Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Correspondence (private letter)
Hyde, Charles S. to Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes 1 October 1863, CO 305:21, no. 9588, 281.
Abstract
Correspondence (private letter).
Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1), Other documents (1).
Hyde to Newcastle
Windhorn Club, St James' Square
1st October 1863
My Lord Duke,
I have the honor to submit myself to your Graces' notice, as a
Candidate for the Office of Colonial Secretary at Vancouvers Island.
I beg to state for your Graces' information, that I accompanied
Governor Hill in February last, to Antigua, as his private Secretary
and Aide decamp—but I was compelled to return to England on the 13
Ulto by order of the medical men, in consequence of severe illness,
brought on by the heat, of the Climate, and with their assurance that
the West Indies are unsuitable to my constitution, I venture to ask
for employment in a Climate more congenial to my health.I
I have the
further honor to annex for your Graces' perusal, the Copy of a note
written me by Governor Hill on the eve of my departure from Antigua,
unasked for by myself. It will I trust, palliate in some degree, the
liberty I take, in asking your Grace for Government Employment.
I have the
further honor to annex for your Graces' perusal, the Copy of a note
written me by Governor Hill on the eve of my departure from Antigua,
unasked for by myself. It will I trust, palliate in some degree, the
liberty I take, in asking your Grace for Government Employment.
Minutes by CO staff
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Stephen J. Hill, Governor in Chief, Leeward Islands, to Hyde, 24 August 1863, bearing testimony to his character and expressing regret
at the circumstances of his departure from Antigua.
Other documents included in the file
Elliot to Hyde, 16 February 1863, acknowledging receipt of his
letter and advising that "Mr Young retains the appointment of
Colonial Secretary at Van Couver Island."