Series
Robert Fordyce Aickman: Papers
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/82
Date: 1905-1981
Papers of Robert Fordyce Aickman, 1945 to 1981, arising mainly from his work as founder and vice-president of the Inland Waterways Association,...
Series
Private Office Papers
Catalogue reference: MT 62
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MT 62
This series consists of papers surviving from the Private Offices of various ministers and senior officials in the Ministries of Transport, Shipping and War Transport. They include the papers of:Wilfrid Ashley, later Baron Mount Temple, as...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MT 62
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Title (The name of the record)
- Private Office Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1928-1953
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of papers surviving from the Private Offices of various ministers and senior officials in the Ministries of Transport, Shipping and War Transport. They include the papers of:
Wilfrid Ashley, later Baron Mount Temple, as Minister of Transport, 1924 to 1929;
Lord Leathers, Minister of War Transport, 1941 to 1945; and as Secretary of State for Co-ordination of Transport, Fuel and Power, 1951-1953;
Alfred Barnes, Minister of War Transport, 1945 to 1946, and Minister of Transport, 1946 to 1951;
Sir Arthur Salter, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministries of Shipping and War Transport, 1939 to 1941, and Head of the British Merchant Shipping Mission, Washington, 1941 to 1943;
and Sir Cyril Hurcomb, Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, 1927 to 1937.
The series also contains minutes of meetings of the Shipping (Operation) Control, 1941 to 1946.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 146 file(s)
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1979 Department of Transport
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11111/
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