Collection GB 0074 ACC/2042 - CODD FAMILY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/2042

Title

CODD FAMILY

Date(s)

  • 1824-1901 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.15 linear metres.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Harrison Gordon Codd was Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex and a Commissioner of the Peace for the county. He was also a magistrate for Kensington, sat on the vestry of Marylebone, and in March 1837 he was appointed equerry to His Royal Highness. He died in 1840.

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/2042 1824-1901 Collection 0.15 linear metres. Codd , family , of Kensington

Harrison Gordon Codd was Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex and a Commissioner of the Peace for the county. He was also a magistrate for Kensington, sat on the vestry of Marylebone, and in March 1837 he was appointed equerry to His Royal Highness. He died in 1840.

Records deposited in October 1984.

Records of the Codd family, including journal/diary of Harrison Gordon Codd, Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex, 1824-40, recording his involvement in society and government, giving for example, his thoughts on the Poor Law Enquiry 1832, and his friendship with Nassau Senior, and details of family life and events (including a list of his children and their dates of birth on page one); journal/diary of Sophy Shirley Codd, daughter of Harrison Gordon Codd, 1835-36, giving details of daily employment (reading, writing, drawing, singing) and places visited (including Regent's Park Zoological Gardens and several picture exhibitions), and describing the death of her sister, Emma; and journal/diary of Frances Anne Codd, daughter of Harrison Gordon Codd, 1840-1879, recording her daily routine but placing emphasis on visits and outings, including pressed flowers and numerous prints of places visited. Also some Codd family papers including obituaries, correspondence, photographs, event programmes and family history.

ACC/2042/001-003: Journals; ACC/2042/004-021: Family papers.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

English

Fit

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.

Records prepared May to September 2011. Legal profession personnel Magistrates Literature Prose Literary forms and genres Nonfiction Diaries Family archives Family correspondence Cultural life Cultural conditions Life styles Domestic life Emotional states Bereavement People People by occupation Personnel Local government personnel Information sources Documents Primary documents Personal papers Family records Codd , family , of Kensington Kensington London England UK Western Europe Europe Kensington and Chelsea

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Records deposited in October 1984.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Codd family, including journal/diary of Harrison Gordon Codd, Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex, 1824-40, recording his involvement in society and government, giving for example, his thoughts on the Poor Law Enquiry 1832, and his friendship with Nassau Senior, and details of family life and events (including a list of his children and their dates of birth on page one); journal/diary of Sophy Shirley Codd, daughter of Harrison Gordon Codd, 1835-36, giving details of daily employment (reading, writing, drawing, singing) and places visited (including Regent's Park Zoological Gardens and several picture exhibitions), and describing the death of her sister, Emma; and journal/diary of Frances Anne Codd, daughter of Harrison Gordon Codd, 1840-1879, recording her daily routine but placing emphasis on visits and outings, including pressed flowers and numerous prints of places visited. Also some Codd family papers including obituaries, correspondence, photographs, event programmes and family history.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

ACC/2042/001-003: Journals; ACC/2042/004-021: Family papers.

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 control area

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

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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