Ebden, Richard

Richard Ebden received his BA from Christ's College, Cambridge in 1856 and an MA in 1859.1 He secured a position as clerk in the Colonial Office in 1858.2 After serving as private secretary to Sir Frederic Rogers, principal undersecretary, Ebden was promoted to assistant senior clerk in July 1866, senior clerk in 1872, and chief clerk in 1879.3

1. Edward Fairfield, The Colonial Office List [1881] (London: Harrison, 1881), 347. http://n2t.net/ark:/13960/t6p07w439
2. William C. Sargeaunt and Arthur N. Birch, The Colonial Office List [1862] (London: Edward Stanford, 1862), 128. http://n2t.net/ark:/13960/t7gr6mk1g
3. Edward Fairfield, The Colonial Office List [1881] (London: Harrison, 1881), 347. http://n2t.net/ark:/13960/t6p07w439

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Colonial Office staff and consultants
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 21 January 1862, CO 60:13, no. 2621, 4.
Townsend, H. R. to Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester 12 February 1862, CO 60:14, no. 1446, 491.
Murdoch, Thomas William Clinton to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 29 March 1862, CO 305:19, no. 3100, 392.
Hamilton, George Alexander to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 9 April 1862, CO 60:14, no. 3469, 230.
Murdoch, Thomas William Clinton to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 20 May 1862, CO 60:14, no. 5116, 64.
Peel, Sir Frederick to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 3 June 1862, CO 60:14, no. 5534, 242.
Hamilton, George Alexander to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 5 June 1862, CO 305:19, no. 5579, 559.
Berens, Henry Hulse to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 9 June 1862, CO 305:19, no. 5967, 479.
Peel, Sir Frederick to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 26 August 1862, CO 60:14, no. 8433, 280.
Helps, Arthur to Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester 21 January 1863, CO 305:21, no. 802, 75.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 3 February 1863, CO 60:15, no. 3138, 129.
Peel, Sir Frederick to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 9 February 1863, CO 60:17, no. 1311, 265.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 14 February 1863, CO 60:15, no. 4165, 157.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 7 March 1863, CO 60:15, no. 4702, 191.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 7 March 1863, CO 60:15, no. 4701, 159.
Gosset, Captain William Driscoll to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 16 March 1863, CO 60:17, no. 2579, 442.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 13 May 1863, CO 60:15, no. 6333, 261.
Sargeaunt, William Charles to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 23 May 1863, CO 305:21, no. 5070, 56.
Cox & Co. to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 3 July 1863, CO 60:17, no. 6498, 419.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 3 August 1863, CO 305:20, no. 9249, 275.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 9 January 1864, CO 60:18, no. 2553, 2.
Mackean, Thomas William Lockwood to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 11 February 1864, CO 60:20, no. 1205, 97.
Hamilton, George Alexander to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 23 February 1864, CO 60:20, no. 1683, 158.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 11 April 1864, CO 60:18, no. 5069, 164.
Kennedy, Arthur to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 5 May 1864, CO 305:22, no. 5725, 167.
Peel, Sir Frederick to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 8 June 1864, CO 60:20, no. 5280, 208.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Cardwell, Edward 2 July 1864, CO 60:20, no. 6267, 307.
Kennedy, Arthur to Cardwell, Edward 7 July 1864, CO 305:22, no. 7928, 314.
Peel, Sir Frederick to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 11 July 1864, CO 60:20, no. 6455, 224.
Kennedy, Arthur to Cardwell, Edward 31 August 1864, CO 305:23, no. 9628, 132.
Kennedy, Arthur to Cardwell, Edward 15 April 1865, CO 305:25, no. 6183, 256.
Kennedy, Arthur to Cardwell, Edward 4 May 1865, CO 305:25, no. 6187, 371.
Murdoch, Thomas William Clinton to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 10 May 1865, CO 305:27, no. 4406, 173.
Kennedy, Arthur to Cardwell, Edward 4 July 1865, CO 305:26, no. 8406, 52.
Kennedy, Arthur to Cardwell, Edward 20 August 1865, CO 305:26, no. 9813, 253.
Murdoch, Thomas William Clinton to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 2 February 1866, CO 305:30, no. 1167, 153.
Chamberlyne, Colonel W. S. to Carnarvon, Earl 23 September 1867, CO 60:31, no. 205, 217.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Leveson-Gower, Granville George 16 April 1869, CO 60:35, no. 6250, 556.
Musgrave, Sir Anthony to Leveson-Gower, Granville George 8 December 1869, CO 60:36, no. 179, 520.

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Rogers, Frederic

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The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871

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