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BANTOCK, J R Granville (fl 1921-1936)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0101 ICS 27

Held at: Institute of Commonwealth Studies

Title: BANTOCK, J R Granville (fl 1921-1936)

Date(s): 1921-1936

Level of description: Collection (Fonds)

Extent: 8 files

Name of creator(s): Bantock | J R Granville | fl 1921-1936 | police officer in Ceylon

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

J R Granville Bantock: Assistant Superintendent of Police, Ceylon, 1931-1928; Superintendent, Crime Branch, Colombo, Ceylon, 1931-1936.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of J R Granville Bantock on his career with the Ceylon Police Force, 1921-1936; including personal correspondence, 1922-1938; papers on visit of the Prince of Wales [later King Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor], 1922; papers on visit of the Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden, Dec 1922; papers on the role of the police during elections, 1931-1932; report by H L Dowbiggin, Inspector-General of Police, on disturbance at Eraviur, Eastern Province, 1933; report by Bantock on strike at spinning and weaving mills, Wellawatte, 1937; notes on poison gasses; copies of lectures on criminal law; Weekly Reports, 1921-1936, comprising record of inspections, parades, rounds and visits to crime scenes [very brief accounts of day-to day work].

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Chronological

Conditions governing access:

Open although advance notice should be given.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Usual conditions

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Catalogued to item level (see link to repository catalogue).

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Souce of acquisition by ICS is unknown.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

The ICS has several other collections relating to administration in Ceylon, including Edward Trevor Dyson (ICS 16), John Ferguson (ICS 86), M W Roberts (ICS 65), T W Roberts (ICS 66), Guy Mainwaring (ICS 51), R M G Moneypenny (ICS 90) and M E Westrop (ICS 104).

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

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: Created 6/09/2001.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Chemical warfare | Warfare | Military engineering
Criminal law | Public law
Elections | Electoral systems | Internal politics
Police | Law enforcement | Social control, formal | Sociology
Strikes | Labour disputes | Labour relations
Crime

Personal names
Bantock | J R Granville | fl 1921-1936 | police officer in Ceylon
Dowbiggin | H L | fl 1933 | police officer in Ceylon
Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David | 1894-1972 | Duke of Windsor | formerly Edward VIII, King of Great Britain and Ireland x Edward VIII x Windsor | Duke of

Corporate names
Ceylon Police Force

Places
Colombo | Sri Lanka | South Asia
Eraviur | Sri Lanka | South Asia
Wellawatte | Sri Lanka | South Asia