GB 0103 MS 211355 - Aglen, Sir Francis Arthur

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GB 0103 MS 211355 1921-1926 Collection (fonds) 1 volume Aglen , Sir Francis Arthur , 1869-1932 , Knight , Inspector-General of Chinese Maritime Customs

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.

Cecil Arthur Verner Bowra (1869-1947) joined the Chinese Maritime Customs and served in China from 1886 until 1923, including a period as Chief Secretary in Peking under Sir Francis Aglen, 1910-1923. He was subsequently employed in the London Office of Chinese Maritime Customs.

Presented by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1967.

Manuscript and typescript letterbook containing letters from Sir Francis Arthur Aglen in Peking (Beijing) to Guy Francis Hamilton Acheson, 1921-1923, and Cecil Arthur Verner Bowra, 1924-1926, in London, including some enclosures, also including letters to Bowra from A F H Edwards, 1926.

Chronological.

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No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
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The School of Oriental and African Studies holds other papers relating to the Chinese Maritime Customs, comprising letters of G F H Acheson and C A V Bowra to Sir Francis Aglen (Ref: MS 211354), 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 State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library, holds Sir Francis Aglen's letters to G E Morrison, 1910-1920 (Ref: ML MSS 312). 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 Beijing Beijing Shi Bowra , Cecil Arthur Verner , 1869-1947 , Chinese Maritime Customs official China Chinese Maritime Customs x Imperial Maritime Customs Customs policy East Asia Edwards , A F H , fl 1926 , of the Chinese Maritime Customs Finance Foreign relations International relations International trade Peking Trade Trade (practice)

Presented by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1967.

Manuscript and typescript letterbook containing letters from Sir Francis Arthur Aglen in Peking (Beijing) to Guy Francis Hamilton Acheson, 1921-1923, and Cecil Arthur Verner Bowra, 1924-1926, in London, including some enclosures, also including letters to Bowra from A F H Edwards, 1926.

Chronological.

Unrestricted.

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

• English

• Latin

English

The School of Oriental and African Studies holds other papers relating to the Chinese Maritime Customs, comprising letters of G F H Acheson and C A V Bowra to Sir Francis Aglen (Ref: MS 211354), 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 State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library, holds Sir Francis Aglen's letters to G E Morrison, 1910-1920 (Ref: ML MSS 312). 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.

• English