CC Roberts Staff File and Camp Stanley Papers
CC Roberts letters and accounts from during time in Stanley. The papers relate primarily to interned Butterfield & Swire staff or their dependants and include detailed lists of detained staff and locations, accounts for disbursements, papers relating to claims for money held by HSBC. There is a...
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JSS Box 2598 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
1936-1945 |
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File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
JSS Box 2598 |
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| Summary: |
CC Roberts letters and accounts from during time in Stanley. The papers relate primarily to interned Butterfield & Swire staff or their dependants and include detailed lists of detained staff and locations, accounts for disbursements, papers relating to claims for money held by HSBC. There is a handrawn map of camp Stanley depicting the sites of war graves and an accompanying report by W J Carrie as well as reports on the capacity of accommodation at camp Stanley. The file also includes some of CC Robert's personal correspondence.
A separate folder contains CC Robert's staff file.
The file includes a letter from Michael Roberts relating to the donation of his father's papers. |
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| Previous numbers: |
CCR 1 |
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| Extent: |
1 |
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| Admin history: | Charles Collingwood Roberts was born on 6th July 1900 at Huddersfield, Yorkshire [now West Yorkshire]. He attended Rugby School between 1914-1918 and went on to study history at Queen's College Oxford from 1918-1921. In 1921 he joined Butterfield and Swire, based in Shanghai and later Hong Kong, where he worked in the shipping and sugar concerns of the company. In 1940 he became 'Taipan' of Swire in Hong Kong, where he was interned in Stanley Prison Camp by the Japanese from December 1941 to August 1945. After Liberation, CC, as he was universally known, continued as Taipan until his retirement to the UK in 1952. From 1948-1952 he was also Chairman of the fledgling Cathay Pacific Airways, and a Director of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), becoming Deputy Chairman in 1951. From 1952-1968, CC Roberts was Director of John Swire & Sons in London. He died in May 1980. | Charles Collingwood Roberts was born on 6th July 1900 at Huddersfield, Yorkshire [now West Yorkshire]. He attended Rugby School between 1914-1918 and went on to study history at Queen's College Oxford from 1918-1921. In 1921 he joined Butterfield and Swire, based in Shanghai and later Hong Kong, where he worked in the shipping and sugar concerns of the company. In 1940 he became 'Taipan' of Swire in Hong Kong, where he was interned in Stanley Prison Camp by the Japanese from December 1941 to August 1945. After Liberation, CC, as ... View more |
| Access status: |
Open |
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| Access conditions: |
The box has been withdrawn for display in the Brunei Gallery |
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| Copyright: | Copyright is owned by John Swire & Sons, Ltd, 59 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AJ | |
| User restrictions: | Copying for personal research purposes is permitted. Please contact the archivist for all publication requests. | |
| Related material: | MS 380906 | |
| Format: | Archive |