Archive of John Sankey, Viscount Sankey of Moreton

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Sankey's papers consist of:

General correspondence and papers, 1885-1948
Letters of congratulation
Indian papers
Speeches
Diaries
Miscellaneous papers.

Dates

Creation: 1885-1948

Extent

14.7 Linear metres (147 physical shelfmarks)

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark, e.g. MS. Eng. Hist. c. 502, fols. 1-2].

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Full range of shelfmarks:

MSS. Eng. hist. a. 19, c. 502-56, d. 313-40, e. 242-303, f. 21

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 12597

Additional Description

Abstract

Archive of the papers of John Sankey, Viscount Sankey of Moreton

Biographical / Historical

John Sankey, Viscount Sankey of Moreton (1866-1948), became a judge in the King's Bench division and later in the Court of Appeal and was Lord Chancellor from 1929 to 1935. He was chairman, in 1915, of the Home Office aliens advisory committee, in 1919 of the coal industry commission and, during his Lord Chancellorship, of the inter-imperial relations committee of the imperial conference and the federal structure committee of the Indian Round Table Conference. His papers are particularly informative about certain aspects of his Lord Chancellorship, especially his part in the Indian Round Table Conference, and they contain a certain amount of interesting general political material. Further details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Custodial History

The papers were previously in the possession of Messrs. Freeman and Son, of 30A St.George Street, Hanover Square, London, W.1., the executors of the estate of Miss Edith Sankey, Lord Sankey's sister.