Hello List; the great-nephew of the gentleman below has written to me as follows: ".. my great uncle . was a former governor of the Leeward Islands from 1895-1901 & I was wondering where I might locate a photo of him, or any detail as to his career as Governor & living in Government House." Does anyone have any knowledge of what photo (portrait) archives might exist and where? Is this the sort of thing that one would find in the PRO? To the best of my knowledge the Barbados Archives do not have a portrait collection; is there such a thing in Antigua? Grateful for any hints anyone can provide. Ernest ************************************************************************ ********************************* Debretts Peerage 1900: FLEMING, Knight, Sir Francis F. K.C.M.G. (1892) Gov. of Leeward Islands, formerly of Sierra Leone (1892-5), prev. Attorn.Gen, Ch. Just. Or Colon Sec. in Mauritius, Seychelles, Ceylon & Hong Kong: b. 1842, mar. 1892 Constance Mary, nee Kavanagh. Res. Govt. House, Antigua. Ernest M. Wiltshire Friends of the Barbados Archives 38 Inglewood Place, Ottawa Ontario, K1Y 4C7, Canada

I too would like a photograph of anthing from Barbados. Sir Anthony deFreites was an Ambassador and Member of Parliment and died there in 1940 while serving there.. His family were living in The Barracks" according to a brothers Will. How can I find any of these persons.. I wrote Barbados, but they never responded... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest M. Wiltshire" <murcot@synapse.net> To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 2:26 PM Subject: Sir Francis FLEMING - Gov. of the Leeward Islands > Hello List; the great-nephew of the gentleman below has written to me as > follows: > > > > ".. my great uncle . was a former governor of the Leeward Islands from > 1895-1901 & I was wondering where I might locate a photo of him, or any > detail as to his career as Governor & living in Government House." > > > > Does anyone have any knowledge of what photo (portrait) archives might > exist and where? Is this the sort of thing that one would find in the > PRO? > > To the best of my knowledge the Barbados Archives do not have a portrait > collection; is there such a thing in Antigua? Grateful for any hints > anyone can provide. > > Ernest > > > > ************************************************************************ > ********************************* > > Debretts Peerage 1900: FLEMING, Knight, Sir Francis F. K.C.M.G. (1892) > Gov. of Leeward Islands, formerly of Sierra Leone (1892-5), prev. > Attorn.Gen, Ch. Just. Or Colon Sec. in Mauritius, Seychelles, Ceylon & > Hong Kong: b. 1842, mar. 1892 Constance Mary, nee Kavanagh. Res. Govt. > House, Antigua. > > > > Ernest M. Wiltshire > > Friends of the Barbados Archives > > 38 Inglewood Place, Ottawa > > Ontario, K1Y 4C7, Canada > > > > > > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== > For information on individual islands, research aids, island bulletin boards or history please visit the CaribbeanGenWeb project at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~caribgw/

Hi Ernest, I will have to be universal. If he is in the UK he can try the Bodleian. It has "Papers of British Governors" he might certainly get details of Sir Francis Fleming's Governorship there. Who knows there might even be an unpublished Memoir. He can search the on-line catalogue, but the reference would not say which governors' papers are there. He will have to call there personally or phone or write (as the last time I checked there was no email) and arrange to go through their catalogue of manuscripts. The Bodleian might also have portraits in various books. For Portraits one can search on-line the National Portrait Gallery in London in the UK. It also has a Photograph collection, which I do not think can be searched on-line, but a search request can be made by email or one can go in person here is the link. http://www.npg.org.uk/live/collect.asp There is also the British Library for books on the Leewards, also to be surely present in other Libraries in the West Indies and North America which can be searched for portraits or photographs, especially Illustrated Histories, and Directories and Travel Books. Material published during the Governor's tenure might also have his portrait especially if produced by the Govt. of the Leewards. And not to forget, the BL's Newspaper Collection. I hope this helps. Best regards, Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest M. Wiltshire" <murcot@synapse.net> To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 2:26 PM Subject: Sir Francis FLEMING - Gov. of the Leeward Islands > Hello List; the great-nephew of the gentleman below has written to me as > follows: > > > > ".. my great uncle . was a former governor of the Leeward Islands from > 1895-1901 & I was wondering where I might locate a photo of him, or any > detail as to his career as Governor & living in Government House." > > > > Does anyone have any knowledge of what photo (portrait) archives might > exist and where? Is this the sort of thing that one would find in the > PRO? > > To the best of my knowledge the Barbados Archives do not have a portrait > collection; is there such a thing in Antigua? Grateful for any hints > anyone can provide. > > Ernest > > > > ************************************************************************ > ********************************* > > Debretts Peerage 1900: FLEMING, Knight, Sir Francis F. K.C.M.G. (1892) > Gov. of Leeward Islands, formerly of Sierra Leone (1892-5), prev. > Attorn.Gen, Ch. Just. Or Colon Sec. in Mauritius, Seychelles, Ceylon & > Hong Kong: b. 1842, mar. 1892 Constance Mary, nee Kavanagh. Res. Govt. > House, Antigua. > > > > Ernest M. Wiltshire > > Friends of the Barbados Archives > > 38 Inglewood Place, Ottawa > > Ontario, K1Y 4C7, Canada > > > > > > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== > For information on individual islands, research aids, island bulletin boards or history please visit the CaribbeanGenWeb project at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~caribgw/ > >