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WILSON, Sir Arnold Talbot (1884-1940)

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0402 ATW

Held at: Royal Geographical Society

Title: WILSON, Sir Arnold Talbot (1884-1940)

Date(s): 1911-1940

Level of description: collection

Extent: 1 box file

Name of creator(s): Wilson | Sir | Arnold Talbot | 1884-1940 | Knight | soldier, explorer, politician and author

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born 1884; educated, Clifton and Sandhurst; served in 32 Sikh Pioneers; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (Life Member), 1907-1940; Indian Political Department, 1909; British Commissioner on the Turco-Persian Boundary Commission, 1914; political officer with Indian Expeditionary Force, Mesopotamia; Deputy Civil Commissioner, 1916; Acting Civil Commissioner and Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, 1918-1920; Anglo-Persian oil company, 1920-1932; MP, 1933; Pilot Officer in the RAF, Oct 1939; died in action, Nov 1940.

Publications:
The Persian Gulf, by Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson, (Oxford, Clarendan Press, 1928).

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Arnold Talbot Wilson, 1911-1940, comprising a journal and other papers of the then Capt A T Wilson, in Luristan, South West Persia, 1911-1912, with a supplement of miscellaneous notes and correspondence numbered 1-24 and reviews and related correspondence, 1928-1938, relating to Wilson's book The Persian Gulf, (Oxford, Clarendan Press, 1928).

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

One box file containing the two documents. Original order.

Conditions governing access:

Accessed via the Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopying at the discretion of the Archivist, subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.

Finding aids:

Handlist available in the RGS reading room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

RGS Archives - Correspondence Blocks: Wilson, A T, 1911-29, 1921-1930, 1931-1940.

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Rrevised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Obit.: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 97, No. 1 (Jan., 1941), pp 72.