Raccolta GB 0074 F/WLM - WILLMOTT, Herbert M (1869-1951)

0.15 linear metres (27 documents).

GB 0074 F/WLM 1921-1947 Collection 0.15 linear metres (27 documents). Willmott , Herbert M , 1869-1951 , engineer

Herbert Willmott, born in 1869, was Chief Engineer and Secretary to the Governor of the United Provinces, India, until his retirement in 1923. He and his wife then lived in Brittany, paying visits to London and to Switzerland, until in 1928 they settled in Earls Court, Kensington. With his wife's sister and brother-in-law, they toured Europe from December 1937 until September 1939, when obliged to return to England by the outbreak of war. Back in Kensington, he served as an Air Raid Warden. He died in 1951. His interests included the Church, the League of Nations Union, the Charity Organisation Society, and the theatre.

Deposited in July 1965.

Diaries of Herbert M Willmott, covering his work in India, 1921-1923; his retirement including travels in France, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Yugoslavia, Germany, Belgium and Austria, 1923-1939; and life in war-time Kensington, 1939-1947.

Diaries in chronological order.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

English

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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.

Records prepared May to September 2011. Western Europe France Willmott , Herbert M , 1869-1951 , engineer Nonfiction Diaries Wars (events) World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Travel Travel abroad Information sources Documents Primary documents Personal papers Archives Personal archives Europe Italy Germany Switzerland Belgium India South Asia Kensington London England UK Yugoslavia Eastern Europe Kensington and Chelsea Austria Greece Prose Literary forms and genres Literature

Deposited in July 1965.

Diaries of Herbert M Willmott, covering his work in India, 1921-1923; his retirement including travels in France, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Yugoslavia, Germany, Belgium and Austria, 1923-1939; and life in war-time Kensington, 1939-1947.

Diaries in chronological order.

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.

• inglese