Papers of Thomas Ward, including:
- Correspondence of Ward, mainly concerning affairs of state of Lucca and Parma, 1847-58, including letters of Charles Louis, 1847-8
- Official papers relating to Lucca and Parma, 1814, 1844-52
- Papers relating to the marriage of Charles Ferdinand to Marie Louise de Bourbon, 1845-6, and the return and administration of the confiscated Spanish estates of Charles Louis, 1850
- Letters and papers of the Ward family, 1859-80
Dates
- 1814-80
Extent
39 shelfmarks
Language of Materials
Italian
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Ital. c. 28].
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Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Ital. c. 28-66
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13453
Biographical / Historical
Thomas Ward (1810-1858), Baron Ward of the Austrian Empire, was minister to Charles Louis of Bourbon, Duke of Lucca and of Parma, and to his son Charles III, Duke of Parma. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, nos. 47613-51.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were given to the Library in 1936.
Bibliography
- The papers were used by J.P.H. Myers in his Baron Ward and the Dukes of Parma (London, 1938).
- Title
- Papers of Thomas Ward
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Emily Tarrant
- Language of description
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk