Lachlan, Frederick Perry, b 1874
Person
Biography
Frederick Percy Lachlan was employed in the Tea Department of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd in Foochow and Shanghai, 1900-1937.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
File
Notes on Foochow, 1949
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/L11/40
Scope and Contents
Five typescript pages of notes on Foochow comprised of two memoranda on Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd's presence in the city - 'Jardines ... Foochow, in the olden days' and 'The "Princely Hong"'; a memorandum on 'Foochow Teas', with an accompanying list of teas handled at Foochow in 1910; and 'Memoirs' of life in the city. There is also a covering letter from W.J. Keswick, London, to B.D.F. Beith, London, 5 October 1949, who describes the author of the documents as 'F.P.' (probably F.P....
Dates:
1949
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
sub-subseries
Semi-official letters from Taipei to Hong Kong and Shanghai, 1929-1941
sub-subseries
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/75
Scope and Contents
Copies of semi-official letters from Jardine, Matheson & Co. (Taiwan) Ltd, Taipei, to Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong and Shanghai, with enclosed letters and papers. Some letters are from Taihoku, the prefecture that included Taipei. The correspondents are B.D.F. Beith, B.E. Bolton, R.E. Coxon, C. Griffin, C.S. Hayley, M.J. Henderson, J.H. Keswick, W.J. Keswick, F.P. Lachlan, H. Lachlan, D.F. Landale, J.J. Paterson and A.B. Stafford.
Dates:
1929-1941
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.