VILLIERS, Charles Pelham, 1802-1898, Politician

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0097 VILLIERS
Held at	: British Library of Political and Economic Science   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.lse.ac.uk/library ›
Full title	: VILLIERS, Charles Pelham, 1802-1898, Politician
Date(s)	: 1846-1897
Level of description	: collection
Extent	: 3 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Villiers, Charles Pelham, 1802-1898, Politician

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Charles Pelham Villiers, 1802-1898, was educated at Haileybury and St. Johns College, Cambridge, becoming a barrister at Lincolns Inn in 1827. He held Benthamite political views, and enjoyed a long career in public service and Parliament. In 1832, he was a Poor Law Commissioner, and from 1833 to 1852, an official of the court of Chancery. He served as an MP for Wolverhampton from 1835 to 1898, during which time he worked towards free trade and opposed the Corn Law and home rule for Ireland. He also served as Judge-Advocate General, 1852-1858, Privy Councillor, 1853, and President of the Poor Law board, 1859-1866.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Letters to Charles Villiers, most from Edward Hyde Villiers on family and political matters. The letters are largely undated and in considerable disorder. Many are incomplete.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

This collection is currently unsorted.

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Finding aids:

Unlisted.

Archival Information

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Allied Materials

Related material:

LSE also holds Thornely / Villiers correspondence, (Ref: SR 1094).

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Output from CAIRS using template 14 and checked by hand on May 29, 2002

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Date(s) of descriptions:
May 29, 2002