GB 0100 KCLCA KA/G/M, KA/G/GB, KA/G/N - King's College London General Court and Corporation Records

15 volumes

GB 0100 KCLCA KA/G/M, KA/G/GB, KA/G/N 1830-1979 Sub-fonds of King's College London Archives 15 volumes General Court and Corporation
The original Charter of King's College London established a Corporation comprising the governors and proprietors of King's, including four perpetual ecclesiastical representatives, five perpetual lay governors and King's shareholders. The General Court was the Annual General Meeting of the Corporation at which a treasurer and auditors were appointed and new members of the Council elected. Fellows were admitted to the Corporation according to the new Charter of 1882. The Corporation and Council retained overall responsibility for the theological King's College London following the King's College London (Transfer) Act of 1908, while the secular side of King's was incorporated in the University of London under the broad direction of the University Senate and managed by a Delegacy.

The records of the General Court and Corporation consist of minute books, guard books and lists of members of the Court, 1830-1979. These comprise minutes of the Governors and Proprietors of King's College London, which from 1882 was entitled the General Court of the Corporation, including accounts and other papers, 1830-1979 (Ref: KA/G/M 1-5); Corporation guard books, mainly accounts and estimates relating to the Theological Department, 1927- 1978 (Ref: KA/G/GB); lists of new subscribers and donors, 1832-1834 (Ref: KA/G/M 6); lists of members nominated or elected to Council and Court, and names of treasurers and auditors, 1830-1979 (Ref: KA/G/N); minutes of meetings to elect the Principal or Headmaster of King's College School, 1843-1910 (KA/G/M 7).

Arranged into the main series as above and broadly chronologically within each series.

Generally open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services.
English

A brief list of the contents of the collection is available in hard copy in the College Archives reading room.

Please refer to the Council and Delegacy minutes for the decisions referred to in General Court and Corporation minute book series (Ref: KCLCA KA/C/M, KA/D/M).

Source: Fossey John Cobb Hearnshaw, A centenary history of King's College London, 1828-1928 (London, 1929). Entry compiled by Geoff Browell. 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. July 2001 Economics of education Educational administration Educational finance Educational levels Educational supervision Governing bodies Higher education Higher education institutions King's College London , General Court and Corporation King's College School Universities University governing bodies Organizations Educational institutions Educational governing bodies

The records of the General Court and Corporation consist of minute books, guard books and lists of members of the Court, 1830-1979. These comprise minutes of the Governors and Proprietors of King's College London, which from 1882 was entitled the General Court of the Corporation, including accounts and other papers, 1830-1979 (Ref: KA/G/M 1-5); Corporation guard books, mainly accounts and estimates relating to the Theological Department, 1927- 1978 (Ref: KA/G/GB); lists of new subscribers and donors, 1832-1834 (Ref: KA/G/M 6); lists of members nominated or elected to Council and Court, and names of treasurers and auditors, 1830-1979 (Ref: KA/G/N); minutes of meetings to elect the Principal or Headmaster of King's College School, 1843-1910 (KA/G/M 7).

Arranged into the main series as above and broadly chronologically within each series.

Generally open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services.

• English

• Latin

English

Please refer to the Council and Delegacy minutes for the decisions referred to in General Court and Corporation minute book series (Ref: KCLCA KA/C/M, KA/D/M).

A brief list of the contents of the collection is available in hard copy in the College Archives reading room.

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.

• English