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].
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
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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