BLADES, Sir George Rowland (1868-1953)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0074 CLC/425 |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full 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 & 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
Related material:
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.
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