Colonial Despatches

Engleheart was the private secretary to Newcastle;1 he recorded and intermediated correspondence between Newcastle and Douglas.

Engleheart published a journal he kept when he accompanied Newcastle and The Prince of Wales on a North American visit, in 1860, reaching as far west as Lake Superior.2 Prior to this role, Engleheart was a barrister at The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn beginning in 1849.3 Following his work for Newcastle, Engleheart served as the comptroller for Prince Christian of Denmark and Princess Helena from 1866-69 and then served as a Clerk of the Council of the Duchy of Lancaster. While in this role, he was knighted (K.C.B.) in 1897, before entering the Council of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1901.4 Having made his various careers his life, Engleheart continued his last vocation until he was 89.

• 1. Arthur N. Birch and William Robinson. The Colonial Office List for 1867 (London: Harrison, 1867), 213.
• 2. Gardner D. Engleheart, Journal of the Progress of H.R.H. The Price of Whales through British North America and His Visit to the United States, 10th July to 15 November, 1860, (Privately Printed).
• 3. Birch and Robinson. The Colonial Office List for 1867, 213.
• 4. William Arthur Shaw, The Knights of England. A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of all the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, Ireland, and of Knights Bachelors, Incorporating a Complete List of Knights Bachelors Dubbed in Ireland (London: Skerrat and Hughes, 1906), 1:295.