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- 1879-1913 (Creation)
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0.01 linear metres (112 documents).
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Biographical history
Sir Willoughby Robert Dottin Maycock was born in July 1849, the son of Colonel Dottin Maycock of the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons. He served with the Exchequer and the Audit Department before gaining a clerkship at the Foreign Office in 1872. He was attached to Chamberlain's mission to Washington in 1887 and received a Royal Commission as Acting Second Secretary in the Diplomatic Service in the same year. He became an Assistant in the Treaty Department of the Foreign Office in 1897 and was Superintendent 1903-1913. He retired in 1913 and died in November 1922. He published "With Mr Chamberlain in the United States and Canada, 1887-1888".
Information from 'MAYCOCK, Sir Willoughby Robert Dottin', Who Was Who, A and C Black, 1920-2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007.
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GB 0074 F/MCK 1879-1913 Collection 0.01 linear metres (112 documents). Maycock , Sir , Willoughby Robert Dottin , 1849-1922 , Knight , civil servant
Sir Willoughby Robert Dottin Maycock was born in July 1849, the son of Colonel Dottin Maycock of the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons. He served with the Exchequer and the Audit Department before gaining a clerkship at the Foreign Office in 1872. He was attached to Chamberlain's mission to Washington in 1887 and received a Royal Commission as Acting Second Secretary in the Diplomatic Service in the same year. He became an Assistant in the Treaty Department of the Foreign Office in 1897 and was Superintendent 1903-1913. He retired in 1913 and died in November 1922. He published "With Mr Chamberlain in the United States and Canada, 1887-1888".
Information from 'MAYCOCK, Sir Willoughby Robert Dottin', Who Was Who, A and C Black, 1920-2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007.
Gifted to the Archive in January 1963.
Papers of Sir Willoughby Maycock relating to his career at the Foreign Office, including letters and cuttings.
F/MCK/001 to F/MCK/112.
Available for general access.
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
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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. Maycock , Sir , Willoughby Robert Dottin , 1849-1922 , Knight , civil servant Information sources Documents Primary documents Civil service Personal papers Civil servants Archives Personal archives Government Public administration Government departments Central government Foreign offices Foreign and Commonwealth Office x Foreign Office People by occupation People
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Gifted to the Archive in January 1963.
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Scope and content
Papers of Sir Willoughby Maycock relating to his career at the Foreign Office, including letters and cuttings.
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F/MCK/001 to F/MCK/112.
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Available for general access.
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Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Language of material
- English
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- Latin
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English
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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- Documents » Primary documents
- Government » Public administration » Central government » Civil service
- Government » Public administration » Central government » Civil service » Civil servants
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- Government » Public administration
- Government » Public administration » Central government » Government departments
- Government » Public administration » Central government
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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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- English