VANDELEUR, Lt Col Seymour (1869-1901)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0402 SVA |
Held at | : Royal Geographical Society Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Collections/Collections.htm › |
Full title | : VANDELEUR, Lt Col Seymour (1869-1901) |
Date(s) | : 1893-1901 |
Level of description | : collection |
Extent | : 2 files |
Name of creator(s) | : Vandeleur | Seymour | 1869-1901 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1869; educated, Farnborough School, 1879-1882 and Sandhurst, 1882-1889; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1893-1901; Scots Guards, 1899; served in Somaliland and Abyssinia, 1894; Foreign Office, Uganda, 1894-1895; took part in Ungoro, Nile and Nandi expeditions where he undertook surveying; awarded the Murchison Grant, 1897; served in West Africa, 1896-1897; Egypt, 1897-1899; Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, South Africa, [1900]-1901; died, 1901.
Publications: Campaigning on the Upper Nile and Niger (1898)
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Observation files of Maj Seymour Vandeluer, 1893-1901, comprising observations on altitudes and bearings in Uganda, 1895 and observations on altitudes, meteorological observations and bearings, upper Nile and Sudan, 1899.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
As outlined in the Scope and Content.
Conditions governing access:
Accessible 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, and subject to the completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without the permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.
Finding aids:
No additional finding aids.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Unknown
Allied Materials
Related material:
RGS Archives: Correspondence Block 1881-1910 (Vandeleur, Major Seymour) - RGS/CB7/91.
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Prepared by Archives volunteer using existing card index. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions:
ISAD(G) ed. 2, name authority NRA.
Date(s) of descriptions:
13th December, 2000; May 2008.
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