Merivale, Herman 1806-1874
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Born 1806 · died 1874
Herman Merivale CB was an English civil servant and historian. He was the elder brother of Charles Merivale, and father of the poet Herman Charles Merivale.
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The Merivale family papers do not include anything of Herman’s. His papers are presumed to have been lost, perhaps as a result of the confused financial affairs of his son, Herman Charles Merivale.
Correspondents
EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON BULWER-LYTTON, Baron Lytton, several letters, 1857-1863. Bulwer-Lytton papers, Hertfordshire RO
HENRY PELHAM CLINTON, 5th Duke of Newcastle, several letters, 1859-1863. Newcastle MSS., Nottingham UL
ROBERT ARTHUR TALBOT GASCOYNE-CECIL, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, five letters, 1866-1867. Salisbury papers, Christ Church College, Oxford.
HENRY GEORGE GREY, 3rd Earl Grey, five letters, 1847-1860. Grey of Howick papers, Durham D. P.
MACVEY NAPIER, 23 letters, 1835-1847. BL Add. MSS. 34617-34626.
CHARLES ELIOT NORTON, three letters, n.d. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
JOHN GORHAM PALFREY, five letters, 1856-1865. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER-MAINE, 26 letters, 1865-1869. Sumner-Maine papers, India Office Library.
EDWARD TURNER BOYD TWISLETON, three letters, 1867-1868. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Printed Material
ANNA MERIVALE, Family Memorials (1884).
New Palgrave ; ODNB; Boase II 850 ; ESS X 353.
Portrait: NPG (A).