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Palmerston: P is for Paris
This is the first post in a new series from Special Collections on Henry John Temple, third Viscount Palmerston: P-A-L-M-E-R-S-T-O-N. This week it’s P for Paris, a city whose fortunes were at the...
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Palmerston: A is for Austria
This week’s blog, the second in our P-A-L-M-E-R-S-T-O-N series, will be on Austria. We will be focussing on the revolutions in 1848 in the Austrian Empire. Henry John Temple, Third Viscount Palmerston...
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Palmerston: L is for London
About 5 o’clock a rush was made down Grosvenor Place + to Belgravia + Eaton Place + a good many windows broken before the Police could turn out in sufficient numbers to catch them. Letter from Sir G....
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Palmerston: M is for Mexico
As we reach the fourth in our P-A-L-M-E-R-S-T-O-N series we turn to M for Mexico and a not particularly glorious chapter in European-Mexican relations. Having declared independence in 1821, Mexico was...
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Palmerston: E is for Egypt
This week we continue our P-A-L-M-E-R-S-T-O-N places series with ‘E’ for Egypt. We will be looking at some intriguing correspondence under the third Viscount Palmerston’s memoranda relating to foreign...
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Palmerston: R is for Romsey
In this latest edition of our P-A-L-M-E-R-S-T-O-N series we turn to the letter R and this time stay closer to home as we look at the nearby town of Romsey. Statue of Lord Palmerston in Romsey, 19th...
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2023 – a year in review
As we move into the new year we take time to look back over 2023 and reflect on the work of Archives and Special Collections in the last twelve months. Signature of the first Duke of Wellington...
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Palmerston: S is for Southampton
We believe that our exports are much diminished and the progress of commerce retarded from the want of this direct communication with the manufacturing districts. The former attractions of Southampton...
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Palmerston: T is for Tuscany
As we continue into the winter months, what better way to feel warm than to head to Tuscany for the letter T of Palmerston in this blog. Henry John Temple, Third Viscount Palmerston, Illustrated...
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Palmerston: O is for Ottoman Empire
We continue our P-A-L-M-E-R-S-T-O-N series with ‘O’ for Ottoman, as we take a look through Palmerston’s military and diplomatic papers with a focus on the 1840 ‘Oriental Crisis’. Illustration from...
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60 years in the city: the University and the City of Southampton
To mark the sixtieth anniversary of Southampton gaining city status, in this Special Collections blog we will look at the development of the University since 1964 and its links with its home city. The...
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Palmerston: N is for Newfoundland
As we reach the final letter in our P-A-L-M-E-R-S-T-O-N blog series, what better destination to choose than the beautiful island of Newfoundland? Map of Newfoundland, Maps of the Society for the...
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Annie Yorke (née de Rothschild, aka Mrs Eliot Yorke)
Annie Yorke (1844-1926) is the subject of the first of our blog posts marking Women’s History Month. Better known as “The Hon. Mrs Eliot Yorke”, she has the distinction of featuring in several of our...
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Grace Ford
In the speech for the honorary doctorate that Grace Ford (1896-1981) was granted alongside her husband Professor Percy (Peter) Ford by the University of Southampton in 1974 the University orator spoke...
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E.M. Almedingen
Martha Edith von Almedingen, known to her friends as Chris, was a British novelist, biographer and children’s author. She was able to read eight different languages: French, German, Italian, Latin,...
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Use perspectives: cultural heritage sector placement on Honor Frost
Between February and April of this year Archives and Special Collections we were joined by Ma Xiu, a student studying for a MA in the Archaeology Department, as part of her professional placement in...
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