COLL P 16
Reference code
COLL P 16
Title
Papers of Provost Acland, 1991 - 2000
Level
Series
Administrative / Biographical history
At Eton in Mr Cruso's house from 1942 - 1948, he was Captain of the Oppidans. After attending Christ Church, Oxford, he became a diplomat and served in the Middle East and at the United Nations, among other postings, before being appointed Ambassador to Luxembourg in 1975. Two years later he moved to Spain and in 1979 returned to London as Head of the Foreign Office and, from 1982, of the Diplomatic Service. From 1986 - 1991 he was Ambassador to the United States and in 1991 was appointed Provost of Eton. He retired in 2000, and died in September 2021.
Date
1991 - 2000
Extent & medium
52 subject files, engagement diaries and miscellaneous correspondence
Provenance
Transferred
Associated material
An interview with him in SCH/HOUS/JSBP/1
Publication note
Who's Who
Eton College Chronicle, St Andrew's Day 1991
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Number 16 of 27 at this Level
Beneath this record in the archive hierarchy
- Provost Acland: Provost's Files, COLL P 16 01, (1989-1999)
- Provost Acland: Engagement diaries, COLL P 16 02, (1991-1999)
- Provost Acland: Letter from Lord Charteris acknowledging present, COLL P 16 03, (7 September 1993)
- Provost Acland: Notes for speeches and sermons, COLL P 16 04, (c.1992 - 1998)
- Provost Acland: Menu for farewell dinner, COLL P 16 05, (29 June 2000)
- Provost Acland: Letters to Michael Meredith on the Masters' Common Room, COLL P 16 06, (March 1998)
- Provost Acland: Letters concerning Shelley Bicentenary, COLL P 16 07, (1991 - 1992)
- Provost Acland: Press cutting on the College gardens, COLL P 16 08, (April 1997)
- Provost Acland: List of staff, COLL P 16 09, (28 June 1996)
- Provost Acland: Press cutting on filming at Eton for "Class of 91", COLL P 16 10, (4 March 1992)
- Provost Acland: Script for play "Oedipus", COLL P 16 11, (1993)