Collection GB 0074 F/GMS - GAMMANS, Sir David (1895-1957)

1.26 linear metres.

GB 0074 F/GMS 1926-1956 Collection 1.26 linear metres. Gammans , Sir , Leonard David , 1895-1957 , Baronet , politician

Sir (Leonard) David Gammans (1895-1957) served with the RFA in France, 1914-1918. He was in the Colonial Service in Malaya, 1920-1934 and attached to the British Embassy in Tokyo, 1926-1928. In 1930 he toured in India, Europe and America and, on retiring from the Colonial Service, lectured in the U.S.A. and Canada; he was Director and Secretary of the Land Settlement Association, 1934-1939. He was the Unionist MP for Hornsey from 1941 to his death, being Assistant Postmaster-General from 1951-1955, and a member of Parliamentary Delegations to the West Indies, 1944, Serawak, 1946, and Ceylon, 1949. He was created a baronet in 1955.

Sir David Gammans's records were deposited by his widow, Lady (Ann Muriel) Gammans, whom he married in 1917; Lady Gammans was Conservative M.P. for Hornsey from 1957 until 1966.

Records of Sir David Gammans deposited by his widow on the 26 November 1971.

Records of Sir David Gammans, MP for Hornsey. The records consist of press cuttings stuck into four series of scrapbooks, with the occasional invitation card, menu or photograph included, and a small group of files containing election addresses, typescript articles, and correspondence.

The collection is arranged as follows:
F/GMS/I-(1935-1949) Press cuttings of "general" interest;
F/GMS/II-(1942-1956) Press cuttings of "personal" interest;
F/GMS/III-(1941-1956) Cuttings from Hansard;
F/GMS/IV-(1926-1949) Press cuttings by subject, etc;
F/GMS/V-(1945-1953) Articles, draft articles, and correspondence, etc.

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. Politicians Information sources Documents Primary documents Personal papers Internal politics Political campaigns Election campaigns Archives Personal archives People People by roles Members of Parliament Political leadership Gammans , Sir , Leonard David , 1895-1957 , Baronet , politician Haringey London England UK Western Europe Europe Hornsey Middlesex

Records of Sir David Gammans deposited by his widow on the 26 November 1971.

Records of Sir David Gammans, MP for Hornsey. The records consist of press cuttings stuck into four series of scrapbooks, with the occasional invitation card, menu or photograph included, and a small group of files containing election addresses, typescript articles, and correspondence.

The collection is arranged as follows:
F/GMS/I-(1935-1949) Press cuttings of "general" interest;
F/GMS/II-(1942-1956) Press cuttings of "personal" interest;
F/GMS/III-(1941-1956) Cuttings from Hansard;
F/GMS/IV-(1926-1949) Press cuttings by subject, etc;
F/GMS/V-(1945-1953) Articles, draft articles, and correspondence, etc.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

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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.

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