Papers of James Ian Macpherson, 1st Baron Strathcarron

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 161 MSS. Eng. hist. c. 490-2, d. 309
  • Dates of Creation
      1913-37
  • Language of Material
      English.
  • Physical Description
      4 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of James Ian Macpherson, including papers relating to his Chief Secretaryship for Ireland, and his representation in parliament of the constituency of Ross and Cromarty.

These manuscripts and printed papers, which include many copies of Macpherson's and his private secretaries' own letters, are all that are known to remain of Macpherson's papers, the bulk of which were destroyed by bombing during the Second World War.

Administrative / Biographical History

James Ian Macpherson, 1st Baron Strathcarron (1880-1937) was a politician. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Access Information

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).

Acquisition Information

The papers were given to the Library by the 2nd Baron Strathcarron in 1971.

Note

Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

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