Hardy-Johnston family papers, 1268-1944

MLMSS 1249

fonds

1268-1944

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Drawings

422224

8 volumes of textual material

Thomas Masterman Hardy-Johnston was born in Belfast in 1817. He became a civil engineer and spent most of his working life in India. In 1872 he left India with his family and emigrated to New Zealand

I Family correspondence, 1848-1941 with letters by T. M. and Emma Olivia Mary Hardy-Johnston, C.C. Johnston, Edward Johnston, Thomas Edward and Albany Shafto Hardy-Johnston, Trevor and Alice Louisa Ogilvie-Grant, H.S. Meredith, Penelope Eleanor Mary Cox, Lena Barbara Joan Onslow, Donald P.T. Ogilvie-Grant and Dora Hollis. II Papers re business interests, 1856-19--. A. Thomas, M. Hardy-Johnston and the Madras Railway Company, 1856-1870. B. Thomas Edward Hardy-Johnston, 19- . III Legal papers re Hardy-Johnston estate, 1852-1931, with related correspondence. IV Miscellaneous papers, 1268-1944. A. Draft of family tree, compiled in Mitchell Library. B. Notes and sketches re family coat-of-arms, 1268-1894. C. Newscuttings, 1894-1944.

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (1-147B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012

Keyword subjects:
Civil engineers -- India
Family -- New Zealand -- History
Decedents' estates -- New Zealand

This collection includes pictorial material at Pic.Acc.774