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Diary of Cabinet Mission to India by Sir Francis Fearon Turnbull (1905-1988)., 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MISC 51

Scope and Contents

From the Fonds:

The collection comprises a wide variety of material from a number of different sources which have been deemed too small to be considered individual collections in their own right and have been grouped together under the heading "miscellaneous". Subjects covered include First and Second World Wars, the Falklands Campaign, and recollections of Sir Winston Churchill.

Dates

  • Creation: 1946

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Some material within the collection is closed to researchers.

Biographical / Historical

Sir Francis Fearon Turnbull was born in 1925. He served as Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for India, 1941-1946; Secretary to the Cabinet Mission to India, 1946; Under-Secretary at HM Treasury, 1949-1959; Secretary, Office of the Minister for Science, 1959–64; Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Dept of Education and Science, 1964–66. Member, Board of Governors, Imperial College, 1967–73. Hon. DSc Edinburgh, 1967

He was Knighted in 1964. He died in 1988, aged 63

Extent

1 file(s)

Language of Materials

English

Finding aid date

2002-06-24 16:27:43+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

Contact:
Churchill Archives Centre
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