Papers of Sir Edmund Monson

Papers of Sir Edmund Monson, mainly relating to his diplomatic service in Denmark, Greece, Austria-Hungary and France, 1884-1904, with papers relating to other diplomatic postings, and family correspondence, 1841-1908. The collection is arranged as follows:

• Diaries of Sir Edmund John Monson, 1st Baronet, while British Minister at Copenhagen and Athens, 1888-9
• Early correspondence and papers, 1852-77, with some family letters, 1869-1901
• Letters, 1881-5 (mainly Uruguay and Argentina)
• Letters and bills, 1884-8 (Denmark)
• Letters and bills, 1888-92 (Greece)
• Letters and bills, 1892-3 (Belgium)
• Letters and bills, 1893 (London)
• Letters and bills, 1893-6 (Austria-Hungary)
• Letter and bills, 1896-1905 (France)
• Miscellaneous correspondence relating to Monson's early career, and his service in Athens, Brussels, Vienna and Paris, 1889-97
• Family letters, 1841-1908
• Miscellaneous papers, 1798-1904

Sir Edmund John Monson, 1st baronet (1834-1909) was a diplomat. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

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

MSS. Eng. hist. b. 243, c. 1161-1290 were bought from John, 11th Baron Monson, 1987; MSS. Eng. hist. c. 589-95, d. 358 were purchased in 1972; MSS. Eng. hist. e. 341-2 were purchased in 1978; MSS. Don. c. 154, d. 178-9, were given by John Wilson (Autographs) Ltd. through FOB, Sept. 1982; MSS. Eng. c. 5372-3 were given by John Wilson, 1993.

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

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

Some printed items have been transferred to the Department of Printed Books, and a few items to the John Johnson collection.