Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/033 - BURKITT, Edward Herbert (fl 1865-1904)

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/033

Title

BURKITT, Edward Herbert (fl 1865-1904)

Date(s)

  • 1865-1904 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

11 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Edward Herbert Burkitt (1854-1922) was a solicitor of 42 Theobalds Road, London WC, and also Clerk of the Curriers' Company, 1881-1922 and of the Tin Plate Workers' Company, 1881-91. In these last two roles he succeeded his father, Edward Burkitt (d.1881) of Highbury, Clerk of the Curriers' Company from 1833 and of the Tin Plate Workers' Company from 1838. Edward Burkitt senior was also Common Councilman for Cripplegate Within, 1855-77. Edward Herbert Burkitt was made free of the Curriers' Company in 1875 and gained the livery in the same year. He also acted as solicitor to the Company. He published a history of the Curriers' Company in 1906.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/033 1865-1904 Collection 11 production units. Burkitt , Edward Herbert , fl 1865-1904 , solicitor

Edward Herbert Burkitt (1854-1922) was a solicitor of 42 Theobalds Road, London WC, and also Clerk of the Curriers' Company, 1881-1922 and of the Tin Plate Workers' Company, 1881-91. In these last two roles he succeeded his father, Edward Burkitt (d.1881) of Highbury, Clerk of the Curriers' Company from 1833 and of the Tin Plate Workers' Company from 1838. Edward Burkitt senior was also Common Councilman for Cripplegate Within, 1855-77. Edward Herbert Burkitt was made free of the Curriers' Company in 1875 and gained the livery in the same year. He also acted as solicitor to the Company. He published a history of the Curriers' Company in 1906.

Deposited by the Cordwainers' Company in 1972.

Financial records from the solicitor's practice of Edward Herbert Burkitt.

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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.

November 2010 to January 2011. People People by occupation Personnel Legal profession personnel Solicitors Information sources Documents Business records Burkitt , Edward Herbert , fl 1865-1904 , solicitor City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited by the Cordwainers' Company in 1972.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Financial records from the solicitor's practice of Edward Herbert Burkitt.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

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.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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