PRIDEAUX, Sir Walter Sherburne (1846-1928)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0098 B/PRIDEAUX
Held at	: Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/recordsandarchives ›
Full title	: PRIDEAUX, Sir Walter Sherburne (1846-1928)
Date(s)	: Created 1909-1921
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 file
Name of creator(s)	: Prideaux | Sir | Walter Sherburne | 1846-1928 | Clerk of the Goldsmith's Company

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born, 1846; educated at Eton; admitted solicitor, 1870; Assistant Clerk, 1871-1882, and Clerk, 1882-1918, Goldsmith's Company; Knighted, 1891; Governor, Imperial College, representing the City and Guild's of London Institute, 1908-1919; died, 1928.

Publication: Memorials of the Goldsmiths' Company. Being gleanings from their records between the years 1335 and 1815 2 vol (Printed for private circulation, [London, 1896]).

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Sir Walter Prideaux, comprising correspondence with the administration department of Imperial College, 1909-1921.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

1 file

Conditions governing access:

Researchers wishing to consult the Archives should first contact the College Archivist, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, for an appointment.

Conditions governing reproduction:

A photocopying service is available at the discretion of the Archivist. Photocopies are supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.

Finding aids:

A catalogue is available at the College Archives.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Accumulated by Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine during the course of business.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

Records of the Governing Body (GB), held at Imperial College.

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Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Sources: Who Was Who (A & C Black, 1947, volume II); British Library On-Line Public Access Catalogue 97. Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

Rules or conventions:
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:
December 2000