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RC - Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Archive
1 - The Commission - correspondence
A - Presidents' Correspondence
B - Commission, Members' Correspondence
Alexander - Sir Ulick Alexander (1889-1973)
Argyll - The Duke of Argyll (John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke, 1845-1914)
Asquith - Viscount Asquith of Morley (Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, 1852-1928),
Baldwin - Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin (Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, 1867-1947)
Baring - Thomas Baring (1799-1873)
Barlow - Sir (James) Alan (Noel) Barlow (1881-1968)
Bazley - Sir Thomas Bazley ( - 1885)
Birkenhead - The Earl of Birkenhead (Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl, 1872-1930)
Boase - Thomas Sherrer Ross Boase (1898-1974),
BraggWH - Sir William Henry Bragg (1862-1942),
BraggWL - Sir (William) Lawrence Bragg (1890-1971)
Bramwell - Sir Frederick Joseph Bramwell (1818-1903)
Buckmaster - Viscount Buckmaster (Stanley Owen, 1st Viscount, 1861-1934),
Cambridge - H.R.H. The Duke of Cambridge (George William Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke, 1819-1904)
Cameron - Sir David Young Cameron (1865-1945),
Chelmsford - Viscount Chelmsford (Frederick John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount, 1868-1933),
Christian - H.R.H. Prince Frederick Christian Charles Augustus (1831-1917),
Churchill - Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965)
Clynes - Rt. Hon. John Robert Clynes (1869-1949)
Cockcroft - Sir John Douglas Cockcroft (1897-1967),
Connaught - H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught (1850-1942)
Cornwall - H.R.H. The Duke of Cornwall and York (subsequently King George V, 1865-1936),
Courtney - Lord Courtney of Penwith (Leonard Henry Courtney, 1832-1918),
Cox - Sir Trenchard Cox (1905-95),
CrawfordDA - Earl of Crawford and Balcarres (David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl, 1871-1940)
CrawfordDR - Earl of Crawford and Balcarres (David Robert Alexander Lindsay, 28th Earl 1900-75),
Crowther - Lord Crowther of Headingley (Sir Geoffrey Crowther to 1968, 1907-72)
Curzon - Marquis Curzon of Kedleston (George Nathanial Curzon, 1st Marquis, 1859-1925),
Dale - Sir Henry Hallett Dale (1875-1968)
DerbyEG - The Earl of Derby (Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl, 1799-1869),
DerbyEH - The Earl of Derby (Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl, 1826-1893)
Devonshire - The Duke of Devonshire (Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke, Marquess of Hartington, 1895-1950),
Dyson - Sir George Dyson (1883-1964),
Eastlake - Sir Charles Lock Eastlake (1793-1865),
Edwards - Sir Fleetwood Isham Edwards (1842-1910)
Elliot - Walter Elliot Elliot (1888-1958),
Elton - Lord Elton of Headington (Godfrey Elton, 1st Baron, 1892-1973),
Esher - Viscount Esher (Reginald Baliol Brett, 2nd Viscount, 1852-1930)
Fairbairn - Sir Thomas Fairbairn (1823-91)
Farmer - Sir John Bretland Farmer (1865-1944)
Fife - The Duke of Fife (1849-1912),
FisherH - Rt.Hon. Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher (1865-1940)
FisherW - Sir (Norman Fenwick) Warren Fisher (1879-1948).
