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Sir John Pender

Reference Accession
NHA/P30 NHA/P30

Sir John Pender (1816 - 18[96]).
M.P. for Wick District, 1872 - 1885, and again, 1892 - 1896.
Chairman of the Metropolitan Electric Supply Company.
(See Burke's Peerage and Baronetage).

Additionally many persons from whom correspondence was received also occur in Burke's Peerage and Baronetage.

Correspondence to Sir John Pender.

P30/1 22 August 1877.
MS. draft of letter from Professor Leone Levi, New Hotel, Wick, to the editor of The Northern Ensign Newspaper regarding the "...progress of the Duke of Sutherland's schemes of land improvement...".
1 item / 4pp.

P30/2 3 July 1883.
MS. letter from Henry [Fenwick] to John Pender regarding a telegraph wire between Inverness and Aberdeen.
1 item / 2pp.

P30/3 20 July 1883 - 6 May 1884.

MS. letters from Edward Mayoibanks, 134 Piccadilly, to John Pender regarding routine business arrangements.
3 items / 3pp.

P30/4 18 April 1885.
MS. letter from Cath[erine] Gladstone, 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, London, wife of William Gladstone, Prime Minister 1869, 1880 - 1886, to John Pender expressing hope that her "...protegee will show himself worthy of the kindness...".
1 item / 1p.

P30/5 10 April 1888.
MS. letter from Lord Cauperdown, 39 Charles Street, Berkeley Square, London to Sir John Pender, regarding an invitation to a party.
1 item / 2pp.

P30/ 6 24 February 1889.
MS. letter from Sir Daniel Cooper, 6 De Vere Gardens, Kensington Palace, London, 2nd baronet, to Sir John Pender regarding railway lighting.
1 item / 1p.

P30/7 25 March 1889.
MS. letter from the Master of the Rolls to an unnamed, stating the date that he "...will come to do honour to Sir John Pender...".
1 item / 1p.

P30/8 23 April 1889.
MS. letter from Sir Algernon Borthwick, Invercauld, Ballater, Aberdeenshire, to Sir John Pender regarding a Mr Montagu Loftus.
1 item / 2pp.

P30/9 29 April 1889.
MS. letter from Admiral Henry Keppel, Royal Naval Club, Portsmouth, director of North Borneo Company and writer, to Sir John Pender expressing regret at having to cancel a dinner arrangement.
1 item / 1p.

P30/10 7 May 1889.
MS. letter from Lord Orstow, Colonial Office, to Sir John Pender regarding an invitation to view the "...Castle Construction Works...".
1 item / 3pp.

P30/11 26 July 1889.
MS. letter from Sir Philip Currie, Foreign Office, to Sir John Pender expressing pleasure for plans for a forthcoming trip and arrangements for meeting at Portsmouth.
1 item / 2pp.

P30/12 26 June 1991.
MS. letter from Sir Henry Selwin Ibbetson, (Lord Rookwood), 62 Prince's Gate, to Sir John Pender regarding payment for a dinner ticket.
1 item / 1p.

P30/13 5 April 1992.
MS. letter from The Viscount Wolmer, House of Commons, to William Payton, 18 Arlington Street regarding the possibility of a meeting with Sir John Pender.
1 item / 1p.
 

P30/14 18 May 1892.
MS. letter from Sir Richard Quain M.D., 67 Harley Street, London, doctor and medical writer,  to Sir John Pender regarding the restoration of a doctors name to the medical requests.
1 item / 1p.

P30/15 20 May 1892
MS. letter from Lord Rookwood (Sir Henry John Selwin Ibbetson), Grand Hotel, France, to Sir John Pender, congratulating him "...on the honour just conferred on you by his majesty...".
1 item / 2pp.

P30/16 15 July 1892.
MS. letter from Sir Eyre Massey Shaw, 52 Pall Mall, London, director of Metropolitan Electric Company, to Sir John Pender offering congratulations.
1 item / 1p.

P30/17 6 August 1892.
MS. letter from Lady Wolsely To Sir John Pender.
1 item / 4pp.

P30/18 20 August 1892.
MS. letter from Lady Shrewsbury, Macharioch, Campbeltown, Argyllshire, to Sir John Pender offering congratulations.
1 item / 3pp.

P30/19 19 December 1892.
Tps. letter from Lord Sudeley, 7 Buckingham Gate, London, to Sydney Collett requesting him to inform Sir John Pender on matters regarding the Wichita Land Co. Syndicate.
1 item / 1p.

P30/20 27 December 1893
MS. letter from Albany [R]ollet, Balls Park, Hertford, to Sir John Pender.
1 item / 1p.

P30/21 16 February 1895.
MS. letter from [ ], Strathfield Saye House, Mortimer, R.S.O., Berkshire, to Sir John Pender regarding nominations for two boys in the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company.
1 item / 3pp.

P30/22 30 May 1895.
Tps. letter from Arnold Morley, Cental Post Office, to Sir John Pender regarding the selection of a new postmaster for the Peebles office.
1 item / 2pp.

P30/23 5 July 1895.
MS. letter from [ ] Winton, York House, St. James's Palace, London to Sir John Pender requesting him to forward a telegram to his brother in law "...who is in command at the Cape...".
1 item / 2pp.

P30/24 23 October 1895.
MS. letter from Arnold Morley, Central Post Office, to Sir John Pender regarding the appointment of a Dr. Bell to the position of medical officer to the Post Office at Kirkwall.
1 item / 1p.

P30/25 [31] October 1895.
MS. letter note from [ ], Lanhydrock, Bodmin, apologising for troubling him.
1 item / 3pp.

P30/26 15 April 1900.
MS. letter from Sir Eyre Massey Shawe, Fire Brigade, Southwark, London, to Sir John Pender regarding a lost card necessary to attend a banquet.
1 item / 1p.

P30/27 2 March 1903.
MS. letter from R.S. Haldane, House of Commons, to Sir John Pender.
1 item / 2pp.

P30/28 MS. note from Sir Julian Paunceforte, Hotel Britanniqus, American Ambassador in 1893, to Pender accepting an invitation to drive out to Lady Doncrailes.
1 item / 2pp.

P30/29 MS. note from [ ] Peterb[ru]gh, The Palace, Peterborough, regarding an omission in a review journal.
1 item / 1p.

P30/30 MS. note from W. St. John Broderick accepting a dinner invitation for Sir John Pender.
1 item / 1p.

P30/31 MS. letter from Sir Charles Edward Howard Vincent, House of Commons, London,
Aide de Camp to the King, founder of United Empire Trade League, 1891, to Sir John Pender regarding the Executive of the United Empire Trade League Venture.
1 item / 4pp.

P30/32 8 June 1911.
MS. letter from Queen Mary, Buckingham Palace, thanking "...all the Marys of the Empire who have so generously contributed to the gift which has been presented to me...". (Coronation gift). Also includes printed booklet describing the pieces of jewellery etc. presented to her. Includes pictures of the items in question.
2 items.