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White, John Claude, 1853-1918, photographer, diplomat
Catalogue reference: RSAA/SC/WH
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- RSAA/SC/WH
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Title (The name of the record)
- White, John Claude, 1853-1918, photographer, diplomat
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1903-1904
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Description (What the record is about)
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Photograph albums and glass slides. See also, RSAA/SC/BELL/33 for a further photograph by White.
John Claude White, CIE, was born in India, and trained as an engineer. In 1889, he was appointed to the newly-created post of Political Officer to Sikkim, Bhutan and Tibet, a position which he held until his retirement in 1908 (relieved for short periods by Sir Charles Bell, who eventually succeeded him). White photographed the Himalayan landscape, and took many photographs during the Younghusband Mission to Lhasa (1903-04). In 1909, he published his political memoir Sikhim and Bhutan: Twenty-One Years on the North-East Frontier, 1887-1908.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Royal Society for Asian Affairs
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 albums, 60 glass slides (and surrogates)
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/528df7c5-caec-4c97-b82e-9ccecb5ea675/
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Within the sub-fonds: RSAA/SC
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White, John Claude, 1853-1918, photographer, diplomat