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Whiteley, George Derek Pepys, 1906-1989 (barrister, librarian and art historian)

 Person

Biography

Derek Pepys Whiteley was born in 1906, the son of Gerard Tarver Whiteley and the Hon. Amy Theresa Pepys. He was educated at Sherborne and King's College, and was called to the Bar from the Middle Temple in 1931. He became senior legal assistant in the Treasury Solicitor's Department, retiring in 1957; and from 1959 to 1970 was Keeper of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College. An expert on Victorian art history, he wrote a life of George du Maurier, and articles for DNB.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

Derek Pepys Whiteley: Index to Arthur Christopher Benson's Diaries

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8772
Scope and Contents

The index, compiled by Whiteley, covers Benson's diaries of 1897-1902.

Dates: 1977-1980 (Dates of compilation)
Conditions Governing Access: 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).
 Fonds

G.D. Pepys Whiteley: Collected letters of Stanley Baldwin and related material

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8770-8771
Dates: 1896-1982
Conditions Governing Access: 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).