LATHAM (FIRST LORD)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 LMA/4062
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: LATHAM (FIRST LORD)
Date(s)	: 1913-1970
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.76 linear metres.
Name of creator(s)	: Latham | Charles | 1888-1970 | 1st baron Latham | local government official

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Charles Latham was born in 1888. He followed a career as an account, founding Latham and Co, certified accountants. He was also a member of Hendon Urban District Council and later Alderman of the Borough of Hendon, 1926-1934. He became an Alderman of the London County Council in 1928 and in 1940 to 1947 was leader of the London County Council. He served as chairman of the London Transport Executive, 1947-1953. He was created Baron Latham of Hendon in 1942. He died in 1970.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Lord Charles Latham, leader of the London County Council, consisting of reports, papers, correspondence, notebooks and diaries including photographs and press cuttings belonging to Lord Latham.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

LMA/4062/01: Diaries;
LMA/4062/02: Newspaper cuttings;
LMA/4062/03: Correspondence;
LMA/4062/04: North America visit;
LMA/4062/05: Publications;
LMA/4062/06: Miscellaneous.

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:

Gifted to the Archive in August 1971.

Allied Materials

Related material:

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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.