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Catalogue description Board of Trade: Sir Henry Reader Lack: Papers
| Reference: | BT 191 |
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| Title: | Board of Trade: Sir Henry Reader Lack: Papers |
| Description: |
Letters, newspaper cuttings, articles in periodicals and family papers relating to the life of Sir Henry Reader Lack, including his career at the Board of Trade and the Patent Office. |
| Date: | 1831-1908 |
| Related material: |
See also Division within BT |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Sir Henry Reader Lack, Knight, 1832-1908 |
| Physical description: | 10 file(s) |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Sir Henry Reader Lack was born 7 February 1832 and entered the Civil Service in 1850. He commenced as a clerk to the Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, and then served in the Board of Trade (1852 - 1876). In 1860 he became Secretary to the Commissioners for Commercial Treaty with France, and published 'The French Treaty and Tariff of 1860'. He also served on the Anglo-Austrian Tariff Commission (1866 - 1867) and was Clerk of the Commissioners of Patents, Registrar of Designs and Trade Marks from 1876 - 1883, and Comptroller-General of the Patent Office from 1884 - 1897. In 1891 Sir Reader Lack was knighted. He died on12 July 1908. |
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