Guide to the Papers of Andrew Holden (as filmed by the AJCP), 1886-1954
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Summary
- Collection number:
- M1157
- Creator:
- Holden, Andrew
- Extent:
- 11 items
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.
Citation items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.
Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)
- Availability:
- Available
- Access conditions:
- Available for reference.
Background
- Content Summary:
- Chapters copied from Holden's memoirs describing early years at Circular Head; life in Hobart 1894-1902 and Oxford 1902-1907; the Holden, Ware and Farmer Families, and Una Holden's early life, in which there are anecdotes about the young Bernard Montgomery. Also copied are memoirs of Tasmania in 1887-1896 written in 1954 by Lettyce Armitage.
- Biographical / Historical:
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Andrew Holden (1882-1973), the son of Lonsdale Holden and his wife Ellen Ware, was born in Hobart. His father, who was a doctor, had arrived in Hobart in 1877 and was the house surgeon in the General Hospital for eight years. In 1886 he was appointed the health officer at Circular Head, in the north-west of Tasmania, and Andrew Holden attended a school at the small town of Stanley. In 1894 the family returned to Hobart, where they lived at Bellerive. They were close friends of the Bishop of Tasmania, Henry Montgomery, and his family and Andrew Holden shared a tutor with the Montgomery boys. In 1897 he attended the Hutchins School before proceeding to the University of Tasmania in 1900.
In July 1902 Holden sailed to England and he did not return to Australia again. He was a student at Balliol College, Oxford, where he excelled in mathematics and rowing. In 1907 he was appointed a probationer in the Egyptian Civil Service. Based at first in Alexandria and later in Cairo, he served in the Egyptian Civil Service until 1952, shortly before the British withdrew from Egypt.
In 1912 Holden married Una Montgomery (1889-1963), the daughter of Bishop Montgomery and sister of Field Marshal Lord Montgomery. They had five children. After they left Egypt they lived in Guildford, Surrey.
Access and use
- Conditions Governing Access:
- Available for Access.
- Conditions Governing Use:
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Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.
No extracts from the memoirs should be published without the permission of Andrew Holden's daughter, Mrs. J.N. Campbell, The Rectory, 21 Park Road, Stapleton, Bristol, U.K.
- Preferred citation:
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Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.
Citation items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.
Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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