IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0097 BENNETT
Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science
Title: BENNETT, Nicholas Jerome, b 1949, Conservative MP
Date(s): 1977-1981
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 42 boxes
Name of creator(s): Bennett | Nicholas Jerome | b 1949 | Conservative MP
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born 1949; educated Sedgehill School, Polytechnic of North London (BA), Institute of Education (PGCE), and University of Sussex (MA); worked in educational publishing, 1974; Schoolmaster, 1976-1985; Conservative Councillor, London Borough of Lewisham, 1974-1982; contested St Pancreas North, 1973, Greenwich by-election, 1974, and GLC elections (Hackney Council), 1979; Member of Education Committee, Inner London Education Authority, 1978-1981; Conservative MP for Pembroke, 1987-1992; Member, Select Committee on Welsh Affairs, 1987-1990, and the Select Committee on Procedure, 1988-1990; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Minister of State, Department of Transport, 1990; Vice Chairman (Wales), Conservative Backbench Party Organisation Committee, 1990; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office, 1990-1992; contested Pembroke, 1992, and Reading West, 1997; Member, Further Education Funding Council for England (FEFCE), 1992-1997; Advisor on public affairs, Price Waterhouse, 1993-1998; JP, South West Division, Inner London; Chief Executive, Association of Consulting Engineers, 1998-present.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers relating to Conservative Councillor Nicholas Bennett's activities in Lewisham, 1977-1981, mainly concerning the problems of local residents.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Unsorted.
Conditions governing access:
Closed until 2040.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Apply to Archivist for copyright details. No documents may be photocopied.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Unlisted.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Given by Nicholas Bennett in 1985.
Immediate source of acquisition:
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
The BLPES also holds material relating to Nicholas Bennett's election campaigns in 1987, 1992 and 1997 (Ref: Coll Misc 1738/1/48; General Election 1992/16/3 and 1997/1/25).
The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, holds Bennett's subject and constituency files, 1987-1992 (Ref: Nicholas Bennett papers).
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Sources: Who's Who 1897-1996 (A & C Black, 1996). Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: Sep 2000