Board of Agriculture: letters from Sir John Sinclair to John Holroyd, Earl of Sheffield

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0096 MS423
Held at	: Senate House Library, University of London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections ›
Full title	: Board of Agriculture: letters from Sir John Sinclair to John Holroyd, Earl of Sheffield
Date(s)	: 1793-1794
Level of description	: fonds
Extent	: 4 items
Name of creator(s)	: Sinclair | Sir | John | 1754-1835 | 1st Baronet | politician and agriculturalist
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

John Sinclair was born in Thurso, Caithness, and educated at the Universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Oxford. He qualified as a lawyer in both Scotland and England but never practised law. In 1780 he entered the House of Commons as MP for Caithness, subsequently serving as MP for several English and Scottish constituencies between 1784 and 1811. Sir John wrote several works on ecnomics and agriculture and became the first president of the Board of Agriculture in 1793. His 'Statistical Account of Scotland' popularized the use of the word 'statistics' in English.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Communications from Sir John Sinclair to Holroyd concerning the Board of Agriculture.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

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Conditions governing access:

Open for research. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Conditions governing reproduction: Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Finding aids:

Fully catalogued in hard copy form: available in the Special Collections reading room of Senate House Library.

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Imported from the Senate House catalogue and edited by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions:
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:
Feb 2009.