Fleck - Lord Fleck of Saltcoats (Alexander Fleck, 1st Baron, 1889-1968),
Franks - Sir Oliver Sherwell Franks (Lord Franks of Headington from 1962) 1905-1992
Garnett - Dr. William Garnett (1850-1932),
Geikie - Sir Archibald Geikie (1835-1924),
Gibson - Thomas Field Gibson ( - 1891),
Glazebrook - Sir Richard Tetley Glazebrook (1854-1935),
Gorst - Rt. Hon. Sir John Eldon Gorst (1835-1916),
Gott - John Gott ( - 1867)
Graham - Rt. Hon. William Graham (1887-1932)
Greene - Lord Greene (Wilfrid Arthur Greene, 1st Baron, 1883-1952)
Hackett - General Sir John Winthrop Hackett (1910-97),
Haldane - Viscount Haldane of Cloan (Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount, 1856-1928)
Hale - Sir John Hale (1923-99)
Halifax - Earl of Halifax (Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl, 1881-1959)
Hall - Sir Arnold Alexander Hall (1915-2000)
Harcourt - Viscount Harcourt (Lewis Harcourt, Baron Nuneham, 1863-1922)
Harding - Sir Edward John Harding (1880-1954),
Harewood - Earl of Harewood (Henry George Charles Lascelles, 6th Earl, 1882-1947)
Heath - Sir (Henry) Frank Heath (1863-1946)
Hopkins - Sir (Frederick) Gowland Hopkins (1861-1947),
Irvine - Sir James Colquhoun Irvine (1877-1952),
Ismay - General Lord Ismay (Hastings Lionel Ismay, 1st Baron, 1887-1965),
Jackson - Lord Jackson of Burnley (Willis Jackson, 1904-70)
James - Dr. Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936),
Jeans - Sir James Hopwood Jeans (1877-1946),
Jones - Dr. Thomas Jones (1870-1955),
Kelvin - Lord Kelvin (Sir William Thomson, 1824-1907)
Kendrick - Sir Thomas Downing Kendrick (1895-1979),
Kenyon - Sir Frederic George Kenyon (1863-1952),
Keogh - Lieut. General Sir Alfred Keogh (1837-1936)
Lansdowne - Marquis of Lansdowne (Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquis, 1845-1927)
Law - Rt.Hon. Andrew Bonar Law (1858-1923),
Llewellyn - Sir (Samuel Henry) William Llewellyn (1863-1941),
LloydGeorge - David Lloyd George (1st Earl of Dwyfor, 1863-1945),
Lockyer - Sir (Joseph) Norman Lockyer (1836-1920)
Londonderry - Marquis of Londonderry (Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquis, 1878-1949),
Loraine - Rt. Hon. Sir Percy Lyham Loraine (1880-1961)
Lothian - Marquess of Lothian (Philip Henry Kerr, 11th Marquess, 1882-1940),
Lyell - Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875),
Lyons - Sir Henry George Lyons (1864-1944),
MacDonald - Lord Macmillan (Hugh Pattison Macmillan, 1873-1952),
Mallaby - Sir (Howard) George (Charles) Mallaby (1902-78),
Marjoribanks - Sir George John Marjoribanks (1856-1931),
Maud - Sir John Maud (John Primatt Redcliffe Redcliffe-Maud, 1906-82)
Medawar - Sir Peter Brian Medawar (1915-87)
Mellanby - Sir Edward Mellanby (1884-1955),
Morant - Sir Robert Laurie Morant (1863-1920),
MurrayG - Sir George Herbert Murray (1849-1936),
MurrayK - Lord Murray of Newhaven (Sir Keith Anderson Hope Murray, 1903-93),
Mynors - Sir Humphrey Charles Baskerville Mynors (1903-89),
Nelson - Lord Nelson of Stafford (George Horatio Nelson, 1887-1962),
Norfolk - The Duke of Norfolk (Henry FitzAlan-Howard, 15th Duke, 1847-1917),
Norman - Mark Richard Norman (1910-94),
Nyholm - Sir Ronald Sydney Nyholm (1917-71)
Ogilvie - Sir Francis Grant Ogilvie (1858-1930),
Overstone - Lord Overstone (Samuel James Loyd, 1796-1883)
Peacock - Sir Edward Robert Peacock (1871-1962)
Percy - Lord Percy (Eustace Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Newcastle, 1887-1958),
Peto - Sir Samuel Morton Peto (1809-89)
