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BLADES, Sir George Rowland (1868-1953)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/425

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: BLADES, Sir George Rowland (1868-1953)

Date(s): 1916-1945

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 19 volumes.

Name of creator(s): Blades | Sir | George Rowland | 1868-1953 | baronet | politician

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Sir George Rowland Blades was born in 1868. He was chairman of Blades, East and Blades, stationers and printers of 17 Abchurch Lane; and also served as alderman for Bassishaw ward; Member of Parliament for Epsom, 1918-1928; secretary, later president, of the Lords and Commons cricket team; Sheriff of London, 1917-1918; and Lord Mayor, 1926-1927. He was created 1st Lord Ebbisham in 1927 and died in 1953.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings relating to the career of Sir George Rowland Blades.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Volumes in chronological order.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions: 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.

Date(s) of descriptions: Records prepared May to September 2011.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Clippings | Documents | Information sources
Mayors | Local government personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Members of Parliament | People by roles | People
Personal archives | Archives
Personal papers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Scrapbooks | Albums (documents) | Books | Publications | Communications media | Information sciences
Sheriffs | Local government personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Stationery trade | Trade (practice)

Personal names
Blades | Sir | George Rowland | 1868-1953 | baronet | politician

Corporate names
Blades | East and Blades | stationers and printers
Corporation of London x City of London

Places
City of London | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe