Collection GB 0074 F/DCK - DICKINSON, Willoughby Hyett (1859-1943)

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Reference code

GB 0074 F/DCK

Title

DICKINSON, Willoughby Hyett (1859-1943)

Date(s)

  • 1886-1949 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.76 linear metres (665 documents).

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Willoughby Hyett Dickinson was born in 1859 at Stroud, Gloucestershire. He was knighted in 1918 and became a peer in 1930, taking the title Lord Dickinson of Painswick, where he had his family home.

In 1899 Dickinson became an Independent London County Council member for Wandsworth; his party came to be known as the Progressive Party. He was Deputy Chairman of the LCC 1892 to 1896, and Chairman in 1899. After serving as an alderman for a number of years he finally left the Council in 1907. Dickinson's career as an MP lasted from 1906 until 1918, for which period he was the Liberal member for North St Pancras; he joined the Labour Party in 1930.

Archival history

GB 0074 F/DCK 1886-1949 Collection 0.76 linear metres (665 documents). Dickinson , Willoughby Hyett , 1859-1943 , 1st Baron Painswick , politician

Willoughby Hyett Dickinson was born in 1859 at Stroud, Gloucestershire. He was knighted in 1918 and became a peer in 1930, taking the title Lord Dickinson of Painswick, where he had his family home.

In 1899 Dickinson became an Independent London County Council member for Wandsworth; his party came to be known as the Progressive Party. He was Deputy Chairman of the LCC 1892 to 1896, and Chairman in 1899. After serving as an alderman for a number of years he finally left the Council in 1907. Dickinson's career as an MP lasted from 1906 until 1918, for which period he was the Liberal member for North St Pancras; he joined the Labour Party in 1930.

Deposited in the Greater London Record Office on 6 October 1972.

Personal papers of Willoughby Hyett Dickinson, Lord Dickinson of Painwick. These papers reflect Dickinson's interests as a London County Councillor, an MP and a peer, and also his involvement in the London Liberal Federation, of which he was Chairman 1896-1918, the World Alliance for promoting International Friendship through the Churches and the League of Nations Union.

The papers are as Dickinson arranged them; with the exception of one file they are in strict chronological order-papers from 1889 are given the reference F/DCK/02, papers from 1890 the reference F/DCK/03, and so on. The exception is a file of papers concerning women's suffrage, a cause championed by Dickinson for many years: this file has the reference F/DCK/52 and is the last item on this list.

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Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

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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. LCC , London County Council x London County Council London Liberal Federation x London Liberal Party League of Nations Union x League of Free Nations Association x League of Nations Society Dickinson , Willoughby Hyett , 1859-1943 , 1st Baron Painswick , politician Political leadership Documents Information sources Politicians Primary documents Personal papers Personal archives Archives Peers Internal politics Electoral systems Suffrage Sex distribution Women Sex Personnel People by occupation Local government personnel People Members of Parliament People by roles World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited in the Greater London Record Office on 6 October 1972.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Personal papers of Willoughby Hyett Dickinson, Lord Dickinson of Painwick. These papers reflect Dickinson's interests as a London County Councillor, an MP and a peer, and also his involvement in the London Liberal Federation, of which he was Chairman 1896-1918, the World Alliance for promoting International Friendship through the Churches and the League of Nations Union.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

The papers are as Dickinson arranged them; with the exception of one file they are in strict chronological order-papers from 1889 are given the reference F/DCK/02, papers from 1890 the reference F/DCK/03, and so on. The exception is a file of papers concerning women's suffrage, a cause championed by Dickinson for many years: this file has the reference F/DCK/52 and is the last item on this list.

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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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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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