Seymour, Horace James, Sir, 1885 - 1978 (Knight, diplomat)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1885 - 1978
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
File
Letter from [Sir] Horace Seymour of Westbury, Wiltshire, former British Ambassador to China following a request from Joseph Needham to look at his Chinese scrolls, 1948-11-12 - 1948
File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/2/19
Scope and Contents
Seymour states that he could not find plans for a factory or working establishment. The scroll Joseph Needham asked him to find must have been in 'one of the two or three that were not my property'.
Dates:
1948-11-12 - 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Needham Research Institute. For further details on conditions governing access please contact the Librarian at library@nri.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours is available from the Institute's website https://www.nri.cam.ac.uk/the-archive.
File
Letter of congratulations from Horace Seymour of Westbury, Wiltshire, 1956-11-29
File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC4/2/19
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Joseph Needham's original file title reads 'Correspondence on and after pub. Vol. 2, including material for interleaved copy of 2'.
Dates:
1956-11-29
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Needham Research Institute. For further details on conditions governing access please contact the Librarian at library@nri.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours is available from the Institute's website https://www.nri.cam.ac.uk/the-archive.
File
Letter of congratulations from Horace Seymour of Westbury, Wiltshire, former British Ambassador to China and Joseph Needham's reply, 1955-02-13 - 1955-03-06
File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC4/1/44
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
These files of correspondence are particularly interesting as they provide an insight into people’s opinion of the volumes. Joseph Needham opened a file each time a volume was published.
Dates:
1955-02-13 - 1955-03-06
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Needham Research Institute. For further details on conditions governing access please contact the Librarian at library@nri.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours is available from the Institute's website https://www.nri.cam.ac.uk/the-archive.
Fonds
The Papers of Sir Horace Seymour
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/SEYR
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence, papers and photographs. The collection covers the period from 1930-1981 and is made up largely of correspondence to and from Sir Horace and Lady Seymour.
Dates:
1930 - 1981
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre