Series
Sir Ian Malcolm: Papers
Catalogue reference: T 206
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T 206
These are records kept by Sir Ian Malcolm, the British Government's senior nominated director on the Board of the Suez Canal Company in Paris from 1919 to 1939. The volumes contain letters from British government departments, the majority from...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- T 206
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Title (The name of the record)
- Sir Ian Malcolm: Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1919-1938
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Description (What the record is about)
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These are records kept by Sir Ian Malcolm, the British Government's senior nominated director on the Board of the Suez Canal Company in Paris from 1919 to 1939. The volumes contain letters from British government departments, the majority from the Foreign Office but with some from the Treasury and Admiralty, together with copies of Sir Ian's letters to London. There are no minutes on the papers; each volume has a list of contents.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Malcolm, Ian, 1868-1944
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 23 volume(s)
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The British Government nominated three directors to the Board of the Suez Canal Company. From 1919 to 1939 Sir Ian Malcolm (1868-1944) a former Conservative member of Parliament and the private secretary to Balfour at Versailles, was the senior of these directors, and was based in Paris.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13943/
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Sir Ian Malcolm: Papers