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London Metropolitan Archives

CODD FAMILY


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/2042

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: CODD FAMILY

Date(s): 1824-1901

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.15 linear metres.

Name of creator(s): Codd | family | of Kensington

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Harrison Gordon Codd was Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex and a Commissioner of the Peace for the county. He was also a magistrate for Kensington, sat on the vestry of Marylebone, and in March 1837 he was appointed equerry to His Royal Highness. He died in 1840.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Codd family, including journal/diary of Harrison Gordon Codd, Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex, 1824-40, recording his involvement in society and government, giving for example, his thoughts on the Poor Law Enquiry 1832, and his friendship with Nassau Senior, and details of family life and events (including a list of his children and their dates of birth on page one); journal/diary of Sophy Shirley Codd, daughter of Harrison Gordon Codd, 1835-36, giving details of daily employment (reading, writing, drawing, singing) and places visited (including Regent's Park Zoological Gardens and several picture exhibitions), and describing the death of her sister, Emma; and journal/diary of Frances Anne Codd, daughter of Harrison Gordon Codd, 1840-1879, recording her daily routine but placing emphasis on visits and outings, including pressed flowers and numerous prints of places visited. Also some Codd family papers including obituaries, correspondence, photographs, event programmes and family history.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

ACC/2042/001-003: Journals; ACC/2042/004-021: Family papers.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Physical characteristics:

Fit

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Records deposited in October 1984.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note:

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: Records prepared May to September 2011.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Bereavement | Emotional states
Diaries | Nonfiction | Prose | Literary forms and genres | Literature
Domestic life | Life styles | Cultural life | Cultural conditions
Family archives | Personal papers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Family correspondence | Personal papers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Family records | Personal papers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Local government personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Magistrates | Legal profession personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People

Personal names
Codd | family | of Kensington

Corporate names

Places
Kensington | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Kensington and Chelsea