GB 0102 MS 211354 - Acheson, Guy Francis Hamilton, and Bowra, Cecil Arthur Verner

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Letter series Z, nos 309-386.
GB 0102 MS 211354 1921-1924 Collection (fonds) 1 volume Acheson , Guy Francis Hamilton , fl 1921-1924 , Chinese Maritime Customs official
Bowra , Cecil Arthur Verner , 1869-1947 , Chinese Maritime Customs official

Cecil Arthur Verner Bowra (b 1869) joined the Chinese Maritime Customs and arrived in China in 1886. With the appointment of Sir Francis Aglen as Inspector-General Bowra was made Chief Secretary in Peking (1910-1923). The post meant that he became Acting Inspector-General when Aglen was on leave in 1911 and 1917. Bowra retired in 1923 but was subsequently employed in the London Office of Chinese Maritime Customs. He died in 1947.

Sir Francis Arthur Aglen (1869-1932) joined the Chinese Maritime Customs in 1888. He was Acting Inspector-General in 1910 before succeeding Sir Robert Hart in 1911, serving as Inspector-General until his retirement in 1928.

Letter series Z, nos 309-386.

Presented by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1967.

Manuscript and typescript letterbook containing letters from Guy Francis Hamilton Acheson, 1921-1924, and Cecil Arthur Verner Bowra, 1924, in the London Office of the Inspectorate General of Chinese Maritime Customs, to Sir Francis Arthur Aglen in Peking (Beijing), including some enclosures.

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The School of Oriental and African Studies holds other papers relating to the Chinese Maritime Customs, comprising letters of Sir Francis Aglen to G F H Acheson and C A V Bowra (Ref: MS 211355), papers of Edward Charles Macintosh Bowra and Cecil Arthur Verner Bowra (Ref: PP MS 69), George H Fitzroy (Ref: MS 258361), Sir Frederick Maze (Ref: PP MS 2), and Sir Robert Hart (Ref: PP MS 67), copies of Sir Robert Hart's letters to Sir F A Aglen (Ref: MS 211081), and copies of Sir Robert Hart's correspondence with J D Campbell (Ref: MS 211351, 211353). See published guide: Papers Relating to the Chinese Maritime Customs 1860-1943.

The Second Historical Archives of China, Nanjing, hold the administrative archive of the Chinese Maritime Customs.

Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Aug 2002 Acheson , Guy Francis Hamilton , fl 1921-1924 , Chinese Maritime Customs official Aglen , Sir , Francis Arthur , 1869-1932 , Knight , Inspector-General of Chinese Maritime Customs Bowra , Cecil Arthur Verner , 1869-1947 , Chinese Maritime Customs official China Chinese Maritime Customs x Imperial Maritime Customs Customs policy East Asia Finance Foreign relations International relations International trade Trade Trade (practice)

Presented by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1967.

Manuscript and typescript letterbook containing letters from Guy Francis Hamilton Acheson, 1921-1924, and Cecil Arthur Verner Bowra, 1924, in the London Office of the Inspectorate General of Chinese Maritime Customs, to Sir Francis Arthur Aglen in Peking (Beijing), including some enclosures.

Chronological.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

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English

The School of Oriental and African Studies holds other papers relating to the Chinese Maritime Customs, comprising letters of Sir Francis Aglen to G F H Acheson and C A V Bowra (Ref: MS 211355), papers of Edward Charles Macintosh Bowra and Cecil Arthur Verner Bowra (Ref: PP MS 69), George H Fitzroy (Ref: MS 258361), Sir Frederick Maze (Ref: PP MS 2), and Sir Robert Hart (Ref: PP MS 67), copies of Sir Robert Hart's letters to Sir F A Aglen (Ref: MS 211081), and copies of Sir Robert Hart's correspondence with J D Campbell (Ref: MS 211351, 211353). See published guide: Papers Relating to the Chinese Maritime Customs 1860-1943.

The Second Historical Archives of China, Nanjing, hold the administrative archive of the Chinese Maritime Customs.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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