Sir John Henry Lefroy - Family papers, 1877-1954

M 938; M 974

fonds

Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]

432499

Microfilm : M 938. See contents list at Micro. Ref. Bks. 2.3/168.
Microfilm : M 974. See contents list at Micro. Ref. Bks. 2.3/179.

microfilm reels 35 mm. - 10 p. photocopies of pamphlet

Governor of Tasmania 1880-82; colonel in the Royal Artillery and Inspector-General of Army Schools 1857-60; became governor of Bermuda in 1871; appointed a K.C.M.G. in 1877; appointed governor of Tasmania 1880; President of the Royal Society of Tasmania

[A] M938: Documents, speeches and cuttings relating to his term in Tasmania and his K.C.M.G. in 1877; typescript entitled "The Lefroy family in England in 1877: a memoir by C.E.C. Lefroy compiled in the year 1936"; printed item 1853-1953: To commemorate the marriage of Henry Maxwell Lefroy and Annette Bate in December 1853 and their arrival in Western Australia in April 1854 by A.A. du H. Milne-Robertson (1954). [B] M974: (i) Four letters 1880, from a volume of autographs and letters relating to his appointment as Governor of Tasmania. They are from the Duke of Cambridge, the Earl of Kimberley and John William Burgon. (ii) Extract, pp.278-297, from Autobiography of General Sir John Henry Lefroy, edited by Lady Lefroy, printed for private circulation c.1895, covering his Tasmanian appointment and including copies of letters by him 1880-1882.

Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales.
National Library of Australia holds microfilm master
Available for reference
Australian Joint Copying Project handbook. Part 8 : Miscellaneous [M series], Entry 273, p.102.
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series: M938, M974
Microfilm copy of originals held in private ownership: Col. J.L. Knyvett, Berkshire, England.
Descriptive list available (2 p.)