Papers of Sir James Bland Burges and his family, and papers of the Head family, 1750-1892

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Scope and Content

The papers of Burges consist of:

  • Burges family correspondence, c.1750-1824
  • General correspondence of Sir James Bland Burges, 1773-1824
  • Papers of Sir James Bland Burges as under-secretary of state at the Foreign Office, 1789-95
  • General correspondence of Sir James as under-secretary of state at the Foreign Office, 1789-95
  • Personal and literary papers of Sir James Bland Burges
  • Transcripts of papers of Sir James Bland Burges
  • Correspondence and papers of the Head family

Administrative / Biographical History

Sir James Bland Burges (1752-1824), was an author, barrister, member of parliament and under-secretary of state at the Foreign Office. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography. A pedigree of the Burges family is in Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (1925 edition, under Lamb).

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

These papers were deposited in the Bodleian Library in 1958.

Note

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

Other Finding Aids

A catalogue of the collection is available online at http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollectionswmss/online/online.htm.