WW1/AC/OP2/119

Claimant: George Simpson; Occupier: George Simpson; Owner: Mrs. Gilbert of Houghton Conquest; Property: Great Thickthorn Farm, Houghton Conquest; Land Affected: Fields Nos. 286 (12.591 acres to be broken up) and 287 (28.066 acres to be broken up) and 251 (known as Pony Hill) (40.50 acres to be broken up) in Houghton Conquest; Additional Information: - the claim was settled by arbitration; the three arbitrators offered by the Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries having been rejected by the claimant because of their work for the Ministry the man chosen by the President of the Surveyors' Institution was William Thomas Scruby of Cambridge; - Orders applying to Fields Nos 286 and 287 were withdrawn when the landowner offered Pony Hill to be broken up instead but were still broken up due to confusion; - the land agent acting for GS was J.C.H. Robinson, father of the County Land Agent J.C.E. Robinson, the two men thus acting for the opposite sides!; - the file includes correspondence regarding information supplied by J.C.H. Robinson to the Arbitrator after the hearing, which action J.C.E. Robinson regarded as improper and irregular; - the file includes a transcript of the Arbitration hearing [1921]; - the file also contains the preliminary finding of an Arbitrator (Samuel Vergette) regarding determination of the joint tenancy of George Simpson, Thomas Simpson and Thomas Simpson Junior at Hatley St. George due to alleged poor farming practice [ex File No. 732]

1918 - 1922

From: 1918 To: 1922

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Simpson, George,
Gilbert,
Scruby, William Thomas,
Robinson, J C E,
Robinson, J.C.H.,
Vergette, Samuel,
Simpson, George,
Simpson, Thomas

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