Chancery and Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice, Chancery Division:...

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1870-1910

Papers transferred from the chambers of Chancery Master Sir John Charles Fox, who served in the Chancery Division of the High Court from 1891 until 1921. They include documents from the chambers of Master Hughes-Onslow and Master Chitty. The series does include material generated by their predecessors.

The predecessors of Master John Charles Fox (1891-1921) in his role as a Master/Chief Clerk were Edward Shearme (1875-1890), Master John Arthur Buckley (1863-1874) and, for causes with initial letters O-Z, Master Charles Pugh (1852-1862).

The predecessors of Master Henry Douglas Hughes-Onslow (1908-1929) in his role as a Master/Chief Clerk were Master Edmund William Walker (1874-1907), Master Henry Pritchard (1869-1872) and, for causes with initial letters G-K, Master Frederick Erasmus Edwards (1852-1869); and for causes with initial letters L-N, Master John Arthur Buckley (1863-1874) and Master Charles Pugh (1852-1862) .

The predecessors of Master Joseph Henry Pollock Chitty (1910-1935) in his role as a Master/Chief Clerk were Master Spencer Whitehead (1897-1909), Master Henry Baldwin Raven (1896), Master Alfred Rawlinson (1870-1895) and, for causes with initial letters A-F, Master Frederick Erasmus Edwards (1852-1869).

The series, which includes some pedigrees and plans, relates mainly to the administration of estates.

The documents are arranged in three series as follows:

• Series I, c 1870 to 1900;
• Series II, c 1890 to 1910;
• Series III, c 1880 to 1910.

They are listed under the initial letter of the action concerned.

C 331

Public Record(s)

English

• Court of Chancery, 1875-1875
• Supreme Court of Judicature, Chancery Division, 1875-1875

480 bundle(s)

Subject to 30 year closure

John Charles Fox, Knight, 1855-1943

The documents are the survivors of a weeding exercise carried out by the court under the terms of a Destruction Schedule of 14 July 1913, Statutes, Rules and Schedules governing the disposal of Public Records by destruction or otherwise 1877-1913, HMSO, London, 1914, pp 192-194.