Collection MCC/CL/CHAIR - CLERK'S DEPARTMENT: CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL

Identity area

Reference code

MCC/CL/CHAIR

Title

CLERK'S DEPARTMENT: CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL

Date(s)

  • 1890-1965 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

2.5 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Chairmen of the Middlesex County Council, 1889-1965:
Sir Ralph Littler, 1889-1908

Sir Montagu Sharpe, 1908-1909

William Regester, 1909-1912

Cecil Fane De Salis, 1919-1924

Benjamin Todd, 1924-1927

Sir Charles Pinkham, 1927-1930

George Marlow Reed, 1930-1933

Sir Howard Button, 1933-1936

William Prescott, 1936-1937

Forrester Clayton, 1937-1940

Sir Gilfrid Craig, 1940-1943

William Reginald Clemens, 1943-1946

Bernard Harry Rockman, 1946-1947

Sir Fred Messer, 1947-1948

William John Irving, 1948-1949

Albert Henry Farley, 1949-1951

Sir William Josiah Grimshaw, 1951-1953

Sir Archer Hoare, 1953-1954

Albert Noel Hansel Baines, 1954-1955

Sir Stanley Graham Rowlandson, 1955-1956

Sir Christopher George Armstrong Cowan, 1956-1957

William Rendel Myson Chambers, 1957-1958

Thomas Henry Joyce, 1958-1959

George Albert Pargiter, 1959-1960

Muriel Rose Forbes, 1960-1961

Sir Joseph Haygarth, 1961-1962

James Henry Knaggs, 1962-1963

Frances Timpson, 1963-1964

John Wilfred Barter, 1964-1965.

Archival history

MCC/CL/CHAIR 1890-1965 Collection 2.5 linear metres MCC , Middlesex County Council x Middlesex County Council

Chairmen of the Middlesex County Council, 1889-1965:
Sir Ralph Littler, 1889-1908

Sir Montagu Sharpe, 1908-1909

William Regester, 1909-1912

Cecil Fane De Salis, 1919-1924

Benjamin Todd, 1924-1927

Sir Charles Pinkham, 1927-1930

George Marlow Reed, 1930-1933

Sir Howard Button, 1933-1936

William Prescott, 1936-1937

Forrester Clayton, 1937-1940

Sir Gilfrid Craig, 1940-1943

William Reginald Clemens, 1943-1946

Bernard Harry Rockman, 1946-1947

Sir Fred Messer, 1947-1948

William John Irving, 1948-1949

Albert Henry Farley, 1949-1951

Sir William Josiah Grimshaw, 1951-1953

Sir Archer Hoare, 1953-1954

Albert Noel Hansel Baines, 1954-1955

Sir Stanley Graham Rowlandson, 1955-1956

Sir Christopher George Armstrong Cowan, 1956-1957

William Rendel Myson Chambers, 1957-1958

Thomas Henry Joyce, 1958-1959

George Albert Pargiter, 1959-1960

Muriel Rose Forbes, 1960-1961

Sir Joseph Haygarth, 1961-1962

James Henry Knaggs, 1962-1963

Frances Timpson, 1963-1964

John Wilfred Barter, 1964-1965.

Acquired with the records of its parent authority, the Middlesex County Council, and with successor authorities.

Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Department relating to the Chairman of the County Council, 1890-1965, including papers relating to Council administration including seating in the Council Chamber, orders of proceeding, printing and dispatch of reports, notices of motions, amendments, summaries of proceedings, agendas, annual meetings of the County Council, constitution, Middlesex Regiment presentations and regimental colours, and ceremonies. Papers relating to County Council elections including election leaflets, and papers relating to the triennial elections, 1949-1961. Papers relating to County Councillors including declarations of acceptance of office, resignations, elections of Aldermen, deaths of members and past members, and annual returns of attendances.

General files relating to Middlesex County balls, County dinners and receptions, Chairman's social functions, twinning of Middlesex with places in France and Germany, biographies and newspaper cuttings relating to Chairmen, copies of invitations, Christmas cards, dinner menus and so on, and photographs of the last meeting of the Council.

Also statements on some principal operations of the County Council, made by the Chairman.

MCC/CL/CHAIR/01: Social functions and MCC/CL/CHAIR/02: Chairman's statements.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation of London.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

For further information on the history of the Middlesex County Council please see Middlesex by Sir Clifford Radcliffe (2 editions, 1939 and 1953), LMA Library reference 97.09 MID; and The County Council of the Administrative County of Middlesex: 76 years of local government, 1 April 1889 to 31 March 1965, by Middlesex County Council (1965), LMA library reference S97.09 MID.

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. April to June 2009 People by occupation Personnel Local government personnel County council members Cultural events Local authorities County councils Communication process Group communication Meetings Government Public administration Local government Local government electoral arrangements Leisure Leisure time activities Dancing Balls (dance) Cultural policy Cultural cooperation Cultural exchange Town twinning People Conferences MCC , Middlesex County Council x Middlesex County Council Clerk's Department , Middlesex County Council Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Chairman of the Council , Middlesex County Council London England UK Western Europe Rhineland Palatinate Germany Seine-et-Oise France Middlesex Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Acquired with the records of its parent authority, the Middlesex County Council, and with successor authorities.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Department relating to the Chairman of the County Council, 1890-1965, including papers relating to Council administration including seating in the Council Chamber, orders of proceeding, printing and dispatch of reports, notices of motions, amendments, summaries of proceedings, agendas, annual meetings of the County Council, constitution, Middlesex Regiment presentations and regimental colours, and ceremonies. Papers relating to County Council elections including election leaflets, and papers relating to the triennial elections, 1949-1961. Papers relating to County Councillors including declarations of acceptance of office, resignations, elections of Aldermen, deaths of members and past members, and annual returns of attendances.

General files relating to Middlesex County balls, County dinners and receptions, Chairman's social functions, twinning of Middlesex with places in France and Germany, biographies and newspaper cuttings relating to Chairmen, copies of invitations, Christmas cards, dinner menus and so on, and photographs of the last meeting of the Council.

Also statements on some principal operations of the County Council, made by the Chairman.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

MCC/CL/CHAIR/01: Social functions and MCC/CL/CHAIR/02: Chairman's statements.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

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Finding aids

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

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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.

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Language(s)

  • English

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