Papers relating to Ireland and Parliament (1743-1875); subject files relating to Pope-Hennessy's career (1855-1938); correspondence (1866-1890); personal letters to Pope-Hennessy (1867-1890); papers relating to his colonial governorships in Labuan, West Africa, the Bahamas, Barbados, Hong Kong and Mauritius (1844-1908). The collection also contains papers (notes, correspondence, etc.) connected with the writing of Verandah: some episodes in the crown colonies,…

Files relating to Sir John Paul's time spent in the Gambia, British Honduras (now Belize) and the Bahamas. Mainly speeches, but also monthly assessments on the political and security situation in the Gambia from April 1962 to February 1965.