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Schreiner, William Philip, 1857-1919 (statesman)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1857 - 1919

Biography

William Philip Schreiner (1857-1919), South African statesman, was born in the Wittebergen reserve, northern Cape Colony, on 30 August 1857. Schreiner was educated at the University of the Cape of Good Hope, in the London LLB at the Inner Temple, and at Downing College, Cambridge, in the Cambridge law tripos. In 1882 he was admitted to the English and the Cape bars. He became Cape parliamentary draftsman in 1885, took silk in 1892, and colonial attorney-general in 1893. He died at Trefaldwyn, Llandrindod Wells, Radnorshire, Wales, on 28 June 1919.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

 File

File V: research papers, 1898 - 1927

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/STE/1/6
Scope and Contents

Cuttings, correspondence and notes on Downing College members including Baron de Thierry, W.P. Schreiner, Henry Jackson, John Perkins and Peter Wallwork Latham;
notes on Downing family including Downing's Muskett Mss. and State Papers Domestic; correspondence re Busick Harwood miniatures.

Dates: 1898 - 1927
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Some records series are subject to confidentiality restrictions with the following closure periods: 30 years from date of creation for general administration files, legal records and financial files; 50 years from date of creation for governmental records, including papers of the College Governing Body and College Council, and constituent committees; 100 years from date of creation for personal and personnel records, including tutorial files, staff and fellows files and appointment records, personal finance and pension records. In addition sensitive correspondence and papers concerning College affairs such as disputes and disciplinary matters are closed for 100 years. Restrictions apply on some personal and private papers.
 File

Filing box with correspondence, notes, cuttings and pictures, 1909 - 1919

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/BEA/1
Scope and Contents

Concerns Downing College history and old members; mainly correspondence with old members about raising money for portraits of W.P. Schreiner and Francis Annesley.

Dates: 1909 - 1919
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Some records series are subject to confidentiality restrictions with the following closure periods: 30 years from date of creation for general administration files, legal records and financial files; 50 years from date of creation for governmental records, including papers of the College Governing Body and College Council, and constituent committees; 100 years from date of creation for personal and personnel records, including tutorial files, staff and fellows files and appointment records, personal finance and pension records. In addition sensitive correspondence and papers concerning College affairs such as disputes and disciplinary matters are closed for 100 years. Restrictions apply on some personal and private papers.
 Fonds

William Philip Schreiner: Letter to H.G. Aldis, 1916

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/1268
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.

Dates: 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

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