Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1858-1868 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.009 cubic metres (4 vols.; 1 box)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Sir Alexander Meadows Rendel (1829-1918) was a civil engineer, consulting engineer to the India Office, the East India Railway, and other Indian railways. His parents were James Meadows Rendel (1799-1856) and Catherine Jane Rendel née Harris (1797-1884); his brothers were Lord Rendel (1834-1913) and George Wightwick Rendel (1833-1902). He married Eliza (d. 1916), daughter of Capt. William Hobson; they had five sons and three daughters. Sir Rendel was engineer for the London Dock Co. in 1856. He originally visited India in 1857-1858, and he was a member of the Commission to determine narrow gauge for Indian Railways, in 1870. His principal works include the Shadwell Basin and Royal Albert Dock, London, the Albert and Edinburgh Docks at Leith, Scotland, the Workington Dock and Harbour, Cumberland, and the Sukker Bridge over the Indus river.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Dr Colin and Dr Kate Bertram; Graffham, West Sussex; Deposit; 1985
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Journals of Sir Alexander Meadows Rendel, 1858-1868, concerning his visits to India.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
All records deposited at the National Library of Wales have been retained.
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright regulations apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available in Minor Lists and Summaries, 1986, p. 60, at the National Library of Wales and the National Register of Archives.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents of fonds
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Project identifier
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Rendel, Alexander Meadows, 1828-1918 -- Archives. (Subject)
- Rendel family -- Archives. (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.;AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
May 2003
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: NLW, Minor Lists and Summaries, 1986; Who Was Who (London, 2001).