The Colonial Despatches: Smith, Peter

Smith, Peter

Peter Smith was chief clerk in the Colonial Office. He entered the service as an extra clerk, 20 August 1810 to 5 April 1816, served as a translator from 5 January 1814 to 5 July 1819, clerk from 5 July 1819 to 28 March 1822, a supernumerary assistant clerk to 5 January 1824, senior clerk to 1 July 1843, and chief clerk to 1 January 1860, when he retired.

Office-Holders, Colonial Office, p. 48.

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Mentions of this person in the documents

Holloway, Thomas to Smith, Peter 25 October 1859, CO 305:13, no. 10609, 256.
Hamilton, George Alexander to Hawes, Benjamin 24 September 1849, CO 305:2, no. 8238, 133.
Douglas, Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 5 April 1856, CO 305:7, no. 5812, 20.
Smith, Peter to Grey, Right Honorable, Second Baronet, Sir George 31 July 1854, CO 305:5, no. 6566, 247.
Douglas, Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 12 June 1857, CO 305:8, no. 7947, 67.
Labouchere, Henry to Douglas, Sir James 21 October 1856, LAC :, 491.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 18 December 1858, CO 60:2, no. 13024, 69.
Romaine, William Govett to Merivale, Herman 22 September 1858, CO 60:2, no. 9862, 8.
Douglas, Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 21 March 1859, CO 60:4, no. 4808, 236.
Harding, John D. to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 10 December 1858, CO 60:2, no. 12681, 129.
Hamilton, George Alexander to Merivale, Herman 8 February 1859, CO 60:6, no. 1403, 111.
Pelly, Sir John Henry to Grey, Right Honorable, Second Baronet, Sir George 26 June 1849, CO 305:2, no. 5639, 297.
Douglas, Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 20 January 1859, CO 60:4, no. 2739, 77.
Douglas, Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 20 July 1857, CO 305:8, no. 8658, 112.
Blanshard, Governor Richard to Grey, Third Earl, Henry George 30 August 1851, CO 305:3, no. 9339, 38.
Blanshard, Governor Richard to Grey, Third Earl, Henry George 18 September 1850, CO 305:2, no. 1394, 51.
Douglas, Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 14 August 1856, CO 305:7, no. 9707, 73.
Douglas, Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 11 April 1859, CO 60:4, no. 5446, 279.
Parker, John to Hawes, Benjamin 27 February 1851, WO 1:549, no. 1801, 545.
Blanshard, Governor Richard to Grey, Third Earl, Henry George 19 October 1850, CO 305:2, no. 2521, 85.
Parker, John to Hawes, Benjamin 24 October 1851, CO 305:3, no. 9092, 206A.
Labouchere, Henry to Douglas, Sir James 5 May 1856, CO 410:1.
Blanshard, Governor Richard to Grey, Third Earl, Henry George 1849, CO 305:2, 1.
Pelly, Sir John Henry to Grey, Right Honorable, Second Baronet, Sir George 28 February 1851, CO 305:3, no. 1800, 362.
Hamilton, George Alexander to Hawes, Benjamin 24 September 1849, CO 305:2, no. 8270, 137.
Douglas, Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 8 April 1857, CO 305:8, no. 5813, 38.
Blanshard, Governor Richard to Grey, Third Earl, Henry George 11 August 1851, CO 305:3, no. 9336, 34.
Douglas, Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 10 November 1857, CO 305:8, no. 11699, 256.
Blanshard, Governor Richard to Grey, Third Earl, Henry George 4 August 1851, CO 305:3, no. 8963, 28.
Douglas, Sir James to Grey, Third Earl, Henry George 31 October 1851, CO 305:3, no. 484, 65.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 13 March 1854, CO 305:5, no. 4928, 38.
Griffiths, Major John to Hawes, Benjamin 15 May 1849, CO 305:2, no. 4304, 356.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 11 April 1853, CO 305:4, no. 6979, 20.
Douglas, Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 27 October 1858, CO 60:1, no. 12726, 320.
Trevelyan, Sir Charles Edward to Merivale, Herman 2 November 1858, CO 60:2, no. 11279, 277.

The Colonial Despatches Team. Smith, Peter. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. The Colonial Despatches Team. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/smith_p.html.

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Colonial Despatches

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

Smith, Peter