D. Hope Johnston - papers and pictorial material concerning Admiral Arthur Phillip, compiled ca. 1924-1939

MLMSS 6939/Box 1
MLMSS 6939/Boxes 2X-4X
SLIDES 11

fonds

ca. 1924-1939

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Prints, Photographs

403637

0.57 metres of textual material (1 box, 3 outsize boxes) includes photographs
Textual Records
Prints
Textual Records - (typescript)

Douglas Hope Johnston was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1874. He was the great grandson of Lieutenant-Colonel George Johnston who arrested Governor William Bligh in 1808 and assumed control of New South Wales. He was the founder of the Australian Pioneers' Club in Sydney and the New Zealand Founders' Society in Wellington. He was an avid collector and promoter of information and pictorial material relating to Arthur Phillip and in 1924 he began a 'Governor Phillip Recognition Movement'. This led to the erection of a memorial to Governor Phillip outside St Mildred's Church, Bread Street, London in 1932. He died in 1957.

This collection consists of notes and illustrations for a work to be entitled 'The Founder of Australia : Admiral Arthur Phillip, R.N. (1733-1814) his times, work and character' by D. Hope Johnston. Only one memo book, however, together with the captions to the illustrations and a few annotations to the notebooks are in Hope Johnston's hand; the remainder are in the hand of W.K.J. Allan who appears to have been his research assistant at the Admiralty Library. The work was apparently not published and only 2 chapters are amongst the papers. It is possible that work was discontinued on account of the publication of George Mackaness' biography in 1937.
The volume was to include much material on London, Lyndhurst, the Navy and British Sea Power at the time of Phillip. The illustrations reflect this and the greater part are of London, Greenwich, Bath, ships etc. The notebooks contain extracts from printed books mainly on London, Frankfurt, social and political England and notes of searches in British public records relating to Phillip's career and family. These are taken from books published on Phillip prior to Mackaness' work (such as Becke & Jeffery, 1899).

1936-1937; Volume containing a plan of Hope Johnston's book, as well as research notes and a few newscuttings. (Call No.: MLMSS 6939/1/a)

1937; Notebook re. London. 'St Pauls' written on cover. (Call No.: MLMSS 6939/1/b(i))
undated; Notebook with extracts from H.D. Traill's 'Social England' and John Stockdale's 'The Voyage of Captain Phillip to Botany Bay', together with notes on the Parishes of London and the Restoration period. (Call No.: MLMSS 6939/1/b(ii))
undated; Notebook: 'Ships on which Phillip served and their story up to 1775'. (Call No.: MLMSS 6939/1/b(iii))
undated; Notebook re. Staple Inn, Law Courts and extracts from J. Holland Rose's book on William Pitt. Marked 'NOT required for the Phillip Book'. (Call No.: MLMSS 6939/1/b(iv))
undated; Notebook re. Thomas Paine, Hanover and Portugal, together with extracts from Arthur Phillip's letters and will. (Call No.: MLMSS 6939/1/b(v))
undated; Notebook 'Re. Phillip's resignation letter of 23rd July 1793 and Plymouth'. (Call No.: MLMSS 6939/1/b(vi))
undated; D.H. Johnston's memo book, containing copy of a letter re. memorial to Phillip which he designed and notes on the Canada Day Booklet. (Call No.: MLMSS 6939/1/b(vii))
undated; Notebook re. history of Frankfurt, Wards of London and Bank of England. (Call No.: MLMSS 6939/1/b(viii))
undated; Notebook re. Phillip's Portuguese engagement, London, Frankfurt, Lord Nelson, etc. (Call No.: MLMSS 6939/1/b(ix))
undated; Notebook re. Landmann (refs in Becke & Jeffery) and Arthur Phillip. (Call No.: MLMSS 6939/1/b(x))
undated; Notebook re. Jacob Phillip and London Bridge. (Call No.: MLMSS 6939/1/b(xi))
undated; Notebook re. Phillip's parentage (from Stockdale, Becke & Jeffery). (Call No.: MLMSS 6939/1/b(xii))
undated; Notebook re. relatives and friends of the Admiral. (Call No.: MLMSS 6939/1/b(xiii))
undated; Notebook re. Will of Mrs Arthur Phillip and Robert Newton Shawe. (Call No.: MLMSS 6939/1/b(xiv))
undated; Notebook re. London Bridge and Will of Mrs Arthur Phillip. (Call No.: MLMSS 6939/1/b(xv))
1937; Notebook re. George Rose. (Call No.: MLMSS 6939/1/b(xvi))
undated; Notebook re. Naval records, muster rolls and terms of Arthur Phillip's Will. (Call No.: MLMSS 6939/1/b(xvii))

undated; Carbon typescript of chapters 1 & 2 of 'Admiral Arthur Phillip'. (Call No.: MLMSS 6939/1/c(i))
undated; First drafts of MS and miscellaneous notes by W.K.J. Allan. (Call No.: MLMSS 6939/1/c(ii))
undated; Printed brochure on Cuffnells Hotel, Lyndhurst (Call No.: MLMSS 6939/1/c(iii))

Volume of illustrations for 'The Founder of Australia : Admiral Arthur Phillip, R.N. (1733-1814) his times, work and character' collected by D. Hope Johnston [now in 3 boxes]. The illustrations, consisting of prints, engravings and photographs, are arranged under the following headings:
Portraits of Admiral Phillip; The old city as young Arthur Philip knew it as a boy (1738-1753); The Ward of Bread Street; Greenwich (1751-3); Portsmouth (1755-1798); Lyndhurst (1763-1770) (Call No.: MLMSS 6939/2X)
Under Whitehall (The Admiralty, Naval Career, Ships & Admirals; The Home Office, Political Heads & Official Chiefs); Australia (Call No.: MLMSS 6939/3X)
Bath (1806-1814); Bathampton; The London Memorial (1932); 5 loose photographs (Call No.: MLMSS 6939/4X)

235 lantern slides taken mainly from the volume of illustrations (Call No.: SLIDES 11)

This collection was originally located at Uncat. MSS Set 440. It was transferred to MLMSS 6939 in 2000.

Access via appointment - Applies to SLIDES 11