Loyd, Samuel Jones. Baron Overstone, 1796-1883
Archival location guide — where this economist’s surviving papers are held, their notable correspondents, and key published sources.
Correspondence, 1804-1883, with other papers on economics, politics and family matters.
Overstone papers, London UL, MS. 804.
Correspondents
CHARLES BABBAGE, six letters, 1834-1849. BL Add. MSS. 37188-37194.
JOHN ELLIOT CAIRNES, two letters, 1857-1859. NLI, MS. 8944.
EDWARD CARDWELL, copies of correspondence, 1858. BL Add. MS. 44118.
EDWIN CHADWICK, four letters, 1836-1839. Chadwick papers, University College London (UCL)
BENJAMIN DISRAELI, Earl of Beaconsfield, two letters, 1859. Disraeli papers, National Register of Archives (NRA) 0842.
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE, six letters, 1853-1865. BL Add. MSS. 44373-44406.
HENRY GEORGE GREY, 3rd Earl Grey, two letters, 1872-1881. Grey of Howick papers, Durham D. P.
GRANVILLE GEORGE LEVESON-GOWER, 2nd Earl Granville, nine letters, 1853-1872. Granville papers, Public Record Office (PRO)
SIR GEORGE CORNEWALL LEWIS, five letters, 1856-1857. Harpton Court papers, National Library of Wales (NLW)
SIR JOHN WILLIAM LUBBOCK, three letters, 1851-1855. Lubbock papers, Royal Society Library, London.
LORD JOHN RUSSELL, 1st Earl Russell, two letters, 1846-1849. Russell papers, PRO
JOHN BENJAMIN SMITH, four items, 1840. J. B. Smith papers, Manchester City Library.
GEORGE JOHN SPENCER, 2nd Earl Spencer, some letters, n.d. Spencer papers, NRA 10410.
THOMAS SPRING-RICE, 1st Baron Monteagle, some letters, n.d. Monteagle papers, NLI
SAMUEL WILBERFORCE, five letters, 1850-1864. Bodleian, MSS. Wilberforce.
CHARLES WOOD, 1st Viscount Halifax, about ten letters, 1846-1881.
Hickletonpapers, NRA 8128.
Printed Material
The Correspondence of Lord Overstone , ed. Denis Patrick O’Brien, 3 vols. ( London, 1972).
New Palgrave ; ODNB; Boase II 128 1; ESS XI 517.
Portrait: see Correspondence (above).