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Reference code
GB 891 RAS SESQ-RAS SESQ/4-RAS SESQ/4/4
Publication status
Published
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Extent and medium
1 archival folder
Date(s)
- 1973 (Creation)
Context area
Name of creator
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
(1823-)
Biographical history
The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was founded by the eminent Sanskrit scholar Sir Henry Thomas Colebrooke on the 15th March 1823. It received its Royal Charter from King George IV on the 11th August 1824 'for the investigation of subjects connected with and for the encouragement of science, literature and the arts in relation to Asia'. It continues as a forum for those who are interested in the languages, cultures and history of Asia to meet and exchange ideas.
_Jellicoe_
_Patricia Christine_
_1917-2012_
_Countess of_
_Foreign and Commonwealth Office_
_British council_
Repository
Royal Asiatic Society Archives
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Scope and content
Correspondence with guests concerning the Sesquicentenary Dinner. These are:
* Correspondence with the Japanese Ambassador, 3 items, dated 12-16 October 1973.
* Correspondence with Patricia Countess Jellicoe, 1 item, undated.
* Correspondence with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office concerning the attendance of Sir Alec Douglas Hume, 1 item with envelope, dated 13 September 1973.
* Correspondence with the British Council concerning the attendance of Dr and Mrs Llewellyn, 1 item, dated 27 September 1973.
* Copy of invitation to Sir Mortimer Wheeler, 1 item, undated. Note from Peggy Hackforth-Jones, 1 item, dated 12 October 1973.
* Correspondence with Major Barwiss-Holliday concerning his inability to attend the Dinner due to his wife's serious illness, 2 items dated 22-25 October 1973.
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Language of material
- English
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