Ford-Brown: The Papers of the Ford-Brown families
Scope and Contents
This collection contains books, note-books, diaries and papers mainly of three Congregational ministers, David Ford (1763-1836), his son, David Everard Ford (1797-1875) and John Brown (1830-1922) who married Ada Haydon Ford, the daughter of David Everard Ford. It also includes the papers of John Neville Brown (1904-1995) who was the grandson of John and Ada Brown. In addition, John Neville Brown was the first cousin of John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) whose papers are held in the Archive Centre.
Dates
- Creation: 1787 - 1995
Creator
- Ford, David, 1763 - 1836 (Congregational minister) (Person)
- Ford, David Everard, 1797 - 1875 (Congregational minister) (Person)
- Brown, John, 1830 - 1922 (Congregational minister) (Person)
Biographical / Historical
The Ford-Brown families were the maternal ancestors of John Maynard Keynes.
Extent
1 collection (3 boxes and 1 shelf) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Ford-Brown papers were presented to King's College Library by Milo Keynes, John Maynard Keynes' nephew, in December 1995.
Bibliography
General
This catalogue was compiled in June 1996.
Originator(s)
Ford-Brown families
- Date
- 1999-07-24 14:02:22+00:00
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Archive Centre, King's College, Cambridge Repository
Archivist
King's College
Cambridge CB2 1ST United Kingdom
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archivist@kings.cam.ac.uk