Guide to the Letters of Robert Thomson (as filmed by the AJCP), 1851-1854

Summary

Collection number:

M1133

Creator:

Thomson, Robert

Extent:

45 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

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:

Letters to William Bottomley of Belfast from:

Biographical / Historical:

Robert Thomson (1829-1905) was born in Belfast and grew up in Glasgow. He entered the Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Company. In 1849 he migrated to Dunedin, New Zealand, and in about 1853 he moved to Sydney, where he entered the Liverpool and London Fire and Life Insurance Company. In 1854 he became secretary of the Australian Mutual Provident Society and supervised the expansion of its operations in Tasmania and New Zealand. His personal financial difficulties led to his resignation from the A.M.P. Society in 1865. In 1869 Thomson helped establish the Mutual Life Association and was actuary for its Sydney branch. He moved to Melbourne in 1871 and was for many years consulting actuary to the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society. In 1880 he was admitted to the Institute of Actuaries of Great Britain and Ireland. He died in Melbourne.

Related

Existence and Location of Copies:

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn727577] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Collection reference: Add T.D. 1515. For further information see Archives and Manuscripts catalogue at the National Library of Scotland (http://manuscripts.nls.uk/)

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use:

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.

Permission to publish these papers or any part there of must be sought from Mrs. D. Webster, Edinburgh, through the Keeper of Manuscripts, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh.

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

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:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

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