NEWTON FAMILY

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/482
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: NEWTON FAMILY
Date(s)	: 1760-1961
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 3 production units.
Name of creator(s)	: Newton | William | 1786-1861 | patent agent

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

William Newton (1786-1861) was a patent agent of Bloomsbury and Herne Bay in Kent.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of William Newton and his family, including historical research and family pedigree.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Conditions governing access:

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

Finding aids:

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

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Given to Guildhall Library in 1973-4. The papers were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1977. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Given to Guildhall Library as "Records of the Vincent, Newton, Macken and Baker families" (former refs: MS 16927- 16940) together with records of Papers of Edward Baker (b. 1737), mathematical instrument maker (see CLC/423) and of Zelophead Wyeth Vincent (1755-1840), Citizen and Barber Surgeon (see CLC/512).

Publication note:

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.