Rendel Family, Engineers
- Date:
- 1847-1882
- Reference:
- MS.7472
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Letters by James Meadows Rendel (1799-1856), an engineer who began his career as a surveyor under Thomas Telford (1757-1834) and specialised in the construction of docks and harbour works. Also letters by two of his sons, also engineers: Sir Alexander Meadows Rendel (1829-1918), consulting engineer to the East India Company and founder of the firm of Rendel, Palmer and Tritton; and George Wightwick Rendel (1833-1902), partner in the Elswick works of William Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Cragside (1810-1900), and Civil Lord of the Admiralty. Correspondents include the engineers Charles Manby (1804-1884) (see MS. 7237) and Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859).
Publication/Creation
1847-1882
Physical description
6 items.
Acquisition note
Purchased from: Sotheby's, London, December 1919 (acc.67287) and July 1931 (acc.57468); Stevens, London, July 1930 (acc.56545) and August 1931 (acc.68236); Glendining, London, August 1935 (possibly an error for 1934) (acc.67883).
Related material
At Wellcome Collection:
Further Charles Manby correspondence can be found at: MS.7237, MS.7471/66-67, MS.7478, MS.7546/1-15, MS.7606/39-42, MS.7620/1-48, MS.7685/1-9 and MS.7844/1-96.
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.
Ownership note
Material formerly held in the Western Manuscripts Department's Autograph Letters Sequence.
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- Various - see Acquisition note.