Pope-Hennessy - Sir John Pope-Hennessy (1913-94),
Probyn - General Sir Dighton Macnaghten Probyn (1833-1924),
Rayleigh - Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt, 3rd Baron, 1842-1919),
Revelstoke - Lord Revelstoke (John Baring, 2nd Baron Revelstoke, 1863-1929)
Rideal - Sir Eric Keightley Rideal (1890-1974)
Ripon - Marquis of Ripon (George Frederick Samuel Robinson, Earl de Grey and Ripon, 1st Marquis of Ripon, 1827-1909)
Robinson - Sir Robert Robinson (1886-1975)
Rosebery - The Earl of Rosebery (Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl, 1847-1929)
Rosse - The Earl of Rosse (William Parsons, 3rd Earl, 1800-67)
Rucker - Rücker, Sir Arthur William (1848 - 1915)
Rutherford - Lord Rutherford (Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, 1871-1937)
Ryan - Sir Charles Lister Ryan (1831-1920)
Salisbury - Marquis of Salisbury (Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquis, 1830-1903),
Sankey - Viscount Sankey (John Sankey, 1st Viscount, 1866-1948),
Sargent - Sir John Singer Sargent (1856-1925),
Shaw - Sir Evelyn Campbell Shaw (1882-1974)
SheppardFidler - Alwyn Gwilym Sheppard Fidler (1909-90),
Simonds - Lord Simonds (Gavin Turnbull Simonds, 1st Viscount, 1881-1971),
Smith - Sir Frank Edward Smith (1876-1970)
Snowden - Viscount Snowden (Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount, 1864-1937)
Spencer - Earl Spencer (Charles Robert, 6th Earl, 1857-1922)
Stamfordham - Lord Stamfordham (Sir Arthur John Bigge, 1849-1931)
Stamp - Lord Stamp of Shortlands (Sir Josiah Charles Stamp, 1880-1941),
Thomas - Sir Godfrey John Vignoles Thomas (10th Baronet, 1889-1968)
Tizard - Sir Henry Thomas Tizard (1885-1959)
Tryon - Brigadier Lord Tryon (Charles George Vivian, 2nd Baron Tryon of Durnford, 1906-76),
Ullswater - Rt.Hon. Viscount Ullswater (James William Lowther, 1st Viscount, 1855-1949)
Warner - Sir Frederick Edward Warner (1910- )
Waterlow - Sir Sydney Hedley Waterlow (1822-1906)
Webb - Sir Aston Webb (1849-1930),
Welby - Lord Welby (Reginald Earle Welby, 1st Baron, 1832-1915)
Welman - Michael Welman (1921 - ),
Whitley - Rt. Hon. John Henry Whitley (1866-1935),
Wigram - Lord Wigram (Clive Wigram, 1st Baron of Clewer, 1873-1960)
Wolverhampton - Viscount Wolverhampton (Sir Henry Hartley Fowler, 1830-1911),
Woodroofe - Sir Ernest George Woodroofe (1912-2002)
C - Ex-officio Members' Correspondence.
D - Lists of Commissioners
2 - Board of Management - Chair
3 - Board of Management - Members' Correspondence
4 - Board of Management, Sub-committees Correspondence
5 - Science Scholarships Committee (Renamed Science and Engineering Fellowships Committee from 2006).
6 - Science Scholarships Committee Members Correspondence (renamed Science and Engineering Fellowships Committee from 2006)
7 - Science Scholarships Committee - Correspondence with External Examiners
8 - The Commission - meetings and memoranda etc
9 - Board of Management
10 - Board of Management Sub - Committees - Minutes
11 - Board of Management - Correspondence re Educational Policy
12 - Medals
13 - Science Scholarships Committee (Science & Engineering Fellowship Committee)
14 - Science Scholarships Committee
15 - Science Scholarships Committee
16 - Board of Management - Industrial Bursaries. Correspondence with Universities
17 - Board of Management - Naval Architecture
18 - British School of Archaeology at Athens
19 - Royal School of Needlework
20 - Royal College of Music
21 - Queen Alexandra's House
22 - Income Tax
23 - Income Tax: Scholars, Fellows and Bursars.
