He was knighted in 1872. In 1877 he was appointed Consul-General at Shanghai, but was granted a long leave of absence before taking up the post. He retired from the service in April 1879 and died in March 1880. See J.Y. Wong, Anglo-Chinese Relations 1839-1860: a calendar of Chinese documents in the British Foreign Office records. Oriental Documents VII (Oxford, 1983)
Robertson, Russell Brooke Son of Daniel Brooke Robertson, and referred to in some of the earlier letters from his father to W.H. Wylde. He was British Consul at Yokohama, Japan and died in April 1888.
Rose, Sir George (1782–1873) Barrister and law reporter. Rose was a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, so presumably this is his connection with Wylde.
Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, fifth earl of Rosebery (1847-1929) Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, February-August 1886 and 1892-4; Prime Minister 1894-5
Rothery, Henry Cadogan (1817-1888) Wreck commissioner. In 1860 appointed legal adviser to the Treasury in questions arising out of the slave trade.
Russell, Odo William Leopold, 1st Baron Ampthill (1829-1884) Diplomatist. Appointed Assistant Under-Secretary at the F.O. in August 1870
St. John, Sir Frederick Robert Diplomatist. Served as Secretary of Embassy in Constantinople, Minister Resident in Central America, Minister to Serbia and Minister to Switzerland. Awarded K.C.M.G. in 1901.
Sanderson, Thomas Henry (1841-1923) F.O., 1859-1906; Permanent under-secretary, 1894-1906. Around 1876 was private secretary to Lord Derby.
Sandwith, Dr. Humphry Brother of Thomas Backhouse Sandwith, Consul. He travelled and worked abroad, practising medicine at the British Embassy in Constantinople, a medical officer during the Crimean war and later involved with care of wounded in hospitals in Serbia during the Russo-Turkish war, 1876-8. Also a prominent writer on Eastern affairs and politics.
Sandwith, Thomas Backhouse (1831-1900) H.M. Consul in Cyprus, then Consul for Island of Crete 1877-78 at the time of the Russo-Turkish war
Sartorius, Sir George Rose (1790-1885) Naval officer. Admiral of the fleet from 1869
Sebright, Sir Charles (1807-1884) British Consul at Cephalonia, 1864-70, acting Consul-General at Corfu in 1865 and appointed Consul-General to the Ionian Islands in 1870
Stanley, George Edward Vice Consul at Jiddah, 1859; Consul from 1860; appointed to Alexandria 1864
Stanmore, Arthur Charles Hamilton Gordon, first Baron Stanmore (1829-1912) Liberal M.P. for Beverley in the 1850s, later lieutenant governor of New Brunswick. Became governor of Trinidad in 1866, governor of Mauritius in 1871. In 1875 became governor of Fiji (until 1880), then briefly governor of New Zealand, and finally, governor of Ceylon.
Stanton, General Her Majesty's Agent and Consul General at Cairo from late 1874/ early 1875
Stigand, William British vice-consul at Boulogne from 1873. The post was down-graded from consul to vice-consul in 1873, a controversial move owing to its trading prominence with England etc.
Storks, Sir Henry Knight (1811-1874) Army officer, appointed controller-in-chief and under-secretary at the War Office in 1876 and became surveyor-general of the ordnance in 1870. Also liberal M.P. for Ripon, 1871-4.
Streeten, William Warren Colonial Office. Queen's Advocate, and later Chief Justice, of the West African Settlements. Appointed one of the British Commissioners to determine the north-western boundary of Liberia in January 1879.
Sturge, Edmund Chairman of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
Thurston, Sir John Bates (1836-1897) Colonial governor. Arrived in Fiji in 1865 and succeeded Captain Jones V.C. as British Consul. Thurston opposed the settlers' argument that all power passed from the Fijian chiefs along with the land they were selling at this time. He joined Cakoban's government, becoming Chief Secretary, and turned its focus towards securing Fijian sovereignty and equality before the law. Thurston succeeded in making the first offer of cession in early 1874 a conditional one, with safeguards for Fijians. His administration as colonial secretary and then from 1888 as governor, was conducted on the principle that Fiji was not a ‘white man's country’ ]. ODNB
Turner, Captain Spence D. Awarded the Volunteers Officers' Decoration in July 1892
Vincent, Sir Charles Edward Howard (1849-1980) Politician and police administrator. Elected as the conservative candidate for Central Sheffield in 1885, holding the seat until his death. Became chairman of the National Union of Conservative Associations in 1895.
Vivian, Hussey Crespigny, 3rd Baron Vivian (1834-1893) Appointed a clerk in the F.O. in November 1851 and became senior clerk in July 1869. In 1873 appointed acting agent and consul-general at Alexandria, transferred to Bucharest in 1874 and then appointed back to Egypt in 1876. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
Vredenburg, Watson Consul at Luanda and Arbitrator for H.M government in the Mixed British and Portuguese Commission established under the treaty of 1842 for the suppression of the slave trade, May 1862. Promoted Commissioner of it in 1863. Retired 1870.
Walker, Edward Henry Previously British vice-consul at Tripoli and appointed Consul for the Island of Sardinia, to reside at Cagliari in November 1867
Waller, Rev. Horace Frequent correspondent to The Times on the subject of slavery, especially in Zanzibar
Ward, John (1805-1890) Diplomatist, British consul-general at Leipzig from 1845, and consul-general for Hanse towns and surrounding parts of Germany from 1860. Retired in 1870.
Ward, William British consul at Memel, and in August 1871 was appointed H.M. Consul for Bremen
Watson, Colonel (later Sir) Charles Moore 1844-1916 Army officer. In 1882 was promoted brevet major and selected for special duty in the Egyptian campaign. He served in the Egyptian army 1882-6 with the rank of Pasha, then became governor of the Red Sea littoral. ODNB
Wilkinson, Richard British consul at Malaga, 1872-1881, and then transferred to Manila. Died 1894.
Williams, Sir William Fenwick (1800-1883) Army officer. Governor of Gibraltar, 1871-1876
Wilmot, Captain Arthur P.E. , C.B. Served on the steamship Sanspareil and on the Ship Ventilating Committee. Appointed to proceed to Dahomey in November 1861 to “affect some good among the African Kings and Chiefs”
Wodehouse, John , 3rd Lord Wodehouse Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1859-1861
Wodehouse, Sir Philip Edmond (1811-1877) Governor of Bombay from March 1872 to 1877
Wood, Sir (Henry) Evelyn (1838-1919) Army officer
Wood, Thomas British vice-consul at Patras, appointed H.M. Consul in the Morea, May 1874
Wrench, William Henry H.M. vice-consul at Constantinople, later H.M. consul at Constantinople, April 1879
Wyke, Sir Charles Lennox (1815-1897) Diplomatist. Minister at Copenhagen, 1867-1881
Zohrab, James Appointed H.M. Consul for Koordistan (to reside at Erzeroum), August 1874. Transferred to Jeddah, October 1878.

