James Szlumper Cuttings Files
Szlumper, Sir James1869-1919
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Eleven leather bound volumes, ten of newspaper cuttings covering the life and career of Sir James Szlumper , and political situation in Richmond between 1869 and 1919 (1-9, 11), and one volume (10) is a list of subscribers, with mounted certificates.
Title:
James Szlumper Cuttings Files
Creator:
Date of work:
1869-1919
Reference number:
DC56
Level of description:
Fonds
Type of materials:
Graphic materials
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Arrangement:
Volumes in date order.
Source:
The volumes were originally in the library of Alderman Sir James Szlumper, and were given to Local Studies by his Worship the Major, Councillor Arthur Howitt, in March 1927.
Access restrictions:
Unrestricted
Use restrictions:
Unrestricted
General notes:
Alderman Sir James Szlumper J.P. was Major of Richmond three times, and was an accomplished railway engineer, being made District Engineer for the London Division of the London and South-Western Railway in March 1914. Born in 1834, he moved to Richmond from Wales to enlarge his civil engineering practice, about thirty years before the outbreak of World War I. He was Deputy Major of Richmond at the outbreak of war, standing in for the Major when he was unable to attend meetings and events. He was very involved in the recruitment of soldiers, active in the Richmond Emergency Committee, and president of The Richmond Boys’ Naval Brigade. He was a supporter of The Anti-German Union, attending and speaking at a meeting in support of their cause on the 10th of July 1915. He was also president of the Victoria Working Men’s Club on Sandycombe Road, Kew.
Language:
English
Record number:
1496292
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