• Reference
    Co/App3
  • Title
    Original bundle of papers, assembled by the Coroner Dr. John Dudley Harte, relating to appointments.
  • Date free text
    1966 - 1991
  • Production date
    From: 1966 To: 1991
  • Scope and Content
    Includes forms of appointment/approval for the following: J.D. Harte of Bedford, Medical Practitioner (Deputy Coroner for the Borough of Bedford; appointed by Max Gershon Levy Lucas, Coroner for the same) 24 Jan 1966 and 1 Feb 1966; Lewis William Stuart Eyears (Assistant Deputy Coroner for the County of Bedford; appointed by MGLL), 1 Feb 1966; Rosalind Lucas of Bedford, barrister-at-law (Assistant Deputy Coroner for the Borough; appointed by MGLL, Coroner for the same District), 21 Apr 1973; letter of appointment of Dr. J.D. Harte as Coroner for the County; L.W.S. Eyears (Deputy Coroner for the County of Bedford; appointed by JDH), 1 Jan 1979; William Malcolm Weir of Windmill Cottage, Whipsnade (Assistant Deputy Coroner for the County; appointed by JDH), 1 Jan 1979; W.M. Weir (Deputy Coroner for the County; appointed by JDH), 30 Apr 1982; Robert Glendinning Miller of Meadow View, Clapham (barrister, Gray's Inn) (Assistant Deputy Coroner for the County; appointed by JDH), 15 Nov 1982; David Scott Morris of 64-70 St. Loyes, Bedford (Deputy Coroner for the County; appointed by JDH), 15 Mar 1990; Dr. Alexander Campbell Paton of 7 Flaggs Meadow, Olney (Bucks) (Assistant Deputy Coroner for the County; appointed by JDH), 1 Mar 1991. Includes related correspondence regarding resignations, arrangements for appointments, salaries, jurisdictions, Coroner's Society meetings and business, and secondment of Police Officers for Coroner's Office duty; newspaper cuttings, photographs and obituary of M.G.L Lucas, and personal correspondence to J.D. Harte from Lucas' children following their father's death; various papers relating to Dr. Harte (list of his medical qualifications, curriculum vitae, biographical details, photocopies of photographs, and newspaper cuttings regarding his retirement); and advertisement for the appointment of Coroner and pages (from a printed book) regarding the procedure for Appointment, qualifications for and duties of the office.
  • Level of description
    file