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Papers of Sir Rutherford Alcock, British Consul at Shanghai, and his wife, Henrietta

Catalogue reference: Sub-sub-series within Accession 494

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Reference
Sub-sub-series within Accession 494
Title
Papers of Sir Rutherford Alcock, British Consul at Shanghai, and his wife, Henrietta
Held by
City of Westminster Archives Centre
Language
English
Administrative / biographical background

These papers were discovered amongst the records of St. James parish, but they contain no information to suggest what connection there may have been between the consul or his wife and the parish, or any reason why these papers should have been kept with the parish records

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/8dba75bb-30f0-48c4-8e23-12fd636ebe43/

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Papers of Sir Rutherford Alcock, British Consul at Shanghai, and his wife, Henrietta