Collection GB 0074 F/PEY - PEACHEY FAMILY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 F/PEY

Title

PEACHEY FAMILY

Date(s)

  • 1656-1958 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.45 linear metres (477 documents).

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Members of the family represented in this collection include Admiral John Ferrier; Robert Hynam, watchmaker to the Tzars, who lived in St Petersburg during the invasion of Russia by French forces; Charles Bernard Peachey, on service in South Africa during the Boer War; and Hugh Graham Peachey, on service in France during the First World War.

Archival history

GB 0074 F/PEY 1656-1958 Collection 0.45 linear metres (477 documents). Peachey , family , of London

Members of the family represented in this collection include Admiral John Ferrier; Robert Hynam, watchmaker to the Tzars, who lived in St Petersburg during the invasion of Russia by French forces; Charles Bernard Peachey, on service in South Africa during the Boer War; and Hugh Graham Peachey, on service in France during the First World War.

Records deposited in January 1956 and November 1958.

Papers of the Peachey family, consisting of official and family correspondence and papers, financial records, legal papers, and artefacts.

F/PEY/001 to F/PEY/477.

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. Naval personnel Admirals Cultural conditions Cultural life Life styles Domestic life Napoleonic Wars (1800-1815) Boer War (1899-1902) People People by occupation Personnel Skilled personnel Watch makers Family archives Organizations Military organizations Wars (events) World wars (events) World War One (1914-1918) Information sources Documents Primary documents Personal papers Family records Armed forces State security London England UK Western Europe Europe France South Africa Southern Africa St Petersburg Russian Federation Eastern Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Records deposited in January 1956 and November 1958.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Papers of the Peachey family, consisting of official and family correspondence and papers, financial records, legal papers, and artefacts.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

F/PEY/001 to F/PEY/477.

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

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Related descriptions

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

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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

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

    Sources

    Accession area