Graham, Sir James Robert George Bt, 1792 – 1861
Archival location guide — where this economist’s surviving papers are held, their notable correspondents, and key published sources.
Political correspondence, c. 1820-1850, particularly concerning Home Office, Irish and Naval affairs.
Graham papers, National Register of Archives (NRA) 2634. (Microfilms of this collection in the Bodleian, Cambridge UL, National Library of Ireland and the Newberry Library, Chicago.)
Correspondents
WILLIAM A’COURT, 1st Baron Heytesbury, copies of eight letters, 1845-1846.
Newcastle MSS., Nottingham UL
FRANCIS ROBERT BONHAM, many letters, 1837-1857. BL Add. MS. 40616.
HENRY PETER BROUGHAM, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, 110 letters, 1818-1857. Brougham papers, University College London (UCL)
SIR GEORGE BROWN, a few letters, 1843. N. L. S., MS. 2843.
EDWARD CARDWELL, many letters, 1852-1859.
Cardwell papers, Public Record Office (PRO)
EDWIN CHADWICK, 30 items, 1841-1851.
Chadwick papers, UCL
HENRY PELHAM CLINTON, 5th Duke of Newcastle, 67 letters, 1840-1861.
Newcastle MSS., Nottingham UL
SIR THOMAS JOHN COCHRANE, 30 letters, 1840-1855. National Library of Scotland (NLS), MS. 2280 et seq.
JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY, Baron Lyndhurst, 14 letters, 1842 – 1844.
Copley papers, Glamorgan RO
BENJAMIN DISRAELI, Earl of Beaconsfield, three letters, 1842 – 1851.
Disraeli papers, NRA 0842.
HENRY DUNCAN, several letters, 1834-1835. Crawford papers, NRA 12609.
ROBERT DUNDAS, 2nd Viscount Melville, eight items, 1831-1832.
Melville Castle Muniments, Scottish RO
HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3rd Baron Holland (and Lady Holland), 55 letters, c. 1826-1840.
BL Add. MS. 51542.
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE, many letters, 1837-1855.
BL Add. MSS. 44163 – 44164.
GEORGE HAMILTON GORDON, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, many letters, 1840-1860.
BL Add. MSS. 43190-43192.
HENRY HARDINGE, 1st Viscount Hardinge, 20 letters, 1836 – 1854.
Hardinge papers, McGill University, Montreal.
GEORGE WILLIAM HOPE, several letters, 1841-1856.
Hope of Luffness papers, NRA 10172.
JOHN GEORGE LAMBTON, 1st Earl of Durham, a few letters, n.d. Lambton papers, NRA 11184.
WILLIAM WALTER LEGGE, 5th Earl of Dartmouth, four letters, 1842-1854.
Dartmouth MSS., William Salt Library, Stafford.
SIR THOMAS MARTIN, many letters, 1830-1854. BL Add. MSS. 41368-41466.
SIR CHARLES NAPIER, many letters, 1827-1854. BL Add. MSS. 40023-40026, 40037.
JOSEPH PARKES, two letters, 1854. Parkes papers, UCL
SIR ROBERT PEEL, much correspondence, 1827-1850. BL Add. MSS. 40318, 40446-40452.
SIR GEORGE SINCLAIR, several letters, 1835-1841. Sinclair of Ulbster papers, NRA 10552.
GEORGE JOHN SPENCER, 2nd Earl Spencer, nine letters, 1831 – 1833.
Spencer papers, NRA 10410.
CHARLES WILLIAM STEWART, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, 71 letters, 1841-1852.
Londonderry papers, Durham RO
HENRY JOHN TEMPLE, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, 80 letters, 1831-1861.
Broadlands papers, NRA 12889.
GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK VILLIERS, 4th Earl of Clarendon, many letters, 1834-1855.
Bodleian, MS. Clar. Dep. c4, c14, c30, c469.
THOMAS WALLACE, Baron Wallace, three letters, 1813. Middleton papers, Northumberland RO
SAMUEL WILBERFORCE, nine letters, 1837-1857. Bodleian, MS. Wilberforce.
SIR ROBERT JOHN WILMOT-HORTON, two letters, 1831-1833. Catton collection, Derby Borough Library.
CHARLES WOOD, 1st Viscount Halifax, 87 letters, 1846-1861. Hickleton papers, NRA 8128.
Printed Material
ARVEL B. ERICKSON, The Public Career of Sir James Graham ( Oxford, 1952).
CHARLES STUART PARKER, Life and Letters of Sir James Graham Baronet of Netherby, P.C., G.C.B., 1792-1861 ( London, 1907).
JOHN T. WARD, Sir James Graham ( London, 1967).
Palgrave II 249; ODNB; Boase I 1196.
Portraits: BL(P); NPG(A); see Ward (above).