Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- c 1823-1862 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
19 locks of hair, each in individual paper wrapping.
Context area
Name of creator
Name of creator
Biographical history
Henry Hallam was born on 9 July 1777, the son of John Hallam, Canon of Windsor. He attended Eton College and Christ Church Oxford, graduating BA in 1799. Hallam began a legal career and was a barrister on the Oxford circuit, but in 1806 he became a… read more
Repository
Archival history
Given as gift from Stephen Arthur Hallam Farnaby Lennard, grandson of Julia Lennard, daughter of Henry and Julia Hallam, to Julia Elton's parents.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented to Trinity College Library by Julia Elton, 21 Jul. 2022.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Two locks of Arthur Henry Hallam's hair, each in separate paper wrapping, one taken when he was 'about 12 years old' and another on 'Sept. 15 1833' [the day of his death].
Lock of Eleanor Hallam's hair, in wrapping previously containing prescription for… read more
Allied materials area
Related units of description
Books given at the same time by Julia Elton to Trinity College Library: G.13.133, Selections from the Poems of William Wordsworth Esq (London 1831), inscribed by Arthur Henry Hallam with a poem to his sister Eleanor; G.13.134, Tennyson, In Memoriam A.H.H.… read more