Scope and Contents
Comprises 12 scrapbooks of newscuttings relating to Allardyce's career and the colonies he worked in, including photographs, programmes and ephemeral material. Some content relates to affairs in Aberdeen, where Allardyce had been educated. The scrapbooks relate to the following:
1-3 Fiji: 1882-4, 1895-1902, 1902-3;
4-6 Falkland Islands: 1908-9, 1909-13, 1914-18 (including the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914) and Tasmania: 1920-1;
7-8 Bahamas: 1915-17, 1918-19;
9 Tasmania: 1920-1;
10-12 Newfoundland: 1924-5, 1925-6, 1926-7
Together with an exercise book with a series of articles from 'Argus', Melbourne, 1874, on the Pacific labour trade.
Dates
- Creation: 1874 - 1927
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical / Historical
Sir William Lamond Allardyce (1861-1930) was a British civil servant in the Colonial Office. He began his service in Fiji in 1879, serving as the Receiver-General and Colonial Secretary. He went on to serve as the Governor of the Falkland Islands (1904-1914), the Bahamas (1914-1920), Tasmania (1920-1922) and Newfoundland (1922-1928). He died in Wokingham, Berkshire, in 1930.
Extent
0.3 cubic metre(s) (10 archive boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
Donald H. Simpson, 'The manuscript catalogue of the library of the Royal Commonwealth Society' (1975), p. 38.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented to the Royal Empire Society [Royal Commonwealth Society] by Lady Allardyce (Elsie Elizabeth Stewart) in 1942.
Bibliography
- Date
- 2010-10-12 08:53:32+00:00
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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