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MARRIOTT, George Wharton ([1854]-1921)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0402 GMA

Held at: Royal Geographical Society

Title: MARRIOTT, George Wharton ([1854]-1921)

Date(s): 1885-1887

Level of description: Collection level

Extent: 2 vols

Name of creator(s): Marriott | George Wharton | [1854]-1921 | agent

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

George Wharton Marriott was born in Eton around 1843; he was agent to a rich landowner in Blakeney, Norfolk, on whose expense he travelled around the world. He later became private secretary to Lord Northcote and acted as agent for him in London while Lord Northcote was governer general of Australia. He died in 1921.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of George Wharton Marriott including diaries of a world tour, volume 1, 30 July 1885-1887; May 1886, London to Tenerife to Cape Town to New Zealand (also some notes on Fiji) and Volume 2, 8 May-18 Sept 1886 Australia-South China-Peking-Japan.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English.

System of arrangement:

Arranged as in Scope and Content field above.

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 discretion of the Archivist and subject to completion of an application form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Electronic description also on A2A.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated by daughter-in-law, Mrs Valerie Marriott, Sept 1988.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Prepared by Michael Cronin, Archives volunteer using existing finding aids, on behalf of the RSLP AIM25 Project. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: letter from the depositor.

Rules or conventions: ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.

Date(s) of descriptions: October, 2001; Nov 2008.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Geographical exploration | Geography
Travel abroad | Travel
Travel writing | Nonfiction | Prose | Literary forms and genres | Literature

Personal names
Marriott | George Wharton | fl 1885-1887

Corporate names

Places
Australia | Oceania
Beijing | Beijing Shi | China | East Asia
Cape Town | South Africa | Southern Africa
Fiji | Oceania
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
New Zealand | Oceania
Tenerife | Canary Islands | West Africa | Africa