Papers of Sir John Francis Cradock and Sir John Hobart Caradoc

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 161 MSS. Eng. b. 2028-32, c. 2737-60, d. 2294-5
  • Dates of Creation
      1806-58
  • Language of Material
      English, Spanish or Castilian, and French.
  • Physical Description
      31 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

This collection consists of official correspondence and other papers.

Administrative / Biographical History

Sir John Francis Cradock, later Caradoc, 1st Baron Howden (1762-1839), and his son Sir John Hobart Caradoc, 2nd Baron Howden (1799-1873) were both generals. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Access Information

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).

Acquisition Information

The papers were bought from The Chaucer Head Antiquarian Booksellers, York, in 1991, with help from Bodley's American Friends.

Note

Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

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