Catalogue description Board of Trade: Sir Henry Reader Lack: Papers

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Reference: BT 191
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
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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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