Grenfell family - papers, 1857-1956

MLMSS 5873

fonds

1857-1956

Textual Records, Clippings

69848

1 box - 0.18 Meters
Textual Records
Textual Records - (printed)
Clippings

John Pascoe Grenfell (1800-1869) was an English sailor who became an admiral in the Brazilian navy. He married a Brazilian and between 1846 and 1869 was Brazilian Consul-General in England. His eldest son John Granville Grenfell arrived in Australia during the gold rushes of the 1850s and soon became a Commissioner of Goldfields. Later he was appointed a Commissioner of Crown Lands in NSW. He was fatally wounded while defending a mail coach against bushrangers in December 1866. The town of Grenfell was named in his memory.

1857-1866; Correspondence. Mainly letters from John Granville Grenfell to his father John Pascoe Grenfell and to his mother (the latter in Portuguese). Also includes letters from Susie Grenfell (wife of J.G. Grenfell) and Alexander Dick to John Pascoe Grenfell. These letters were written from various places in NSW including Sydney, Bathurst, Forbes, Lachlan goldfields, Gulgoa River and Bourke. They discuss such matters as farm management, conditions on the goldfields, political policies affecting the goldfields, bushranging and routine family matters.
1866-1934; Material concerning the murder of John Granville Grenfell by bushrangers. Includes correspondence, newscuttings, booklet entitled 'Extracts and correspondence relating to the death of John Granville Grenfell Esq.' with typscript transcript.
1890-1956; Various family papers. Includes correspondence, newscuttings and printed material concerning land settlement and farming. Also includes passports of J.G. Grenfell and bank book and chequebooks of G.A.M. Grenfell.

Includes papers of John Pascoe Grenville and John Granville Grenfell

English, Portuguese