24 - National Insurance
25 - The Institute of Physics, The Physical Society and the Optical Society.
26 - International Education Board
27 - Research Awarding Bodies
29 - Banking
30 - Commissioners' Investments
31 - Auditors
32 - Finance - Miscellaneous
36 - Inter-Trust Conference
37 - Press Announcement of the Award of 1851 Scholarships and Fellowships
38 - 1851 Scholars who became Fellows of the Royal Society
39B - Press Cuttings
40 - National Physical Laboratory
41A - Acquisition of Pictures, Portraits and Papers
41B - Prince Albert Trust
42 - Garton Scheme
44 - British School at Rome
46 - Various Memoranda
47 - Accounts, Notes and Estimates
48 - Kensington Gore Estate: Museums, Exhibitions and Galleries
49 - Scientific Societies, Other Bodies and the Award of Scholarships
50 - Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1853-1989
51 - Archives
52 - Commission's History
53 - Financial Statistics (relating to awards)
54 - Appeals from Organisations and Individuals; Special Awards
55 - Professors' Opinions - Science Research Scholarships, Overseas Scholarships and Research Fellowships
57A - Victoria and Albert Museum
57B - Standing Commission on Museums and Galleries (Formerly Royal Commission on National Museums and Galleries).
58 - Crystal Palace at Sydenham
59 - The Royal Society
60A - Royal College of Organists
60B - School of Art Woodcarving
61 - Scholars' Dinners and Cocktail Parties, and other events.
62 - The Commission's Offices
63 - South Kensington Redevelopment Scheme
64 - Surveyors
65 - Solicitors
66 - Rents
68 - Science Museum
69 - Subways and Railways
70 - Natural History Museum (formerly British Museum (Natural History) )
71 - Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
72 - Prince Consort Statue (Memorial to the Great Exhibition)
73 - Imperial War Museum
74 - Imperial Institute
75 - Royal Albert Hall
77 - Royal Geographical Society
78 - London Building Acts (Consolidation) Bill, 1928-29 Town and Country Planning Act, 1932 London Building Acts (Amendment) Bill, 1939
79 - City and Guilds' College (formerly City and Guilds of London Institute): open space at the rear of the building
80 - Science Scholarships schemes of the 1851 Commission
81 - Whole-time Research Awards
82 - India Museum
83 - Exhibition Galleries
84 - Royal Horticultural Society: Gardens on the Commission's Estate
85 - Free Passages
86 - Charitable Foundations and Trusts, and the Charity Commission
87 - Royal Society Empire Scientific Conference
88 - Printing and Stationery
89 - Hospitality Organisations and Schemes
98 - Estate - Properties outside the Commission's original Estate
99 - Kensington Gore Estate
100A - Albert Court
100B - Albert Hall Mansions
101 - Albert Hall Terraces and Vaults
102 - Cromwell Gardens
103 - Cromwell Road
104 - Elvaston Mews
105 - Elvaston Place
106 - Exhibition Road
107 - Gloucester Road
109 - Jay Mews
110 - Kensington Gore and the Royal College of Art
112 - Queensberry Mews
113 - Queensberry Place
114 - Queen's Gate
115 - Queen's Gate Mews
116 - Queen's Gate Terrace
117 - Thurloe Place
118 - Thurloe Place Mews
119 - 2 Lowther Gardens
120 - Roads on the Estate
A - 1851 Exhibition Correspondence - Letters Received
B - Correspondence and Papers, 1856-1909
C - Signed sets of Minutes of the various Committees of the Commission
D - Housekeeping Records of the Commission's Office
E - Maps, Plans, Drawings and Lithographs
F - Publications
G - Photographs and Lithographic Prints.
H - Collections on Permanent Loan
I - Donations and Acquisitions
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