Fonds GB 0096 MS423 - Board of Agriculture: letters from Sir John Sinclair to John Holroyd, Earl of Sheffield

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GB 0096 MS423 1793-1794 fonds 4 items Sinclair , Sir , John , 1754-1835 , 1st Baronet , politician and agriculturalist

John Sinclair was born in Thurso, Caithness, and educated at the Universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Oxford. He qualified as a lawyer in both Scotland and England but never practised law. In 1780 he entered the House of Commons as MP for Caithness, subsequently serving as MP for several English and Scottish constituencies between 1784 and 1811. Sir John wrote several works on ecnomics and agriculture and became the first president of the Board of Agriculture in 1793. His 'Statistical Account of Scotland' popularized the use of the word 'statistics' in English.

Communications from Sir John Sinclair to Holroyd concerning the Board of Agriculture.

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Imported from the Senate House catalogue and edited by Sarah Drewery.

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.

Feb 2009. Public administration Government Central government Government departments Sinclair , Sir , John , 1754-1835 , 1st Baronet , politician and agriculturalist Holroyd , John Baker , 1735-1821 , 1st Earl of Sheffield , statesman Board of Agriculture

Communications from Sir John Sinclair to Holroyd concerning the Board of Agriculture.

Open for research. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

Conditions governing reproduction: Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

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English

Fully catalogued in hard copy form: available in the Special Collections reading room of Senate House Library.

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.

• anglais