Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Correspondence (private letter)
Seymour, Frederick to Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes 14 September 1863, CO 60:17, no. 10080, 509.
Abstract
Correspondence (private letter).
Minutes (1).
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Seymour to Newcastle
Belize
14 Sept 1863
My Lord Duke,
I receive very gratefully the notification of my appointment to the
Governorship of British Columbia. It is highly gratifying to me to
accept this important trust from the Secretary of State to whom I owe myintroduction
introduction to the Colonial Service. The prospects of a change from
the swamps of Honduras to a fine country is inexpressibly attractive to
me, and I trust, in the bracing air of North America to prove myself
worthy of your Grace's confidence and kindness.
introduction to the Colonial Service. The prospects of a change from
the swamps of Honduras to a fine country is inexpressibly attractive to
me, and I trust, in the bracing air of North America to prove myself
worthy of your Grace's confidence and kindness.
I propose availing myself of the permissionYour
Your Grace gives me to
return to England for a very short time. I intend leaving Belize on the
16th of October. Mr Berkeley, the Colonial Secretary, having
returned from England, I shall hand over the temporary administration of
the Government to him. I am happy to say that I have no reason to
apprehendany
any Indian disturbances on the frontier, and that all is
progressing prosperously within our limits.
Your Grace gives me to
return to England for a very short time. I intend leaving Belize on the
16th of October. Mr Berkeley, the Colonial Secretary, having
returned from England, I shall hand over the temporary administration of
the Government to him. I am happy to say that I have no reason to
apprehendany
any Indian disturbances on the frontier, and that all is
progressing prosperously within our limits.
With renewed expression of gratitude for my promotion,
His Grace the Duke of Newcastle K.G.