Skip to main content

Papers of Sir Harry Fagg Batterbee

 Collection

  • How to
    request

Papers as British High Commissioner to New Zealand.

Dates

  • Creation: 1939-1945

Extent

23 boxes

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS.N.Z.s.13].

Please see our help page for further guidance on citing archives and manuscripts.

Full range of shelfmarks:

MSS.N.Z.s.13

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 653

Biographical / Historical

Sir Harry Fagg Batterbee, KCVO (1927) GCMG (1946), was born on the 1 January 1880 and educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Faversham, and Hertford College, Oxford (he received an Honorary Fellowship from the College in 1956). Batterbee entered the Colonial Office in 1905 and served as Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1916-1919), and as Political Secretary to the Vice Admiral commanding the Special Service Squadron, Empire Cruise (1923-1924). Between 1925 and 1938 Batterbee worked in the Dominions Office as Assistant Secretary (1925-1930) and Assistant Under Secretary of State (1930-1938). During this time he also served as Political Secretary to the Duke of York during his tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1927, and was Deputy Secretary to the Imperial Conferences in 1930 and 1937. In 1939 Batterbee was appointed as the first British High Commissioner to New Zealand (1939-1945). He was a Governor of the London House Trust, and of Queen Elizabeth's School in Faversham, and was Vice­President of the Royal Commonwealth Society. He was also Registrar of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (1930-1938). Sir Batterbee died on the 25 August 1976.

Other Finding Aids

The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room and a handlist is also available for this collection.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Deposited by Dagmar Batterbee, July 1987.

Title
Papers of Sir Harry Fagg Batterbee
Status
Published
Author
Marion Lowman
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

Contact:
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom