Fonds
The papers of the Ford-Brown families
Catalogue reference: GBR/0272/FB
What’s it about?
This record is about the The papers of the Ford-Brown families dating from 1787-1995.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- GBR/0272/FB
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Title (The name of the record)
- The papers of the Ford-Brown families
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1787-1995
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Description (What the record is about)
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This collection contains books, note-books, diaries and papers mainly of three Congregational ministers, David Ford (1763-1836), his son, David Everard Ford (1797-1875) and John Brown (1830-1922) who married Ada Haydon Ford, the daughter of David Everard Ford. It also includes the papers of John Neville Brown (1904-1995) who was the grandson of John and Ada Brown. In addition, John Neville Brown was the first cousin of John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) whose papers are held in the Archive Centre.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Cambridge University: King's College Archive Centre
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- <famname>Ford family</famname>
- <famname>Brown family</famname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 31 boxesshelf
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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The Ford-Brown papers were presented to King's College Library by Milo Keynes, John Maynard Keynes' nephew, in December 1995. This catalogue was compiled in June 1996.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- <span class="wrapper"><p>For biographical details including a family tree, the reader is referred to the following published work which is available in the Archive Centre:</p> <p>J. Neville Brown 'Dissenting Forbears: The Maternal Ancestors of J. M. Keynes', Phillimore: Chichester, 1988.</p></span>
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/68929fa8-518a-45e2-b8b8-f4c8fb5aaae0/
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The papers of the Ford-Brown families