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REYNARDSON, Lt Col Henry T Birch (1872-1972)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0101 ICS 63

Held at: Institute of Commonwealth Studies

Title: REYNARDSON, Lt Col Henry T Birch (1872-1972)

Date(s): 1927-1933

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 4 volumes

Name of creator(s): Reynardson | Henry T Birch | 1872-1972 | Lieutenant Colonel

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Henry T Birch Reynardson: born 24 Feb 1872; joined Army 1913, Commissioned in Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry; served in India, 1913-1914; Mesopotamia, 1914-1915; retired on grounds of ill-health as result of wounds 1927, with the rank of Lt Col; Secretary to Governor-General of Union of South Africa, 1927-1933. High Sheriff of Oxfordshire, 1958. Died 1972.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Typescript diaries of Lt-Col Henry T Birch Reynardson, secretary to Governor General of the Union of South Africa, 6 Feb 1927-25 Jul 1933; comprising detailed diaries of service with the Governor General (the Earl of Athlone, 1927-1930 and the Earl of Clarendon, 1931-33), including comments on the South African government and politics, the Governor General's relationship with the Prime Minister, J B M Hertzog, and other senior political figures including J C Smuts.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Chronological

Conditions governing access:

Open although advance notice should be given. Access to individual items may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act.

Conditions governing reproduction:

A photocopying service is available, at the discretion of the Library staff. Copies are supplied solely for research or private study. Requests to publish, or to quote from, original material should be submitted to the Information Resources Manager.

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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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The source of acquisition by ICS is not known.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

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

Rules or conventions: General International Standard Archival Description ISAD(G), 2nd edition 2000. National Council on Archives Rules for the Coonstruction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Oct 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Political institutions | Government

Personal names
Cambridge | Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George | 1874-1957 | 1st Earl of Athlone | Governor General x Athlone | 1st Earl of x Teck | Prince Alexander of
Hertzog | James Barry Munnik | 1866-1942 | General | Prime Minister of South Africa
Reynardson | Henry T Birch | 1872-1972 | Lieutenant Colonel
Smuts | Jan Christian | 1870-1950 | General | Prime Minister of South Africa
Villiers | George Herbert Hyde Villiers | 1877-1955 | 6th Earl of Clarendon | Governor General x Clarendon | 6th Earl of

Corporate names

Places
South Africa | Southern Africa