Diaries of John Laing in India and Europe

This material is held atRoyal Commonwealth Society Library

  • Reference
    • GB 115 RCS/RCMS 21
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1873-10-18-1875-01-23
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • .02 cubic metre(s) paper

Scope and Content

Diaries with inserted photographs, drawings and other items.

Administrative / Biographical History

John William Laing was born around 1846, the second son of James Laing of Glasgow. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, on 7 June 1865, aged 19. He was made a S.C.L. and B.A. at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, in 1872, and that year received an M.A. from Christ Church. Laing left London for a tour of India on 26 June 1873, and reached Bombay via the Cape in October of that year. He also travelled in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Access Information

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Presented by Fred Yeomans, Victoria, B.C., through Colonel Eric Parker, Hon. Sec. of the Vancouver Island Branch R.C.S., June 1975.

Note

Includes index.

Other Finding Aids

MSS 11 V

MSS Addenda, vol. I.

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

Additional Information

This collection level description was created by RAS and MJC using information from the original typescript catalogue. The biographical history was compiled with reference to the entry on Laing in Joseph Foster, 'Alumni Oxonienses', 1715-1886, L-R (Oxford 1888), p. 809.

Laing, John William, b c 1846