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Content

This collection encompasses the Foreign Office and diplomatic careers of four generations of the Wylde family during the nineteenth century.

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Accession details

Presented by Mr and Mrs Chris Yates, 2005

Arrangement

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A.B. Thruston collection, Sudan Archive (SAD.A100): album of A.B. Thruston's service in Egypt, India, Sudan and Uganda (1885-1897).

Catalogue

1. Papers of Colonel William Wylde, chiefly relating to Spain and Portugal, 1836-1847
2. Letters of D. Brooke Robertson to W.H. Wylde on China, 1846-1877
3. Papers of W.H. Wylde relating to general consular business, particularly with regard to the west and east coasts of Africa, various expeditions and slavery
4. Miscellaneous papers dated after W.H. Wylde's death
5. Letters from or concerning A.B. Wylde and Everard G.M. Wylde (mostly to their father W.H. Wylde), 1876-1901 For letter to A.B. Wylde of 21 June 1876 from Richard F. Burton, see section 7.

6. Papers relating to the Brande, Hatchett and Yates families, 1831-1880 This small set of papers relates to the Brande, Hatchett and Yates families, whose connection to the Wyldes may have been via marriage, given the use of the same family names for sons, Everard, Augustus &c. Mr. Everard Augustus Brande (1776-1868) was the eldest son of Mr. Augustus Everard Brande (1746-1834), apothecary, of Arlington Street, London. Augustus Brande and his wife Ann (died 1837) née Thomas, had six children. A member of a wealthy family of apothecaries with appointments to the Hanoverian and London courts from the early 18th century, Brande was born in Hanover and naturalized in 1784. He was apothecary to Queen Charlotte between 1783 and 1801. After retiring from court in 1801, Brande moved to Chiswick [presumably the beginning of or the result of the connection with the Wyldes of Chiswick]. It was there that Brande and his youngest son William Thomas Brande (1788-1866) met Charles Hatchett (1765-1847) a chemist who owned a private laboratory in Roehampton. Hatchett married Elizabeth Collick (1765-1837) in 1786. It was Hatchett who influenced William's decision to pursue a career in medicine and chemistry. William married Hatchett's second daughter, Anna Frederica. Brande's eldest son Everard Augustus ran the family business in Arlington Street from 1802. [From ODNB]
Tha family of Yates became connected to the Wyldes through the marriage of Joseph Maghull Yates to W.H. Wylde's daughter Wilhemina (Minnie) in 1873.

7. Papers of Sir Richard Francis Burton, 1861-1876 Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890), explorer and author, later British consul at Fernando Po (1861-1864), an island on the west African coast, from where he undertook many excursions to mainland Africa, including a mission to Dahomey, where he was instructed to take diplomatic measures to suppress the slave trade. In 1864 he became Consul at Santos, Brazil and in 1869 was appointed Consul at Damascus, and in 1872 Consul at Trieste.

8. Papers relating to General Charles George Gordon, 1877- ca.1885 Charles George Gordon (1833-1885), army officer. Served during the Crimean War and later in China. In 1873 was offered service under the Khedive of Egypt as governor-general of the province of Equatoria, in the south of Egyptian-occupied Sudan. He succeeded in suppressing slave trading there. In 1877 he accepted the Khedive's offer of the post of governor-general of Sudan and worked to eradicate the slave traders. He left and returned to London at the end of 1879.