Butler Family Letters
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0103 MS ADD 305 |
Held at | : University College London Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll › |
Full title | : Butler Family Letters |
Date(s) | : 1877-1911 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 folder |
Name of creator(s) | : Butler | family Galton | Sir | Francis | 1822-1911 | Knight | eugenicist Butler; Arthur Gray (1831-1909); Headmaster of Haileybury |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911) married Louisa Jane Butler (d.1897) in 1853. Louisa's father was George Butler (1774-1853), dean of Peterborough and previously headmaster of Harrow School. Her mother was Sarah Maria Gray from Wembley Park, Middlesex. Louisa had many brothers and sisters, one of whom was Arthur Butler. She and Galton had no children.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Letters between the Butler family and Sir Francis Galton, and between members of the family. Many of the letters are from Galton to his brother-in-law Arthur Butler.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
Finding aids:
Collection level description.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented through Dorothy Middleton in 1983 by Arthur Butler's grandaughter, Mrs Christina Colvin, in memory of her father, Professor Harold Edgeworth Butler, Professor of Latin at University College London, 1911-1943.
Allied Materials
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Description Notes
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Date(s) of descriptions:
1999
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