THOMPSON, William Whitaker (1857-1920)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 LMA/4261
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: THOMPSON, William Whitaker (1857-1920)
Date(s)	: 1887-1919
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.13 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Thompson | William Whitaker | 1857-1920 | chairman of London County Council

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

William Whitaker Thompson was chairman of the London County Council from 1910-1911 before undertaking the role of Mayor of Kensington 1911-1912.

He was a member of the Municipal Reform Party Regime from 1907-1919, who advocated the maintenance and improvement of local bodies in London.

They were content to administer duties assigned by Parliament to the council and were champions of private enterprise and opposed to municipal trading.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

This short series of scrapbooks cover the period 1887-1912 and contain invitations, cuttings and information on many of the social events that William Whitaker Thompson and his wife attended during his years in office.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Chronological order.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

Finding aids:

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

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The scrapbooks were gifted to the London Metropolitan Archives in May 2000.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

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:
August to October 2010.