Fitzroy, George H

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0102 MS 258361
Held at	: School of Oriental and African Studies   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.soas.ac.uk/Archives/home.html ›
Full title	: Fitzroy, George H
Date(s)	: 1860-1863
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 volume
Name of creator(s)	: Fitzroy | George H | fl 1860-1863 | Imperial Maritime Customs official

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Imperial Maritime Customs (later called the Chinese Maritime Customs) collected customs duties from foreign ships at treaty ports and administered port facilities on behalf of the Chinese government. It was managed and staffed mainly by foreigners, largely British.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript letterbook, 1860-1863, of George H Fitzroy whilst at Shanghai, containing copy letters to various recipients, the subjects including his personal and financial affairs, property, and employment.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Chronological.

Conditions governing access:

Unrestricted.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

Finding aids:

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Purchased in 1971.

Allied Materials

Related material:

The School of Oriental and African Studies holds other papers relating to the Chinese Maritime Customs, comprising papers of Sir Robert Hart (Ref: PP MS 67), copies of Sir Robert Hart's correspondence with J D Campbell (Ref: MS 211351, 211353), copies of Sir Robert Hart's letters to Sir F A Aglen (Ref: MS 211081), papers of Sir Frederick Maze (Ref: PP MS 2), Edward Charles Macintosh Bowra and Cecil Arthur Verner Bowra (Ref: PP MS 69), and correspondence of G F H Acheson and C A V Bowra with Sir Francis Arthur Aglen (Ref: MS 211354-5). See published guide: Papers Relating to the Chinese Maritime Customs 1860-1943.

The Second Historical Archives of China, Nanjing, hold the administrative archive of the Chinese Maritime Customs.

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Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

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:
Aug 2002