WATSON, Sir Charles Moore (1844-1916)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0402 CMW |
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 | : WATSON, Sir Charles Moore (1844-1916) |
Date(s) | : 1871-1920 |
Level of description | : collection |
Extent | : 1 file |
Name of creator(s) | : Watson | Sir | Charles Moore | 1844-1916 | Knight | Colonel |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born Dublin, 1844; educated Trinity College Dublin and Royal Military Academy Woolwich; Royal Engineers, 1866; served in Sudan under General Charles Gordon, 1874-1875; War Office, 1875-1878; India Office, 1880-1882; led advance on Cairo after Battle of Tell al-Kebir, 1882; served in Egyptian Army, 1882-1886; assistant Inspector General of Fortifications, 1891; retired 1902; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1875-1916; knighted, 1905; died, London, 1916.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Charles Moore Watson, 1871-1920, comprising a field notebook, lists of instruments and observations, upper Nile, 1874.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Arranged in the order set out in the Scope and Content field.
Conditions governing access:
Open by appointment only, subject to completion of application form. Non-Fellows require a letter of reference.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopying at the Archivist/s discretion and subject to completion of an application form. No reproduction or publication without the permission of the RGA-IBG Archivist.
Finding aids:
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Allied Materials
Related material:
RGS Archives - Correspondence Blocks 1871-80, 1881-1910, 1911-1920.
National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Prepared by Michael Cronin Archives Volunteer using existing finding aids. Modified by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Obit.: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 47 (1916); Dictionary of National Biography.
Rules or conventions:
ISAD(G) ed. 2 name NRA.
Date(s) of descriptions:
December 2000, May 2008
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