Telegraph to Secretary of State for the Colonies, 20 April 1868
Telegraph to Secretary of State for the Colonies, 20 April 1868
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20 April 1868
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A 497
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0.4 metres of textual material (1 volume)
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Official telegraphic despatch 20 April 1868 to the Secretary of State for the Colonies on the attempted assassination of Duke of Edinburgh by Henry James O'Farrell and death of Dr Sawyer Bishop of Grafton by drowning.
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Telegraph to Secretary of State for the Colonies, 20 April 1868
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In January 1868 Belmore was made Governor and Commander-in-Chief of New South Wales, a post which he retained till Feb. 1872.
On 12 March 1868 at a fête at Clontarf, the prince was shot in the back by Henry O'Farrell. Belmore was some distance away and did not witness the drama in which he was meant to figure, for O'Farrell later claimed he...
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nZNvKK7n
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