Henry Raikes
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Vicar Henry Raikes (1782-1854) was Chancellor of the diocese of Chester. He was the son of Thomas Raikes and Charlotte Finch daughter of Henry Finch, Earl of Winchelsea.His father was banker and merchant in London.
One of his three brothers was Thomas Raikes (the younger) (1777-1848) banker and merchant in London who became later a famous diarist and a dandy traveller on the Continent (mostly in France).One of his five sisters, Georgina Raikes married Lord William Fitzroy, Admiral (1782-1857) on 9 of August 1816.
Henry Raikes was the father of Henry Cecil Raikes, born at Chester (1838 - 1891), who was a British Conservative politician and one of the earliest British politicians to have had their voice recorded. George Edward Gouraud recorded him on behalf of Thomas Edison on the evening of October 5, 1888. [1].
Some of his archives, like his "Diary of a tour of Greece" in the years 1805 ha 1806 or "Letters to William Ewart Gladstone and others" , 1807-1854 may be found in Manuscript Collections of some places like the British Library.
[edit] Archives of Vicar Henry Raikes, Chancellor of the diocese of Chester
Scope corresp (180 items) Repository : Manchester University: John Rylands Library
Record Reference : Eng MS 1121 Other reference see HMC Papers of British churchmen 1780-1940, 1987.
Scope 1805-1806: Diary of a tour of Greece Repository: Liverpool University: Special Collections and Archives
Other reference see Accessions to repositories 1963.
Scope 1807-1854: letters to William Ewart Gladstone and others Repository : British Library, Manuscript Collections
Other reference see Index of MSS, VIII, 1985.
