<persName ref="prs:seymour_f"><surname>Seymour</surname>, <forename>Frederick</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:elliot_tf"><surname>Elliot</surname>, <forename>Thomas</forename> <forename>Frederick</forename></persName> 16 August 1866, CO 60:26, no. 8011, 415. Seymour addressee Elliot (Assistant Under-Secretary)

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Seymour, Frederick to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 16 August 1866, CO 60:26, no. 8011, 415.The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.6, ed. James Hendrickson and the Colonial Despatches project. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/B666S13.html. CO 60:26 CO 60 26 8011 415 B.C. 1866 received 17 August co_60_26_00419r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Seymour, Frederick to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 16 August 1866, CO 60:26, no. 8011, 415.

Correspondence (private letter). Minutes (4), Other documents (1), Marginalia (3).

 Seymour, Frederick
St. James Palace
Elliot, Thomas Frederick Inserted revisionDesc.
Seymour to Elliot (Assistant Under-Secretary) 8011, CO 60/26, p. 415; received 17 August
St. James Palace
16 August 1866 Sir,

Having received from the Earl of Carnarvon the notification of my appointment to the Governorship of the united Colonies of British Columbia and Vancouver Island, I have the honor to request that you will give instructions for the payment to me of the usual passage allowance.

As the newColony Colony bears the name of the portion thereof the Government of which I until recently administered it may appear, perhaps, that I am applying twice during my administration for passage allowance. I would however beg leave to state that having had six months leave of absence from the late Colony granted to me, I have been detained another six months in London by the Secretary of State assisting in thepreparation preparation of a bill for the Union of the Western Colonies. At the bill becoming law it was held * that my former office had ceased to exist. After some delay I was honored by the announcement ** that the Queen had permitted the Governorship of the new Colony to be offered to me. I have accepted it, & commence a new term of office in a new colony.

I have the honor to be Sir Your most obedient Servant Frederick Seymour T.F. Elliot Esqre &c &c &c
Mr Elliot Mr Seymour applies for the usual passage allowance (i.e. £800) and assigns two grounds—1. that he was detained here by the Secretary of State for 6 Months beyond his original leave, 2. that he is about to commence a new term of office in a new Colony.

In July 1865 Mr Cardwell granted Mr Seymour 6 Months leave "for the purpose of visiting this Country." A private letter from Mr Cardwell accompanied this Despatch in which Mr Seymour was told "that it would be open to him to raise the question of a short extension if he wished it." Paper annexed.

On the 1st Novr 1865 an extension of 6 Months was granted.

On this ground I cannot seethat that Mr Seymour has any claim whatever.

Leave of absence was granted to him at his own request & he is about to return to the Colony whence he came. And even if he has been detained here by the S. of S. he will be put to no additional expense on that account.

2d Is he about to enter upon a New term of office in a New Colony? No new Colony has been created. He continues Governor of B. Columbia into which Van Couver Island has been incorporated. No new Commission will be given to him. Had Mr Seymour been removed from one Colony to another he would have been entitled to the actual cost of the passage—but in the present case I cannot think his application well founded.

VJ 20 Augt
I quite agree with Mr Jadis, and think the application very unreasonable. I should refuse it briefly and decidedly. TFE 20 August
I agree. CBA 21/8
Mr Elliot Governor Seymour assumed the GovtGovernment on the 26 April 1864. Received Six Months leave from 9 Sepr 1865 to 9 March 66. * Received an extension from March 1866. No record of his having asked for it & no period fixed. The only record we have is a letter from Seymour asking for his 1/2 [salary] during his extended leave. See 2997 whereupon the Agents were told to pay it till further orders. VJ 24 Aug
Colonial Office to Seymour, 13 September 1866, refusing his request for passage allowance.
By whom? FR
No public Record of this announcement. VJ
Arrived in England end of Octr or 1st of November. [TFE]