Collection search - Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire fonds [textual record (chiefly microform)]

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Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire fonds [textual record (chiefly microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1916-1921.

Reference:

R4694-0-8-E, MG27-IIB4

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

103099

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Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire fonds
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1916-1921.

Place of creation:

United Kingdom

Extent:

2 microfilm reels negative and positive.
0.3 cm of textual records (9 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of microfilm copy of diaries, 1916-1921, during Devonshire's term as Governor General of Canada. They provide a factual account of the daily official and personal activities of the Duke together with some comment upon the events and political figures of the period such as Borden and members of his cabinet. This material is located on microfilm reels A-653 and A-654.

Fonds also consists of addresses, in horizontal storage, from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, 1917 and 1918 (vols. 1 and 2) and from the House of Commons (vols. 3 to 9) to the Duke of Devonshire 1917 to 1919.

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Devonshire, Victor Christian William Cavendish, Duke of, 1868-1938
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Canada. Parliament. House of Commons

Borden, Robert Laird, Sir, 1854-1937

Canada. Parlement. Chambre des communes
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Devonshire, Victor Christian William Cavendish, Duke of, 1868-1938 : The 9th Duke of Devonshire was the 11th Governor General of Canada, 3 January 1916 to 16 October 1921. He received his education from Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge and enjoyed a political career as a Liberal Unionist, 1891 to 1908, in Great Britain. On his return to England he became Secretary of the Colonies.

See also: Cowan, J., Canada's Governors General, (Toronto: York Publishing Co., Limited, 1965).

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Textual record (Electronic) Transcription of the Diary of the Duke of Devonshire, 1916-1921 created by Dorothy Anne Phillips during research for the book: Victor and Evie: British Aristocrats in Wartime Rideau Hall, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017. No FA number (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/p000003411.pdf

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Location of originals note:

The originals are located with the Derbyshire Collections, Chatworth, Bakerwell, Derbyshire, England. This material was microfilmed through the courtesy of the 11th Duke of Devonshire.
Subject heading:

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Canada 1911-1921

Duke of Devonshire, Victor Christian William Cavendish - Diaries, 1916-1921

Canada - Social life and customs, [1916-1921]

Governor general - Canada - Diaries, 1916-1921

Hommes politiques Canada

Politicians Canada
Source:

Private

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MG27-IIB4
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Textual records: microform

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Microfilm reel A-653--A-654

[Consultation 90 Open]

Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG27 II B 4] 1--9

[Consultation 90 Open]

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